Romania at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Romania at the Olympic Games
Flag of Romania IOC code  ROU NOC Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee Website www.cosr.ro (Romanian) (English) (French)
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Competitors	29 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Éva Tófalvi
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Romania participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Twenty-nine athletes have qualified for the Olympiad. The Romanian flag was carried by Éva Tófalvi during the opening ceremonies.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Three athletes have qualified:

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Ioan-Gabriel Nan	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's giant slalom	1:23.86	1:26.15	2:50.01	49
Dragoş Staicu	Men's downhill			DNF
Edith Miklos	Women's downhill			DNF
	Women's super-G			Did not start
	Women's slalom	Did not start

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

File:2010 Opening Ceremony - Romania entering.jpg

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

There were five female athletes that qualified:

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Alexandra Rusu-Stoian	Sprint	24:04.6	4	85
Dana Plotogea	Sprint	22:13.3	2	49
	Pursuit	36:38.8	3	52
	Individual	51:01.1	7	81
Éva Tófalvi	Sprint	20:45.1	0	14
	Pursuit	32:26.3	2	19
	Individual	42:43.4	1	11
	Mass start	38:00.7	5	24
Mihaela Purdea	Sprint	21:52.2	1	39
	Pursuit	36:08.5	4	49
	Individual	45:27.7	3	41
Reka Ferencz	Individual	48:54.9	4	74

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Two-man

Sled	Athletes (driver listed first)	Heat 1		Heat 2		Heat 3		Heat 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU 1	Nicolae Istrate Florin Cezar Craciun	52.19	10	52.41	9	52.40	14	52.43	11	3:29.43	11

File:2010 Opening Ceremony - Romania entering.jpg

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Two-woman

Sled	Athletes (driver listed first)	Heat 1		Heat 2		Heat 3		Heat 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU 1	Carmen Radenovici Alina Vera Savin	54.41	18	54.46	16	54.82	16	54.58	16	3:38.27	15

Four-man

Sled	Athletes (driver listed first, brakeman last)	Heat 1		Heat 2		Heat 3		Heat 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU 1	Nicolae Istrate Florin Cezar Craciun Ionuţ Andrei Ioan Dănuţ Dovalciuc	52.05	18	52.00	15	52.34	15	52.50	16	3:28.89	15

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Romania has three spots for this discipline.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Paul Constantin Pepene	Men's 15 km freestyle	35:33.7	37
	Men's 30 km pursuit	1:19:34.1	29
Petrică Hogiu	Men's 15 km freestyle	36:39.5	57
	Men's 30 km pursuit	Did not finish
Monika Gyorgy	Women's 10 km freestyle	27:19.5	43
	Women's 15 km pursuit	45:37.5	55
	Women's 30 km classical	1:44:03.5	47

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Monika Gyorgy	Women's sprint	3:58.32	44	Did not advance					44

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Romania has qualified 1 entrant in men's singles, for a total of 1 athlete.

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zoltan Kelemen	Men			51.95	29	Did not advance		51.95	29

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position
Ruxandra Nedelcu	Women's ski cross	1:23.04	33	Did not advance				33

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics

There are eight athletes qualified.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Valentin Creţu	Men's singles	49.726	50.224	49.931	49.594	3:19.475	31
Raluca Strămaturaru	Women's singles	42.475	42.198	42.815	42.584	2:50.072	21
Mihaela Chiriaş	Women's singles	43.494	Did not finish
Violeta Strămăturaru	Women's singles	Did not start
Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuţ Ţăran	Doubles	42.360	42.271			1:24.631	17
Paul Ifrim Andrei Anghel	Doubles	43.007	42.466			1:25.473	20

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final		Ranking
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katalin Kristo	Women's 1500 metres	2:36.022	4			Did not advance				24

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics

It was the first time Romania sent an athlete to this event:

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Maria Marinela Mazilu	Women's	57.10	57.03	58.14	57.65	3:49.92	19