Romania at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Romania at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Nagano
Competitors	16 (12 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Mihaela Dascălu (speed skating)
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated May 21, 2020

Romania competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Marius Ene	2	31:54.8	64

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Marius Ene	1'00:23.9	5	1'05:23.9	60

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Éva Tófalvi	2	25:10.3	31

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Éva Tófalvi	55:48.6	1	56:48.6	11

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU-1	Paul Neagu Gabriel Tătaru	Two-man	56.38	29	56.10	28	55.54	24	55.64	24	3:43.66	25
ROU-2	Florian Enache Mihai Dumitraşcu	Two-man	56.03	26	55.86	25	55.97	26	55.87	25	3:43.73	26

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU-1	Florian Enache Marian Chițescu Iulian Păcioianu Mihai Dumitraşcu	Four-man	55.01	24	55.37	27	55.68	27	2:46.06	27

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Zsolt Antal	31:41.0	69
15 km pursuit¹ F	Zsolt Antal	45:19.9	45
30 km C	Zsolt Antal	1'43:56.6	45
50 km F	Zsolt Antal	DNF	–

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Monica Lăzăruț	20:49.5	69
10 km pursuit² F	Monica Lăzăruț	35:27.9	60
15 km C	Monica Lăzăruț	55:18.2	56
30 km F	Monica Lăzăruț	1'32:41.7	34

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Cornel Gheorghe	21	21	31.5	21

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ion Cristian Stanciu	51.608	27	51.386	27	51.927	27	51.602	26	3:26.523	26

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ion Cristian Stanciu Liviu Cepoi	52.289	16	52.986	17	1:45.275	16

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa	53.653	27	53.329	27	52.714	27	52.542	25	3:32.238	27

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1500 m	Dezideriu Horvath	1:57.35	44
5000 m	Dezideriu Horvath	6:57.08	30

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1500 m	Mihaela Dascălu	2:08.77	34
3000 m	Mihaela Dascălu	4:26.65	24

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