Romania competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 44 competitors, 33 men and 11 women, took part in 35 events in 10 sports. Medalists | style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| | style="text-align:left; width:23%; vertical-align:top;"| Gold Nicolae Linca — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs Ștefan Petrescu — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Silver Mircea Dobrescu — Boxing, Men's Flyweight Gheorghe Negrea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight Olga Orban-Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Bronze Constantin Dumitrescu — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight Elena Leuşteanu — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Francisc Horvat — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight Elena Leuşteanu, Georgeta Hurmuzachi, Sonia Iovan, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Mărgărit-Niculescu, and Elena Săcălici — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises Athletics Boxing Canoeing Fencing Two fencers, both women, represented Romania in 1956. Women's foil Olga Orban-Szabo Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1956. Individual Cornel Vena Dumitru Țintea Victor Teodorescu Team Cornel Vena Dumitru Ţintea Victor Teodorescu Shooting Four shooters represented Romania in 1956. In the 25 m pistol event Ștefan Petrescu won gold and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze. 25 m pistol Ștefan Petrescu Gheorghe Lichiardopol 300 m rifle, three positions Constantin Antonescu 50 m rifle, three positions Iosif Sîrbu Constantin Antonescu 50 m rifle, prone Iosif Sîrbu Constantin Antonescu Swimming Water polo Wrestling References Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1956 1956 in Romanian sport