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Romania at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Romania at the; 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU; (RUM used at these Games)
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Mexico City
Competitors	82 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Aurel Vernescu
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904–1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Romania competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 82 competitors, 66 men and 16 women, took part in 64 events in 9 sports.^[2]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Fencing
Rowing
Shooting
Wrestling
Total	4	6	5	15

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male
Female
Total	4	6	5	15

Gold edit

Lia Manoliu after her victory.

Viorica Viscopoleanu — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Serghei Covaliov and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
Ion Drîmbă — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

Silver edit

Ileana Silai — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Mihaela Peneș — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Ion Monea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Anton Calenic, Dimitrie Ivanov, Haralambie Ivanov, and Mihai Țurcaș — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
Marcel Roșca — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Ion Baciu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze edit

Calistrat Cuțov — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
Viorica Dumitru — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Ileana Gyulai-Drimba, Ana Pascu-Ene-Dersidan, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Olga Szabo-Orban and Maria Vicol — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Simion Popescu — Wrestling, Men's Featherweight
Nicolae Martinescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Athletics edit

Boxing edit

Canoeing edit

Cycling edit

One cyclist represented Romania in 1968.

Individual road race

Emil Rusu

Individual pursuit

Emil Rusu

Fencing edit

Ten fencers, five men and five women, represented Romania in 1968.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Ion Drîmbă, Mihai Țiu, Ștefan Haukler, Tănase Mureșanu, Iuliu Falb

Men's épée

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Olga Orban-Szabo, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Maria Vicol

Rowing edit

Shooting edit

Twelve shooters, all men, represented Romania in 1968. Marcel Roşca won silver in the 25 m pistol.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

300 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Skeet

Gheorghe Sencovici

Swimming edit

Wrestling edit

References edit

^ "Aurel Vernescu". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Romania at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[1] "Aurel Vernescu". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[sports-reference-2] "Romania at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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Romania at the 1968 Summer Olympics

IOC code	ROU (RUM used at these Games)
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Mexico City
Competitors	82 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Aurel Vernescu^[1]
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904–1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Summary