Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 114 in 15 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 23 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 4 |
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Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.[1]
Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Iosif Sîrbu — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
Silver
- Vasile Tiţă — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Bronze
- Gheorghe Fiat — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
- Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Athletics
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Basketball
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- Men's Team Competition
- Qualification Round (Group C)
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- Lost to Canada (51-72)
- Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place
Boxing
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Canoeing
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Cycling
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- Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
- Constantin Stanescu — 5:20:01.4 (→ 29th place)
- Marin Niculescu — 5:23:34.1 (→ 41st place)
- Victor Georgescu — 5:24:27.5 (→ 44th place)
- Petre Nuță — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
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- Final — 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Ion Ionita — 25th place
Equestrianism
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Fencing
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Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.
Football
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Gymnastics
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Rowing
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Shooting
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Four shooters represented Romania in 1952. Iosif Sîrbu won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone event and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze in the 25 m pistol.
Swimming
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Water polo
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Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
