Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	44 (33 men and 11 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Iosif Sîrbu
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total 13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 44 competitors, 33 men and 11 women, took part in 35 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Silver  Silver  Silver  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze

Medals by sport Sport Total Boxing Canoeing Fencing Gymnastics Shooting Wrestling Total 5 3 5 13 Medals by gender Gender Total Male Female Total 5 3 5 13

Gold

• Nicolae Linca — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
• Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles
• Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles
• Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs
• Ștefan Petrescu — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

Silver

• Mircea Dobrescu — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Gheorghe Negrea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Olga Orban-Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

Bronze

• Constantin Dumitrescu — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Elena Leuşteanu — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
• Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
• Francisc Horvat — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
• Elena Leuşteanu, Georgeta Hurmuzachi, Sonia Iovan, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Mărgărit-Niculescu, and Elena Săcălici — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Two fencers, both women, represented Romania in 1956.

Women's foil

• Olga Orban-Szabo
• Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1956.

Individual

• Cornel Vena
• Dumitru Țintea
• Victor Teodorescu

Team

• Cornel Vena
• Dumitru Ţintea
• Victor Teodorescu

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented Romania in 1956. In the 25 m pistol event Ștefan Petrescu won gold and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze.

25 m pistol

• Ștefan Petrescu
• Gheorghe Lichiardopol

300 m rifle, three positions

• Constantin Antonescu

50 m rifle, three positions

• Iosif Sîrbu
• Constantin Antonescu

50 m rifle, prone

• Iosif Sîrbu
• Constantin Antonescu

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Romania at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2010.