Romania at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Romania competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. The two-man bobsleigh team of Nicolae Neagoe and Ion Panţuru won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games, a bronze. As of the 2022 games, they remain Romania's only Winter Olympic medalists.

Romania at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeROU
(ROM used at these Games)
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Grenoble
Competitors30 (29 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearerBeatrice Huștiu
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Bronze Ion Panturu
Nicolae Neagoe
Bobsleigh Two-man

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dorin Munteanu Downhill 2:22.53 65
Dan Cristea 2:18.52 62
Dorin Munteanu Giant Slalom 1:55.78 55 1:59.18 60 3:54.96 55
Dan Cristea 1:54.66 52 1:56.98 50 3:51.64 49
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Dorin Munteanu 57.72 5 56.05 3 did not advance
Dan Cristea 53.75 2 QF 56.10 39 57.23 26 1:53.33 25

Biathlon

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Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Nicolae Bărbăşescu 1'24:05.3 4 1'28:05.3 29
Gheorghe Cimpoia 1'25:36.5 1 1'26:36.5 23
Vilmoş Gheorghe 1'20:07.3 6 1'26:07.3 22
Constantin Carabela 1'22:52.2 0 1'22:52.2 14
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Gheorghe Cimpoia
Constantin Carabela
Nicolae Bărbăşescu
Vilmoş Gheorghe
4 2'25:39.8 7
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Ion Panţuru
Nicolae Neagoe
Two-man 1:10.20 2 1:11.62 6 1:11.31 7 1:11.33 4 4:44.46  
ROU-2 Romeo Nedelcu
Gheorghe Maftei
Two-man n/a ? n/a ? n/a ? DNF DNF
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Ion Panţuru
Petre Hristovici
Gheorghe Maftei
Nicolae Neagoe
Four-man 1:10.59 6 1:07.55 3 2:18.14 4

Figure skating

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Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Beatrice Huștiu 31 20 1457.2 257 29

Ice hockey

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First round

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  West Germany -   Romania 7:0 (1:0, 3:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.

Consolation Round

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Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
9   Yugoslavia 5 5 0 0 33 9 10
10   Japan 5 4 1 0 27 12 8
11   Norway 5 3 2 0 15 15 6
12   Romania 5 2 3 0 22 23 4
13   Austria 5 1 4 0 12 27 2
14   France 5 0 5 0 9 32 0

  Romania –   Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.

  France –   Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.

  Japan –   Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.

  Norway –   Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.

  Yugoslavia –   Romania 9:5 (5:3, 1:1, 3:1)
Goalscorers: Roman Smolej 2, Tisler 2, Felc 2, Ivo Jan, Hiti, Jug – Iuliu Szabo 2, Tekei, Florescu, Geza Szabo.

Contestants

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12. ROMANIA
Goaltenders: Constantin Dumitras, Mihai Stoiculescu
Defence: Ion Stefan Ionescu, Zoltan Czaka, Dezső Varga, Zoltan Fogaras, Razvan Schiau
Forwards: Geza Szabo, Iulian Florescu, Alexandru Kalamar, Gyula Szabo, Eduard Pana, Ion Gheorghiu, Stefan Texe, Ion Basa, Aurel Mois, Valentin Stefanov

References

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