Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Bronze

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing				'
Shooting				'
Total	1	1	2	4

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male				'
Female				'
Total	1	1	2	4

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group C)

• Lost to Canada (51-72)
• Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place

• Team Roster

• Dan Niculescu
• Mihai Nedef
• Andrei Folbert
• Corneliu Călugăreanu
• Grigore Costescu
• Emanoil Răducanu
• Ladislau Mokos
• Liviu Nagy
• Cezar Niculescu
• Adrian Petroșanu
• Vasile Popescu
• Gheorghe Constantinide

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

• Ion Ionita

• Final — 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Ion Ionita — 25th place

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.

Men's foil

• Vasile Chelaru
• Nicolae Marinescu
• Andrei Vîlcea

Men's team foil

• Andrei Vîlcea, Ilie Tudor, Nicolae Marinescu, Vasile Chelaru

Men's épée

• Nicolae Marinescu
• Vasile Chelaru
• Zoltan Uray

Men's sabre

• Adalbert Gurath, Sr.
• Ilie Tudor
• Ion Santo

Men's team sabre

• Andrei Vîlcea, Ion Santo, Ilie Tudor, Mihai Kokossy

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

• Preliminary Round
• Lost to Hungary 1-2 (0-0) (did not advance, 20-th place)

• Team Roster

• Ion Voinescu
• Aurel Crîsnic
• Traian Popa
• Vasile Zavoda
• Zoltan Farmati
• Iosif Kovács
• Guido Fodor
• Iosif Ritter
• Valeriu Călinoiu
• Eugen Iordache
• Ștefan Balint
• Tiberiu Bone
• Titus Ozon
• Tudor Paraschiva
• Iosif Petschovski
• Gavril Serföző
• Ioan Suru
• Gheorghe Bodo
• Andrei Mercea
• Francisc Zavoda

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.

25 m pistol

• Gheorghe Lichiardopol
• Penait Calcai

50 m rifle, three positions

• Iosif Sîrbu

50 m rifle, prone

• Iosif Sîrbu
• Petre Cişmigu

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics