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Romania at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Romania at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeROU
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Rome
Competitors98 in 13 sports
Flag bearerAlexandru Bizim
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
6
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 82 men and 16 women, took part in 65 events in 13 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Gold

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Silver

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  • Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze

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Athletics

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Boxing

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Canoeing

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Cycling

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Six cyclists, all males, represented Romania in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial
1000m time trial

Equestrian

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Fencing

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15 fencers, 11 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

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Rowing

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Romania had eight male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ştefan Kurecska
Gheorghe Riffelt
Coxless pair 7:35.77 4 R 7:59.67 4 18
Ştefan Kurecska
Gheorghe Riffelt
Mircea Roger
Coxed pair 7:43.38 1 Q BYE 7:49.57 6
Martin Bielz
Ionel Petrov
Ștefan Pongratz
Iosif Varga
Coxless four 6:43.45 2 R 6:47.04 2 10
Martin Bielz
Petre Milincovici
Ionel Petrov
Ștefan Pongratz
Mircea Roger
Coxed four 6:47.71 3 R 6:55.63 2 Q 7:10.58 5 9

Shooting

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Nine shooters represented Romania in 1960. Ion Dumitrescu won the gold medal in the trap event.

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

Swimming

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Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Romania at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Romania Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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