Romania at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeROU
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Helsinki
Competitors114 in 15 sports
Flag bearer Dumitru Paraschivescu
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Iosif Sîrbu Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone
 Silver Vasile Tiță Boxing Middleweight
 Bronze Gheorghe Fiat Boxing Lightweight
 Bronze Gheorghe Lichiardopol Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Lost to Canada (51-72)
  • Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Preliminary Round
Hungary 2–1 Romania
Czibor 21'
Kocsis 73'		 Report Suru 86'
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 10,588
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (URS)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Romania had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's eight

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented Romania in 1952. Iosif Sîrbu won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone event and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze in the 25 m pistol.

25 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Romania at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Romania Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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