Romania competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 157 competitors, 103 men and 54 women, took part in 92 events in 11 sports.
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Nadia Comăneci Artistic gymnastics Women's All-Around Individual July 21 Nadia Comăneci Artistic gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars July 22 Nadia Comăneci Artistic gymnastics Women's Balance Beam July 22 Vasile Dîba Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres July 30 Simion Cuţov Boxing Men's Lightweight July 31 Mircea Şimon Boxing Men's Heavyweight July 31 Gheorghe Danilov and Gheorghe Simionov Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 Metres July 31 Teodora Ungureanu Artistic gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars July 19 Teodora Ungureanu, Anca Grigoraș, Gabriela Trușcă, Nadia Comăneci, Mariana Constantin, and Georgeta Gabor Artistic gymnastics Women's Artistic Team All-Around July 19 Gheorghe Berceanu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 July 24 Constantin Tudosie, Radu Voina, Nicolae Munteanu, Cornel Penu, Werner Stöckl, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Alexandru Fölker, Cristian Gațu, Mircea Grabovschi, Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, and Cezar Drăgăniṭă Handball Men's Handball July 28 Nicu Gingă Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg July 24 Ștefan Rusu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg July 24 Gheorghe Megelea Athletics Men's Javelin Throw July 26 Victor Zilberman Boxing Men's Welterweight July 31 Alec Năstac Boxing Men's Middleweight July 31 Costică Dafinoiu Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight July 31 Vasile Dîba Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres July 31 Policarp Malîhin and Larion Serghei Canoeing Men's K-2 500 Metres July 30 Alexandru Nilca, Ioan Pop, Dan Irimiciuc, Cornel Marin, and Marin Mustață Fencing Men's team sabre July 27 Dan Grecu Artistic Gymnastics Men's rings July 23 Teodora Ungureanu Artistic Gymnastic Women's Balance Beam July 22 Nadia Comăneci Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor July 22 Ioana Tudoran, Felicia Afrăsiloaie, Elena Giurcă, and Maria Micșa Rowing Women's Quadruple Skulls July 24 Roman Codreanu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg July 24 Stelică Morcov Wrestling Men's Freestyle 90 kg July 31 Ladislau Simon Wrestling Men's Freestyle +100 kg July 31
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Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 001 1Boxing 023 5Canoeing 112 4Fencing 001 1Gymnastics 323 8Handball 010 1Rowing 001 1Wrestling 033 6Total491427
Medals by genderGender TotalMale1711 19Female323 8Total491427
Gold Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam Vasile Dîba — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Silver Simion Cuţov — Boxing, Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Mircea Şimon — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Gheorghe Danilov and Gheorghe Simionov — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs Teodora Ungureanu — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars Teodora Ungureanu, Anca Grigoraș, Gabriela Trușcă, Nadia Comăneci, Mariana Constantin, and Georgeta Gabor — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises Constantin Tudosie, Radu Voina, Nicolae Munteanu, Cornel Penu, Werner Stöckl, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Alexandru Fölker, Cristian Gațu, Mircea Grabovschi, Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, and Cezar Drăgăniṭă — Handball, Men's Team Competition Gheorghe Berceanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight Nicu Ginga — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight Ștefan Rusu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Bronze Gheorghe Megelea — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Victor Zilberman — Boxing, Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Alec Năstac — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Kostica Dafinoiu — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Vasile Dîba — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles Policarp Malîhin and Larion Serghei — Canoeing, Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs Alexandru Nilca, Ioan Pop, Dan Irimiciuc, Corneliu Marin, and Marin Mustata — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition Danuţ Grecu — Gymnastics, Men's Rings Teodora Ungureanu — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises Ioana Tudoran, Felicia Afrăsiloaie, Elena Giurcă, and Maria Micșa — Rowing, Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls Roman Codreanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight Stelica Morcov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight Ladislau Simon — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Athletics
Men's 10.000 metres Ilie Floroiu Heat — 28:23.40 Final — 27:59.93 (→ 5th place)
Men's Discus Throw Iosif Nagy Qualification — 57.28m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw Éva Ráduly-Zörgő Qualification — 55.34 m Final — 55.60 m (→ 11th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Remus Cosma 1st Round — Lost to Payao Pooltarat (Thailand), 1-4 Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) Faredin Ibrahim lost to Gu Yong Jo (North Korea) 1-4 Men's Featherweight (57 kg) Gheorghe Ciochină def. Jackson Ouma (Kenya) WO, def. René Weller (West Germany) 4-1, lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 3rd round Men's Lightweight (60 kg) Simion Cuțov def. Silvester Mittee (Great Britain) RSCH 3rd round, def. Nelson Calzadilla (Venezuela) 5-0, def. Ove Lundby (Sweden) 5-0, def. Vasili Solomin (Soviet Union) 5-0, lost to Howard Davis (USA) 0-5 (→ Silver Medal) Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) Calistrat Cuțov def. Jean-Claude Ruiz (France) 5-0, def. Sjamsul Hanrahap (Indonesia) 5-0, lost to Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria) (0-5)
Men's Welterweight (67 kg) Victor Zilberman def. Amon Kotey (Ghana) WO, def. Colin Jones (Great Britain)5-0, def. Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) 3-2, lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) 2-3 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) Vasile Didea def. Michael Prevost (Canada) disq.3rd round, def. Naiden Stanchev (Bulgaria) 3-2, lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) 0-5
Men's Middleweight (71 kg) Alec Năstac def. Philip Mc. Elwaine (Australia) 3-2, def. Fernando Martins (Brazil) 3-2, lost to Michael Spinks (USA) WO (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) Costică Dafinoiu def. Robert Nixon (Guyana) WO, def. Robert Burgess (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Sixto Soria (Cuba) abandon 1st round (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg) Mircea Simon def. Trevor Berbick (Jamaica) 5-0, def. Atanas Suvandjiev (Bulgaria) 4-1, def. Clarence Hill (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) abandon 3rd round (→ Silver Medal)
Canoeing
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Romania in 1976.
Men's foil Petru Kuki Mihai Țiu Tudor Petruș
Men's team foil Petru Kuki, Mihai Țiu, Tudor Petruș, Petrică Buricea
Men's épée Nicolae Iorgu Paul Szabo Anton Pongratz
Men's team épée Ioan Popa, Anton Pongratz, Nicolae Iorgu, Paul Szabo
Men's sabre Ioan Pop Dan Irimiciuc Cornel Marin
Men's team sabre Dan Irimiciuc, Ioan Pop, Marin Mustață, Cornel Marin, Alexandru Nilca
Women's foil Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic Magdalena Bartoș Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu
Women's team foil Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Magdalena Bartoș
Gymnastics
Handball
-;Women's Team Competition Championship Pool Lost to East Germany (12-18) Lost to Soviet Union (8-14) Defeated Japan (21-20) Defeated Canada (17-11) Lost to Hungary (15-20)→ 4th place
Team Roster Iuliana Hobincu Elisabeta Ionescu Rozalia Șooș Simona Arghir Maria Lackovics Georgeta Lăcusta Doina Furcoi Niculina Sasu Cristina Petrovici Constantina Pițigoi Doina Cojocaru Magdalena Miklos Maria Bosi Viorica Ionică
-;Men's Team Competition Preliminary Pool, Group B Defeated Hungary (23-18) Defeated USA (32-19) Drew with Czechoslovakia (19-19) Defeated Poland (17-15) Final Round, Gold Medal Match Lost to Soviet Union (15-19)(→ Silver Medal)
Team Roster Cornel Penu Nicolae Munteanu Gabriel Kicsid Ghiţă Licu Cezar Drăgăniță Cristian Gațu Radu Voina Roland Gunesch Alexandru Folker Ștefan Birtalan Adrian Cosma Constantin Tudosie Werner Stockl Mircea Grabovschi
Rowing
Shooting
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Adrian Nastasiu Adrian Schervan Claudiu Ioan Rusu Corneliu Rusu Dinu Popescu Doru Spînu Florin Slâvei Gheorghe Zamfirescu Ilie Slâvei Liviu Râducanu Viorel Rus
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Greco-Roman Wrestling 48 kg Gheorghe Berceanu def. Moriwaki(Japan) 4-3, def. Zajączkowski (Poland) fall 0:20, def. Kawasaki (Canada) 14-1, def. Hinz (East Germany) fall 2:08, def. Angelov (Bulgaria) 4-3, lost to Shumakov (Soviet Union) 6-10 (→ Silver Medal) 52 kg Nicu Gingă def. Kirov (Bulgaria) injury 5:11, lost to Konstantinov (Soviet Union) 11-17, def. Kraus (West Germany) disq. 7:08, def. Caltabiano (Italy) 11-1, def. Hirayama (Japan) disq. 5:45 (→ Silver Medal) 57 kg Mihai Boțilă def. Józef Lipień (Poland) disq., def. Ahn Han Yung (South Korea) 8-0, lost to Mustafin (Soviet Union) 6-14, def. Krysta (Czechoslovakia) 12-0, lost to Pertti Ukkola (Finland) disq. 5:19 →5th place 62 kg Ion Păun def. Malmkvist (Sweden) fall 5:40, def. Choi Kyung Soo (South Korea) fall 5:53, def. Hjelt (Finland) 11-4, lost to Miyahara (Japan) 2-6, lost to Réczi (Hungary) injury 1:25 →5th place
68 kg Ștefan Rusu def. Andrzej Supron (Poland) 13-1, def. Kim Halmyung (South Korea) fall 2:49, def. Kobayashi (Japan) disq. 3:45, lost to Suren Nalbandyan (Soviet Union) 3-5, def. Wehling (East Germany) disq. 7:45 (→ Silver Medal)
74 kg Gheorghe Ciobotaru drew with Karlsson (Sweden) double disqualification, def. Nagatomo (Japan) disq. 6:50, def. Kiss (Austria) fall 5:41, lost to Bykov (Soviet Union) 6-7 →6th place
82 kg Ion Enache def. Cummings (Canada) injury 7:40, def. Andersson (Sweden) 6-4, drew with Kolev (Bulgaria) 8-8, lost to Momir Petković (Yugoslavia) 2-3 →7th place
90 kg Petre Dicu lost to Sellyei (Hungary) 2-7, lost to Rezantsev (Soviet Union) fall 2:51
100 kg Nicolae Martinescu lost to Nikolay Balboshin (Soviet Union) fall 1:23, def. N'diaye (Senegal) fall 2:18, lost to Goranov (Bulgaria) 5:51 →7th place
+100 kg
Roman Codreanu def. Ronnyai (Hungary) disq. 7:22, def. Robertsson (Sweden) disq. 3:59, def. Wolff (West Germany) disq. 5:15, def. Lee (USA) disq. 7:30, lost to Aleksandr Kolchinski (Soviet Union) fall 0:37, lost to Tomov (Bulgaria) injury 0:32 (→ Bronze Medal)
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