Moldova at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Moldova at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg
IOC code MDA
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova
Website www.olympic.md  (in Romanian)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors26 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Dan Olaru & Alexandra Mîrca
Flag bearer (closing) Anastasia Nichita & Serghei Tarnovschi
Medals
Ranked 72nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1924–1936)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
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Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Contents

Denis Vieru won the country's first Olympic medal in judo.

Medalists

Serghei Tarnovschi, Anastasia Nichita, Denis Vieru and Adil Osmanov after the Olympic Games 2024 Serghei Tarnovschi, Anastasia Nichita, Denis Vieru, Adil Osmanov after the Olympic Games 2024.jpeg
Serghei Tarnovschi, Anastasia Nichita, Denis Vieru and Adil Osmanov after the Olympic Games 2024

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 235
Canoeing 123
Equestrian 011
Judo 303
Shooting 011
Swimming 112
Table tennis 101
Weightlifting 101
Wrestling 437
Total141226

Archery

Two Moldovan archers qualified for the men's individual recurve by finishing fourth and obtaining one of two available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland; [1] [2] and for the women's individual through the 2024 Final Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.

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 67118Flag of Vietnam.svg  Quốc Phong  (VIE)
W 6–0
Flag of Colombia.svg  Arcila  (COL)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Alexandra Mîrca Women's individual 63151Flag of Malaysia.svg  Mashayikh  (MAS)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Dan Olaru
Alexandra Mîrca
Mixed team 130222Did not advance22

Athletics

Moldovan track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event: [3]

Key
Field events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Serghei Marghiev Men's hammer throw 73.4618Did not advance
Andrian Mardare Men's javelin throw 84.139 Q80.1012
Zalina Petrivskaya Women's hammer throw 67.8422Did not advance
Dimitriana Bezede Women's shot put 16.3527Did not advance
Alexandra Emilianov Women's discus throw 64.336 Q58.0811

Canoeing

Sprint

Moldovan canoeists qualified two boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany. [4] [5]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Serghei Tarnovschi Men's C-1 1000 m 3:49.271 Q SFBye3:45.332 Q FA3:44.68Bronze medal icon.svg
Daniela Cociu Women's C-1 200 m 49.144 QQF48.933Did not advance
Maria Olărașu Women's C-1 200 m 50.147 QQF52.037Did not advance
Daniela Cociu
Maria Olărașu
Women's C-2 500 m 1:58.814 QQF1:56.222 QSF1:56.664 QFA1:56.967

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

Equestrian

Moldova entered one equestrianist to compete at Paris 2024. Alisa Glinka earned a spot at the Paris Olympics after finishing 1st in the Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia), signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. [6] Glinka was suspended because of a positive doping test, which led to an individual spot for Hungary, but on June 24th the suspension was lifted which led back to the spot for Moldova. [7] [8]

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Alisa Glinka Abercrombie Individual 66.05653Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Judo

Moldova qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Denis Vieru (men's half-lightweight weight, 66 kg), Adil Osmanov (men's lightweight, 73 kg) and Mihail Latișev (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

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 ByeFlag of Finland.svg  Saha  (FIN)
W 01–00
Flag of Serbia.svg  Bunčić  (SRB)
W 10–00
Flag of Japan.svg  Abe  (JPN)
L 00–01
Flag of France.svg  Khyar  (FRA)
W 01–00
Bronze medal icon.svg
Adil Osmanov Men's –73 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Yonezuka  (USA)
W 10–00
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Yuldoshev  (UZB)
W 10–00
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Erdenebayar  (MGL)
W 10–00
Flag of France.svg  Gaba  (FRA)
L 00–10
Flag of Italy.svg  Lombardo  (ITA)
W 10–00
Bronze medal icon.svg
Mihail Latișev Men's –81 kg ByeFlag of Georgia.svg  Grigalashvili  (GEO)
L 00–10
Did not advance=17

Shooting

Moldovan shooter Anna Dulce achieved one quota place for Olympic Games based on her result at the 2024 European Championships. [9]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Anna Dulce Women's 10 m air pistol 56928Did not advance

Swimming

Moldova sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pavel Alovațki Men's 400 m freestyle 3:59.7731Did not advance
Tatiana Salcuțan Women's 200 m backstroke 2:13.2023Did not advance

Table tennis

Moldova entered one athlete into the games. Vladislav Ursu secured his spot at the Games via winning the third available places for men's single event, through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, marking the country's debut in the sport.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vladislav Ursu Men's singles Flag of the United States.svg  K Jha  (USA)
L 0–4
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Moldova entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Marin Robu (men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Marin Robu Men's –89 kg 175320843834

Wrestling

Moldova qualified six wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Two wrestlers qualified by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; [10] one wrestler qualified through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and two wrestlers qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey, however, Radu Lefter and Maxim Saculțan joined the squads due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes quotas.

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Maxim Saculțan Men's −65 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Kiyooka  (JPN)
L 0–10
Did not advanceFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Rivera  (PUR)
L 4–15
Did not advance9
Radu Lefter Men's −97 kg Flag of Poland.svg  Baranowski  (POL)
L 2–8
Did not advance13
Men's 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 North Korea.svg  Se-ung  (PRK)
L 3–10F
Did not advance15
Valentin Petic Men's −67 kg Flag of Chile.svg  Almanza Truyol  (CHI)
W 4–0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Jafarov  (AZE)
L 1–3
Did not advance7
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mariana Drăguțan Women's −53 kg Flag of Romania.svg  Ana  (ROU)
L 0–5
Did not advance14
Anastasia Nichita Women's −57 kg Flag of Germany.svg  Paruszewski  (GER)
W 9–0
Flag of Brazil.svg  Penalber  (BRA)
W 5F–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Kexin  (CHN)
W 2F–7
ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Sakurai  (JPN)
L 0–6
Silver medal icon.svg
Irina Rîngaci Women's −68 kg Flag of North Korea.svg  Sol-gum  (PRK)
L 6–10
Did not advance10

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