Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Moldova at the
2020 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 Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors20 in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Dan Olaru
Alexandra Mîrca [1]
Flag bearer (closing) Andrian Mardare
Medals
Ranked 86th
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, officially the Republic of Moldova, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Serghei Tarnovschi Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m 7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 246
Canoeing 123
Judo 202
Shooting 011
Swimming 112
Weightlifting 112
Wrestling 112
Total91120

Archery

One Moldovan archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of the four available spots at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. [3] Another Moldovan archer scored a fourth-round triumph to book the last of seven available spots in the men's individual recurve at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France. [4]

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 64849Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Duenas  (CAN)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Alexandra Mîrca Women's individual 62751Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Xl  (CHN)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Dan Olaru
Alexandra Mîrca
Mixed team 127522Did not advance

Athletics

Moldovan athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [5] [6]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Lilia Fisicovici Women's marathon 2:39:5954
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Andrian Mardare Men's javelin throw 82.7010 q83.307
Serghei Marghiev Men's hammer throw 75.9410 q75.2412
Dimitriana Surdu Women's shot put 16.5528Did not advance
Alexandra Emilianov Women's discus throw 54.5730Did not advance
Zalina Petrivskaya Women's hammer throw 69.2911Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Moldova qualified a boat in the women's C-2 200 m for the Games by topping the field of canoeists in the medal final at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary. [7] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Moldovan canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m with a gold-medal triumph at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta. [8]

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Serghei Tarnovschi Men's C-1 1000 m 4:02.7941 SFBye4:06.6352 FA4:06.069Bronze medal icon.svg
Daniela Cociu Women's C-1 200 m 48.3383 QF48.5946Did not advance
Maria Olărașu 50.6077 QF49.0027Did not advance
Daniela Cociu
Maria Olărașu
Women's C-2 500 m 2:06.0704 QF2:03.4342 SF2:05.9104 FA2:01.7507

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Judo

Moldova entered two male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking. [9]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Denis Vieru Men's −66 kg Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Nurillaev  (UZB)
W 10–00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Cargnin  (BRA)
L 00–01
Did not advance
Victor Sterpu Men's −73 kg ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Estrada  (CUB)
W 10–00
Flag of Israel.svg  Butbul  (ISR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Anna Dulce Women's 10 m air pistol 55748Did not advance

Swimming

Moldovan swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [10] [11]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alexei Sancov Men's 200 metre freestyle 1:47.4626Did not advance
Men's 200 metre butterfly 1:57.5526Did not advance
Tatiana Salcuțan Women's 100 m backstroke 1:01.5928Did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:09.9811 Q2:10.0911Did not advance

Weightlifting

Moldova entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Elena Cîlcic accepted a spare berth unused by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the women's 87 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Marin Robu Men's –73 kg 1553175103308
Elena Cîlcic Women's −87 kg 105813572408

Wrestling

Moldova qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 57 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Moldovan wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. [12]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Anastasia Nichita Women's −57 kg Flag of Nigeria.svg  Adekuoroye  (NGR)
W 5–0 VT
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Nikolova  (BUL)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance7
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Victor Ciobanu Men's −60 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Kamal  (TUR)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Sharshenbekov  (KGZ)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Cuba.svg  Orta  (CUB)
L 0–4 ST
ByeRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  Emelin  (ROC)
L 1–4 SP
5

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