Moldova at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Moldova at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	31 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Nicolai Ceban
Medals Rank: 80	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Veaceslav Gojan	Boxing	Bantamweight

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Veaceslav Gojan	Bantamweight	Khatsigov (BLR) W +1-1	Yu (CHN) W 13-6	Kumar (IND) W 10-3	Uugan (MGL) L 15-2	Did not advance
Vitalie Gruşac	Welterweight	O'Mahony (AUS) W 7-2	Sarsekbayev (KAZ) L RSCI	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aleksandr Pliuschin	Road race	6:39:42 (+15:53)	76

Track

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st Round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Alexandr Pliuschin	Men's individual pursuit	4:35.438	17	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sergiu Toma	−73 kg		Kevkhishvili (GEO) L 0021-0010	Did not advance

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ghenadie Lisoconi	25 m rapid fire pistol	567	12	Did not advance		12

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Igor Grabucea	-56 kg	109	16	130	15	239	15
Alexandru Dudoglo	-69 kg	145	11	172	9	317	9
Andrei Gutu	-77 kg	145	17	160	21	305	20
Evgheni Bratan	-94 kg	170	12	200	13	370	13
Vadim Vacarciuc	-94 kg	168	13	205	12	373	12

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nicolai Ceban	−96 kg	Gergely Kiss (HUN) L 3 - 5, 0 - 5	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ludmila Cristea	−55 kg		Marcia Andrade (VEN) W 0 - 1, 3 - 3, 3- 3	Saori Yoshida (JPN) L 1 - 2, 0 - 4	Did not advance