Romania at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Romania at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeROU
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors101 in 17 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Simona Radiș[2]
Robert Glință[3]
Flag bearer (closing)Cătălin Chirilă[1]
Medals
Ranked 46th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Since the nation's participation started in 1900 (and its official debut in 1924), Romanian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression, and the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Medalists

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Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 4 6 10
Basketball 0 4 4
Boxing 1 1 2
Canoeing 2 0 2
Cycling 2 0 2
Fencing 1 1 2
Football 18 0 18
Gymnastics 1 2 3
Judo 2 1 3
Rowing 17 19 36
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 3 1 4
Table tennis 1 3 4
Tennis 0 3 3
Triathlon 1 0 1
Wrestling 2 3 5
Total 55 46 101

Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

One Romanian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by winning the gold medal and booking the first of six available spots at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.[5]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mădălina Amăistroaie Women's individual 634 37  Long Xq (CHN)
L 2–6 		Did not advance

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romanian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[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
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Marius Cocioran Men's 50 km walk — 4:01:43 24
Andrea Miklos Women's 400 m DNS Did not advance
Claudia Bobocea Women's 1500 m 4:09.19 33 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Andrei Toader Men's shot put 19.81 26 Did not advance
Alin Firfirică Men's discus throw 61.90 16 Did not advance
Alexandru Novac Men's javelin throw 83.27 7 q 79.29 12
Florentina Iusco Women's long jump 6.36 20 Did not advance
Alina Rotaru 6.51 17 Did not advance
Daniela Stanciu Women's high jump 1.90 18 Did not advance
Bianca Ghelber Women's hammer throw 71.72 11 q 74.18 6

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Romania women's 3×3 Women's 3×3 tournament  China
L 10–21 		 Japan
L 8–20 		 Italy
L 14–22 		 United States
L 11–22 		 Mongolia
W 22–14 		ROC
L 12–21 		 France
L 12–22 		7 Did not advance 7

3x3 basketball

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Women's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament

Romania women's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the four highest-ranked squads, in the women's category of the FIBA rankings, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1952.[8]

Team roster

The players were announced on 8 July 2021.[9]

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  United States 7 6 1 136 98 +38 Semifinals
2  ROC 7 5[a] 2 129 90 +39
3  China 7 5[a] 2 127 97 +30 Quarterfinals
4  Japan (H) 7 5[a] 2 130 97 +33
5  France 7 4 3 118 116 +2
6  Italy 7 2 5 98 125 −27
7  Romania 7 1 6 89 142 −53
8  Mongolia 7 0 7 79 141 −62
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c ROC 2–0, China 1–1, Japan 0–2
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
10:40
v
China  21–10  Romania
Pts: Wan J, Yang 6 Pts: Cuic 4
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
14:25
v
Romania  8–20  Japan
Pts: Ursu-Kim 3 Pts: Mawuli 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
10:40
v
Romania  14–22  Italy
Pts: Mărginean 6 Pts: D'Alie 13
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Su Yu-yen (TPE), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
17:30
v
Romania  11–22  United States
Pts: Cuic 7 Pts: Plum 12
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
10:40
v
Mongolia  14–22  Romania
Pts: Tserenlkham 6 Pts: Ursu-Kim, Mărginean 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Su Yu-yen (TPE), Edmond Ho (HKG)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
14:00
v
Romania  12–21  ROC
Pts: three players 4 Pts: O. Frolkina, Logunova 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vanessa Devlin (AUS), Glenn Tuitt (USA)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
17:00
v
France  22–12  Romania
Pts: Touré 11 Pts: Ursu-Kim, Stoenescu 4
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

Boxing

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Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered two boxers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Cosmin Gîrleanu (men's flyweight) and Maria Nechita (women's featherweight) secured the spots on the Romanian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris.[10][11]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Cosmin Gîrleanu Men's flyweight  Asenov (BUL)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Maria Nechita Women's featherweight Bye  Ali (SOM)
W 5–0 		 Irie (JPN)
L 2–3 		Did not advance

Canoeing

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Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

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Romania qualified a single boat in the men's C-2 1000 m for the Games by finishing fifth in the final race at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[12][11]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cătălin Chirilă Men's C-1 1000 m 4:05.617 1 SF Bye 4:09.397 6 FB 4:03.973 11
Victor Mihalachi Men's C-1 1000 m 4:39.865 5 QF 4:15.007 5 Did not advance
Cătălin Chirilă
Victor Mihalachi 		Men's C-2 1000 m 4:00.459 5 QF 3:51.565 3 SF 3:27.399 2 FA 3:29.285 5

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

Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

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Romania entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[13][11]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Eduard-Michael Grosu Men's road race Did not finish

Mountain biking

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Romania entered one mountain biker to compete in the men's cross-country race with a gold-medal victory in the under-23 division at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, marking the country's return to the sport at the Olympics for the first time since Athens 2004.[14][11]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Vlad Dascălu Men's cross-country 1:26:03 7

Fencing

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Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Set to compete at her fifth consecutive Games, Ana Maria Popescu claimed a spot in the women's épée as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. Meanwhile, Iulian Teodosiu rounded out the Romanian roster by winning the final match of the men's sabre at the European Zonal Qualifier in Madrid, Spain.[15]

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
Iulian Teodosiu Men's sabre  Mamutov (UZB)
W 15–11 		 Curatoli (ITA)
W 15–13 		 Berrè (ITA)
L 12–15 		Did not advance
Ana Maria Popescu Women's épée Bye  Tikanah (SGP)
W 15–10 		 Song S-r (KOR)
W 15–6 		 Beljajeva (EST)
W 15–8 		 Lehis (EST)
W 15–11 		 Sun Yw (CHN)
L 10–11 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Football

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Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Romania men's Men's tournament  Honduras
W 1–0 		 South Korea
L 0–4 		 New Zealand
D 0–0 		3 Did not advance

Men's tournament

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Main articles: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Romania men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy, signifying the country's return to the Olympic tournament after 56 years.[16]

Team roster

Romania's initial 22-man squad was announced on 1 July 2021.[17] On 9 July, Dragoș Nedelcu, who was set to complete a loan move to Fortuna Düsseldorf, withdrew from the squad at the request of the club and replaced by Ronaldo Deaconu.[18]

Head coach: Mirel Rădoi

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mihai Popa (2000-10-12)12 October 2000 (aged 20) 0 0 Romania Astra Giurgiu
2 2DF Radu Boboc (1999-04-24)24 April 1999 (aged 22) 2 0 Romania Viitorul Constanța
3 2DF Florin Ștefan* (1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 25) 2 0 Romania Sepsi OSK
4 2DF Alex Pașcanu (1998-09-28)28 September 1998 (aged 22) 2 0 Spain Ponferradina
5 3MF Tudor Băluță (1999-03-27)27 March 1999 (aged 22) 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
6 2DF Virgil Ghiță (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 23) 3 0 Romania Viitorul Constanța
7 3MF Ion Gheorghe (1999-10-08)8 October 1999 (aged 21) 1 0 Romania Voluntari
8 3MF Marius Marin (captain) (1998-08-30)30 August 1998 (aged 22) 3 0 Italy Pisa
9 4FW George Ganea (1999-05-26)26 May 1999 (aged 22) 3 0 Romania Viitorul Constanța
10 3MF Andrei Ciobanu (1998-01-18)18 January 1998 (aged 23) 3 0 Romania Viitorul Constanța
11 4FW Valentin Gheorghe (1997-02-14)14 February 1997 (aged 24) 3 0 Romania Astra Giurgiu
12 1GK Mihai Aioani (1999-11-07)7 November 1999 (aged 21) 3 0 Romania Chindia Târgoviște
13 3MF Eduard Florescu (1997-06-27)27 June 1997 (aged 24) 2 0 Romania Botoșani
14 2DF Andrei Rațiu (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 23) 2 0 Netherlands ADO Den Haag
15 2DF Andrei Chindriș (1999-01-12)12 January 1999 (aged 22) 1 0 Romania Botoșani
16 3MF Ronaldo Deaconu (1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 23) 1 0 Romania Gaz Metan
17 2DF Ricardo Grigore (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 (aged 22) 3 0 Romania Dinamo București
18 3MF Marco Dulca (1999-05-11)11 May 1999 (aged 22) 3 0 Romania Chindia Târgoviște
19 4FW Andrei Sîntean (1999-06-16)16 June 1999 (aged 22) 3 0 Romania Hermannstadt
20 4FW Alex Dobre (1998-08-30)30 August 1998 (aged 22) 3 0 France Dijon
21 4FW Antonio Sefer (2000-04-22)22 April 2000 (aged 21) 3 0 Romania Rapid București
22 1GK Ștefan Târnovanu (2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 21) 0 0 Romania FCSB

* Overage player.

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 0 1 10 1 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Romania 3 1 1 1 1 4 −3 4
4  Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Honduras 0–1 Romania
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)		 Oliva 45+1' (o.g.)
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
Romania 0–4 South Korea
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Romania 0–0 New Zealand
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Gymnastics

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Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

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Romania entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Going to his sixth Games, Marian Drăgulescu claimed one of the three spots available for individual-based gymnasts and progressed to the finals of the men's vault exercise. On the women's side, 19-year-old rookie Maria Holbură finished 13th out of the 20 gymnasts eligible for qualification in the individual all-around and apparatus events to ensure an Olympic berth for the Romanian squad at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[11] Larisa Iordache added another spot for the Romanians to join Holbură on the gymnastics roster for her second trip to the Games after placing fourth in the individual all-around at the 2021 European Championships in Basel, Switzerland.[19]

At the Olympics, Iordache was injured during qualifications, and she withdrew from the rest of the competition.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB F
Marian Drăgulescu Vault — 13.999 — 13.999 16 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Maria Holbură All-around 13.166 11.100 12.700 12.200 49.166 65 Did not advance
Larisa Iordache Balance beam — 14.133 — 14.133 4 Q Withdrew due to injury

Judo

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Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania qualified three judoka (two men and one woman) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Vlăduț Simionescu (men's heavyweight, +100 kg) and two-time Olympian Andreea Chițu (women's half-lightweight, 52 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Alexandru Raicu (men's lightweight, 73 kg) accepted a continental berth from Europe as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[20][21]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Alexandru Raicu Men's −73 kg Bye  Ono (JPN)
L 00–10 		Did not advance
Vlăduț Simionescu Men's +100 kg —  Omar (LBA)
W 10–00 		 Khammo (UKR)
L 00–01 		Did not advance
Andreea Chițu Women's −52 kg —  Nguyễn (VIE)
W 10–00 		 Giuffrida (ITA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance

Rowing

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Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania qualified nine out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[22][23][24] Meanwhile, two more crews (men's and women's eight) were added to the Romanian roster with their top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.[25]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marius Cozmiuc
Ciprian Tudosă 		Pair 6:33.86 1 SA/B Bye 6:13.51 1 FA 6:16.58 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Marian Enache
Ioan Prundeanu 		Double sculls 6:13.62 3 SA/B Bye 6:29.55 5 FB 6:16.86 9
Ștefan Constantin Berariu
Cosmin Pascari
Mugurel Semciuc
Mihăiță Vasile Țigănescu 		Four 6:03.51 4 R 6:09.72 1 FA — 5:43.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Constantin Adam
Vlad Dragoș Aicoboae
Sergiu-Vasile Bejan
Alexandru Petrișor Chioseaua
Florin-Nicolae Arteni-Fîntînariu
Ciprian Huc
Florin-Sorin Lehaci
Constantin Radu
Adrian Munteanu (cox) 		Eight 5:39.84 3 R 5:27.14 5 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Adriana Ailincăi
Iuliana Buhuș 		Pair 7:20.36 2 SA/B Bye 6:58.55 4 FB 7:01.02 9
Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș 		Double sculls 6:49.79 1 SA/B Bye 7:04.31 1 FA 6:41.03 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gianina Beleagă
Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc 		Lightweight double sculls 7:01.74 1 SA/B Bye 6:42.08 3 FA 6:49.40 6
Roxana Anghel
Mădălina Hegheș
Elena Logofătu
Cristina Popescu 		Four 6:40.02 3 R 6:47.38 3 FB — 6:35.12 9
Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu
Amalia Bereș
Mădălina Bereș
Georgiana Dedu
Maria-Magdalena Rusu
Denisa Tîlvescu
Maria Tivodariu
Ioana Vrînceanu
Daniela Druncea (cox) 		Eight 6:09.95 2 R 5:52.99 1 FA — 6:04.06 6

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

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romanian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 5, 2021.[26]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Laura-Georgeta Coman Women's 10 m air rifle 628.0 9 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romanian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[27][28]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Robert Glință Men's 100 m backstroke 53.67 12 Q 53.20 8 Q 52.95 8
Men's 200 m backstroke 1:59.18 26 Did not advance
Daniel Martin Men's 100 m backstroke 56.91 38 Did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 55.09 53 Did not advance
David Popovici Men's 50 m freestyle 22.77 40 Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 48.03 8 Q 47.72 5 Q 48.04 7
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:45.32 4 Q 1:45.68 7 Q 1:44.68 NR 4
Bianca Costea Women's 50 m freestyle 25.61 31 Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 56.35 35 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament.[29] Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Ovidiu Ionescu scored a third-stage semifinal triumph to secure one of the five available places in the men's singles at the European Qualification Tournament in Odivelas, Portugal.[30]

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
Ovidiu Ionescu Men's singles Bye  Yan (AUS)
W 4–1 		 Tsuboi (BRA)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Elizabeta Samara Women's singles Bye  Sawettabut (THA)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Bernadette Szőcs Bye  Liu (USA)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Daniela Dodean
Elizabeta Samara
Bernadette Szőcs 		Women's team —  Egypt (EGY)
W 3–0 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Ovidiu Ionescu
Bernadette Szőcs 		Mixed doubles —  Pištej /
Balážová (SVK)
W 4–1 		 Xu X /
Liu Sw (CHN)
L 0–4 		Did not advance

Tennis

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Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Monica Niculescu and Raluca Olaru teamed up with each other to compete in the women's doubles based on their combined WTA World Rankings of June 13, 2021.[31][32]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mihaela Buzărnescu Women's singles  Riske (USA)
W 6–7(0–7), 7–5, 6–4 		 Vondroušová (CZE)
L 1–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Monica Niculescu
Raluca Olaru 		Women's doubles —  Chan H-c /
Chan (TPE)
W 7–5, 1–6, [10–6] 		 Perez /
Stosur (AUS)
L 6–7(3–7), 5–7 		Did not advance

Triathlon

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Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics for the first time in history. French-born Felix Duchampt topped the field of triathletes vying for qualification from Europe in the men's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021.[33][34][11]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
Felix Duchampt Men's 18:39 0:38 57:42 0:29 31:38 1:49:06 36

Wrestling

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Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Romania qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 50 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Romanian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 97 kg, women's freestyle 53 kg, and men's Greco-Roman 130 kg, respectively, at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[35][36]

On June 15, 2021, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Kriszta Incze in the women's freestyle 62 kg, as the next highest-ranked wrestler vying for qualification, citing North Korea's withdrawal from the Games.[37]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Albert Saritov Men's −97 kg  Conyedo (ITA)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 14
Alina Vuc Women's −50 kg  Selishka (BUL)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 14
Andreea Ana Women's −53 kg  Kaladzinskaya (BLR)
L 0–4 ST 		Did not advance 16
Kriszta Incze Women's −62 kg  Sastin (HUN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Tynybekova (KGZ)
L 0–5 VT 		Did not advance  Grigorjeva (LAT)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 8
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu Men's −130 kg  López (CUB)
L 0–4 ST 		Did not advance  Mirzazadeh (IRI)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 12

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