Moldova at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Moldova at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MDA
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova
Website	www.olympic.md (in Romanian)
in Beijing
Competitors	29 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Nicolae Ceban
Medals Ranked 80th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Romania (1924–1936)  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
Bronze	Veaceslav Gojan	Boxing	Bantamweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fedosei Ciumacenco	20 km walk	—		1:31:37	47
Ion Luchianov	3000 m steeplechase	8:18.97	7 q	8:27.82	12
Iaroslav Musinschi	Marathon	—		2:21:18	41

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ivan Emilianov	Shot put	18.64	35	Did not advance
Vadim Hranovschi	Discus throw	56.19	26	Did not advance
Vladimir Letnicov	Triple jump	16.62	24	Did not advance
Roman Rozna	Hammer throw	71.33	33	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Victor Covalenco	Result	11.87	6.50	13.44	DNF	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	677	697	694	0	0	—	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olga Cristea	800 m	2:00.59	4 q	2:00.12	6	Did not advance
Valentina Delion	Marathon	—				DNF
Oxana Juravel	3000 m steeplechase	10:04.38	13	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Inna Gliznuţa	High jump	1.80	=29	Did not advance
Marina Marghieva	Hammer throw	62.12	43	Did not advance
Zalina Marghieva		64.20	37	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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	Rank
Veaceslav Gojan	Bantamweight	Khatsigov (BLR) W 1+–1	Gu Y (CHN) W 13–6	Kumar (IND) W 10–3	Badar-Uugan (MGL) L 2–15	Did not advance
Vitalie Gruşac	Welterweight	O'Mahony (AUS) W 7–2	Sarsekbayev (KAZ) L RSC	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alexandr Pliuschin	Men's road race	6:39:42	76

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Alexandr Pliuschin	Men's individual pursuit	4:35.438	17	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergiu Toma	−73 kg	Kevkhishvili (GEO) L 0010–0021	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergiu Postică	100 m breaststroke	1:03.83	54	Did not advance
Andrei Zaharov	200 m freestyle	1:58.62	55	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Veronica Vdovicenco	50 m freestyle	26.92	50	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicolae Ceban	−96 kg	Kiss (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						12

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludmila Cristea	−55 kg	Andrades (VEN) W 3–1 PP	Verbeek (CAN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				10