| Romania at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ROU |
| NOC | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 25 (16 men, 9 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearers | Gheorghe Chiper (opening) Zsolt Antal (closing) [1] [2] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Romania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Bianca-Andreea Narea | Women's giant slalom | 1:10.89 | did not finish | |||
| Florentin-Daniel Nicolae | Men's downhill | n/a | 2:00.93 | 53 | ||
| Men's combined | 1:45.81 | 53.39 | 52.69 | 3:31.89 | 25 | |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Marian Blaj | Men's sprint | 30:44.4 | 4 | 77 |
| Men's individual | 1:02:38.8 | 6 | 65 | |
| Dana Elena Plotogea | Women's sprint | 25:01.7 | 1 | 48 |
| Women's pursuit | 43:11.08 | 4 | 33 | |
| Women's individual | 1:00:45.5 | 7 | 72 | |
| Mihaela Purdea | Women's sprint | 27:32.7 | 4 | 77 |
| Women's individual | 1:02:11.5 | 7 | 75 | |
| Alexandra Rusu | Women's sprint | 24:52.5 | 0 | 45 |
| Women's pursuit | Lapped | |||
| Women's individual | 1:00:13.7 | 5 | 68 | |
| Éva Tófalvi | Women's sprint | 26:38.3 | 4 | 70 |
| Women's individual | 53:04.3 | 2 | 19 | |
| Dana Elena Plotogea Éva Tófalvi Mihaela Purdea Alexandra Rusu | Women's relay | 1:25:13.3 | 21 | 14 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Mihai Iliescu Levente Andrei Bartha | Two-man | 57.22 | 57.09 | 57.63 | did not advance | 26 | |
| Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel | Two-man | 56.82 | 56.90 | 57.65 | did not advance | 22 | |
| Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel Gabriel Popa Ioan Danut Dovalciuc | Four-man | 56.61 | 56.70 | 56.41 | did not advance | 22 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Zsolt Antal | Men's 15 km classical | 43:10.0 | 61 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:22:29.8 | 47 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:10:06.7 | 46 | |
| Mihai Găliceanu | Men's 15 km classical | 44:52.0 | 72 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:26:31.7 | 62 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | Did not start | ||
| Monika Gyorgy | Women's 10 km classical | 32:44.0 | 60 |
| Women's 15 km pursuit | 50:15.3 | 59 | |
| Women's 30 km freestyle | 1:35:25.4 | 50 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Zsolt Antal | Men's sprint | 2:29.40 | 65 | Did not advance | 65 | ||||
| Mihai Găliceanu | Men's sprint | 2:31.43 | 69 | Did not advance | 69 | ||||
| Monika Gyorgy | Women's sprint | 2:27.53 | 59 | Did not advance | 59 | ||||
| Zsolt Antal Mihai Găliceanu | Men's team sprint | n/a | 19:04.3 | 11 | Did not advance | 21 | |||
| Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Gheorghe Chiper | Men's | n/a | 67.66 | 9 Q | 118.53 | 17 | 186.19 | 14 | |
| Roxana Luca | Ladies' | n/a | 39.37 | 26 | did not advance | 26 | |||
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuţ Ţăran | Doubles | 48.625 | 50.968 | n/a | 1:39.593 | 18 | |
| Eugen Radu Marian Lăzărescu | Doubles | 49.526 | 48.537 | n/a | 1:37.883 | 15 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Kătălin Kristo | Women's 500 m | 46.531 | 4 | did not advance | 23 | ||||
| Women's 1000 m | 1:34.506 | 4 | did not advance | 22 | |||||
| Women's 1500 m | 2:31.705 | 4 | did not advance | 18 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Claudiu Grozea | Men's 5000 m | n/a | 6:50.29 | 26 | |
| Daniela Oltean | Women's 1000 m | n/a | 1:21.70 | 35 | |
| Women's 1500 m | n/a | 2:09.24 | 35 | ||
| Women's 3000 m | n/a | 4:23.34 | 26 | ||
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