Romania at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Romania at the
1972 Winter Olympics
IOC codeROU
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Sapporo
Competitors13 (men) in 4 sports
Flag bearerIon Panțuru
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Virgil Brenci Downhill 2:04.33 48
Dan Cristea 2:01.26 39
Virgil Brenci Giant Slalom 1:42.81 40 1:44.59 29 3:27.40 33
Dan Cristea 1:37.93 30 1:41.95 23 3:19.88 26
Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final
Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Virgil Brenci 1:46.46 4 1:01.56 30 1:00.02 22 2:01.58 20
Dan Cristea DSQ ? 23 DNF DNF

Biathlon

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Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Constantin Carabela 1'22:45.95 11 1'33:45.95 52
Nicolae Veştea 1'21:08.21 6 1'27:08.21 34
Vilmoş Gheorghe 1'17:52.27 8 1'25:52.27 32
Victor Fontana 1'19:17.85 5 1'24:17.85 28
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Nicolae Veştea
Victor Fontana
Ion Teposu
Vilmoş Gheorghe
5 1'59:30.61 9
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Ion Panţuru
Ion Zangor
Two-man 1:16.50 7 1:15.31 2 1:14.04 3 1:14.68 9 5:00.53 5
ROU-2 Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Dumitru Focşeneanu
Two-man 1:17.98 14 1:17.00 13 1:14.67 11 1:15.24 13 5:04.89 12
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Ion Panţuru
Ion Zangor
Dumitru Pascu
Dumitru Focşeneanu
Four-man 1:12.07 11 1:12.65 14 1:11.08 7 1:11.32 7 4:47.12 10

Figure skating

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Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Gheorghe Fazekas 17 17 2094.0 153 17

References

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