Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Romania at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	145 (71 men and 74 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă
Medals Rank: 11	Gold 11	Silver 6	Bronze 9	Total 26
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Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 145 competitors, 71 men and 74 women, took part in 116 events in 16 sports. At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant. Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor.

Medalists

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners

These games were Romania's best showing, both in number of gold medals and total medals won at a non-boycotted games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Gabriela Szabo	Athletics	Women's 5000 m	September 25
Gold	Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m	September 30
Gold	Mihai Covaliu	Fencing	Men's sabre	September 21
Gold	Marius Urzică	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	September 24
Gold	Simona Amânar	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	September 21
Gold	Simona Amânar, Loredana Boboc, Andreea Isărescu, Maria Olaru, Claudia Presecan, Andreea Răducan	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	September 19
Gold	Angela Alupei, Constanţa Burcică	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls	September 24
Gold	Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	September 23
Gold	Veronica Cochelea, Georgeta Damian, Maria Magdalena Dumitrache, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipă, Ioana Olteanu, Viorica Susanu	Rowing	Women's coxed eight	September 24
Gold	Diana Mocanu	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	September 18
			Women's 200 metre backstroke	September 22
Silver	Violeta Beclea	Athletics	Women's 1500 m	September 28
Silver	Lidia Șimon	Athletics	Women's marathon	September 24
Silver	Marian Simion	Boxing	Light Middleweight	October 1
Silver	Maria Olaru	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	September 21
Silver	Andreea Răducan	Gymnastics	Women's vault	September 24
Silver	Beatrice Căslaru	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	September 19
Bronze	Gabriela Szabo	Athletics	Women's 1500 m	September 28
Bronze	Oana Pantelimon	Athletics	Women's high jump	September 30
Bronze	Dorel Simion	Boxing	Welterweight	September 30
Bronze	Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop	Canoeing	Men's C-2 500 m	October 1
Bronze	Raluca Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, Sanda Toma	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m	September 30
Bronze	Simona Amânar	Gymnastics	Women's floor	September 25
Bronze	Simona Richter	Judo	Women's 78 kg	September 21
Bronze	Iulian Raicea	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	September 21
Bronze	Beatrice Căslaru	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	September 16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Florin Ionescu

• Round 1 — 08:37.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Gheorghe Guşet

• Qualifying — 18.56 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Costel Grasu

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Bogdan Ţărus

• Qualifying — 8.00
• Final — 8.00 (→ 8th place)

Men's Triple Jump

• Ionuţ Pungă

• Qualifying — 16.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Costică Bălan

• Final — 1:23:42 (→ 18th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

• Otillia Silvia Ruicu

• Round 1 — 52.65
• Round 2 — 52.28 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m

• Elena Iagăr

• Round 1 — 02:07.56 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m

• Gabriela Szabo

• Round 1 — 04:08.33
• Semifinal — 04:07.38
• Final — 04:05.27 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Violeta Szekely

• Round 1 — 04:10.18
• Semifinal — 04:06.60
• Final — 04:05.15 (→ Silver Medal)

• Elena Iagăr

• Round 1 — 04:11.35
• Semifinal — 04:14.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

• Gabriela Szabo

• Round 1 — 15:08.36
• Final — 14:40.79 (→ Gold Medal) — Olympic record

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Ionela Târlea

• Round 1 — 56.40
• Semifinal — 54.70
• Final — 54.35 (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus

• Nicoleta Grasu

• Qualifying — 58.87 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Ana Mirela Ţermure

• Qualifying — 56.31 (→ did not advance)

• Felicea Moldovan Tilea

• Qualifying — 58.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Cristina Elena Nicolau

• Qualifying — 14.14
• Final — 14.17 (→ 6th place)

Women's High Jump

• Oana Manuela Pantelimon

• Qualifying — 1.94
• Final — 1.99 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Monica Iagăr-Dinescu

• Qualifying — 1.94
• Final — 1.93 (→ 9th place)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Norica Câmpean

• Final — 1:31:50 (→ 6th place)

• Ana Maria Groza

• Final — 1:33:38 (→ 13th place)

Women's Marathon

• Lidia Șimon

• Final — 2:23:22 (→ Silver Medal)

• Alina Gherasim

• Final — 2:36:16 (→ 29th place)

• Anuţa Cătună

• Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's Heptathlon

• Viorica Ţigău

• 100 m Hurdles — 13.39
• High Jump — 1.72
• Shot Put — 11.53
• 200 m — 24.80
• Long Jump — 6.01
• Javelin Throw — 43.38
• 800 m — 02:19.65
• Points — 5893 (→ 18th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Marian Velicu
  • Round 1 — Defeated Ramazan Ballioglu of Turkey
  • Round 2 — Lost to Maikro Romero of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Bogdan Dobrescu
  • Round 1 — Defeated Yang Xiangzhong of PR China
  • Round 2 — Lost to Manuel Mantilla of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• George Olteanu
  • Round 1 — Defeated Artour Mikaelian of Greece
  • Round 2 — Defeated Cesar Morales Velazquez of Mexico
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Clarence Vinson of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Ovidiu Bobîrnat
  • Round 1 — Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Gheorghe Lungu
  • Round 1 — Defeated Adisu Tebebu of Ethiopia
  • Round 2 — Lost to Cristian Bejarano of Mexico (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Dorel Simion
  • Round 1 — Defeated Ruben Fuchu of Puerto Rico
  • Round 2 — Defeated Roberto Guerra of Cuba
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Steven Küchler of Germany
  • Semifinal — Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia — Bronze medal

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Marian Simion
  • Round 1 — Defeated Ciro Fabio di Corcia of Italy
  • Round 2 — Defeated José Luis Zertuche of Mexico
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Frédéric Esther of France
  • Semifinal — Defeated Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand
  • Final — Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan — Silver medal

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Adrian Diaconu
  • Round 1 — Defeated Abdelhani Kinzi of Algeria
  • Round 2 — Defeated Jitender Kumar of India
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Grigore Claudiu Rasco
  • Round 1 — Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)

• Constantin Onofrei
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Samuel Peter of Nigeria (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Geza Magyar

• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.733
• Semifinal — 01:41.482 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Marian Băban

• Qualifying Heat — 03:45.127
• Semifinal — 03:47.215 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Vasile Curuzan, Nicu Romică Şerban

• Qualifying Heat — 01:33.184
• Semifinal — 01:32.975 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Nicu Romică Şerban, Marian Sîrbu

• Qualifying Heat — 03:05.341
• Semifinal — 03:05.101 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Florin Huidu

• Qualifying Heat — 01:53.076
• Semifinal — 01:53.277 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Florin Huidu

• Qualifying Heat — 03:56.770
• Semifinal — 04:03.901 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop

• Qualifying Heat — 01:41.904
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:54.260 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop

• Qualifying Heat — 03:37.340
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 03:37.355 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Sanda Toma

• Qualifying Heat — 01:54.738
• Semifinal — 01:56.310 (→ did not advance)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău

• Qualifying Heat — 01:43.204
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:59.264 (→ 4th place)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

• Sanda Toma, Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu

• Qualifying Heat — 01:35.935
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:37.010 (→ Bronze Medal)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gabriel Chereches	3 m springboard	318.27	35	did not advance
	10 m platform	320.61	30	did not advance

Women's Competition

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Clara Elena Ciocan	10 m platform	265.29	21	did not advance
Anişoara Oprea	10 m platform	221.82	36	did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Romania in 2000.

Men's sabre

• Mihai Covaliu
• Victor Gaureanu
• Florin Lupeică

Men's team sabre

• Mihai Covaliu, Florin Lupeică, Victor Gaureanu

Women's foil

• Laura Cârlescu-Badea
• Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman

• Preliminary Heat — 1:50.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman

• Preliminary Heat — 03:48.77
• Final — 03:47.38 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman

• Preliminary Heat — 15:12.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Ioan Gherghel

• Preliminary Heat — 54.13 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Ioan Gherghel

• Preliminary Heat — 01:59.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Răzvan Florea

• Preliminary Heat — 56.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Răzvan Florea

• Preliminary Heat — 01:59.79
• Semi-final — 01:59.44
• Final — 01:59.05 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Cezar Bădiţă

• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.48
• Semi-final — 02:02.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Cezar Bădiţă

• Preliminary Heat — 04:17.11
• Final — 04:20.91 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman, Cezar Bădiţă, Răzvan Florea, Ioan Gherghel

• Preliminary Heat — 07:24.06 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Camelia Potec

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.18
• Semi-final — 01:59.54
• Final — 01:59.46 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Camelia Potec

• Preliminary Heat — 04:11.92 (→ did not advance)

• Simona Păduraru

• Preliminary Heat — 04:13.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Diana Mocanu

• Preliminary Heat — 59.72
• Semi-final — 59.12
• Final — 59.43 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Beatrice Căslaru

• Preliminary Heat — 02:27.59 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Diana Mocanu

• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.18
• Semi-final — 01:00.70
• Final — 01:00.21 (→ Gold Medal) — Olympic Record

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Diana Mocanu

• Preliminary Heat — 02:09.21
• Semi-final — 02:09.64
• Final — 02:08.61 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Beatrice Căslaru

• Preliminary Heat — 02:13.72
• Semi-final — 02:13.31
• Final — 02:12.57 (→ Silver Medal)

• Diana Mocanu

• Preliminary Heat — 02:29.58 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Beatrice Căslaru

• Preliminary Heat — 04:41.04
• Final — 04:37.18 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Floina Herea, Simona Păduraru, Diana Mocanu, and Camelia Potec

• Preliminary Heat — 03:48.78 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Beatrice Căslaru, Ioana Diaconescu, Floina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Camelia Potec

• Preliminary Heat — 08:05.24
• Final — 08:01.63 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Oana Strătianu, Floina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Raluca Udroiu

• Preliminary Heat — 04:23.56 (→ did not advance)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Adrian Jigău	– 56 kg	122.5	127.5	127.5	152.5	157.5	157.5	275.0	6
Valeriu Calancea	– 85 kg	155.0	160.0	162.5	195.0	205.0	205.0	365.0	10
Florin Vlad	– 105 kg	175.0	180.0	185.0	215.0	220.0	225.0	405.0	7
Marius Alecu	+ 105 kg	165.0	170.0	175.0	215.0	220.0	220.0	390.0	15

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site