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.^[1]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Silver  Silver  Silver  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze

Medals by sport Sport Total Boxing Canoeing Fencing Gymnastics Shooting Wrestling Total 5 3 5 13 Medals by gender Gender Total Male Female Total 5 3 5 13

• 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

• Mircea Dobrescu — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Gheorghe Negrea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Olga Orban-Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

• 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

Two fencers, both women, represented Romania in 1956.

Women's foil

• Olga Orban-Szabo
• Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1956.

Individual

• Cornel Vena
• Dumitru Țintea
• Victor Teodorescu

Team

• Cornel Vena
• Dumitru Ţintea
• Victor Teodorescu

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