Moldova at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Moldova competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Moldova sent a total of 33 athletes (26 men and 7 women), competing in eight various sports. Fourteen of them had competed previously in Sydney, including two Olympic bronze medalists: welterweight boxer Vitalie Gruşac and running target shooter and four-time Olympian Oleg Moldovan. Being the oldest and most sophisticated athlete (aged 37), Moldovan was appointed by the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.

For the first time since the nation's Summer Olympic debut in 1996, the Moldovans failed to claim a single medal at these Games. Weightlifter Alexandru Bratan narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the men's heavyweight class.

Athletics

Moldovan athletes have so far 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).

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankFedosei Ciumacenco20 km walkcolspan=2 1:29:0634Ion Luchianov3000 m steeplechase8:26.17 NR8Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionIvan EmilianovShot put19.2525Did not advanceVadim HranovschiDiscus throw55.6432Did not advanceVladimir LetnicovTriple jump16.2525Did not advanceRoman RoznaHammer throw71.7828Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankVictor CovalencoResult11.287.2013.041.8551.8215.8038.1953.464:32.81654330Points7998626706707337556280640786

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankNatalia Cercheș10000 mcolspan=4 34:04.9727Olga Cristea800 m2:08.976Did not advanceSvetlana Şepelev-TcaciMarathoncolspan=4 3:03:2961

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionOlga BolşovaTriple jump13.9024Did not advanceInna GliznutsaHigh jump1.85=26Did not advance

Boxing

Moldova has so far qualified boxers for the following events:

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIgor SamoilencoFlyweightL 33–46Did not advanceVitalie GruşacWelterweightL 20–23Did not advance

Cycling

Road AthleteEventTimeRankRuslan IvanovMen's road race5:50:3554Igor Pugaci5:50:3566

Judo

Moldova has qualified one judoka.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankVictor Bivol−73 kgW 100–000W 100–000W 100–000L 000–100colspan=1 L 000–1005

Shooting

Moldova's only shooter in Athens failed to advance to the final in the 10 metre running target event.

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankOleg Moldovan10 m running target56814Did not advance

Swimming

Moldovan swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrei Capitanciuc100 m breaststroke1:05.65=47Did not advanceOctavian Guţu100 m freestyle51.8447Did not advanceAlexandru Ivlev100 m backstroke1:00.1342Did not advanceAndrei Mihailov200 m backstroke2:06.9734Did not advanceȘtefan Pinciuc200 m freestyle1:54.5656Did not advanceSergiu Postică200 m breaststroke2:27.2145Did not advanceVictor Rogut400 m freestyle4:01.6835colspan=2 Did not advanceAndrei Zaharov200 m individual medley2:07.4039Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNicoleta Coica100 m freestyle59.8547Did not advanceMaria Tregubova50 m freestyle28.4048Did not advance

Weightlifting

Moldova has qualified three places in weightlifting.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankEugen BratanMen's −94 kg17542051338010Vadim Vacarciuc175———Alexandru BratanMen's −105 kg192.52222.554154

Wrestling

Men's freestyle AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGhenadie Tulbea−55 kgL 0–3 L 1–3 3Did not advance21Ruslan Bodişteanu−66 kgL 1–3 L 0–3 3Did not advance19

See also Moldova at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad NOC Official Site