Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU (RUM used at these Games)
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Tokyo
Competitors	138 (108 men and 30 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Aurel Vernescu
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 6 Total 12
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Romania competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 108 men and 30 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics Canoeing Shooting Wrestling Total 2 4 6 12 Medals by gender Gender Total Male Female Total 2 4 6 12

Gold

• Iolanda Balaş — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Mihaela Peneş — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

Silver

• Andrei Igorov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Hilde Lauer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Ion Tripşa — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
• Valeriu Bularca — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Bronze

• Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
• Simion Cuciuc, Atanase Sciotnic, Mihai Țurcaș, and Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
• Dumitru Pârvulescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
• Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Athletics

Women's High Jump

• Iolanda Balaş
• Qualification- 1.70 m
• Final:-1.90 m, OR ( Gold Medal)

Women's Discus

• Lia Manoliu
• Qualification- 53.64 m
• Final-56.94 m ( Bronze Medal)
• Olimpia Cataramă
• Qualification-53.20 m
• Final-53.08 m (8th place)

Women's Javelin

• Maria Diaconescu
• Qualification-51.12 m
• Final-53.71 m (6th place)
• Mihaela Peneş
• Qualification-51.19 m
• Final-60.54 m ( Gold Medal)

Women's Shot Put

• Ana Sǎlǎgean
• Qualification-15.31 m not qualified(no ranking)

Women's Long Jump

• Viorica Viscopoleanu
• Qualification-6.37 m
• Final-6.35 m (5th place)

Men's 5000 m

• Andrei Barabaș
• Heat-14:00.2 not qualified (no ranking)

Marathon

• Constantin Grecescu 2:30:42.6 (36th place)

Triple Jump

• Şerban Ciochină
• Qualification-15.31 m
• Final-16.23 m (5th place)

50 km Walk

• Ilie Popa 2:19:03.0 (28th place)

Boxing

Flyweight

• Constantin Ciucǎ def. Henry (Canada), def. Cuylenburg (Ceylon),lost to Olech (Poland)→6th place

Bantamweight

• Nicolae Puiu def. Van der Walt (Northern Rhodesia), def. Johnson (U.S.A.), lost to Sakurai (Japan)→5th place

Featherweight

• Constantin Crudu def. Caminero (Cuba), def. Limmonen (Finland), lost to Stepashkin (Soviet Union)→5th place

Light-Welterweight

• Iosif Mihalic def. König (Austria), def. Fasoli (Italy), lost to Kulej (Poland)→5th place

Welterweight

• Niculescu def. Gutierrez (Mexico), lost to Mabwa (Uganda)

Light-Middleweight

• Mârza def. Lee (South Korea), def. Elmahas (United Arab Republic), lost to Grzesiak(Poland)→7th place

Middleweight

• Ion Monea def. Kim (South Korea), lost to Schulz (Germany United Team)

Light-Heavyweight

• Gheorghe Negrea lost to Kiselyov (Soviet Union)

Heavyweight

• Vasile Mariuţan def. Pandov (Bulgaria),lost to Ros (Italy)

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Romania in 1964.

Individual road race

• Gabriel Moiceanu
• Constantin Ciocan
• Ion Cosma
• Gheorghe Bădără

Team time trial

• Gheorghe Bădără
• Constantin Ciocan
• Ion Cosma
• Emil Rusu

Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1964.

Women's foil

• Ana Ene-Derșidan qualified from Round 1 (2v, 2 d, barrage), qualified from Round 2 (3v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Antonella Ragno (Italy) (8-4)
• Olga Orban-Szabo qualified from Round 1 (3 v,2 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v, 1 d), lost in Round 3 to Giovanna Masciotta(Italy) (8-6)
• Maria Vicol eliminated in Round 1 (2 v, 3 d)

Women's team foil

• Round 1

• Defeated U.S.A. (9-1)

• Round 2

• Lost to Soviet Union (4-9)

• Playoff for 5th place

• Defeated France (9-6)→5th place

Team Roster:

• Olga Orban-Szabo
• Ana Ene-Derșidan
• Ileana Gyulai
• Ecaterina Stahl
• Maria Vicol

Men's foil

• Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v, 1 d), qualified from Round 2 (3 v, 2 d), def.in Round 3 Naser Madani (Iran)(10-4), lost in Round 4 to Roland Losert (Austria)(6-10)
• Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (6 v,0 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v, 3 d)
• Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v,3 d, barrage)

Men's team foil

• First round

• Def. Argentina (9-0)
• Def. France (9-5)
• Lost to U.S.A. (8-8,54-62 t.d.)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Poland (5-9)

• 5-8 Playoff

• Def. Hungary (9-5)
• Lost to Germany United Team (8-8;57-60 t.d.)→6th place

• Team Roster

• Ion Drîmbă
• Ștefan Haukler
• Tănase Mureșanu
• Iuliu Falb
• Attila Csipler

Men's épée

• Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (4 v,3 d), eliminated in Round 2 (0 v, 5 d)

Men's sabre

• Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (6 v, 0 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Marcel Parent (France) (10-12)
• Octavian Vintilă qualified from Round 1 (3 v, 2 d), eliminated in Round 2 (1 v, 6 d)
• Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (3 v, 3 d)

Men's team sabre

• Round 1

• Def. Australia (9-3)
• Def. Great Britain (10-6)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to France (6-8)

• 5-7 playoff

• Lost to Hungary (0-9)→7th place

Team Roster

• Attila Csipler
• Octavian Vintilă
• Tănase Mureșanu
• Ion Drîmbă

Football

• Group stage

• Defeated Mexico (3-1)
• Drew with Germany United Team (1-1)
• Defeated Iran (1-0)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Hungary (0-2)

• Consolation round 1

• Defeated Ghana (4-2)

• Consolation round 2

• Defeated Yugoslavia (3-0) → 5th place

• Team Roster

• Ilie Datcu
• Ilie Greavu
• Ion Nunweiller
• Dan Coe
• Bujor Hălmăgeanu
• Emil Petru
• Constantin Koszka
• Ion Pârcălab
• Gheorghe Constantin
• Ion Gheorghe Ionescu
• Carol Creiniceanu
• Emerich Jenei
• Cornel Pavlovici
• Marin Andrei
• Mircea Petescu
• Dumitru Ivan
• Sorin Avram
• Nicolae Georgescu

Gymnastics

Rowing

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Romania in 1964.

25 m pistol

• Ion Tripșa
• Marcel Roșca

50 m pistol

• Neagu Bratu
• Gavril Maghiar

50 m rifle, three positions

• Ion Olărescu
• Nicolae Rotaru

50 m rifle, prone

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Traian Cogut

Trap

• Ion Dumitrescu
• Gheorghe Enache

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Round Robin

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Defeated Brazil (3-0)
• Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
• Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
• Defeated South Korea (3-2)
• Defeated Hungary (3-1)
• Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Defeated United States (3-1) → 4th place

• Team Roster

• Gheorghe Fieraru
• Horaţiu Nicolau
• Aurel Drăgan
• Iuliu Szőcs
• William Schreiber
• Mihai Grigorovici
• Davila Plocon
• Nicolae Bărbuţă
• Eduard Derzsi
• Mihai Chezan
• Constantin Ganciu
• Mihai Coste

Women's Team Competition

• Round Robin

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Defeated United States (3-0)
• Defeated South Korea (3-0)
• Lost to Poland (0-3) → 4th place

• Team Roster

• Ana Mocan
• Cornelia Lăzeanu
• Natalia Todorovschi
• Doina Ivănescu
• Doina Rodica Popescu
• Sonia Colceru
• Lia Vanea
• Alexandrina Chezan
• Ileana Enculescu
• Elisabeta Goloşie
• Marina Stanca

Water polo

• First Round

• Lost to Italy (3-4)
• Defeated Japan (9-4)

• Semifinal Round

• Defeated Germany United Team (5-4)
• Drew with Soviet Union (2-2)
• 5-8 Tournament
• Defeated the Netherlands (6-1)
• Lost to Belgium (3-5)→ 5th place

• Team Roster

• Mircea Ştefănescu (water polo)
• Anatolie Grinţescu
• Aurel Zahan
• Alexandru Szabó
• Ştefan Kroner
• Cornel Mărculescu
• Nicolae Firoiu
• Gruia Novac
• Iosif Kuliniac
• Cosma Liţă
• Emil Mureșanu

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Freestyle Wrestling

52 kg

• Gheorghe Tapalagă lost to Aliev(Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Georgiev (Bulgaria) (fall 9'19")

78 kg

• Ştefan Tâmpa lost to Watanabe (Japan) (decision), lost to Heinze (Germany Unified Team) (decision)

97 kg

• Ferenc Ballo lost to Medved (Soviet Union) (fall 2'12")drew with Conine (U.S.A.) (2-2)

+97 kg

• Ştefan Stângu drew with Kubat (Czechoslovakia) (2-2), lost to Dzhiber (Bulgaria) (decision)

Greco-Roman Style Wrestling

52 kg

• Dumitru Pârvulescu def. Jensen (Denmark) (decision), def. Del Rio (Mexico) (fall 2'55"), def. Savadov (Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Kerezov (Bulgaria) (decision), lost to Hanahara (Japan) (fall 8'19")(→ Bronze Medal)

57 kg

• Ion Cernea drew with Varga (Hungary) def. Knitter (Poland) (decision), def. Švec (Czechoslovakia) (decision), def. Başergil (Turkey) (decision), lost to Trestyanski (Soviet Union) (decision)(→ Bronze Medal)

63 kg

• Marin Bolocan lost to Olsson (Sweden) (decision), def. Sayed (Afghanistan) (fall 3'56"),drew with Mirmalek (Iran), lost to Mansour (United Arab Republic) (decision)

70 kg

• Valeriu Bularca drew with Tapio (Finland), def. Kim (South Korea) (decision), def. Burke (U.S.A.) (foul 7'52"), def. Jonsson (Sweden) (decision), drew with Ayvaz (Turkey); entered tiebreak for places 2–4; defeated Gvanseladze (Soviet Union (decision)), drew with Fujita (Japan)(→ Silver Medal)

78 kg

• Ion Ţăranu def. Todorov (Bulgaria) (decision), drew with Kolesov (Soviet Union), def. Asghian (Iran) (decision), drew with Laakso(Finland)→5th place

82 kg

• Gheorghe Popovici drew with Olenik (Soviet Union), lost with Metz (Germany United Team) (decision)

87 kg

• Nicolae Martinescu drew with Sosnowski (Poland), def. Bulgarelli (Italy)(decision), def. Yilmaz (Turkey) (decision), def. Wiesberger (Austria) (decision), lost with Radev (Bulgaria)(decision)→4th place

+97 kg

• Ştefan Stângu drew with Kasabov (Bulgaria), lost to Svensson (Sweden) (decision).