Moldova at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Moldova at the
2012 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 London
Competitors21 in 9 sports
Flag bearers Dan Olaru (opening)
Zalina Marghieva (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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 (officially the Republic of Moldova) competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

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Moldova sent its smallest delegation to the Games. A total of 22 athletes, 12 men and 10 women, competed in 9 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Moldova's summer Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Marathon runner Iaroslav Musinschi, who participated as a steeplechaser in the Olympics since 2000, was at his third appearance as the most experienced member. Fourteen Moldovan athletes had competed at their first Olympics, including 15-year-old archer Dan Olaru, the youngest member of the team, who became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Moldova originally left London with two bronze medals, tying its overall record for the most medals with Atlanta and Sydney at a single Olympics. These medals were all won by weightlifters Cristina Iovu and Anatolie Cîrîcu. However, both athletes were disqualified due to positive cases of doping, and Moldova was stripped of both medals and failed to win any medals overall.

Archery

Moldova qualified the following archers.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dan Olaru Men's individual 65447Flag of the United States.svg  Kaminski  (USA) (18)
W 6–5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Terry  (GBR) (50)
W 7–1
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim B-m  (KOR) (2)
L 1–7
Did not advance

Athletics

Moldovan athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): [1] [2]

Key
Iaroslav Musinschi finished twenty-fifth in men's marathon. Iaroslav Musinschi (Republic of Moldova) - London 2012 Mens Marathon.jpg
Iaroslav Musinschi finished twenty-fifth in men's marathon.
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Ion Luchianov 3000 m steeplechase 8:22.095 q8:28.1510
Iaroslav Musinschi Marathon N/A2:16:2525
Roman Prodius N/ADNF
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Serghei Marghiev Hammer throw 69.7631Did not advance
Natalia Cerches finished sixty-fifth in women's marathon. Natalia Cerchesat 2012 Olympic Women's Marathon.jpg
Natalia Cercheș finished sixty-fifth in women's marathon.
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Natalia Cercheș Marathon N/A2:37:1365
Olesea Cojuhari 400 m 53.645Did not advance
Elena Popescu 800 m 2:06.946Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Marina Marghieva Hammer throw Disqualified due to doping
Zalina Marghieva 72.199 q74.068

Boxing

Moldova has so far qualified boxers for the following events:

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vasili Belous Welterweight Flag of Tanzania.svg  Kidunda  (TAN)
W 20–7
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Shelestyuk  (UKR)
L 7–15
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Oleg Berdos Men's road race Did not finish

Judo

Moldova qualified 2 judokas

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sergiu Toma Men's −81 kg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Musil  (CZE)
W 1000–0001
Flag of Japan.svg  Nakai  (JPN)
L 0003–0101
Did not advance
Ivan Remarenco Men's −90 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Denisov  (RUS)
L 0001–1000
Did not advance

Shooting

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Marina Zgurscaia 10 m air pistol 37729Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dănilă Artiomov 100 m breaststroke 1:03.5740Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tatiana Chişca 100 m breaststroke 1:13.3040Did not advance

Weightlifting

Moldova qualified the following quota places.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Anatolie Cîrîcu Men's −94 kg 18172262407DSQ
Cristina Iovu Women's −53 kg 9611203216DSQ

Wrestling

Moldova qualified two quotas.

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 ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Boltic  (NGR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Georgia.svg  Gogshelidze  (GEO)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance11
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Svetlana Saenko −72 kg ByeFlag of France.svg  Vescan  (FRA)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang J  (CHN)
L 0–5 VT
Did not advance10

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