Romania competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 124 competitors, 71 men and 53 women, took part in 86 events in 13 sports. Notably, Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation to participate at these Games; all others followed the Soviet Union's boycott of the Games. The Romanian athletes were greeted with warm applause as they entered the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the opening ceremony, in part an affirmation of the nation's defiance of the boycott. The Romanian Olympic team was phenomenally successful at the games, ultimately placing second to the United States in the gold medal tally. Medalists Athletics Women's 1,500 metres Doina Melinte Heat — 4:10.48 Final — 4:03.76 (→ Silver Medal) Maricica Puică Heat — 4:05.30 Final — 4:04.15 (→ Bronze Medal) Fița Lovin Heat — 4:10.58 Final — 4:09.11 (→ 9th place) Women's 3,000 metres Maricica Puică Heat — 8:43.32 Final — 8:35.96 (→ Gold Medal) Women's 400m Hurdles Cristieana Cojocaru Heat — 56.94 Semifinal — 55.24 Final — 55.41 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's High Jump Niculina Vasile Qualification — 1.90m Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place) Women's Long Jump Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu Qualification — 6.69 m Final — 6.96 m (→ Gold Medal) Valy Ionescu Qualification — 6.60 m Final — 6.81 m (→ Silver Medal) Women's Discus Throw Florența Crăciunescu Qualification — 57.84m Final — 63.64m (→ Bronze Medal) Women's Shot Put Mihaela Loghin Final — 20.47 m (→ Silver Medal) Florența Crăciunescu Final — 17.23 m (→ 8th place) Boxing Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Nicolae Talpos First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), 0:5 Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Viorel Ioana First Round — Lost to Renato Cornett (Australia), 1:4 Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Mircea Fulger → Bronze Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Jean Duarte (France), RSC-1 Third Round — Defeated Stefan Sjøstrand (SWE), 5:0 Quarterfinals — Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia), 5:0 Semifinals — Lost to Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand), 0:5 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Rudel Obreja First Round — Defeated Antoine Loungoude (RCA), KO-1 Second Round — Defeated Michael Hughes (GBR), 5:0 Third Round — Lost to Mark Breland (United States), 0:5 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Gheorghe Simion First Round — Lost to Ahn Dal-Ho (South Korea), 0:5 Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Georgica Donici First Round — Bye Second Round —