Romania at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Virgil Brenci	Downhill					2:04.33	48
Dan Cristea	Downhill					2:01.26	39
Virgil Brenci	Giant Slalom	1:42.81	40	1:44.59	29	3:27.40	33
Dan Cristea	Giant Slalom	1:37.93	30	1:41.95	23	3:19.88	26

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.

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

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