Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics


Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 145 competitors, 71 men and 74 women, took part in 116 events in 16 sports. At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant. Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor.

Medalists

These games were Romania's best showing, both in number of gold medals and total medals won at a non-boycotted games.
MedalNameSportEventDate
AthleticsWomen's 5000 m
, Mitică PricopCanoeingMen's C-2 1000 m
FencingMen's sabre
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
GymnasticsWomen's artistic individual all-around
, Loredana Boboc, Andreea Isărescu,
Maria Olaru, Claudia Presăcan, Andreea Răducan		GymnasticsWomen's artistic team all-around
, Constanța BurcicăRowingWomen's lightweight double sculls
, Doina IgnatRowingWomen's coxless pair
, Georgeta Damian,
Maria Magdalena Dumitrache, Liliana Gafencu,
Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat,
Elisabeta Lipă, Ioana Olteanu, Viorica Susanu		RowingWomen's eight
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre backstroke
AthleticsWomen's 1500 m
AthleticsWomen's marathon
BoxingLight Middleweight
GymnasticsWomen's artistic individual all-around
GymnasticsWomen's vault
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley
AthleticsWomen's 1500 m
AthleticsWomen's high jump
BoxingWelterweight
, Mitică PricopCanoeingMen's C-2 500 m
, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, Sanda TomaCanoeingWomen's K-4 500 m
GymnasticsWomen's floor
JudoWomen's 78 kg
ShootingMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol
SwimmingWomen's 400 m individual medley

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Viorica ȚigăuResult13.391.7211.5324.806.0143.482:19.65589318
Viorica ȚigăuPoints1066879630905853732828589318

Boxing

;Men

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: 'R = Qualify to repechage; QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Diving

;Men
;Women

Fencing

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Romania in 2000.
;Men
;Women

Gymnastics

Men's artistic

;Team
;Individual events

Women's artistic

;Team
;Individual events

Handball

Judo

;Men
;Women

Rowing

;Men
;Women

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Weightlifting

'''Men'''

Wrestling

;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman