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Romania's strong sports at the 2004 Summer Olympics include Rowing, Gymnastics, Swimming, Athletics, Boxing and Canoeing.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Romania	8	5	6	19

Gold

• Gymnastics
  • Women's Team: Romania (Oana Ban , Alexandra Georgiana Eremia , Catalina Ponor, Monica Rosu, Daniela Nicoleta Sofronie , Silvia Stroescu )
  • Women's Vault: Monica Rosu
  • Women's Beam: Catalina Ponor
  • Women's Floor Exercise: Catalina Ponor

• Rowing
  • Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: Romania (Constanta Burcica , Angela Alupei )
  • Women's Eight: Romania (Rodica Florea , Aurica Barascu , Ioana Papuc , Liliana Gafencu , Elisabeta Lipa , Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat , Elena Georgescu )
  • Women's Pair: Romania (Georgeta Damian, Viorica Susanu)

• Swimming
  • Women's 200 m freestyle: Camelia Potec

Silver

• Athletics
  • Men's Triple Jump: Marian Oprea
  • Women's 400 m Hurdles: Ionela Tirlea-Manolache

• Gymnastics
  • Men's Floor Exercise: Marian Dragulescu
  • Men's Pommel Horse: Marius Urzica
  • Women's Floor Exercise: Daniela Nicoleta Sofronie

Bronze

• Athletics
  • Women's 1500 m: Maria Cioncan

• Boxing
  • Men's Light Welter: Ionut Gheorghe

• Gymnastics
  • Men's Team: Romania (Marian Dragulescu, Ilie Popescu , Dan Potra , Razvan Selariu , Silviu Suciu , Marius Urzica)
  • Men's Vault: Marian Dragulescu
  • Women's Beam: Alexandra Georgiana Eremia

• Swimming
  • Men's 200 m Backstroke: Razvan Florea

Results by event

Athletics

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Ionela Tirlea-Manolache - Round 1: 54.41 s, Semifinal: 53.32 s, Final: 53.38 s (silver medal)

Women's 800 metres:

• Maria Cioncan - Round 1: 1:59.64, Semifinal: 1:59.44, Final: 1:59.62 (7th place)

Women's 1500 metres:

• Maria Cioncan - Round 1: 4:06.68, Semifinal: 4:06.69, Final: 3:58.39 (bronze medal)
• Elena Iagar - Round 1: 4:11.48
• Alina Cucerzan - Round 1: 4:18.07

Women's 10000 metres:

• Mihaela Botezan - 31:11.24 (NR) (11th place)

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

• Angela Morosanu , Alina Rapanu , Maria Rus , and Ionela Tirlea-Manolache - Round 1: 3:27.36, Final: 3:26.81 (6th place)

Women's marathon:

• Nuta Olaru - 2:34:45 (13th place)
• Constantina Tomescu - 2:37:31 (20th place)
• Lidia Simon - DNF

Women's 20 km walk:

• Norica Cimpean - 1:34:30 (27th place)
• Ana Maria Groza - 1:34:56 (29th place)
• Daniela Cirlan - 1:37:14 (37th place)

Men's long jump:

• Bogdan Tarus - Final, 8.21 metres (8th place)

Women's long jump:

• Adina Anton - Round 1: 6.47 metres
• Alina Ramona Militaru - Round 1: No mark

Men's triple jump:

• Marian Oprea - Final, 17.55 metres (silver medal)

Women's triple jump:

• Adelina Gavrila - Round 1: 14.56 metres, Final: 13.86 metres (15th place)
• Mariana Solomon - Round 1: 14.42 metres

Men's high jump:

• Stefan Vasilache - Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:

• Oana Pantelimon - Round 1: 1.92 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (7th place)
• Monica Iagar - Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (8th place)

Men's shot put:

• Gheorghe Guset - Round 1, 19.68 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

• Nicoleta Grasu - Round 1: 61.91 metres, Final: 64.92 metres (6th place)

Women's javelin:

• Felicia Tilea Moldovan - Round 1: 62.05 metres, Final: 59.72 metres (11th place)

Boxing

Three Romanian boxers competed in Athens. None lost in the round of 32, as two won and the third had a bye. In the round of 16, though, one boxer was defeated. Another fell in the quarterfinal. The third survived to the semifinal, where he was defeated to finish with a bronze medal. That medal put Romania in a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medal count. The team's combined record was 5-3.

Featherweight (57kg)

• Viorel Simion
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Ryan Langham of Australia, 40-15
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Mikhail Biarnadski of Belarus, 38-13
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Seok Hwan Jo of Korea, 39-35

Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Ionut Gheorghe - bronze medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Faisal Karim of Pakistan, 26-11
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Mustafa Karagollu of Turkey, 28-19
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Michele di Rocco of Italy, 29-18
  4. Semifinal - Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 30-9

Middleweight (75kg)

• Marian Simion
  1. Round of 32 - Bye
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt, 36-29

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Alexandru Nyisztor - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Ana Branza - defeated in round of 16

Women's foil individual:

• Laura Gabriela Carlescu Badea - defeated in quarterfinals
• Roxana Scarlat - defeated in round of 16

Men's sabre individual:

• Mihai Couvaliu - defeated in quarterfinals

Women's sabre individual:

• Catalina Cheorghitoaia - 4th place

Officials

• President: Ion Tiriac
• Secretary General: Dan Popper