| Romania at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ROU (ROM used at these Games) |
| NOC | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lake Placid | |
| Competitors | 35 (33 men, 2 women) in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Gheorghe Lixandru [1] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Romania competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| ROU-1 | Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Gheorghe Lixandru | Two-man | 1:03.99 | 13 | 1:04.30 | 13 | 1:03.75 | 12 | 1:04.00 | 12 | 4:16.04 | 11 |
| ROU-2 | Constantin Iancu Constantin Obreja | Two-man | 1:04.58 | 16 | 1:04.52 | 15 | 1:04.76 | 19 | 1:04.77 | 18 | 4:18.63 | 18 |
| 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 Dorel Cristudor Sandu Mitrofan Gheorghe Lixandru | Four-man | 1:01.42 | 10 | 1:01.32 | 9 | 1:00.61 | 9 | 1:01.33 | 9 | 4:04.68 | 8 |
| ROU-2 | Constantin Iancu Ion Duminicel Doru Frîncu Constantin Obreja | Four-man | 1:01.85 | 17 | 1:02.16 | 16 | 1:01.74 | 15 | 1:01.76 | 13 | 4:07.51 | 14 |
| Team advanced to the Final Round | |
| Team advanced to Consolation Round |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 9 |
 United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 |
 Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 6 |
 Romania | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 3 |
 West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 2 |
 Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-5).
| 12 February 1980 16:30 | Romania | 6 – 4 (1–1, 2–3, 3–0) | West Germany | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Neagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Shots | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 February 1980 13:00 | Romania | 0 – 8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1) | Sweden | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26 min | Penalties | 15 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Shots | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 February 1980 13:00 | Romania | 2 – 7 (0–2, 1–3, 1–2) | Czechoslovakia | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Josef Kompalla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 February 1980 20:30 | United States | 7 – 2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1) | Romania | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Dombrovski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Shots | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 February 1980 13:00 | Norway | 3 – 3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–1) | Romania | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Vladimir Šubrt | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Ioan Apostol Cristinel Piciorea | 40.757 | 15 | 41.909 | 16 | 1:22.666 | 15 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Maria Maioru | 41.071 | 25 | 41.054 | 21 | 41.120 | 19 | 41.350 | 22 | 2:44.595 | 21 |
| Elena Stan | 40.852 | 21 | 41.489 | 24 | 41.085 | 18 | 41.040 | 18 | 2:44.466 | 20 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
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| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Dezsö Jenei | 40.84 | 30 |
| Vasile Coroş | 40.30 | 27 | |
| 1000 m | Dezsö Jenei | 1:22.66 | 33 |
| Vasile Coroş | 1:21.89 | 31 | |
| 5000 m | Andrei Erdely | 7:34.41 | 22 |
| 10,000 m | Andrei Erdely | 15:31.73 | 20 |
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