Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Romania at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Romania at the; 2000 Summer 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 Sydney
Competitors	145 (71 men and 74 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 11 Silver 6 Bronze 9 Total 26
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 145 competitors, 71 men and 74 women, took part in 116 events in 16 sports.^[1] At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant. Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor.^[2]

Medalists

These games were Romania's best showing, both in number of gold medals and total medals won at a non-boycotted games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Gabriela Szabo	Athletics	Women's 5000 m	September 25
Gold	Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m	September 30
Gold	Mihai Covaliu	Fencing	Men's sabre	September 21
Gold	Marius Urzică	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	September 24
Gold	Simona Amânar^[a]	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	September 21
Gold	Simona Amânar, Loredana Boboc, Andreea Isărescu, Maria Olaru, Claudia Presăcan, Andreea Răducan	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	September 19
Gold	Angela Alupei, Constanța Burcică	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls	September 24
Gold	Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	September 23
Gold	Veronica Cochela, Georgeta Damian, Maria Magdalena Dumitrache, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipă, Ioana Olteanu, Viorica Susanu	Rowing	Women's eight	September 24
Gold	Diana Mocanu	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	September 18
Gold	Diana Mocanu	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	September 22
Silver	Violeta Beclea	Athletics	Women's 1500 m	September 28
Silver	Lidia Șimon	Athletics	Women's marathon	September 24
Silver	Marian Simion	Boxing	Light Middleweight	October 1
Silver	Maria Olaru^[a]	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	September 21
Silver	Andreea Răducan	Gymnastics	Women's vault	September 24
Silver	Beatrice Căslaru	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	September 19
Bronze	Gabriela Szabo	Athletics	Women's 1500 m	September 28
Bronze	Oana Pantelimon	Athletics	Women's high jump	September 30
Bronze	Dorel Simion	Boxing	Welterweight	September 30
Bronze	Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop	Canoeing	Men's C-2 500 m	October 1
Bronze	Raluca Ioniță, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, Sanda Toma	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m	September 30
Bronze	Simona Amânar	Gymnastics	Women's floor	September 25
Bronze	Simona Richter	Judo	Women's 78 kg	September 21
Bronze	Iulian Raicea	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	September 21
Bronze	Beatrice Căslaru	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	September 16

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	2	2	5
Boxing	0	1	1	2
Canoeing	1	0	2	3
Fencing	1	0	0	1
Gymnastics	3	2	1	6
Judo	0	0	1	1
Rowing	3	0	0	3
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Swimming	2	1	1	4
Total	11	6	9	26

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	1	3	7
Female	8	5	6	19
Total	11	6	9	26

^ ^a ^b Medals were awarded on 25 September 2000 after Andreea Răducan disqualified due to medical substance.^[2]

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Florin Ionescu	3000 m steeplechase	8:37.44	27	did not advance
Costică Bălan	20 km walk	—						1:23:42	18

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bogdan Țăruș	Long jump	8.00	12 q	8.00	9
Ionuț Pungă	Triple jump	16.72	14	did not advance
Gheorghe Gușet	Shot put	18.56	30	did not advance
Costel Grasu	Discus throw	NM	—	did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Otilia Silvia Ruicu	400 m	52.65	27 Q	52.28	22	did not advance
Elena Iagăr	800 m	2:07.56	30	did not advance
Elena Iagăr	1500 m	4:11.35	21	—		4:14.75	23	did not advance
Gabriela Szabo		4:08.33	3 Q	—		4:07.38	11	4:05.27
Violeta Szekely		4:10.18	11	—		4:06.60	7 Q	4:05.15
Gabriela Szabo	5000 m	15:08.36	2 Q	—				14:40.79 OR
Ionela Târlea	400 metres hurdles	56.40	16 q	—		54.70	5 q	54.35	6
Anuța Cătună	Marathon	—						DNF
Alina Gherasim		—						2:36:16	29
Lidia Șimon		—						2:23:22
Norica Câmpean	20 km walk	—						1:31:50	6
Ana Maria Groza	20 km walk	—						1:33:38	13

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Oana Pantelimon	High jump	1.94	12 Q	1.99
Monica Iagăr	High jump	1.94	10 Q	1.93	9
Cristina Elena Nicolau	Triple jump	14.14	10 q	14.17	6
Nicoleta Grasu	Discus throw	58.57	19	did not advance
Ana Mirela Țermure	Javelin throw	56.31	22	did not advance
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan		58.75	15	did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Viorica Țigău	Result	13.39	1.72	11.53	24.80	6.01	43.48	2:19.65	5893	18
Viorica Țigău	Points	1066	879	630	905	853	732	828	5893	18

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marian Velicu	Light Flyweight	Ballioğlu (TUR) W 20–8	Romero (CUB) L RSC	did not advance
Bogdan Dobrescu	Flyweight	Yang X (CHN) W 12–3	Mantilla (CUB) L RSC	did not advance
George Olteanu	Bantamweight	Mikaelyan (GRE) W 7–2	Morales (MEX) W RSC	Vinson (USA) L 19–26	did not advance
Ovidiu Bobîrnat	Featherweight	Sattarkhanov (KAZ) L 5–14	did not advance
Gheorghe Lungu	Lightweight	Tebebu (ETH) W 15–3	Bejarano (MEX) L 11–14	did not advance
Dorel Simion	Welterweight	Tsie (LES) W RSC	Guerra (CUB) W 11–7	Küchler (GER) W 26–14	Saitov (RUS) L 10–19	did not advance
Marian Simion	Light middleweight	Di Corcia (ITA) W 19–8	Zertuche (MEX) W RSC	Esther (FRA) W RSC	Thongburan (THA) W 26–16	Ibraimov (KAZ) L 23–25
Oleksandr Zubrihin	Middleweight	Kinzi (ALG) W 19–8	Kumar (IND) W 12–3	Gutiérrez (CUB) L KO	did not advance
Claudio Rîșco	Light Heavyweight	Mihaylov (UZB) L 6–15	did not advance
Constantin Onofrei	Super Heavyweight	BYE	Peter (NGR) L 14–17	did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florin Huidu	C-1 500 m	1:53.076	4 QS	1:53.277	4	did not advance
Florin Huidu	C-1 1000m	3:56.770	5 QS	4:03.910	5	did not advance
Florin Popescu Mitică Pricop	C-2 500 m	1:41.904	1 QF	BYE		1:54.260
Florin Popescu Mitică Pricop	C-2 1000 m	3:37.340	1 QF	BYE		3:37.355
Geza Magyar	K-1 500 m	1:42.733	3 QS	1:41.482	4	did not advance
Marian Băban	K-1 1000 m	3:45.127	5 QS	3:47.215	7	did not advance
Vasile Curuzan Romică Șerban	K-2 500 m	1:33.184	4 QS	1:32.975	6	did not advance
Vasile Curuzan Sorin Petcu Romică Șerban Marian Sîrbu	K-4 1000 m	3:05.341	5 QS	3:05.101	6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanda Toma	K-1 500 m	1:54.738	4 QS	1:56.310	5	did not advance
Raluca Ioniță Mariana Limbău	K-2 500 m	1:43.204	4 QS	BYE		1:59.264	4
Raluca Ioniță Mariana Limbău Elena Radu Sanda Toma	K-4 500 m	1:35.935	3 QF	BYE		1:37.010

Qualification Legend: 'R = Qualify to repechage; QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gabriel Cherecheș	3 m springboard	318.27	35	did not advance
Gabriel Cherecheș	10 m platform	320.61	30	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Clara Elena Ciocan	3 m springboard	265.29	21	did not advance
Anișoara Oprea	3 m springboard	221.82	36	did not advance

Fencing

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Romania in 2000.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mihai Covaliu	Men's sabre	Bye	Jaskot (POL) W 15–12	Lapkes (BLR) W 15–11	Tuoya (FRA) W 15–12	Kothny (GER) W 15–12	Gourdain (FRA) W 15–12
Victor Găureanu		Bye	Tarantino (ITA) W 15–10	Pilett (FRA) W 15–10	Gourdain (FRA) L 14–15	did not advance
Florin Lupeică		Maya (CUB) W 15–10	Köves (HUN) L 14–15	did not advance
Mihai Covaliu Victor Găureanu Florin Lupeică	Men's team sabre	—			Poland (POL) W 45-20	Russia (RUS) L 28-45	Germany (GER) L 27-45	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Cârlescu-Badea	Women's foil	Bye	Dussu (CUB) W 15–6	Jie (CHN) W 15–7	Bianchedi (ITA) W 15–4	Vezzali (ITA) L 8–15	Trillini (ITA) L 9–15	4
Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo	Women's foil	Bye	Mahoney (CAN) W 15–10	Marsh (USA) W 15–7	Vezzali (ITA) L 8–9	did not advance

Gymnastics

Men's artistic

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Marian Drăgulescu	Team	9.700 Q	9.500	9.575	9.637	9.625	9.312	57.349	7 Q	9.387	9.387	9.537	9.737	9.587	9.550	57.186	—
Rareş Orzaţa		9.337	9.500	9.637	9.637	9.162	9.287	56.560	19 Q	9.237	9.425	9.575	9.637	8.962	9.650	56.486
Florentin Pescaru		8.850	9.562	9.237	9.587	9.375	9.212	55.823	33	9.550	9.450	9.575	9.600	9.050	8.687	55.786
Ioan Suciu		9.437	9.712	9.425	9.350	9.612	9.237	56.773	15 Q	9.212	9.637	9.537	9.737	9.587	9.550	56.836
Marius Urzică		—	9.812	—		9.662	9.575	29.049	82	—	9.787	—		9.712	8.787	28.286
Total		37.324	38.586	37.874	38.211	38.274	37.411	227.480	6 Q	37.386	38.299	37.836	38.661	37.999	37.362	227.543	6

Individual events

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Marian Drăgulescu	All-around	9.637	9.300	9.562	9.562	9.487	9.550	57.098	13
Rareş Orzaţa		9.312	9.612	9.637	9.662	9.462	9.700	57.385	11
Ioan Suciu		8.712	9.725	9.325	9.212	9.400	9.412	55.786	28
Marian Drăgulescu	Floor	9.712	—					9.712	6
Marius Urzică	Pommel horse	—	9.862	—				9.862
Marius Urzică	Parallel bars	—				8.887	—	8.887	8

Women's artistic

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Simona Amânar	Team	9.743 Q	9.562	9.675	9.737 Q	38.717	2 Q	9.712	9.550	9.837	9.762	38.861	—
Loredana Boboc		9.250	9.550	9.675	9.337	37.812	17	9.400	9.475	9.600	9.700	38.175
Andreea Isărescu		9.193	9.625	—		18.818	86	9.575	9.687	—	9.600	28.862
Maria Olaru		9.625	9.225	9.787 Q	9.575	38.212	10 Q	9.581	9.525	9.787	9.687	38.580
Claudia Presăcan		—		9.775 Q	8.925	18.700	88	—		9.450	—	9.450
Andreea Răducan		9.743 Q	9.562	9.675	9.737 Q	38.717	2 Q	9.712	9.550	9.837	9.762	38.861
Total		38.343	38.287	38.912	38.449	153.991	2 Q	38.461	38.237	38.986	38.924	154.608

Individual events

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Simona Amânar	All-around	9.656	9.512	9.662	9.812	38.642
Maria Olaru		9.656	9.600	9.700	9.625	38.581
Andreea Răducan		Disqualified
Simona Amânar	Vault	9.537	—			9.537	6
Simona Amânar	Floor	—			9.712	9.712
Maria Olaru	Balance beam	—		9.700	—	9.700	6
Claudia Presăcan	Balance beam	—		9.750	—	9.750	4
Andreea Răducan	Vault	9.693	—			9.693

Handball

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	4	4	0	0	131	100	+31	8
Hungary	4	2	1	1	119	106	+13	5
France	4	2	0	2	90	93	-3	4
Romania	4	1	1	2	99	101	-2	3
Angola	4	0	0	4	98	137	-39	0


19 September 2000
Romania	25 – 34	South Korea
21 September 2000
Angola	25 – 35	Romania
23 September 2000
Romania	21 – 21	Hungary
25 September 2000
France	21 – 18	Romania

Quarter-finals


28 September 2000
Norway	28 – 16	Romania

5–8th place


30 September 2000
Austria	29 – 23	Romania

7th place


1 October 2000
Brazil	33 – 38	Romania

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Claudiu Baștea	Men's 73kg	Nakamura (JPN) L 0010–0110	did not advance
Adrian Croitoru	Men's 90kg	Geraldino (DOM) W 0010-0001	Morozov (RUS) W 1001-0000	Huizinga (NED) L 0000-0001	—		Olson (USA) L 0001-1000	did not advance
Radu Ivan	Men's 100kg	Svirin (BLR) W 0100-0000	Jikurauli (GEO) L 0001-1001	did not advance
Gabriel Munteanu	Men's +100kg	Jakl (CZE) L 0000-1011	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laura Moise	Women's 48kg	Park S-J (KOR) W	Savon (CUB) L	did not advance
Ioana Maria Aluaș	Women's 52kg	Diaz (VEN) W	Liu X (CHN) L	—			Devi (IND) W	Souakri (ALG) W	Kye (PRK) L	5
Simona Richter	Women's 78kg	Bye	Cowen (GBR) W	Luna (CUB) L	—		Tong (USA) W	Lee S-y (KOR) W	Rakels (BEL) W

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Nicolae Papuc	Men's	178	2	1156	12	13	800	2:10.86	16	1192	DNF	-	0	9:53.89	18	1026	4174	21

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valeriu Andrunache Adrian Bucenschi Florin Corbeanu Valentin Robu	Coxless four	6:14.00	4 R	6:11.24	2 Q	6:15.14	6 FB	6:06.73	10
Dorin Alupei Andrei Bănică Vasile Măstăcan Costel Mutescu Cornel Nemțoc Gheorghe Pîrvan Dumitru Răducanu Viorel Talapan Florian Tudor	Eight	5:56.93	4 R	5:43.24	2 FA	—		5:43.89	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgeta Damian Doina Ignat	Coxless pair	7:16.22	1 Q	—				7:11.00
Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipa	Double sculls	7:08.70	1 Q	—				7:05.05	5
Angela Alupei Constanța Burcica	Lightweight double sculls	7:16.65	1 Q	—		6:59.85	1 FA	7:02.64
Aurica Bărăscu Elena Popa Crina Violeta Serediuc Doina Spîrcu	Quadruple sculls	6:52.01	5 R	6:50.34	4 FB	—		6:46.78	9
Veronica Cochela Georgeta Damian Maria Dumitrache Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Viorica Susanu	Eight	6:06.66	1 Q	—				6:06.44

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Sorin Babii	10m air pistol	578	11	did not advance
Sorin Babii	50m pistol	560	9	did not advance
Iulică Cazan	25m rapid fire pistol	583	11	did not advance
Iulian Raicea	25m rapid fire pistol	587	1 Q	684.6
Iulian Raicea	10m air pistol	569	30	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dragoș Coman	200m freestyle	1:50.20	17	did not advance
	400m freestyle	3:48.77 NR	7 Q	—		3:47.38 NR	5
	1500m freestyle	15:12.64 NR	9	did not advance
Răzvan Florea	100m backstroke	56.35 NR	=21	did not advance
Răzvan Florea	200m backstroke	1:59.79	5 Q	1:59.44 NR	5 Q	1:59.05 NR	6
Ioan Gherghel	100m butterfly	54.13	21	did not advance
Ioan Gherghel	200m butterfly	1:59.48	17	did not advance
Cezar Bădiță	200m individual medley	2:02.48 NR	9 Q	2:02.02	5	did not advance
Cezar Bădiță	400m individual medley	4:17.11 NR	4 Q	—		4:20.91	7
Cezar Bădiță Dragoș Coman Răzvan Florea Ioan Gherghel	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:24.06	9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Camelia Potec	200m freestyle	2:00.18	5 Q	1:59.54	2 Q	1:59.46	7
Camelia Potec	400m freestyle	4:11.92	11	did not advance
Simona Păduraru	400m freestyle	4:13.89	16	did not advance
Diana Mocanu	100m backstroke	1:01.18 NR	2 Q	1:00.70 NR	1 Q	1:00.21 OR
	200m backstroke	2:09.21 NR	1 Q	2:09.64	1 Q	2:08.16
	100m butterfly	59.72 NR	12 Q	59.12 NR	3 Q	59.43	8
Beatrice Câșlaru	200m breaststroke	2:27.59	6 Q	Withdrew
Beatrice Câșlaru	200m individual medley	2:13.72	2 Q	2:13.31	1 Q	2:12.57
Diana Mocanu	200m individual medley	2:29.58	34	did not advance
Beatrice Câșlaru	400m individual medley	4:41.04	4 Q	—		4:37.18
Ioana Diaconescu Florina Herea Diana Mocanu Camelia Potec	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:48.78	12	did not advance
Lorena Diaconescu Florina Herea Simona Păduraru Camelia Potec	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:05.24	3 Q	—		8:01.63	4
Ioana Diaconescu Florina Herea Simona Păduraru Raluca Udroiu	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:23.56	18	did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adrian Crișan	Men's singles	Błaszczyk (POL) L 2-3	Gerada (AUS) W 3-0	2	did not advance
Otilia Bădescu	Women's singles	Fadeyeva (RUS) W 3-1	Silva (BRA) W 3-0	1 Q	Suk (KOR) L 2-3	did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrei Pavel	Men's singles	Norman (SWE) L 7–6, 3–6, 8-10	did not advance
Ruxandra Dragomir	Women's singles	Pratt (AUS) L 3–6, 3-6	did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Adrian Jigău	– 56 kg	122.5	~~127.5~~	~~127.5~~	152.5	~~157.5~~	~~157.5~~	275.0	6
Valeriu Calancea	– 85 kg	155.0	160.0	~~162.5~~	195.0	~~205.0~~	205.0	365.0	10
Florin Vlad	– 105 kg	175.0	180.0	~~185.0~~	215.0	220.0	225.0	405.0	7
Marius Alecu	+ 105 kg	165.0	170.0	175.0	215.0	~~220.0~~	~~220.0~~	390.0	15

Wrestling

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicolae Ghiță	85kg	Khadem (IRI) L 3-5	Kapuvari (HUN) L 1-2	Aka-Akesse (CIV) W 10-0	3	did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marian Sandu	54kg	Kang (PRK) W 8-7	Shevtsov (RUS) L 8-11	—	3	did not advance
Constantin Borăscu	58kg	Yildiz (GER) L 4-6	Barguaoui (TUN) W 7-0	Nikonorov (RUS) L 3-7	3	did not advance
Ender Memet	69kg	Azcuy (CUB) L 3-4	Abdo (AUS) W 11-0	—	2	did not advance
Petru Sudureac	97kg	Ljungberg (SWE) L 2-3	Mollov (BUL) W 6-1	—	2	did not advance

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

^ "Romania at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Raducan tests positive for stimulant" Associated Press, 26 September 2000

[Raducan-3] Medals were awarded on 25 September 2000 after Andreea Răducan disqualified due to medical substance.^[2]

[sports-reference-1] "Romania at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[positive-2] "Raducan tests positive for stimulant" Associated Press, 26 September 2000

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