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	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Romania competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Biathlon	1	1	2
Bobsleigh	6	–	6
Cross-country skiing	1	1	2
Figure skating	1	0	1
Luge	2	1	3
Speed skating	1	1	2
Total	12	4	16

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 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	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
			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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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
		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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Cornel Gheorghe	21	21	31.5	21

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	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
	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
	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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

References

1. Romania at the 1998 Winter Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com