Romania at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Romania at the
1968 Winter Olympics

IOC code

ROU

NOC

Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee

Website

www.cosr.ro (Romanian) (English) (French)

in Grenoble

Competitors

30 (29 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	1	1

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. The two-man bobsleigh team of Nicolae Neagoe and Ion Panţuru won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games, a bronze. As of the 2014 games, they remain Romania's only Winter Olympic medalists.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
03 ! Bronze	Panturu, IonIon Panturu Neagoe, NicolaeNicolae Neagoe	Bobsleigh	Two-man

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dorin Munteanu	Downhill					2:22.53	65
Dan Cristea	Downhill					2:18.52	62
Dorin Munteanu	Giant Slalom	1:55.78	55	1:59.18	60	3:54.96	55
Dan Cristea	Giant Slalom	1:54.66	52	1:56.98	50	3:51.64	49

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Dorin Munteanu	57.72	5	56.05	3	Did not advance
Dan Cristea	53.75	2 QF	–	–	56.10	39	57.23	26	1:53.33	25

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Nicolae Bărbăşescu	1'24:05.3	4	1'28:05.3	29
	Gheorghe Cimpoia	1'25:36.5	1	1'26:36.5	23
	Vilmoş Gheorghe	1'20:07.3	6	1'26:07.3	22
	Constantin Carabela	1'22:52.2	0	1'22:52.2	14

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Gheorghe Cimpoia Constantin Carabela Nicolae Bărbăşescu Vilmoş Gheorghe	4	2'25:39.8	7

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU-1	Ion Panţuru Nicolae Neagoe	Two-man	1:10.20	2	1:11.62	6	1:11.31	7	1:11.33	4	4:44.46	03 !
ROU-2	Romeo Nedelcu Gheorghe Maftei	Two-man	n/a	?	n/a	?	n/a	?	DNF	–	DNF	–

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU-1	Ion Panţuru Petre Hristovici Gheorghe Maftei Nicolae Neagoe	Four-man	1:10.59	6	1:07.55	3	2:18.14	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Beatrice Hustiu	31	20	1457.2	257	29

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

First Round

West Germany - Romania 7:0 (1:0, 3:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.

Consolation Round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
9	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	33	9	10
10	Japan	5	4	1	27	12	8
11	Norway	5	3	2	15	15	6
12	Romania	5	2	3	22	23	4
13	Austria	5	1	4	12	27	2
14	France	5	0	5	9	32	0

Romania – Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.

France – Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.

Japan – Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.

Norway – Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.

Yugoslavia – Romania 9:5 (5:3, 1:1, 3:1)
Goalscorers: Roman Smolej 2, Tisler 2, Felc 2, Ivo Jan, Hiti, Jug – Iuliu Szabo 2, Tekei, Florescu, Geza Szabo.

Contestants

12. ROMANIA
Goaltenders: Constantin Dumitras, Mihai Stoiculescu
Defence: Ion Stefan Ionescu, Zoltan Czaka, Dezideriu Varga, Zoltan Fogaras, Razvan Schiau
Forwards: Geza Szabo, Iulian Florescu, Alexandru Kalamar, Gyula Szabo, Eduard Pana, Ion Gheorghiu, Stefan Texe, Ion Basa, Aurel Mois, Valentin Stefanov

References

Nations at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France

Africa	Morocco

America	Argentina Canada Chile United States

Asia	India Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon Mongolia

Europe	Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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