Moldova at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Moldova at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Moldova.svg
IOC code MDA
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova
Website www.olympic.md  (in Romanian)
in Beijing
Competitors29 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Nicolae Ceban
Medals
Ranked 80th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1924–1936)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

Moldova competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Moldova won one medal at the games, a bronze for boxer bantamweight Veaceslav Gojan. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Veaceslav Gojan Boxing Bantamweight

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Fedosei Ciumacenco 20 km walk N/A1:31:3747
Ion Luchianov 3000 m steeplechase 8:18.977 q8:27.8212
Iaroslav Musinschi Marathon N/A2:21:1841
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Ivan Emilianov Shot put 18.6435Did not advance
Vadim Hranovschi Discus throw 56.1926Did not advance
Vladimir Letnicov Triple jump 16.6224Did not advance
Roman Rozna Hammer throw 71.3333Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Victor Covalenco Result11.876.5013.44DNFDNSDNF
Points67769769400
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Olga Cristea 800 m 2:00.594 q2:00.126Did not advance
Valentina Delion Marathon N/ADNF
Oxana Juravel 3000 m steeplechase 10:04.3813N/ADid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Inna Gliznuţa High jump 1.80=29Did not advance
Marina Marghieva Hammer throw 62.1243Did not advance
Zalina Marghieva 64.2037Did not advance

Boxing

Moldova qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Grusac was the first, qualifying at the World Championships. [2] Gojan was the second, qualifying at the first European qualifier. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Veaceslav Gojan Bantamweight Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Khatsigov  (BLR)
W 1+–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gu Y  (CHN)
W 13–6
Flag of India.svg  Kumar  (IND)
W 10–3
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Badar-Uugan  (MGL)
L 2–15
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Vitalie Gruşac Welterweight Flag of Australia.svg  O'Mahony  (AUS)
W 7–2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sarsekbayev  (KAZ)
LRSC
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Alexandr Pliuschin Men's road race 6:39:4276

Track

Pursuit
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankOpponent
Results
RankOpponent
Results
Rank
Alexandr Pliuschin Men's individual pursuit 4:35.43817Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sergiu Toma −73 kg Flag of Georgia.svg  Kevkhishvili  (GEO)
L 0010–0021
Did not advance

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Ghenadie Lisoconi 25 m rapid fire pistol 56712Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sergiu Postică 100 m breaststroke 1:03.8354Did not advance
Andrei Zaharov 200 m freestyle 1:58.6255Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Veronica Vdovicenco 50 m freestyle 26.9250Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Igor Grabucea Men's −56 kg 109161301523915
Alexandru Dudoglo Men's −69 kg 1451117293179
Andrei Gutu Men's −77 kg 145171602130520
Eugen Bratan Men's −94 kg 170122001337013
Vadim Vacarciuc 168132051237312

Wrestling

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicolae Ceban −96 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Kiss  (HUN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance12
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ludmila Cristea −55 kg Flag of Venezuela.svg  Andrades  (VEN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Verbeek  (CAN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance10

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References

  1. Boxing-Men’s bantamweight semi-final results
  2. World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
  3. "1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament". Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.