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Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Romania at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeROU
(RUM used at these Games)
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Tokyo
Competitors138 (108 men and 30 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Aurel Vernescu
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Women's High Jump

Women's Discus

Women's Javelin

Women's Shot Put

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

Women's Long Jump

Men's 5000 m

Marathon

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

Triple Jump

50 km Walk

  • Ilie Popa 2:19:03.0 (28th place)

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Flyweight

Bantamweight

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

Featherweight

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

Heavyweight

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented Romania in 1964.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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

Women's foil
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:

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
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

Football

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Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  • 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

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Nine shooters represented Romania in 1964.

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

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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
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

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  • 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

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Freestyle Wrestling

52 kg

78 kg

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

97 kg

+97 kg

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

82 kg

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Romania at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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