Romania at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Romania at the
1976 Winter Olympics
IOC codeROU
(ROM used at these Games)
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Innsbruck
Competitors32 (men) in 4 sports
Flag bearerGheorghe Gârniță
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ion Cavaşi Downhill 2:00.19 57
Dan Cristea 1:55.63 49
Dan Cristea Giant Slalom 2:01.78 65 2:03.51 45 4:05.29 45
Ion Cavaşi 1:59.90 60 DNF – DNF –
Dan Cristea Slalom 1:10.70 39 1:16.87 35 2:27.57 34
Ion Cavaşi 1:08.59 36 1:12.73 30 2:21.32 30

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Nicolae Cristoloveanu 1'20:15.53 8 1'28:15.53 45
Gheorghe Gârniţă 1'17:00.71 8 1'25:00.71 31
Gheorghe Voicu 1'16:01.52 5 1'21:01.52 16
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
Nicolae Cristoloveanu
Gheorghe Voicu
Victor Fontana
Gheorghe Gârniţă 		7 2'09:54.40 10
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 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
Gheorghe Lixandru 		Two-man 57.15 11 57.43 11 57.85 16 57.66 12 3:50.09 11
ROU-2 Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Costel Ionescu 		Two-man 57.95 18 57.66 15 57.58 11 57.34 10 3:50.53 12
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Paul Neagu
Costel Ionescu
Gheorghe Lixandru 		Four-man 55.54 9 55.51 7 56.18 8 56.68 7 3:43.91 8
ROU-2 Ion Panţuru
Constantin Romaniuc
Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu
Mihai Nicolau 		Four-man 56.09 15 56.23 15 56.81 12 57.57 13 3:46.70 14

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Poland 7–4  Romania

Consolation round

Rank Pld W L T GF GA Pts
7  Romania 5 4 1 0 23 15 8
8  Austria 5 3 2 0 18 14 6
9  Japan 5 3 2 0 20 18 6
10  Yugoslavia 5 3 2 0 22 19 6
11   Switzerland 5 2 3 0 24 22 4
12  Bulgaria 5 0 5 0 19 38 0
  • Romania 3-1 Japan
  • Yugoslavia 4-3 Romania
  • Austria 3-4 Romania
  • Romania 9-4 Bulgaria
  • Romania 4-3 Switzerland
Contestants
Valerian Netedu
Vasile Morar
Elöd Antal
Şandor Gal
George Justinian
Ion Ioniţă
Dezső Varga
Doru Moroşan
Doru Tureanu
Dumitru Axinte
Eduard Pană
Vasile Huțanu
Ioan Gheorghiu
Tiberiu Mikloş
Alexandru Hălăucă
Marian Pisaru
Nicolae Vişan
Marian Costea

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