Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 159 competitors, 132 men and 27 women, took part in 102 events in 16 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C1 1,000m Canadian Singles
• Gheorghe Berceanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
• Nicolae Martinescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Silver

• Valeria Bufanu — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
• Argentina Menis — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Ion Alexe — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Atanase Sciotnic, Roman Vartolomeu, Aurel Vernescu, and Mihai Zafiu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Serghei Covaliov and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
• Dan Iuga — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol

Bronze

• Viorica Dumitru and Maria Nichiforov — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
• Ileana Gyulai-Drimba, Ana Pascu-Ene-Dersidan, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic and Olga Szabo-Orban — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
• Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, Marin Dan, Alexandru Dincă,...... ...
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