Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Romania at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Romania at the; 2004 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 Athens
Competitors	108 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Elisabeta Lipă
Medals ; Ranked 14th	Gold8Silver5Bronze6Total19
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Last updated November 07, 2024

Romania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Romanian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1924, missing only two editions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics. The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (Romanian : Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român, COSR) sent the nation's smallest team to the Games since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of 108 athletes, 50 men and 58 women, had competed in 16 different sports, most notably in artistic gymnastics and rowing. For the third time in Olympic history, Romania was again represented by more female than male athletes.

The Romanian team featured several Olympic medalists from Sydney four years earlier, including coxless rowing pair Monica Roşu and Viorica Susanu, sprint canoeists Florin Popescu and Mitică Pricop, gymnastics champion Marius Urzică in men's pommel horse, and rowers Doina Ignat and Georgeta Andrunache. Pistol shooter and 1988 Olympic champion Sorin Babii, and rowing legend Elisabeta Lipă, who won a total of seven Olympic medals in her illustrious sporting career, became the first Romanian athletes to compete in six Olympic Games. Having received the second most medals by a single athlete in the nation's Olympic history, Lipa reprised her role to carry the Romanian flag in the opening ceremony for the second consecutive time.^[1]

Despite being the smallest team to the Games since 1988, Romania left Athens with a total of 19 Olympic medals, 8 golds, 5 silver, and 6 bronze, failing only three golds short of the total achieved in Sydney.^[2] Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in artistic gymnastics and rowing, including three prestigious Olympic titles from Cătălina Ponor in women's floor, balance beam, and team all-around exercises.^[3] Apart from Ponor's Olympic glory, the nation's highlight of the Games also came with a powerful triumph of the rowing team, as the Romanians managed to secure their title in the women's eight. With a stark tally of eight medals, Lipa greatly emerged as the most successful female rower in the entire Olympic history after winning her fourth consecutive gold and fifth overall within a record span of 20 years.^[4]^[5]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Oana Ban Alexandra Eremia Cătălina Ponor Monica Roşu Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie Silvia Stroescu	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	August 17
Gold	Camelia Potec	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	August 17
Gold	Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Rowing	Women's pair	August 21
Gold	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls	August 21
Gold	Monica Roşu	Gymnastics	Women's vault	August 22
Gold	Aurica Bărăscu Georgeta Damian Rodica Florea Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Papuc Viorica Susanu	Rowing	Women's eight	August 22
Gold	Cătălina Ponor	Gymnastics	Women's floor	August 23
Gold	Cătălina Ponor	Gymnastics	Women's balance beam	August 23
Silver	Marian Oprea	Athletics	Men's triple jump	August 22
Silver	Marian Drăgulescu	Gymnastics	Men's floor	August 22
Silver	Marius Urzică	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 22
Silver	Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie	Gymnastics	Women's floor	August 23
Silver	Ionela Târlea-Manolache	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles	August 25
Bronze	Marian Drăgulescu Ilie Daniel Popescu Dan Nicolae Potra Răzvan Dorin Șelariu Ioan Silviu Suciu Marius Urzică	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	August 16
Bronze	Răzvan Florea	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	August 19
Bronze	Marian Drăgulescu	Gymnastics	Men's vault	August 23
Bronze	Alexandra Eremia	Gymnastics	Women's balance beam	August 23
Bronze	Maria Cioncan	Athletics	Women's 1500 m	August 28
Bronze	Ionuț Gheorghe	Boxing	Light welterweight	August 28

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	2	1	3
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Gymnastics	4	3	3	10
Rowing	3	0	0	3
Swimming	1	0	1	2
Total	8	5	6	19

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	3	4	7
Female	8	2	2	12
Total	8	5	6	19

Athletics

Romanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[6]^[7]

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gheorghe Gușet	Shot put	19.68	14	Did not advance
Marian Oprea	Triple jump	17.44	3 Q	17.55
Bogdan Țăruș	Long jump	8.08	8 q	8.21	8
Ștefan Vasilache	High jump	2.25	=15	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mihaela Botezan	10000 m	—				31:11.24 NR	11
Norica Câmpean	20 km walk	—				1:34:30	27
Daniela Cârlan	20 km walk	—				1:37:14	37
Maria Cioncan	800 m	1:59.64	1 Q	1:59.44	2 Q	1:59.62	7
Maria Cioncan	1500 m	4:06.68	1 Q	4:06.69	1 Q	3:58.39
Alina Cucerzan	1500 m	4:18.07	13	Did not advance
Constantina Diță	Marathon	—				2:37:31	20
Ana Maria Groza	20 km walk	—				1:34:56	29
Elena Iagăr	1500 m	4:11.48	11	Did not advance
Nuța Olaru	Marathon	—				2:34:45	13
Lidia Șimon	Marathon	—				DNF
Ionela Târlea-Manolache	400 m hurdles	54.41	1 Q	53.32	2 Q	53.38
Angela Moroșanu Alina Răpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea-Manolache	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.36	5 q	—		3:26.81	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Adina Anton	Long jump	6.47	18	Did not advance
Adelina Gavrilă	Triple jump	14.56	=11 Q	13.86	15
Nicoleta Grasu	Discus throw	61.91	8 q	64.92	6
Monica Iagăr	High jump	1.95	=8 Q	1.93	8
Alina Militaru	Long jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Oana Pantelimon	High jump	1.92	12 q	1.93	7
Mariana Solomon	Triple jump	14.42	16	Did not advance
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	Javelin throw	62.05	7 Q	59.72	11

Boxing

Romania sent three boxers to Athens. None lost in the round of 32, as two won and the third had a bye. In the round of 16, though, one boxer was defeated. Another fell in the quarterfinal. The third survived to the semifinal, where he was defeated to finish with a bronze medal. That medal put Romania in a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medal count.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Viorel Simion	Featherweight	Langham (AUS) W 40–15	Biarnadski (BLR) W 38–13	Jo S-H (KOR) L 35–39	Did not advance
Ionuț Gheorghe	Light welterweight	Karim (PAK) W 26–11	Karagöllü (TUR) W 28–19	di Rocco (ITA) W 29–18	Boonjumnong (THA) L 9–30	Did not advance
Marian Simion	Middleweight	Bye	Yasser (EGY) L 29–36	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florin Mironcic	C-1 500 m	1:51.568	3 q	1:53.957	8	Did not advance
Mitică Pricop	C-1 1000 m	4:00.559	4 q	3:59.640	5	Did not advance
Marian Baban Ștefan Vasile	K-2 500 m	1:34.410	6 q	1:34.398	7	Did not advance
Florin Popescu Silviu Simioncencu	C-2 500 m	1:41.368	4 q	1:41.424	1 Q	1:40.618	4
Florin Popescu Silviu Simioncencu	C-2 1000 m	3:30.419	1 Q	Bye		3:43.858	4
Marian Baban Alexandru Ceauşu Vasile Curuzan Ștefan Vasile	K-4 1000 m	2:55.324	4 q	2:53.994	1 Q	3:03.107	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lidia Talpă Florica Vulpeș	K-2 500 m	1:45.386	7 q	1:45.770	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ovidiu Tudor Oprea	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	37

Diving

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ramona Maria Ciobanu	10 m platform	268.23	24	Did not advance

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Viorel Bubău	Carnaval	Individual	80.00	75	Eliminated			Did not advance

Fencing

Six Romanian fencers (two men and four women) qualified for the following events.

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
Alexandru Nyisztor	Individual épée	Nikishyn (UKR) W 15–6	Rota (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Mihai Covaliu	Individual sabre	Bye	Zhou Hm (CHN) W 15–10	Sznajder (UKR) W 15–9	Nemcsik (HUN) L 14–15	Did not advance

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
Ana Maria Brânză	Individual épée	Gamir (ALG) W 15–14	Hormay (HUN) W 15–13	Zhang L (CHN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Laura Badea-Cârlescu	Individual foil	—	Bye	Meng J (CHN) W 15–11	Gruchała (POL) L 7–15	Did not advance
Roxana Scarlat	Individual foil	—	Bye	Nam H-H (KOR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Cătălina Gheorghițoaia	Individual sabre	—	Toure (SEN) W 15–6	Socha (POL) W 15–12	Zhang Y (CHN) W 15–13	Zagunis (USA) L 7–15	Jacobson (USA) L 7–15	4

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
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	9.762 Q	9.325	9.475	9.762 Q	9.562	9.550	57.436	4 Q	9.562	—		9.825	9.200	—
Ilie Daniel Popescu		—	9.625	9.562	—					—	9.687	9.650	—
Dan Nicolae Potra		9.537	9.300	9.500	9.362	9.550	8.500	55.749	25	—		9.587	—	9.537	—
Răzvan Dorin Șelariu		9.625	—	9.700	9.500	9.150	9.512	—		9.475	—	9.725	9.525	—	8.912	—
Ioan Silviu Suciu		9.650	9.712	9.487	9.637	9.500	9.412	57.398	6 Q	9.687	9.737	—	9.675	—	9.275	—
Marius Urzică		—	9.812 Q	—		9.700	9.675	—		—	9.825	—		9.725	9.775	—
Total		38.574	38.474	38.249	38.261	38.312	38.149	230.019	3 Q	28.724	29.249	28.962	29.025	28.462	27.962	172.384

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Marian Drăgulescu	All-around	9.612	9.525	9.562	9.850	9.437	9.337	57.323	8
	Floor	9.787	—					9.787
	Vault	—			9.612	—		9.612
Ioan Silviu Suciu	All-around	9.650	9.737	9.550	9.737	9.312	9.662	57.648	4
Marius Urzică	Pommel horse	—	9.825	—				9.825

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Oana Ban	Team	9.325	9.425	9.625	9.600	37.975	3 Q*	—	9.187	9.512	9.437	—
Alexandra Eremia		—	9.287	9.687 Q	9.150	—		—		9.687	—
Cătălina Ponor		9.500	—	9.775 Q	9.687 Q	—		9.412	—	9.762	9.750	—
Monica Roșu		9.675 Q	9.375	—	9.350	—		9.625	9.387	—
Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie		9.425	9.625 Q	9.487	9.525 Q	38.062	2 Q	9.400	9.562	—	9.562	—
Silvia Stroescu		9.225	9.325	9.512	—	—		Did not compete
Total		37.925	37.750	38.599	38.162	152.436	1 Q	28.437	28.136	28.961	28.749	114.283

* Oana Ban qualified for the individual all-around, but later withdrew from the final because of her injuries sustained in the team all-around final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Alexandra Eremia	Balance beam	—		9.700	—	9.700
Cătălina Ponor	Floor	—			9.750	9.750
Cătălina Ponor	Balance beam	—		9.787	—	9.787
Monica Roșu	Vault	9.656	—			9.656
Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie	All-around	9.412	9.637	9.362	9.537	37.948	5
	Floor	—			9.562	9.562
	Uneven bars	—	9.462	—		9.462	6

Judo

Four Romanian judoka (two men and two women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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	−73 kg	Mariko (MLI) W 0210–0000	Neto (POR) L 0001–1020	Did not advance
Gabriel Munteanu	+100 kg	Tmenov (RUS) L 0000–1110	Did not advance			Hernandes (BRA) L 0000–1000	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
Alina Dumitru	−48 kg	Bye	Shishkina (KAZ) W 0012–0011	Żemła-Krajewska (POL) W 1000–0000	Tani (JPN) L 0001–0211	Bye			Gao F (CHN) L 0110–1010	5
Ioana Maria Aluaş	−52 kg	Stormont (NZL) W 1010–0000	Euranie (FRA) L 0030–0111	Did not advance		Bye	Monteiro (POR) W 1000–0000	Souakri (ALG) L 0100–0121	Did not advance

Rowing

Romanian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florin Corbeanu Ovidiu Cornea Daniel Măstăcan Gheorghiţa Munteanu	Four	6:40.16	5 R	6:00.10	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Pair	7:29.74	1 FA	Bye		—		7:06.56
Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea Simona Muşat	Double sculls	7:39.32	3 R	6:58.00	2 FA	—		7:17.58	5
Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	Lightweight double sculls	6:50.64	1 SA/B	Bye		6:51.84	1 FA	6:56.05
Aurica Bărăscu Georgeta Damian Rodica Florea Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Papuc Viorica Susanu (cox)	Eight	6:03.99	1 FA	Bye		—		6:17.70

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Shooting

Two Romanian shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sorin Babii	10 m air pistol	579	=13	Did not advance
Sorin Babii	50 m pistol	553	=18	Did not advance
Iulian Raicea	10 m air pistol	570	39	Did not advance
Iulian Raicea	25 m rapid fire pistol	588	4 Q	687.6	5

Swimming

Romanian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dragoș Coman	400 m freestyle	3:51.73	16	—		Did not advance
Dragoș Coman	1500 m freestyle	15:06.33 NR	6 Q	—		15:10.21	7
Răzvan Florea	100 m backstroke	55.77	=14 Q	55.27	10	Did not advance
Răzvan Florea	200 m backstroke	1:58.81	4 Q	1:58.20	4 Q	1:57.56
Ioan Gherghel	100 m butterfly	53.89	27	Did not advance
Ioan Gherghel	200 m butterfly	1:58.12	=7 Q	1:57.31	6 Q	1:56.10	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Beatrice Câșlaru	200 m individual medley	2:14.70	6 Q	2:14.25	6 Q	2:15.40	8
Beatrice Câșlaru	400 m individual medley	4:46.94	14	—		Did not advance
Larisa Lăcustă	200 m freestyle	2:06.62	38	Did not advance
Simona Păduraru	400 m freestyle	4:10.39	11	—		Did not advance
Simona Păduraru	800 m freestyle	8:34.15	8 Q	—		8:37.02	8
Camelia Potec	200 m freestyle	2:00.50	11 Q	1:59.25	7 Q	1:58.03 NR
	400 m freestyle	4:07.39	3 Q	—		4:06.34	4
	800 m freestyle	8:41.20	16	—		Did not advance
Beatrice Câșlaru Larisa Lăcustă Simona Păduraru Camelia Potec	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:09.67	11	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Four Romanian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adrian Crişan	Men's singles	Bye	Lupulesku (USA) W 4–0	Chiang P-L (TPE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Otilia Bădescu	Women's singles	Bye	Kravchenko (ISR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Mihaela Steff		Bye		Kim H-M (PRK) L 2–4	Did not advance
Adriana Zamfir		Bye	Shaban (JOR) W 4–1	Lin L (HKG) W 4–2	Wang N (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Mihaela Steff Adriana Zamfir	Women's doubles	Bye		Tan P F / Zhang Xl (SIN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Romania nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tournament.

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
Victor Hănescu	Men's singles	Arthurs (AUS) L 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Andrei Pavel	Men's singles	Karlović (CRO) L 4–6, 7–6^(12–10), 2–6	Did not advance
Victor Hănescu Andrei Pavel	Men's doubles	—	Kiefer / Schüttler (GER) L 5–7, 6–7^(3–7)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Seven Romanian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Adrian Jigău	−56 kg	120	=7	155	=3	275	6
Ioan Veliciu	−62 kg	110	16	135	14	245	14
Stănel Stoica	−69 kg	142.5	=8	160	=10	302.5	9
Sebastian Dogariu	−77 kg	155	=11	190	11	345	11
Vasile Hegheduș	−77 kg	~~150~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Valeriu Calancea	−85 kg	160	=10	—	—	—	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Marioara Munteanu	−53 kg	85	6	105	5	190	4

Wrestling

Key

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's 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 Ghiţă	−84 kg	Aliev (TJK) L 1–3 ^PP	Sazhidov (RUS) L 0–5 ^VT	Sène (SEN) W 3–1 ^PP	3	Did not advance			9
Rareș Chintoan	−120 kg	Thiele (GER) L 0–3 ^PO	Polatçı (TUR) L 0–4 ^ST	—	3	Did not advance			19

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marian Sandu	−55 kg	Tengizbayev (KAZ) W 3–0 ^PO	Im D-W (KOR) L 1–3 ^PP	2	Did not advance			11
Eusebiu Diaconu	−60 kg	Passos (POR) W 4–0 ^ST	Gruenwald (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	1 Q	Jung J-H (KOR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		6
Petru Sudureac	−96 kg	Hashemzadeh (IRI) L 1–3 ^PP	Ežerskis (LTU) L 1–3 ^PP	3	Did not advance			15

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Ukraine competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent the nation's largest ever delegation to these Games. A total of 240 athletes, 125 men and 115 women, took part in 21 sports. Women's handball was the only team-based sport in which Ukraine had its representation at these Games for the first time. There was only a single competitor in modern pentathlon and taekwondo.

Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. The British sent a wide-ranging delegation to the Games, continuing its ubiquitous presence at the Olympics. Great Britain's 264 athletes, 161 men and 103 women, competed in 22 disciplines throughout the two-week event. The team entered the opening ceremony behind the Union Flag carried by judoka Kate Howey. Double gold medal winner Kelly Holmes carried the flag at the closing ceremony.

Belarus competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The Belarus Olympic Committee sent a total of 151 athletes to the Games, 82 men and 69 women, to compete in 22 sports.

Poland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott. The Polish Olympic Committee sent a total of 194 athletes to the Games, 132 men and 62 women, to compete in 21 sports. Men's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Poland had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in women's taekwondo.

Sweden competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Swedish Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest team to the Games since the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. A total of 115 athletes, 62 men and 53 women, competed only in 20 different sports. Women's football was the only team-based sport in which Sweden had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in boxing, diving, artistic gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, and rowing.

Slovenia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Slovenian Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history. A total of 79 athletes, 56 men and 23 women, competed in 10 sports. For the second consecutive time, men's handball was the only team-based sport in which Slovenia had its representation at these Games.

Kenya competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and United States boycott.

Slovakia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Czechoslovak era. The Slovak Olympic Committee sent a total of 64 athletes to the Games, 48 men and 16 women, to compete in 11 sports. There was only a single competitor in artistic and trampoline gymnastics and sailing.

Paraguay competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Croatian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since its debut in 1992. A total of 81 athletes, 66 men and 15 women, competed in 14 sports. Men's water polo, and men's handball were the only team-based sports in which Croatia had its representation in these Olympic Games.

Tunisia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

Uzbekistan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan sent a total of 70 athletes to the Games, 52 men and 18 women, to compete in 13 different sports, tying its delegation record with Sydney four years earlier. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, artistic and trampoline gymnastics, and table tennis.

Greece, the previous host of the 2004 Olympics at Athens, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. They were represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, which announced on July 28, 2008, the 156 Greek athletes to compete in Beijing, composed of 84 men and 72 women, the largest Greek Olympic team ever excluding the home team of the Athens 2004 Olympics. Greece took part in archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, beach volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.

Romania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1924, missing only two editions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics. Despite being London's third Olympic Games, this is the first time the Romanian team has competed in London. The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games, 54 men and 49 women, to compete in 14 sports.

The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 533 competitors, 279 men and 254 women, took part in 254 events in 31 sports.

Romania competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's participation started in 1900, Romanian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles during the worldwide Great Depression, and the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

References

1 2 "Elisabeta Lipa, port-drapelul României la Atena" [Elisabeta Lipa will be Romania's flag bearer in Athens] (in Romanian). Apropo. 26 July 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
↑ "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today . Retrieved 1 April 2014.
↑ "Romanian Ponor wins Olympic beam gold". People's Daily. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
↑ Cross, Martin (23 August 2004). "Women take charge as silver scullers push Britain to best haul for 76 years". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 May 2014.
↑ Thiel, Art (22 August 2004). "Pride on the water in Athens". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved 6 May 2014.
↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF . Retrieved 4 June 2011.

External links

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Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (in Romanian)

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[elipa-1] 1 2 "Elisabeta Lipa, port-drapelul României la Atena" [Elisabeta Lipa will be Romania's flag bearer in Athens] (in Romanian). Apropo. 26 July 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

[2] "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today . Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[3] "Romanian Ponor wins Olympic beam gold". People's Daily. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

[4] Cross, Martin (23 August 2004). "Women take charge as silver scullers push Britain to best haul for 76 years". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 May 2014.

[5] Thiel, Art (22 August 2004). "Pride on the water in Athens". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved 6 May 2014.

[6] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

[7] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF . Retrieved 4 June 2011.

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