Romania competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 108 men and 30 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.[1]
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Women's High Jump
- Iolanda Balaș
- Qualification- 1.70 m
- Final:-1.90 m, OR ( Gold Medal)
Women's Discus
Women's Javelin
Women's Shot Put
- Ana Sălăgean
- Qualification-15.31 m not qualified(no ranking)
Women's Long Jump
Men's 5000 m
Marathon
- Constantin Grecescu 2:30:42.6 (36th place)
Triple Jump
50 km Walk
- Ilie Popa 2:19:03.0 (28th place)
Flyweight
Bantamweight
- Nicolae Puiu def. Van der Walt (Northern Rhodesia), def. Johnson (U.S.A.), lost to Sakurai (Japan)→5th place
Featherweight
Light-Welterweight
Welterweight
- Niculescu def. Gutierrez (Mexico), lost to Mabwa (Uganda)
Light-Middleweight
- Mârza def. Lee (South Korea), def. Elmahas (United Arab Republic), lost to Grzesiak(Poland)→7th place
Middleweight
- Ion Monea def. Kim (South Korea), lost to Schulz (Germany United Team)
Light-Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Five cyclists represented Romania in 1964.
- Individual road race
- Team time trial
Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1964.
- Women's foil
- Ana Ene-Derșidan qualified from Round 1 (2v, 2 d, barrage), qualified from Round 2 (3v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Antonella Ragno (Italy) (8-4)
- Olga Orban-Szabo qualified from Round 1 (3 v,2 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v, 1 d), lost in Round 3 to Giovanna Masciotta(Italy) (8-6)
- Maria Vicol eliminated in Round 1 (2 v, 3 d)
- Women's team foil
- Lost to Soviet Union (4-9)
- Defeated France (9-6)→5th place
Team Roster:
- Men's foil
- Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v, 1 d), qualified from Round 2 (3 v, 2 d), def.in Round 3 Naser Madani (Iran)(10-4), lost in Round 4 to Roland Losert (Austria)(6-10)
- Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (6 v,0 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v, 3 d)
- Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v,3 d, barrage)
- Men's team foil
- Def. Argentina (9-0)
- Def. France (9-5)
- Lost to U.S.A. (8-8,54-62 t.d.)
- Def. Hungary (9-5)
- Lost to Germany United Team (8-8;57-60 t.d.)→6th place
- Men's épée
- Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (4 v,3 d), eliminated in Round 2 (0 v, 5 d)
- Men's sabre
- Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (6 v, 0 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Marcel Parent (France) (10-12)
- Octavian Vintilă qualified from Round 1 (3 v, 2 d), eliminated in Round 2 (1 v, 6 d)
- Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (3 v, 3 d)
- Men's team sabre
- Def. Australia (9-3)
- Def. Great Britain (10-6)
- Lost to Hungary (0-9)→7th place
Team Roster
- Defeated Mexico (3-1)
- Drew with Germany United Team (1-1)
- Defeated Iran (1-0)
- Defeated Yugoslavia (3-0) → 5th place
- Men's Team Competition
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
- Defeated Brazil (3-0)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
- Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
- Defeated South Korea (3-2)
- Defeated Hungary (3-1)
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
- Lost to Japan (0-3)
- Defeated United States (3-1) → 4th place
- Women's Team Competition
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
- Lost to Japan (0-3)
- Defeated United States (3-0)
- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Lost to Poland (0-3) → 4th place
- Lost to Italy (3-4)
- Defeated Japan (9-4)
- Defeated Germany United Team (5-4)
- Drew with Soviet Union (2-2)
- 5-8 Tournament
- Defeated the Netherlands (6-1)
- Lost to Belgium (3-5)→ 5th place
- Freestyle Wrestling
52 kg
- Gheorghe Tapalagă lost to Aliev(Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Georgiev (Bulgaria) (fall 9'19")
78 kg
- Ștefan Tâmpa lost to Watanabe (Japan) (decision), lost to Heinze (Germany Unified Team) (decision)
97 kg
- Ferenc Ballo lost to Medved (Soviet Union) (fall 2'12")drew with Conine (U.S.A.) (2-2)
+97 kg
- Ștefan Stângu drew with Kubat (Czechoslovakia) (2-2), lost to Dzhiber (Bulgaria) (decision)
- Greco-Roman Style Wrestling
52 kg
- Dumitru Pârvulescu def. Jensen (Denmark) (decision), def. Del Rio (Mexico) (fall 2'55"), def. Savadov (Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Kerezov (Bulgaria) (decision), lost to Hanahara (Japan) (fall 8'19")(→ Bronze Medal)
57 kg
- Ion Cernea drew with Varga (Hungary) def. Knitter (Poland) (decision), def. Švec (Czechoslovakia) (decision), def. Başergil (Turkey) (decision), lost to Trestyanski (Soviet Union) (decision)(→ Bronze Medal)
63 kg
- Marin Bolocan lost to Olsson (Sweden) (decision), def. Sayed (Afghanistan) (fall 3'56"),drew with Mirmalek (Iran), lost to Mansour (United Arab Republic) (decision)
70 kg
- Valeriu Bularca drew with Tapio (Finland), def. Kim (South Korea) (decision), def. Burke (U.S.A.) (foul 7'52"), def. Jonsson (Sweden) (decision), drew with Ayvaz (Turkey); entered tiebreak for places 2–4; defeated Gvanseladze (Soviet Union (decision)), drew with Fujita (Japan)(→ Silver Medal)
78 kg
- Ion Țăranu def. Todorov (Bulgaria) (decision), drew with Kolesov (Soviet Union), def. Asghian (Iran) (decision), drew with Laakso(Finland)→5th place
82 kg
87 kg
- Nicolae Martinescu drew with Sosnowski (Poland), def. Bulgarelli (Italy)(decision), def. Yilmaz (Turkey) (decision), def. Wiesberger (Austria) (decision), lost with Radev (Bulgaria)(decision)→4th place
+97 kg
- Ștefan Stângu drew with Kasabov (Bulgaria), lost to Svensson (Sweden) (decision).