Romania at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Romania at the 1976 Winter 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 Innsbruck
Competitors	32 (men) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Gheorghe Gârniță
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

References

• Official Olympic Reports Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com