List of Romanian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Romania maintained by its national athletics federation: Federatia Romana de Atletism (FRA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FRA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FRA

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
NWI = no wind information

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.21 (+0.2 m/s)	Daniel Cojocaru	17 June 1994		Bucharest, Romania
200 m	20.70 (+1.0 m/s)	Florin Suciu	24 July 2005		Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
400 m	45.60	Ioan Vieru	2 July 2006		Metz, France
	45.59	Robert Parge	4 June 2021	Romanian Championships	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	^[1]
800 m	1:45.41	Petre Drăgoescu	4 September 1985	Universiade	Kobe, Japan
	1:44.93	Cătălin Tecuceanu	14 September 2021	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	^[2]
1500 m	3:34.13	Alexandru Vasile	13 June 1997		Bucharest, Romania
Mile	3:57.73	Ioan Zaizan	17 July 2013	Morton Games	Finglas, Ireland	^[3]
3000 m	7:53.19	Valentin Coroja	18 June 1989		Warsaw, Poland
5000 m	13:15.0	Ilie Floroiu	23 July 1978		Bucharest, Romania
5 km (road)	14:06	Ștefan Iulius Gavril	16 February 2020	5 km Herculis	Monte Carlo, Monaco	^[4]
10000 m	27:40.06	Ilie Floroiu	29 August 1978	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia
10 km (road)	28:38	Dorin Andrei Rusu	25 September 2022	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	^[5]
15 km (road)	44:48	Nicolae Negru	28 October 2000		Tulsa, United States
One hour	19707 m	Nicolae Mustață	17 October 1971		Bucharest, Romania
20 km (road)	1:02:01	Cristenel Irimia	2 September 2007		Zalău, Romania
Half marathon	1:01:45	Nicolae Negru	4 October 1997	World Half Marathon Championships	Košice, Slovakia
25 km (road)	1:18:14	Constantin Ștefan	27 April 1975		Hluboka, Czechoslovakia
Marathon	2:12:30	Cătălin Andreica	3 September 1978	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia
110 m hurdles	13.34 (+1.0 m/s)	George Boroi	18 June 1993		Bucharest, Romania
300 m hurdles	35.4 h	Mugur Matescu	13 May 1989		Bucharest, Romania
400 m hurdles	49.22	Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia	4 September 1997	Jeux de la Francophonie	Antananarivo, Madagascar
3000 m steeplechase	8:13.26	Florin Ionescu	21 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
High jump	2.40 m	Sorin Matei	20 June 1990		Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Pole vault	5.50 m	Tiberiu Agoston	13 June 2003		Pierre-Bénite, France
			28 August 2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea
Long jump	8.37 m (+1.5 m/s)	Bogdan Tudor	9 July 1995		Bad Cannstatt, Germany
Triple jump	17.81 m (+1.0 m/s)	Marian Oprea	5 July 2005	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland
Shot put	21.06 m	Andrei Gag	17 July 2016	Romanian Championships	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	^[6]
	21.29 m	Andrei Toader	13 June 2021		Brno, Czech Republic	^[7]^[8]
Discus throw	68.12 m	Iosif Nagy	22 May 1983		Zaragoza, Spain
Hammer throw	77.60 m	Nicolae Bândar	1 June 1986		Bucharest, Romania
Javelin throw	86.37 m	Alexandru Novac	5 July 2018		Nembro, Italy	^[9]
Decathlon	7843 pts h	Vasile Bogdan	7–8 June 1975		Paris, France
	10.9 (100 m), 7.26 m (long jump), 13.93 m (shot put), 1.95 m (high jump), 50.8 (400 m) / 15.0 (110 m hurdles), 41.46 m (discus), 4.70 m (pole vault), 59.80 m (javelin), 4:19.7 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)	1:21:06	Costică Bălan	14 June 1996		Bucharest, Romania
35 km walk (road)	3:01:17	Narcis Mihăilă	5 March 2022	Race Walking Team Championships	Muscat, Oman	^[10]
50 km walk (road)	3:55:59	Marius Cocioran	17 May 2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	^[11]
4 × 100 m relay	39.18	Romania Florian Homiuc Alexandru Terpezan Ionut Neagoe Petre Rezmiveș	15 July 2018		Erzurum, Turkey
4 × 400 m relay	3:04.23	Romania Vasile Boboș Florin Suciu Cătălin Cîmpeanu Ioan Vieru	12 August 2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	11.30 (+0.5 m/s)	Ionela Târlea	19 June 1999		Paris, France
150 m (bend)	17.85 (+2.0 m/s)	Bianca Răzor	31 August 2013	Amsterdam Open & Flame Games	Amsterdam, Netherlands	^[12]
200 m	22.35 (+1.3 m/s)	Ionela Târlea	13 May 1999		Doha, Qatar
300 m	36.20 A	Ionela Târlea	3 May 2003		Mexico City, Mexico
400 m	49.88	Ionela Târlea	12 July 1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
800 m	1:55.05	Doina Melinte	1 August 1982		Bucharest, Romania
1000 m	2:31.5	Maricica Puică	1 June 1986		Poiana Brașov, Romania
1500 m	3:53.96	Paula Ivan	1 October 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
Mile	4:15.61	Paula Ivan	10 July 1989		Nice, France
2000 m	5:28.69	Maricica Puică	11 July 1986		London, United Kingdom
3000 m	8:21.42	Gabriela Szabo	19 July 2002	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
5000 m	14:31.48	Gabriela Szabo	1 September 1998	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany
10000 m	31:11.24	Mihaela Botezan	27 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
10 km (road)	31:59.9	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	29 February 2004		San Juan, Puerto Rico
15 km (road)	48:29	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	14 July 2002		Utica, United States
20 km (road)	1:03:23	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	8 October 2006	World Road Running Championships	Debrecen, Hungary
Half marathon	1:08:07+	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
25 km (road)	1:21:31+	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
30 km (road)	1:41:51+	Nuța Olaru	10 October 2004	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
Marathon	2:21:30	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	9 October 2005	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
	2:18:04	Joan Chelimo Melly	17 April 2022	Seoul Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	^[13]
100 m hurdles	12.62	Mihaela Stoica-Pogăceanu	29 June 1990		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
200 m hurdles (bend)	25.9 h NWI	Valeria Bufanu	21 October 1970		Bucharest, Serbia
400 m hurdles	53.25	Ionela Târlea	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
3000 m steeplechase	9:16.85	Cristina Casandra	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	^[14]
High jump	2.02 m	Monica Iagăr	6 June 1998		Budapest, Hungary
			17 June 2000		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Pole vault	4.22 m	Gabriela Mihalcea	11 June 1999		Dreux, France
Long jump	7.43 m (+1.4 m/s)	Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu	4 June 1983		Bucharest, Romania
Triple jump	15.16 m (+0.1 m/s)	Rodica Mateescu	4 August 1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece
Shot put	21.00 m	Mihaela Loghin	30 June 1984		Formia, Italy
Discus throw	73.84 m	Daniela Costian	30 April 1988		Bucharest, Romania
Hammer throw	76.07 m	Mihaela Melinte	29 August 1999		Rudlingen, Switzerland
Javelin throw	65.08 m	Ana Mirela Țermure	10 June 2001		Bucharest, Romania
Heptathlon	6619 pts	Liliana Năstase	1–2 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
	12.86 (100 m hurdles), 1.82 m (high jump), 14.34 m (shot put), 23.70 (200 m) / 6.49 m (long jump), 41.30 m (javelin), 2:11.22 (800 m)
10 km walk (road)	42:16	Norica Câmpean	9 May 1999		Calella, Spain
20 km walk (road)	1:27:41	Claudia Ștef	5 June 2004		A Coruña, Spain
35 km walk (road)	3:01:29	Ana Veronica Rodean	22 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	^[15]
4 × 100 m relay	44.18	Romania Doina Voinea Lucia Militaru Mihaela Pogăcean Marieta Ilcu	2 August 1985		Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
4 × 400 m relay	3:25.68	Romania Otilia Ruicu-Eșanu Alina Râpanu Ana Maria Barbu Ionela Târlea	20 June 1999		Paris, France
4 × 1500 m relay	17:51.48	Romania Claudia Bobocea Florina Pierdevară Anca Maria Bunea Lenuța Petronela Simiuc	24 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[16]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:37.81	Romania Elena Lavric Constantin Andonii Cristian Nica Adina Circiogel	13 June 2021	International Sprint & Relay Cup	Erzurum, Turkey	^[17]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	6.60	Johann Schromm	14 February 1981		Bucharest, Romania
		Catalin Cîmpeanu	9 February 2013	Romanian Championships	Bucharest, Romania	^[18]
200 m	20.94	Ioan Vieru	18 January 2004		Mannheim, Germany
400 m	45.94	Ioan Vieru	2 March 2002	European Championships	Vienna, Austria
800 m	1:47.21	Petre Drăgoescu	2 March 1985	IAAF Indoor Meeting	Athens, Greece
1500 m	3:40.30	Ioan Zaizan	28 January 2014	Vienna Indoor Classic	Vienna, Austria	^[19]
3000 m	7:48.47 ^[20]	Ovidiu Olteanu	6 February 1998		Budapest, Hungary
60 m hurdles	7.50	George Boroi	15 February 1994	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
High jump	2.38 m	Sorin Matei	3 February 1995		Wuppertal, Germany
Pole vault	5.61 m ^[21]	Tiberiu Agoston	5 March 2001		Toulouse, France
Long jump	8.30 m	Bogdan Țăruș	29 January 2000		Bucharest, Romania
Triple jump	17.74 m	Marian Oprea	18 February 2006		Bucharest, Romania
Shot put	21.04 m	Gheorghe Gușet	18 February 2006		Bucharest, Romania
Heptathlon	5562 pts	Bogdan Popa	1–2 March 2012		Bucharest, Romania
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.19 7.30 m 11.40 m 2.07 m 8.47 4.80 m 2:55.81
5000 m walk	18:59.24	Costică Bălan	19 February 2000		Bucharest, Romania
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.82	CSM Ploiești Cosmin Homiuc Petre Nicolae Rezmives Bogdan Oprina Cristian Radu	12 March 2017		Istanbul, Turkey
4 × 400 m relay	3:10.75	Romania Vasile Boboș Catalin Cîmpeanu Bogdan Vîlcu Ioan Vieru	4 March 2007	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
	3:10.36	Romania Andrei Remus Mihai Dringo Simon Denis Robert Parge	5 March 2022	Balkan Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[22]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.22	Iolanda Oanțã	7 February 1992		Bucharest, Romania
		Mirela Dulgheru	23 January 1993		Bacău, Romania
	7.21 ^[a]		25 January 1992		Bucharest, Romania
200 m	22.39	Ionela Târlea	6 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
300 m	38.34	Bianca Răzor	25 January 2018	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[23]
400 m	50.56	Ionela Târlea	1 March 1998	European Championships	Valencia, Spain
800 m	1:59.00	Doina Melinte	8 February 1987		Budapest, Hungary
1500 m	4:00.27+	Doina Melinte	9 February 1990		East Rutherford, United States
Mile	4:17.14	Doina Melinte	9 February 1990		East Rutherford, United States
2000 m	5:30.53	Gabriela Szabo	8 March 1998		Sindelfingen, Germany	^[24]
3000 m	8:32.88	Gabriela Szabo	18 February 2001	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Two miles	9:41.07	Margareta Keszeg	28 February 1986		New York City, United States
5000 m	14:47.35	Gabriela Szabo	13 February 1999		Dortmund, Germany
60 m hurdles	7.86	Mihaela Stoica-Pogăceanu	5 March 1988		Budapest, Hungary
	7.86	Mihaela Stoica-Pogăceanu	5 March 1989		Bacău, Romania
High jump	2.03 m ^[25]	Monica Iagăr	23 January 1999		Bucharest, Romania
Pole vault	4.25 m ^[26]	Gabriela Mihalcea	13 February 1999	IAAF Indoor Meeting	Athens, Greece
Long jump	6.99 m	Mirela Dulgheru	23 January 1993		Bacău, Romania
Triple jump	14.94 m	Cristina Nicolau	5 February 2000		Bucharest, Romania
Shot put	20.57 m	Mihaela Loghin	22 February 1987		Bucharest, Romania
Pentathlon	4753 pts	Liliana Năstase	9/10 February 1993		Bacău, Romania
	8.17 (60 m hurdles), 1.75 m (high jump), 13.94 m (shot put), 6.67 m (long jump), 2:14.88 (800 m)
3000 m walk	11:40.33	Claudia Ștef	30 January 1999		Bucharest, Romania
4 × 200 m relay	1:40.27	CS Rapid București E. Constantinescu M. Lazãr M. Pogãcean I. Oanțã	16 February 1991		Bacău, Romania
4 × 400 m relay	3:30.06	Romania Angela Moroșanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea	7 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[27]

Notes

1. doubtful timing

References

General

• Romanian Records – Outdoor 1 August 2019 updated
• Romanian Records – Indoor 20 June 2019 updated

Specific

1. "Robert Parge a bătut un record vechi de 15 ani!". csmbucuresti.ro (in Romanian). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
2. Chris Broadbent (14 September 2021). "Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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5. "Fast 10km times from Kipkorir and Chepkirui as records fall in Brasov". World Athletics. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
6. "News From Around the World - EME NEWS (JUL 18, 2016)". american-trackandfield.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
7. "eTrack Newsletter Volume 19" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
8. "Weight Throw: Rares Toader breaks national records, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". agerpres.ro. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
9. Dan Sion (6 July 2018). "Novac, super-record!". desteptarea.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 July 2018.
10. "Men's 35km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
11. "50 km Race Walk Results". IAAF. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
12. . timetronics.be. 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
13. "Melly and Geremew run course records for Seoul Marathon success". World Athletics. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
14. . IAAF. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
15. "35km Race Walk Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
16. "Women's 4×1500m Relay Results". IAAF. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
17. "6th International Sprint & Relay Cup Women's and Mixed Relay Results" (PDF). TAF. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
18. "ATLETISM: Ancuța Bobocel, Angela Moroșanu și Marian Oprea au dominat prima zi la CN Indoor" (in Romanian). www.infomm.ro. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
19. (PDF). www.indoor-classic-vienna.com. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
20. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
21. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
22. "2022 Balkan Indoor Championships – Men's Results" (PDF). TAF. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
23. "300m Results" (PDF). ČAS. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
24. "2000m world best for Gabriela Szabo". IAAF. 9 March 1998. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
25. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
26. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
27. "4x400 Metres Relay Results". IAAF. 2004-03-07. Retrieved 2010-04-13.

External links

• FRA web site