Romania at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Ilie Floroiu

• Heat — 28:23.40
• Final — 27:59.93 (→ 5th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Iosif Nagy

• Qualification — 57.28m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Éva Ráduly-Zörgő

• Qualification — 55.34 m
• Final — 55.60 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Remus Cosma

• 1st Round — Lost to Payao Pooltarat (Thailand), 1-4

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Faredin Ibrahim lost to Gu Yong Jo (North Korea) 1-4

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Gheorghe Ciochină def. Jackson Ouma (Kenya) WO,def. René Weller (West Germany) 4-1, lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 3rd round

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Simion Cuțov def. Silvester Mittee (Great Britain) RSCH 3rd round, def. Nelson Calzadilla (Venezuela) 5-0,def. Ove Lundby (Sweden) 5-0,def. Vasili Solomin (Soviet Union) 5-0, lost to Howard Davis (USA) 0-5 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Calistrat Cuțov def. Jean-Claude Ruiz (France) 5-0, def. Sjamsul Hanrahap (Indonesia) 5-0, lost to Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria) (0-5)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Victor Zilberman def. Amon Kotey (Ghana) WO, def. Colin Jones (Great Britain)5-0, def. Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) 3-2, lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) 2-3 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Vasile Didea def. Michael Prevost (Canada) disq.3rd round, def. Naiden Stanchev (Bulgaria) 3-2, lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) 0-5

Men's Middleweight (71 kg)

• Alec Năstac def. Philip Mc. Elwaine (Australia) 3-2, def. Fernando Martins (Brazil) 3-2, lost to Michael Spinks (USA) WO (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Costică Dafinoiu def. Robert Nixon (Guyana) WO, def. Robert Burgess (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Sixto Soria (Cuba) abandon 1st round (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg)

• Mircea Simon def. Trevor Berbick (Jamaica) 5-0, def. Atanas Suvandjiev (Bulgaria) 4-1, def. Clarence Hill (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) abandon 3rd round (→ Silver Medal)

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Romania in 1976.

Men's foil

• Petru Kuki
• Mihai Țiu
• Tudor Petruș

Men's team foil

• Petru Kuki, Mihai Țiu, Tudor Petruș, Petrică Buricea

Men's épée

• Nicolae Iorgu
• Paul Szabo
• Anton Pongratz

Men's team épée

• Ioan Popa, Anton Pongratz, Nicolae Iorgu, Paul Szabo

Men's sabre

• Ioan Pop
• Dan Irimiciuc
• Cornel Marin

Men's team sabre

• Dan Irimiciuc, Ioan Pop, Marin Mustață, Cornel Marin, Alexandru Nilca

Women's foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
• Magdalena Bartoș
• Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

Women's team foil

• Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Magdalena Bartoș

-;Women's Team Competition

• Championship Pool

• Lost to East Germany (12-18)
• Lost to Soviet Union (8-14)
• Defeated Japan (21-20)
• Defeated Canada (17-11)
• Lost to Hungary (15-20)→ 4th place

• Team Roster

• Iuliana Hobincu
• Elisabeta Ionescu
• Rozalia Șooș
• Simona Arghir
• Maria Lackovics
• Georgeta Lăcusta
• Doina Furcoi
• Niculina Sasu
• Cristina Petrovici
• Constantina Pițigoi
• Doina Cojocaru
• Magdalena Miklos
• Maria Bosi
• Viorica Ionică

-;Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Pool, Group B

• Defeated Hungary (23-18)
• Defeated USA (32-19)
• Drew with Czechoslovakia (19-19)
• Defeated Poland (17-15)

• Final Round, Gold Medal Match

• Lost to Soviet Union (15-19)(→ Silver Medal)

• Team Roster

• Cornel Penu
• Nicolae Munteanu
• Gabriel Kicsid
• Ghiţă Licu
• Cezar Drăgăniță
• Cristian Gațu
• Radu Voina
• Roland Gunesch
• Alexandru Folker
• Ștefan Birtalan
• Adrian Cosma
• Constantin Tudosie
• Werner Stockl
• Mircea Grabovschi

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• Adrian Nastasiu
• Adrian Schervan
• Claudiu Ioan Rusu
• Corneliu Rusu
• Dinu Popescu
• Doru Spînu
• Florin Slâvei
• Gheorghe Zamfirescu
• Ilie Slâvei
• Liviu Râducanu
• Viorel Rus

Greco-Roman Wrestling

48 kg

• Gheorghe Berceanu def. Moriwaki(Japan) 4-3, def. Zajączkowski (Poland) fall 0:20, def. Kawasaki (Canada) 14-1, def. Hinz (East Germany) fall 2:08, def. Angelov (Bulgaria) 4-3, lost to Shumakov (Soviet Union) 6-10 (→ Silver Medal)

52 kg

• Nicu Gingă def. Kirov (Bulgaria) injury 5:11, lost to Konstantinov (Soviet Union) 11-17, def. Kraus (West Germany) disq. 7:08, def. Caltabiano (Italy) 11-1, def. Hirayama (Japan) disq. 5:45 (→ Silver Medal)

57 kg

• Mihai Boțilă def. Józef Lipień (Poland) disq., def. Ahn Han Yung (South Korea) 8-0, lost to Mustafin (Soviet Union) 6-14, def. Krysta (Czechoslovakia) 12-0, lost to Pertti Ukkola (Finland) disq. 5:19 →5th place

62 kg

• Ion Păun def. Malmkvist (Sweden) fall 5:40, def. Choi Kyung Soo (South Korea) fall 5:53, def. Hjelt (Finland) 11-4, lost to Miyahara (Japan) 2-6, lost to Réczi (Hungary) injury 1:25 →5th place

68 kg

• Ștefan Rusu def. Andrzej Supron (Poland) 13-1, def. Kim Halmyung (South Korea) fall 2:49, def. Kobayashi (Japan) disq. 3:45, lost to Suren Nalbandyan (Soviet Union) 3-5, def. Wehling (East Germany) disq. 7:45 (→ Silver Medal)

74 kg

• Gheorghe Ciobotaru drew with Karlsson (Sweden) double disqualification, def. Nagatomo (Japan) disq. 6:50,def. Kiss (Austria) fall 5:41, lost to Bykov (Soviet Union) 6-7 →6th place

82 kg

• Ion Enache def. Cummings (Canada) injury 7:40, def. Andersson (Sweden) 6-4, drew with Kolev (Bulgaria) 8-8, lost to Momir Petković (Yugoslavia) 2-3 →7th place

90 kg

• Petre Dicu lost to Sellyei (Hungary) 2-7, lost to Rezantsev (Soviet Union) fall 2:51

100 kg

• Nicolae Martinescu lost to Nikolay Balboshin (Soviet Union) fall 1:23, def. N'diaye (Senegal) fall 2:18, lost to Goranov (Bulgaria) 5:51 →7th place

+100 kg

• Roman Codreanu def. Ronnyai (Hungary) disq. 7:22, def. Robertsson (Sweden) disq. 3:59, def. Wolff (West Germany) disq. 5:15, def. Lee (USA) disq. 7:30, lost to Aleksandr Kolchinski (Soviet Union) fall 0:37, lost to Tomov (Bulgaria) injury 0:32 (→ Bronze Medal)

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