Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. ^[1] Romanian female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1952 except for 1968. ^[2] A total of 74 female gymnasts have represented Romania. Romanian women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 12 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 10 in balance beam, 13 in floor exercise, 11 in vault, and 5 in uneven bars. The medals include 24 golds. ^[3] Romania medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics between 1976 and 2012, winning golds in 1984, 2000, and 2004. ^[2]

Eight Romanian female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games: Nadia Comăneci (nine), Simona Amânar (seven), Lavinia Miloșovici (six), Daniela Silivaș (six), Gina Gogean (five), Cătălina Ponor (five), Ecaterina Szabo (five), and Sandra Izbașa (four). ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Nadia Comăneci, who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, won nine total Olympic medals, the most of any Romanian female gymnast. ^[3] She won five medals in 1976, including golds in individual all-around, balance beam, and uneven bars. She also became the first woman to ever score a perfect 10 at the Olympics. In 1980, she won four more medals, including golds in balance beam and floor exercise. ^{[12] [13]}

In 1984, Ecaterina Szabo won five medals at the only Olympics she participated in. She won golds in team all-around, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault. ^[10] In 1988, Daniela Silivaș won six medals at the only Olympics she participated in, earning golds in balance beam, floor exercise, and uneven bars. ^[7]

Lavinia Miloșovici and Gina Gogean both competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Miloșovici won four of her six medals in 1992, while Gogean won four of her five medals in 1996. ^{[14] [15]} Simona Amânar competed in 1996 and 2000 and earned seven medals, the second-most of any Romanian female gymnast. She won gold in the 1996 vault event and the 2000 team all-around and individual all-around. ^[5]

In 2004, Cătălina Ponor won gold medals in team all-around, floor exercise, and balance beam. She did not compete at the 2008 Olympic Games but came back in 2012 to win two more medals. ^[9] Sandra Izbașa won four total medals in 2008 and 2012, including the 2008 floor exercise gold and 2012 vault gold. ^[11]

Gymnasts

Medalists

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Bronze	Hurmuzachi, Iovan, Leușteanu, Mărgărit, Săcălici, Vătășoiu	1956 Melbourne	Women's team
Bronze	Elena Leușteanu		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Ionescu, Iovan, Leușteanu, Vătășoiu-Liță, Niculescu, Poreceanu	1960 Rome	Women's team
Silver	Comăneci, Constantin, Gabor, Grigoraș, Trușcă, Ungureanu	1976 Montreal	Women's team
Gold	Nadia Comăneci		Women's all-around
Gold	Nadia Comăneci		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Teodora Ungureanu		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Nadia Comăneci		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Teodora Ungureanu		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Nadia Comăneci		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Comăneci, Dunca, Eberle, Grigoraș, Ruhn, Turner	1980 Moscow	Women's team
Silver	Nadia Comăneci		Women's all-around
Bronze	Melita Ruhn		Women's vault
Silver	Emilia Eberle		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Melita Ruhn		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Nadia Comăneci		Women's balance beam
Gold	Nadia Comăneci		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Agache, Cutina, Grigoraș, Păucă, Szabo, Stănuleț	1984 Los Angeles	Women's team
Silver	Ecaterina Szabo		Women's all-around
Bronze	Simona Păucă		Women's all-around
Gold	Ecaterina Szabo		Women's vault
Bronze	Lavinia Agache		Women's vault
Gold	Simona Păucă		Women's balance beam
Gold	Ecaterina Szabo		Women's balance beam
Gold	Ecaterina Szabo		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Dobre, Golea, Popa, Potorac, Silivaș, Voinea	1988 Seoul	Women's team
Silver	Daniela Silivaș		Women's all-around
Silver	Gabriela Potorac		Women's vault
Bronze	Daniela Silivaș		Women's vault
Gold	Daniela Silivaș		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Daniela Silivaș		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Gabriela Potorac		Women's balance beam
Gold	Daniela Silivaș		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Bontaș, Gogean, Hădărean, Miloșovici, Neculiță, Pașca	1992 Barcelona	Women's team
Bronze	Lavinia Miloșovici		Women's all-around
Gold	Lavinia Miloșovici		Women's vault
Gold	Lavinia Miloșovici		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Cristina Bontaș		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Amânar, Gogean, Loaieș, Marinescu, Miloșovici, Țugurlan	1996 Atlanta	Women's team
Silver	Gina Gogean		Women's all-around
Bronze	Simona Amânar		Women's all-around
Bronze	Lavinia Miloșovici		Women's all-around
Gold	Simona Amânar		Women's vault
Bronze	Gina Gogean		Women's vault
Bronze	Gina Gogean		Women's balance beam
Silver	Simona Amânar		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Amânar, Boboc, Isărescu, Olaru, Presăcan, Răducan	2000 Sydney	Women's team
Gold	Simona Amânar		Women's all-around
Silver	Maria Olaru		Women's all-around
Silver	Andreea Răducan		Women's vault
Bronze	Simona Amânar		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Ban, Eremia, Ponor, Roșu, Șofronie, Stroescu	2004 Athens	Women's team
Gold	Monica Roșu		Women's vault
Gold	Cătălina Ponor		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Alexandra Eremia		Women's balance beam
Gold	Cătălina Ponor		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Acatrinei, Drăgoi, Grigore, Izbașa, Nistor, Tămârjan	2008 Beijing	Women's team
Gold	Sandra Izbașa		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Bulimar, Chelaru, Iordache, Izbașa, Ponor	2012 London	Women's team
Gold	Sandra Izbașa		Women's vault
Silver	Cătălina Ponor		Women's floor exercise

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