Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

• Gheorghe Ghipu

• Heat — 1:50.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Petre Lupan

• Heat — 3:44.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Șerban Ioan

• Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• Final — 2.10m (→ 16th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Carmen Ionescu
  • Qualifying Round — 57.82 m
  • Final — 60.42 m (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Éva Ráduly-Zörgő

• Qualification — 54.34 m
• Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Alexandru Turei

• First Round — Lost to Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Ion Györfi

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Ion Alexe → Silver Medal

• First Round — Defeated Jozsef Reder (HUN), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0
• Semifinals — Defeated Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0
• Final — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), walk-over

One cyclist represented Romania in 1972.

Individual road race

• Teodor Vasile — 60th place

Men's 3m Springboard:

• Ion Ganea — 325.17 points (→ 21st place)

Men's 10m Platform:

• Ion Ganea — 265.83 points (→ 25th place)

Women's 3m Springboard:

• Sorana Prelipceanu — 242.61 points (→ 21st place)
• Melania Decuseara — 232.02 points (→ 27th place)

Women's 10m Platform:

• Melania Decuseara — 182.82 points (→ 16th place)

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics on a Romanian stamp

19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1972.

Men's foil

• Mihai Țiu
• Ștefan Haukler
• Tănase Mureșanu

Men's team foil

• Iuliu Falb, Ștefan Haukler, Mihai Țiu, Tănase Mureșanu, Aurel Ștefan

Men's épée

• Anton Pongratz
• Alexandru Istrate
• Costică Bărăgan

Men's team épée

• Constantin Duțu, Costică Bărăgan, Anton Pongratz, Alexandru Istrate, Nicolae Iorgu

Men's sabre

• Iosif Budahazi
• Dan Irimiciuc
• Constantin Nicolae

Men's team sabre

• Dan Irimiciuc, Iosif Budahazi, Gheorghe Culcea, Constantin Nicolae, Octavian Vintilă

Women's foil

• Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei
• Olga Orban-Szabo
• Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

Women's team foil

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

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Group C

• Defeated Norway (18-14)
• Defeated Spain (15-12)
• Defeated West Germany (13-11)

• Main Round Group II

• Defeated Hungary (20-14)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (13-14)

• Final Round, Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated East Germany (19-16)

• Romania - Bronze Medal (5-1-0)
• Team Roster

• Cornel Penu
• Alexandru Dincă
• Gabriel Kicsid
• Ghiţă Licu
• Cristian Gațu
• Roland Gunesch
• Radu Voina
• Simion Schöbel
• Gheorghe Gruia
• Werner Stöckl
• Marin Dan
• Adrian Cosma
• Valentin Samungi
• Constantin Tudosie
• Ştefan Birtalan

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Dumitru Spîrlea - 4754 pts (→ 23rd place)
• Marian Cosmescu - 4890 (→ 38th place)
• Adalbert Covacs - 4381 points (→ 48th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Spirlea, Cosmescu, and Covacs - 13655 points (→ 12th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Stefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura and Ladislau Lovrenschi

• Heat — 7:47.98
• Repechage — 8:08.34
• Semi Finals — 8:10.89
• Final — 7:21.36 (→ Bronze Medal)

Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics on a Romanian stamp

Ten male shooters represented Romania in 1972. Daniel Iuga won silver in the 50 m pistol and Nicolae Rotaru won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone event.

25 m pistol

• Daniel Iuga
• Ion Tripșa

50 m pistol

• Daniel Iuga

300 m rifle, three positions

• Petre Șandor
• Eugen Satală

50 m rifle, three positions

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Petre Șandor

50 m rifle, prone

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Ilie Codreanu

Trap

• Gheorghe Florescu
• Ion Dumitrescu

Skeet

• Lucian Cojocaru
• Gleb Pintilie

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Marian Slavic

• Heat — 55.35s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Marian Slavic

• Heat — 2:00.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Japan 0-3 (4, 5, 6)
• Defeated West Germany 3-0 (9,1,8)
• Lost to Brazil 2-3 (-16,11,-7,11,-12)
• Defeated Cuba 3-0 (7,15,13)
• Lost to East Germany 0-3 (-10,-12,-7)

• Final Round (places 5-8)

• Defeated South Korea 3-0 (12, 7, 8)
• Defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1 (-8, 7, 10,14) →5th place

• Team Roster

• Gabriel Udişteanu
• Gyula Bartha
• Cornel Oros
• Laurențiu Dumănoiu
• William Schreiber
• Cristian Ion
• Marian Stamate
• Mircea Codoi
• Romeo Enescu
• Stelian Moculescu
• Viorel Bălaj

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to United States (3-4)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8)
• Lost to Cuba (3-4)
• Defeated Canada (16-4)
• Defeated Mexico (9-6)

• Final Round (Group II)

• Defeated Spain (7-4)
• Defeated Bulgaria (4-3)
• Drew with the Netherlands (5-5)
• Defeated Australia (5-3) → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Iosif Culiniak
• Corneliu Fratila
• Serban Huber
• Radu Lazar
• Bogdan Mihailescu
• Gruia Novae
• Dinu Popescu
• Viorel Rus
• Claudiu Rusu
• Cornel Rusu
• Gheorghe Zamfirescu