Romania at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Romania at the 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Sapporo
Competitors	13 (men) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Ion Panțuru
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com