Romania at the 1968 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 Mexico City
Competitors	82 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Aurel Vernescu[1]
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 15
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Romania competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 82 competitors, 66 men and 16 women, took part in 64 events in 9 sports.^[2]

Medalists

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

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics Boxing Canoeing Fencing Rowing Shooting Wrestling Total 4 6 5 15 Medals by gender Gender Total Male Female Total 4 6 5 15

Gold

• Viorica Viscopoleanu — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Serghei Covaliov and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
• Ion Drîmbă — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

Silver

• Ileana Silai — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
• Mihaela Peneș — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Ion Monea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Anton Calenic, Dimitrie Ivanov, Haralambie Ivanov, and Mihai Țurcaș — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Marcel Roșca — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
• Ion Baciu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze

• Calistrat Cuțov — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Viorica Dumitru — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Ileana Gyulai-Drimba, Ana Pascu-Ene-Dersidan, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Olga Szabo-Orban and Maria Vicol — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
• Simion Popescu — Wrestling, Men's Featherweight
• Nicolae Martinescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

One cyclist represented Romania in 1968.

Individual road race

• Emil Rusu

Individual pursuit

• Emil Rusu

Fencing

Ten fencers, five men and five women, represented Romania in 1968.

Men's foil

• Ion Drîmbă
• Mihai Țiu
• Tănase Mureșanu

Men's team foil

• Ion Drîmbă, Mihai Țiu, Ștefan Haukler, Tănase Mureșanu, Iuliu Falb

Men's épée

• Ștefan Haukler
• Tănase Mureșanu

Women's foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
• Olga Orban-Szabo
• Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei

Women's team foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Olga Orban-Szabo, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Maria Vicol

Rowing

Shooting

Twelve shooters, all men, represented Romania in 1968. Marcel Roşca won silver in the 25 m pistol.

25 m pistol

• Marcel Roşca
• Virgil Atanasiu

50 m pistol

• Neagu Bratu
• Lucian Giuşcă

300 m rifle, three positions

• Petre Șandor
• Ștefan Kaban

50 m rifle, three positions

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Ion Olărescu

50 m rifle, prone

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Marin Ferecatu

Trap

• Ion Dumitrescu
• Gheorghe Florescu

Skeet

• Gheorghe Sencovici

Swimming

Wrestling