Romania at the 1968 Summer Olympics

	Romania at the Olympics
IOC Code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic Committee
	Olympic Games in Mexico City
Athletes	82 in 9 sports
Standard bearer	Aurel Vernescu
	Participation in the Summer Olympics
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Romania was represented by 82 athletes in 9 sports at the 1968 Summer Olympics . They won 4 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals.

Content

1 Medalists
2 Competition Results
- 2.1 Rowing
3 References

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Kind of sport	Discipline
one Gold	Viorika Viskopolianu	Athletics	Women long jump
one Gold	Leah Manoliu	Athletics	Women Throwing Disc
one Gold	Yonel Drymbe	Fencing	Men's Rapier Individual Championship
one Gold	Sergey Kovalev Ivan Patsaykin	Kayaking and Canoeing	Men's Canoe Two, 1000 Meters
2 Silver	Ilyana Silay	Athletics	Women, 800 meters
2 Silver	Michaela Penesh	Athletics	Women Javelin
2 Silver	John Monya	Boxing	Men up to 81 kg
2 Silver	Anton Kalenik Dimitrie Ivanov Charalambie Ivanov Mihai Tsurkash	Kayaking and Canoeing	Kayak Four (K4) 1000m Men
2 Silver	Marcel Rosca	Shooting	Men's Rapid Fire Pistol 25 Meters
2 Silver	Yon Bachiu	Greco-Roman wrestling	Men up to 57 kg
3 Bronze	Calistrat Kutsov	Boxing	Men up to 60 kg
3 Bronze	Viorica Dumitru	Kayaking and Canoeing	Kayak Single (K1) 500m Women
3 Bronze	Nicolae Martinescu	Greco-Roman wrestling	Men up to 97 kg
3 Bronze	Ilyana Dyulay-Drymbe Catherine Steel-Jenchik Ana Pasco-En-Dershidan Olga Sabo-Orban Maria Vikol	Fencing	Women's Rapier Team Championship
3 Bronze	Simion Popescu	Greco-Roman wrestling	Men up to 63 kg

Competition Results

Rowing

In the next round from each race were several of the best crews (depending on discipline). 6 strongest crews reached the final A, another 6 crews who dropped out in the semifinals distributed their places in the final B.

Men

Competition	Athletes	Advance check			Qualifying race			Semifinal			The final		Summary a place
Competition	Athletes	Check in	Time	A place	Check in	Time	A place	Check in	Time	A place	Time	A place	Summary a place
loners	Eugene Petrache	2	8:05.33	four	one	8: 02.94	5	completed the presentation

Links

Romania national team at sports-reference.com

Romania at the Olympics

IOC Code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic Committee
Olympic Games in Mexico City
Athletes	82 in 9 sports
Standard bearer	Aurel Vernescu
Medals Place 12	Gold four	Silver 6	Bronze 5	Total fifteen
Participation in the Summer Olympics
1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016
Participation in the Winter Olympics
1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018