Romania at the Olympics

Romania at the Olympics is a history which began in 1900.

Romania at the Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
Medals	Gold 89 Silver 95 Bronze 123 Total 307
Summer appearances
1900 1904–1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Romania was RUM. It is now ROU.

History

A team from Romania was first at the Olympic Games in 1900. They had only one participant. The National Olympic Committee for Romania is the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee. It was formed and recognized in 1914. The nation first sent a team to the Games in 1924. They have been to each of the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then except for two times. Notably, Romania was the lone Eastern Bloc nation to participate at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which the other nations boycotted. That was also Romania's most successful Olympic Games: they won 20 gold medals and 53 medals total.

Romanian athletes have won a total of 293 medals, with gymnastics as the top medal-producing sport.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	0	0	0	0
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London	did not participate
1912 Stockholm	did not participate
1920 Antwerp	did not participate
1924 Paris	0	0	1	1
1928 Amsterdam	0	0	0	0
1932 Los Angeles	did not participate
1936 Berlin	0	1	0	1
1948 London	did not participate
1952 Helsinki	1	1	2	4
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	5	3	5	13
1960 Rome	3	1	6	10
1964 Tokyo	2	4	6	12
1968 Mexico City	4	6	5	15
1972 Munich	3	6	7	16
1976 Montreal	4	9	14	27
1980 Moscow	6	6	13	25
1984 Los Angeles	20	16	17	53
1988 Seoul	7	11	6	24
1992 Barcelona	4	6	8	18
1996 Atlanta	4	7	9	20
2000 Sydney	11	6	9	26
2004 Athens	8	5	6	19
2008 Beijing	4	1	3	8
2012 London	2	5	2	9
Total	88	94	119	301

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1928 St. Moritz	0	0	0	0
1932 Lake Placid	0	0	0	0
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	0	0	0	0
1948 St. Moritz	0	0	0	0
1952 Oslo	0	0	0	0
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	0	0	0
1960 Squaw Valley	did not participate
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0
1968 Grenoble	0	0	1	1
1972 Sapporo	0	0	0	0
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0
1980 Lake Placid	0	0	0	0
1984 Sarajevo	0	0	0	0
1988 Calgary	0	0	0	0
1992 Albertville	0	0	0	0
1994 Lillehammer	0	0	0	0
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	1	1

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Gymnastics	25	21	26	72
Rowing	19	10	8	37
Athletics	11	14	10	35
Canoeing	10	10	14	34
Wrestling	7	8	17	32
Shooting	6	4	5	15
Fencing	3	5	7	15
Swimming	3	2	4	9
Weightlifting	2	7	4	13
Boxing	1	9	15	25
Judo	1	2	3	6
Handball	0	1	3	4
Equestrian	0	1	1	2
Bobsleigh	0	0	1	1
Rugby	0	0	1	1
Volleyball	0	0	1	1
Total	88	94	120	302

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes

Other websites

Media related to Romania at the Olympic Games at Wikimedia Commons

• "Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
• Romania profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine