Defeated Hasan Al (Denmark), 16-8 Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 7-20 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Francisc Vaștag First Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 12-17 Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Ovidiu Bali First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round Canoeing Diving Women's 10m Platform Clara Elena Ciocan Preliminary Heat — 281.52 Semi Final — 157.41 Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place) Anisoara Opriea Preliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Fencing Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Romania in 1996. Men's épée Gheorghe Epurescu Gabriel Pantelimon Aurel Bratu Men's team épée Aurel Bratu, Gheorghe Epurescu, Gabriel Pantelimon Men's sabre Vilmoș Szabo Florin Lupeică Mihai Covaliu Men's team sabre Florin Lupeică, Mihai Covaliu, Vilmoș Szabo Women's foil Laura Cârlescu-Badea Roxana Scarlat Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo Women's team foil Laura Cârlescu-Badea, Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Roxana Scarlat Gymnastics Judo Modern pentathlon Men's Individual Competition Adrian Toader — 5335 pts (→ 14th place) Rhythmic gymnastics Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle Nicolae Ivan Heat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle Nicolae Butacu Heat — 1:50.83 B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke Nicolae Butacu Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 200 m Backstroke Nicolae Butacu Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly Răzvan Petcu Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Nicolae Ivan, Răzvan Petcu, Horațiu Badiță, and Alexandru Ioanovici Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place) Women's 50 m Freestyle Luminița Dobrescu Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle Luminița Dobrescu Heat — 56.27 B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place) Women's 200 m Freestyle Luminița Dobrescu Heat — 2:00.85 Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place) Ioana Diaconescu Heat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 400 m Freestyle Carla Negrea Heat — 4:16.89 B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle Carla Negrea Heat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke Cătălina Căsaru Heat — 2:15.92 B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke Larisa Lăcustă Heat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly Loredana Zisu Heat