Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = ROU
| NOCname = Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1952
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| website = {{URL|www.cosr.ro }} {{in lang|ro|en|fr}}
| location = Helsinki
| competitors = 114
| sports = 15
| flagbearer = Dumitru Paraschivescu
| rank = 23
| gold = 1
| silver = 1
| bronze = 2
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
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}}
Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1952/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1952/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Romania at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |access-date=21 February 2015 |publisher=Sports Reference}}
Medalists
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Medal
! Name ! Sport ! Event ! Date | ||||
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{{gold medal}} | Iosif Sîrbu | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | |
{{silver medal}} | Vasile Tiță | Boxing | Middleweight | |
{{bronze medal}} | Gheorghe Fiat | Boxing | Lightweight | |
{{bronze medal}} | Gheorghe Lichiardopol | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol |
Athletics
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Basketball
{{main|Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
;Men's Team Competition
- Qualification Round (Group C)
:* Lost to Canada (51-72)
:* Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place
- Team Roster
:* Mihai Nedef
:* Liviu Nagy
Boxing
{{main|Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Canoeing
{{main|Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Cycling
{{main|Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
;Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
- Constantin Stanescu – 5:20:01.4 (→ 29th place)
- Marin Niculescu – 5:23:34.1 (→ 41st place)
- Victor Georgescu – 5:24:27.5 (→ 44th place)
- Petre Nuță – did not finish (→ no ranking)
;Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
:* Final – 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Ion Ionita – 25th place
Equestrian
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Fencing
{{main|Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.
Football
{{main|Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
; Preliminary Round
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- Team Roster
:* Ion Voinescu
:* Traian Popa
:* Iosif Kovács
:* Guido Fodor
:* Iosif Ritter
:* Tiberiu Bone
:* Titus Ozon
:* Ioan Suru
Gymnastics
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Rowing
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Romania had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1952/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1952/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Romania Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |access-date= 10 March 2018}}
Shooting
{{main|Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Four shooters represented Romania in 1952. Iosif Sîrbu won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone event and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze in the 25 m pistol.
Swimming
{{main|Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Water polo
{{main|Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Weightlifting
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Wrestling
{{main|Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
References
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{{Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
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