Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro  (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	83 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904–1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Romania is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's official debut in the same venue. Although the nation's participation started in 1900, Romanian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1924 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles during the period of the worldwide Great Depression, and the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	0	5	5
Boxing	0	1	1
Canoeing	3	0	3
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	6	7
Rowing	21	23	44
Sailing	0	1	1
Swimming	2	0	2
Table Tennis	0	3	3
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	40	43	83

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romanian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^[1]

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

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Miklós	Women's 400 m
Delvine Relin Meringor	Women's marathon	—
Joan Chelimo Melly

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alina Rotaru	Women's long jump
Bianca Ghelber	Women's hammer throw

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Lenuța Perijoc scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the women's bantamweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lăcrămioara Perijoc	Women's bantamweight	0

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

Romanian canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany. ^{[3] [4]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1 1000 m
	Men's C-2 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Mălina Călugăreanu qualified for the games by winning the 2024 Europe Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mălina Călugăreanu	Women's foil

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Romania fielded a squad of five women gymnasts for Paris after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. Romania qualified one gymnast, Andrei Muntean, by being among the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the All-around at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Andrei Muntean	All-around

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
	Team											—
Total

Rhythmic

Romania entered one rhythmic gymnast into the individual all-around tournament by virtue of top fifteen eligible nation's results at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romanian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Double sculls
	Quadruple sculls
	Coxless pair
	Coxless four
	Eight

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Lightweight double sculls
	Double sculls
	Quadruple sculls
	Coxless pair
	Coxless four
	Eight

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

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romanian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2024 Last Chance Regatta in Hyères.

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Ebru Bolat	Women's ILCA 6											—

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romanian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): ^{[7] [8]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Popovici	Men's 100 m freestyle
	Men's 200 m freestyle
Vlad Stancu	Men's 800 m freestyle			—
	Men's 1500 m freestyle			—

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered a full squad of female table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea. ^[9]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles
	Team	—

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Romania men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Main articles: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Romania men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics, after South Africa withdrew. ^[10]

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 13 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 21:05 v

Romania

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Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 16:35 v

United States

–

Romania

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 19:30 v

Romania

–

Croatia

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 21:05 v

Italy

–

Romania

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 21:40 v

Romania

–

Montenegro

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered two weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Mihaela Cambei (women's 49 kg) and Loredana Toma (women's 71 kg), secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mihaela Cambei	Women's −49 kg
Loredana Toma	Women's −71 kg

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andreea Ana	Women's −53 kg

See also

• Romania at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

References

1. "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
2. "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
3. "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
4. "ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list". International Olympic Committee. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
5. "Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris". International Gymnastics Federation. 1 October 2023.
6. Monica Kim, EJ (30 August 2022). "How to qualify for rhythmic gymnastics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics . Retrieved 18 September 2022.
7. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics . Retrieved 4 June 2023.
8. Brinner, Andrew (11 April 2023). "Swimming star David Popovici 'ignorant of limits' as he seals Paris 2024 qualification". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 15 April 2023.
9. "Table tennis: These teams have obtained a Paris 2024 qualifying quota spot". Olympics. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
10. "Vis la Paris – Uluitor cum au primit tricolorii vestea că vor juca la Jocurile Olimpice! Prioteasa: "N-am știut nimic"". eurosport.ro. Retrieved 17 February 2024.