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Romania at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Romania at the
1936 Summer Olympics
IOC codeROU
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Berlin
Competitors54 in 9 sports
Flag bearerȘerban Manciulescu[1]
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1932 Summer Olympics. 54 competitors, 52 men and 2 women, took part in 33 events in 9 sports.[2]

Medalists

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Silver

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Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Men's Long Jump
Men's Discus Throw
  • Ioan Havaleţ — did not qualify → no ranking
50 km Walk
  • Gheorghe Firea — 5:09:39 → 20th place

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Flyweight
  • Dumitru Panaitescu — lost to Nunag (Philippines) → no ranking
Bantamweight
  • Ioan Gaşpar — lost to Stasch (Germany) → no ranking
Featherweight
  • Nicolae Berechet — lost to Seeberg (Estonia) → no ranking
Lightweight
  • Gheorghe David — lost to Facchin (Italy) → no ranking

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Grand Prix des Nations Show Jumping Event, individual
  • Henri Rang — on "Delfis" 4 penalty points in 144,2 seconds (→ Silver Medal)
  • Ion Apostol — on "Dracu Ştie" 28 penalty points in 191 seconds (→ 29th place)
  • Toma Tudoran — on "Hunter" — DNF → no ranking
Grand Prix des Nations Show Jumping Event, Team
  • Team roster: Henri Rang on "Delfis", Ion Apostol on ""Dracu Ştie", Toma Tudoran on "Hunter"
  • Romania disqualified, because of Tudoran not finishing the course (→ no ranking)

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Romania in 1936.

Men's épée
  • Nicolae Marinescu — qualified from the 1st round (4 v,1 d), eliminated in 2nd round (2 v, 4 d)
  • Denis Dolecsko — eliminated in the 1st round (1 v, 4 d)
  • Ioan Miclescu-Prăjescu — qualified from the 1st round (4v, 2 d), eliminated in the 2nd round (3v,2 d, lost barrage to Campbell-Gray, Great Britain)
Men's sabre
  • Denis Dolecsko — qualified from the 1st round (4 v, 1 d), eliminated in 2nd round (1 v, 4 d)
  • Nicolae Marinescu — qualified from the first round (4 v, 2 d), eliminated in 2nd round (0 v, 5 d)
  • Kamilló Szathmáry — eliminated in the 1st round (3v, 3d, lost barrage to Harry, Great Britain)
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Men's team
  • Team roster:Drăghici, Matuşek, Ludu, Abraham, Dan, Schmidt, Albert, Moldoveanu.
  • Romania — 71.566 p. (→ 14th place)
Individual all-around
  • Ludu — 11.966 p. (→ 93rd place)
  • Abraham — 10.093 p. (→ 98th place)
  • Albert — 9.900 p. (→ 99th place)
  • Matuşek — 9.050 p. (→ 101st place)
  • Dan — 9.037 p. (→ 103rd place)
  • Drăghici — 8.500 p. (→ 105th place)
  • Schmidt — 8.370 p. (→ 107th place)
  • Moldoveanu — did not complete the all-around competition (→ no ranking)

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  • Team roster: Fesci, Zoller, Carl Haffer, Franz Haffer, Zickeli, Höchsmann, Speck, Zacharias, Kirschner, Halmen, Halder, Hermannstädter, Schorsten, Holzträger, Herzog.
  • Lost to Austria (3-18)
  • Lost to Switzerland (6-8)
  • Defeated U.S.A. (10-3) (→ Fifth place)

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented Romania in 1936.

50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Bantamweight
  • József Tõzsér — defeated Bayle (France) (throw 11:58), defeated Tóth (Yugoslavia) (decision 3-0), defeated Bertoli (Italy) (throw 2:50, lost to Brendel (Germany) (throw 16:24), lost to Perttunen (Finland) (decision 2-1) (→ Fifth place)
Featherweight
  • Dezsõ Horváth — lost to Hering (Germany) (throw 11:36), defeated Janda (Czechoslovakia) (decision 3-0), defeated Kracher (France) (throw 6:28), lost to Reini (Finland) (throw 5:28) (→no ranking)
Lightweight
  • Ilie Borlovan — defeated Kálmán (Hungary) (decision 2-1), defeated Arikan (Turkey) (decision 2-1), lost to Koskela (Finland)(throw 8:51) (→no ranking)
Middleweight
  • Marin Cocoş — defeated Gogel (Switzerland) (throw 5:30), lost to Schweikert (Germany) (throw 8:28), defeated Pointner (Austria)(throw 2:21), lost to Kokkinen (Finland) (throw 3:00) (→ Fifth place)
Heavyweight
  • Tibor Kondorossy — lost to Nyman (Sweden) (throw 6:51), lost to Palusalu (Estonia) (throw 10:36 ) (→no ranking)

Art competitions

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Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Romania". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Romania at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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