Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Romania at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Romania at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Beijing
Competitors	102 in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Valeria Beșe (opening); Georgeta Andrunache (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 17th	Gold4Silver1Bronze4Total9
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Last updated October 07, 2024

Romania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Romania intended to send 104 competitors to Beijing, although the delegation was reduced to 102 when two Romanian athletes were suspended for doping before the start of the Olympics. The Romanian delegation for Beijing was the smallest Romanian Olympic delegation since the 1989 Revolution.^[1] Romanians competed in 16 sports: athletics, archery, handball, gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, diving, weightlifting, fencing, table tennis, shooting, tennis, judo, boxing, kayak-canoeing, and rowing.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alina Dumitru	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 9
Gold	Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	August 16
Gold	Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu	Athletics	Women's marathon	August 16
Gold	Sandra Izbașa	Gymnastics	Women's floor	August 17
Silver	Ana Maria Brânză	Fencing	Women's épée	August 13
Bronze	Mihai Covaliu	Fencing	Men's sabre	August 12
Bronze	Andreea Acatrinei Gabriela Drăgoi Andreea Grigore Sandra Izbașa Steliana Nistor Anamaria Tămârjan	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	August 12
Bronze	Constanța Burcică Viorica Susanu Rodica Șerban Enikő Barabás Simona Mușat Ioana Papuc Georgeta Andrunache Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu	Rowing	Women's eight	August 17
Bronze	Gheorghiță Ștefan	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	August 20/ 18 Nov 2016

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Fencing	0	1	1	2
Gymnastics	1	0	1	2
Judo	1	0	0	1
Rowing	1	0	1	2
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	4	1	4	9

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	0	2	2
Female	4	1	2	7
Total	4	1	4	9

Archery

Romania sent archers to the Olympics for the second time (and first since 1980), seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Alexandru Bodnar earned the country its first qualifying spot in the men's competition by placing 29th in the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexandru Bodnar	Men's individual	614	60	Aziz (MAS) W 106–105	Stevens (CUB) L 101–108	Did not advance

Athletics

The following athletes were selected for the Romanian team.^[1]

Men - Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marian Oprea	Triple jump	17.17	8 Q	17.22	5

Women - Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ionela Târlea	200 m	23.24	4 Q	23.22	5	Did not advance
Mihaela Neacșu	800 m	2:03.03	6	—		Did not advance
Angela Moroșanu	400 m hurdles	56.07	4 Q	—		57.67	8	Did not advance
Ancuța Bobocel	3000 m steeplechase	9:35.31	6	—				Did not advance
Cristina Casandra	3000 m steeplechase	9:22.48	4 Q	—				9:16.85	5
Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu	Marathon	—						2:26:44
Lidia Șimon		—						2:27:51	8
Luminița Talpoș		—						2:31:41	18
Ana Maria Groza	20 km walk	—						1:32:16	24

Women - Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Viorica Țigău	Long jump	6.44	23	Did not advance
Adelina Gavrilă	Triple jump	13.98	19	Did not advance
Anca Heltne	Shot put	17.48	21	Did not advance
Nicoleta Grasu	Discus throw	62.51	2 Q	58.63	12
Bianca Perie	Hammer throw	68.21	18	Did not advance
Monica Stoian	Javelin throw	54.56	40	Did not advance
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	Javelin throw	60.81	10 Q	53.04	12

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

Boxing

Romania qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Popescu qualified at the first European qualifying tournament.^[3] Gheorghe qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgian Popescu	Lightweight	Ali (USA) W 20–5	Vargas (MEX) W 14–4	Ugás (CUB) L 7–11	Did not advance
Ionuț Gheorghe	Light welterweight	González (PUR) W 21–4	Sepahvandi (IRI) L 4–8	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florin Georgian Mironcic	Men's C-1 500 m	1:48.608	2 QS	1:51.535	2 Q	1:49.861	7
Florin Georgian Mironcic	Men's C-1 1000 m	3:57.538	2 QS	3:59.664	2 Q	3:57.876	6
Josif Chirilă Andrei Cuculici	Men's C-2 500 m	1:42.306	4 QS	1:42:545	1 Q	1:43.195	6
Niculae Flocea Ciprian Popa	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:41.846	2 QF	Bye		3:40.342	4

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Diving

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Constantin Popovici	10 m platform	392.30	23	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ramona Maria Ciobanu	10 m platform	279.10	24	Did not advance

Fencing

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
Virgil Sălișcan	Individual foil	—	Kruse (GBR) L 6–15	Did not advance
Mihai Covaliu	Individual sabre	Bye	Pryiemka (BLR) W 15–7	Zhou Hm (CHN) W 15–12	Buikevich (BLR) W 15–13	Lopez (FRA) L 13–15	Pillet (FRA) W 15–11
Rareș Dumitrescu	Individual sabre	Bye	Keita (SEN) W 15–9	Pillet (FRA) L 13–15	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	—	Bye	Harada (JPN) W 15–11	Shutova (RUS) W 15–13	Mincza-Nébald (HUN) W 15–14	Heidemann (GER) L 11–15
Cristina Stahl	Individual foil	Bye	Wächter (GER) L 6–15	Did not advance

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
Adrian Bucur	Team	14.725	12.525	14.950	15.700	14.825	13.750	86.475	36	—		15.125	—
Marian Drăgulescu		15.925 Q	—		16.625 Q	—	14.800	—		15.650	—		16.550	—	14.425	—
Flavius Koczi		15.125	14.400	13.950	16.600 Q	15.075	15.025	90.175	16 Q	15.075	15.175	—	16.525	15.050	14.325	—
Ilie Daniel Popescu		14.575	14.500	13.975	16.400	14.525	13.325	87.300	32	—	13.700	—	16.225	—
Răzvan Șelariu		15.400	14.075	15.175	12.900	14.950	13.475	85.975	38	15.525	14.650	15.325	—	14.850	14.750	—
Robert Stănescu		—	12.925	15.750 Q	—	15.200	—			—		15.925	—	15.325	—
Total		61.175	55.900	59.850	65.325	60.050	57.050	359.350	8 Q	49.300	46.250	43.525	46.375	45.225	45.225	274.175	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Marian Drăgulescu	Floor	14.850	—					14.850	7
Marian Drăgulescu	Vault	—			16.225	—		16.225	4
Flavius Koczi	All-around	16.450	14.900	15.425	14.550	13.525	14.725	89.575	18
Flavius Koczi	Vault	—			15.925	—		15.925	7
Robert Stănescu	Rings	—		15.825	—			15.825	7

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Andreea Acatrinei	Team	14.775	14.350	—	14.175	—		Did not compete
Gabriela Drăgoi		14.250	—	14.225	15.450 Q	—		—		14.425	—
Andreea Grigore		—	14.700	13.975	—			Did not compete
Sandra Izbașa		15.475 Q	15.100	13.575	15.225	59.375	13 Q	15.550	15.100	—	15.600	—
Steliana Nistor		14.550	14.900	15.975 Q	15.075	60.500	8 Q	14.575	15.050	16.150	15.150	—
Anamaria Tămârjan		14.500	15.025	14.275	15.200	59.000	16*	14.950	15.125	14.425	15.425	—
Total		59.300	59.725	58.450	60.950	238.425	4 Q	45.075	45.275	45.000	46.175	181.525

* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Gabriela Drăgoi	Balance beam	—			15.625	15.625	5
Sandra Izbașa	All-around	15.500	15.075	14.300	14.300	60.750	8
Sandra Izbașa	Floor	15.650	—			15.650
Steliana Nistor	All-around	14.500	15.025	15.975	15.550	61.050	5
Steliana Nistor	Uneven bars	—		15.575	—	15.575	7

Handball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Romania roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Gheorghe Tadici

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Tereza Pislaru	(1982-04-28)28 April 1982 (aged 26)	1.87 m	90	0	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2	RW	Ramona Maier	(1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 29)	1.70 m	132	405	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
4	P	Florina Birsan	(1985-12-06)6 December 1985 (aged 22)	1.78 m	18	17	U Jolidon Cluj Napoca
5	LB	Carmen Amariei	(1978-09-03)3 September 1978 (aged 29)	1.84 m	106	612	U Jolidon Cluj Napoca
7	RW	Adriana Nechita-Olteanu	(1983-11-14)14 November 1983 (aged 24)	1.72 m	37	103	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
8	LB	Cristina Neagu	(1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 19)	1.75 m	28	95	Rulmentul Braşov
9	LB	Aurelia Brădeanu	(1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 29)	1.82 m	165	448	Győri Audi ETO KC
10	P	Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă	(1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 27)	1.76 m	99	218	Rulmentul Braşov
12	GK	Talida Tolnai	(1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 28)	1.87 m	70	1	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
15	LW	Valentina Ardean-Elisei	(1982-06-05)5 June 1982 (aged 26)	1.71 m	94	424	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
16	GK	Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan	(1971-11-06)6 November 1971 (aged 36)	1.83 m	168	7	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
18	LB	Laura Meirosu	(1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 22)	1.82 m	65	128	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
19	CB	Valeria Motogna-Beșe	(1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 28)	1.87 m	77	124	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
25	CB	Mihaela Ani Senocico	(1981-12-14)14 December 1981 (aged 26)	1.74 m	58	84	U Jolidon Cluj Napoca
99	LB	Narcisa Lecusanu	(1976-09-14)14 September 1976 (aged 31)	1.84 m	73	86	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	112	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	−13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	−7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	−28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	−38	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

9 August 2008 14:00	Romania	31 – 19	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Ardean-Elisei 6	(13–10)	Ajiderskaya 10
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7×

11 August 2008 19:00	China	20 – 34	Romania	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudownyk, Vakula (UKR)
	Wei Qiuxiang 6	(11–17)	Amariei 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

13 August 2008 10:45	Romania	34 – 26	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Maier 11	(17–13)	Tervel 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

15 August 2008 15:45	Romania	28 – 23	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Maier 7	(16–7)	Almeida 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

17 August 2008 14:00	Norway	24 – 23	Romania	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Johansen, Lybekk 4	(12–11)	Amariei, Stanca-Gâlcă 5
	2× 4×	Report	4× 6× 1×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 14:15	Romania	30 – 34	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
	Maier 11	(14–16)	Kovacsicz 7
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Classification semifinal

21 August 2008 14:15	Romania	34 – 36 (ET)	France	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
	Maier 9	(13–12)	Baudouin 7
	4× 8×	Report	4× 8×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 4–4, 3–5

7th–8th place

23 August 2008 08:00	Sweden	30 – 34	Romania	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Gulldén 9	(15–17)	Meirosu, Stanca-Gâlcă 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Judo

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
Daniel Brata	Men's −100 kg	Kurbanov (UZB) W 1000–0001	Morgan (CAN) W 1000–0000	Miraliyev (AZE) L 0000–0110	Did not advance	Bye	Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Alina Dumitru	Women's −48 kg	Bye	Csernoviczki (HUN) W 0101–0010	Kim Y-R (KOR) W 1000–0000	Tani (JPN) W 0100–0010	Bye			Bermoy (CUB) W 1100–0000

Rowing

Romania qualified the following boats:^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu	Pair	7:22.69	1 FA	Bye		7:20.60
Roxana Cogianu Ionelia Neacșu	Double sculls	7:12.17	4 R	7:01.69	3 FB	7:20.99	9
Georgeta Andrunache Enikő Barabás Constanța Burcică Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Simona Mușat Ioana Papuc Rodica Șerban Viorica Susanu	Eight	6:05.77	1 FA	Bye		6:07.25

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alin Moldoveanu	10 m air rifle	596	3 Q	698.9	4
Iulian Raicea	10 m air pistol	567	44	Did not advance
Iulian Raicea	25 m rapid fire pistol	576	9	Did not advance
Ioan Toman	Skeet	108	35	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lucia Mihalache	Skeet	66	10	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dragoș Coman	400 m freestyle	3:47.79	17	—		Did not advance
Dragoș Coman	1500 m freestyle	15:24.05	28	—		Did not advance
Răzvan Florea	100 m backstroke	54.89	=20	Did not advance
Răzvan Florea	200 m backstroke	1:57.97	10 Q	1:56.45 NR	5 Q	1:56.52	7
Ioan Gherghel	100 m butterfly	52.50 NR	28	Did not advance
Ioan Gherghel	200 m butterfly	1:56.09 NR	13 Q	1:56.57	14	Did not advance
Valentin Preda	100 m breaststroke	1:01.77	=31	Did not advance
Valentin Preda	200 m breaststroke	DNS		Did not advance
Norbert Trandafir	50 m freestyle	22.80	43	Did not advance
Norbert Trandafir	100 m freestyle	50.74	50	Did not advance
Răzvan Florea Ioan Gherghel Valentin Preda Norbert Trandafir	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:38.00	13	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Camelia Potec	200 m freestyle	1:57:65	9 Q	1:57.71	6 Q	1:56.87	5
	400 m freestyle	4:04.55	7 Q	—		4:04.66	6
	800 m freestyle	8:19.70	2 Q	—		8:23.11	4

Table tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	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	Opposition Result	Rank
Adrian Crișan	Men's singles	Bye		Lin J (DOM) W 4–1	Ovtcharov (GER) L 3–4	Did not advance
Daniela Dodean	Women's singles	Bye		Kim J (PRK) L 1–4	Did not advance
Elizabeta Samara	Women's singles	Bye	Yang F (CGO) W 4–1	Pavlovich (BLR) L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniela Dodean Iulia Necula Elizabeta Samara	Women's team	Group C Hong Kong (HKG) L 0 – 3 Poland (POL) W 3 – 2 Germany (GER) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	United States (USA) L 1 – 3	Did not advance

Tennis

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	Bolelli (ITA) W 7–5, 3–6, 6–4	Monfils (FRA) L 4–6, 6–7^(5–7)	Did not advance
Sorana Cîrstea	Women's singles	Pe'er (ISR) L 3–6, 7–5, 0–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Antoniu Buci	Men's −62 kg	130	4	165	3	295	4
Răzvan Martin	Men's −69 kg	130	23	158	18	288	19
Alexandru Roșu	Men's −69 kg	136	14	~~165~~	DNF	136	DNF
Răzvan Rusu	Men's −77 kg	140	22	170	18	310	18
Roxana Cocoș	Women's −58 kg	89	10	115	8	204	8

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	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Petru Toarcă	−55 kg	Bye	Gochashvili (GEO) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					18
Gheorghiță Ștefan	−74 kg	Bye	Tigiev (UZB) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Bye	Bentinidis (GRE) W 3–1 ^PP	Haidarau (BLR) L 1–3 ^PP
Rareș Chintoan	−120 kg	Bye	Rodríguez (CUB) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					18

Gheorghiță Ștefan originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Soslan Tigiev.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Virgil Munteanu	−55 kg	Bye	Mango (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					12
Eusebiu Diaconu	−60 kg	El Gharably (EGY) W 3–1 ^PP	Rahimov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Sheng J (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		8
Ion Panait	−66 kg	Bye	Li Yy (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					13

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Estera Dobre	−48 kg	Bye	Medrano (ESA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					10
Ana Maria Pavăl	−55 kg	—	Xu L (CHN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Bye	Smirnova (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Rentería (COL) L 0–5 ^VT	5

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France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008. South Africa had its worst medals performance at an Olympics since 1994, and tied its performance in the 1936 Games.

South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.

The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. It ranked third in the medal table by the number of gold (24) and overall (60) medals. Russia also had 14 medals stripped for doping violations, the most of any nation at the 2008 Olympics, although in terms of gold medals it got a net positive of +1.

Poland competed at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. The country's delegation included 268 athletes.

Belarus attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A team of 181 athletes competed in 28 different sports.

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.

Hungary competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 131 individual competitors plus the men's and women's water polo teams and the women's handball team for a total of 171 athletes taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Hungary's gold medal count of 3 was the lowest in the nation's Summer Olympic history since the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics. Its total medal count of 10 was the lowest since the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Mexico competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The country sent 85 competitors and participated in 23 sports. Mexico's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony was diver Paola Espinosa. Mexican athletes won two gold medals at the games for the first time since the 1984 Olympics.

Colombia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The country sent 68 athletes to compete in 15 sports, making this Colombia's largest ever delegation to the Olympics.

Egypt competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. Egyptian competitors won two bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics.

Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports. The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.

Lithuania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Algeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.

Uzbekistan competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008, with a team of 58 athletes.

Venezuela competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Tunisia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support for the United States boycott.

References

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↑ FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
↑ 1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
↑ 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
↑ "Romania women's handball team roster". Handball Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. 23 August 2008. p. 12. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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[BoxingQualEurope2-4] 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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