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 code	ROU (ROM used at these Games)
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Grenoble
Competitors	30 (29 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Beatrice Huștiu
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Medalists

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

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Women

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

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

First round

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

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

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

• Official Olympic Reports Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com