Romania at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Romania competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1932 Summer Olympics. 54 competitors, 52 men and 2 women, took part in 33 events in 9 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Silver

• Henri Rang — Equestrian, Jumping Individual

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

• Bogdan Ionescu-Crum — did not qualify → no ranking

Men's Discus Throw

• Ioan Havaleţ — did not qualify → no ranking

50 km Walk

• Gheorghe Firea — 5:09:39 → 20th place

Boxing

Flyweight

• Dumitru Panaitescu — lost to Nunag (Philippines) → no ranking

Bantamweight

• Ioan Gaşpar — lost to Stasch (Germany) → no ranking

Featherweight

• Nicolae Berechet — lost to Seeberg (Estonia) → no ranking

Lightweight

• Gheorghe David — lost to Facchin (Italy) → no ranking

Equestrian

Grand Prix des Nations Show Jumping Event, individual

• Henri Rang — on "Delfis" 4 penalty points in 144,2 seconds (→ Silver Medal)
• Ion Apostol — on "Dracu Ştie" 28 penalty points in 191 seconds (→ 29th place)
• Toma Tudoran — on "Hunter" — DNF → no ranking

Grand Prix des Nations Show Jumping Event, Team

• Team roster: Henri Rang on "Delfis", Ion Apostol on ""Dracu Ştie", Toma Tudoran on "Hunter"
• Romania disqualified, because of Tudoran not finishing the course (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Romania in 1936.

Men's épée

• Nicolae Marinescu — qualified from the 1st round (4 v,1 d), eliminated in 2nd round (2 v, 4 d)
• Denis Dolecsko — eliminated in the 1st round (1 v, 4 d)
• Ioan Miclescu-Prăjescu — qualified from the 1st round (4v, 2 d), eliminated in the 2nd round (3v,2 d, lost barrage to Campbell-Gray, Great Britain)

Men's sabre

• Denis Dolecsko — qualified from the 1st round (4 v, 1 d), eliminated in 2nd round (1 v, 4 d)
• Nicolae Marinescu — qualified from the first round (4 v, 2 d), eliminated in 2nd round (0 v, 5 d)
• Kamilló Szathmáry — eliminated in the 1st round (3v, 3d, lost barrage to Harry, Great Britain)

Men's team sabre

• Team roster: Nicolae Marinescu, Gheorghe Man, Denis Dolecsko, Kamilló Szathmáry.
• Romania eliminated in 1st round:
• lost to Germany (6-10)
• lost to Uruguay (8-8, 57-60 td)

Women's foil

• Thea Kellner — eliminated in Pool Stage (0 v, 5 d)
• Gerda Gantz — eliminated in Pool Stage (1 v, 5 d)

Gymnastics

Men's team

• Team roster:Drăghici, Matuşek, Ludu, Abraham, Dan, Schmidt, Albert, Moldoveanu.
• Romania — 71.566 p. (→ 14th place)

Individual all-around

• Ludu — 11.966 p. (→ 93rd place)
• Abraham — 10.093 p. (→ 98th place)
• Albert — 9.900 p. (→ 99th place)
• Matuşek — 9.050 p. (→ 101st place)
• Dan — 9.037 p. (→ 103rd place)
• Drăghici — 8.500 p. (→ 105th place)
• Schmidt — 8.370 p. (→ 107th place)
• Moldoveanu — did not complete the all-around competition (→ no ranking)

Handball

• Team roster: Fesci, Zoller, Carl Haffer, Franz Haffer, Zickeli, Höchsmann, Speck, Zacharias, Kirschner, Halmen, Halder, Hermannstädter, Schorsten, Holzträger, Herzog.
• Lost to Austria (3-18)
• Lost to Switzerland (6-8)
• Defeated U.S.A. (10-3) (→ Fifth place)

Shooting

Four shooters represented Romania in 1936.

50 m pistol

• Vasile Crişan

50 m rifle, prone

• Mihai Ionescu-Călineşti
• Gheorghe Mirea
• Eduard Grand

Wrestling

Bantamweight

• József Tõzsér — defeated Bayle (France) (throw 11:58), defeated Tóth (Yugoslavia) (decision 3-0), defeated Bertoli (Italy) (throw 2:50, lost to Brendel (Germany) (throw 16:24), lost to Perttunen (Finland) (decision 2-1) (→ Fifth place)

Featherweight

• Dezsõ Horváth — lost to Hering (Germany) (throw 11:36), defeated Janda (Czechoslovakia) (decision 3-0), defeated Kracher (France) (throw 6:28), lost to Reini (Finland) (throw 5:28) (→no ranking)

Lightweight

• Ilie Borlovan — defeated Kálmán (Hungary) (decision 2-1), defeated Arikan (Turkey) (decision 2-1), lost to Koskela (Finland)(throw 8:51) (→no ranking)

Middleweight

• Marin Cocoş — defeated Gogel (Switzerland) (throw 5:30), lost to Schweikert (Germany) (throw 8:28), defeated Pointner (Austria)(throw 2:21), lost to Kokkinen (Finland) (throw 3:00) (→ Fifth place)

Heavyweight

• Tibor Kondorossy — lost to Nyman (Sweden) (throw 6:51), lost to Palusalu (Estonia) (throw 10:36 ) (→no ranking)

Art competitions

References

1. "Flagbearers for Romania". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
2. "Romania at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database