Moldova at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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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.
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| Moldova at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MDA |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 26 (14 men and 16 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Dan Olaru & Alexandra Mîrca |
| Flag bearers (closing) | Anastasia Nichita & Serghei Tarnovschi |
| Medals Ranked 72nd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Romania (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
Denis Vieru won the country's first Olympic medal in judo.
Medalists
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | 14 | 12 | 26 |
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.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Dan Olaru | Men's individual | 671 | 18 |  Quốc Phong (VIE)W 6–0 |
 Arcila (COL) L 2–6 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Alexandra Mîrca | Women's individual | 631 | 51 |  Mashayikh (MAS)L 0–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Dan Olaru Alexandra Mîrca |
Mixed team | 1302 | 22 | N/a | Did not advance | 22 | ||||
Athletics
Moldovan track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[3]
- 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
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Serghei Marghiev | Men's hammer throw | 73.46 | 18 | Did not advance | |
| Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | 84.13 | 9 Q | 80.10 | 12 |
| Zalina Petrivskaya | Women's hammer throw | 67.84 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Dimitriana Bezede | Women's shot put | 16.35 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| Alexandra Emilianov | Women's discus throw | 64.33 | 6 Q | 58.08 | 11 |
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]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Serghei Tarnovschi | Men's C-1 1000 m | 3:49.27 | 1 Q SF | Bye | 3:45.33 | 2 Q FA | 3:44.68 |  | |
| Daniela Cociu | Women's C-1 200 m | 49.14 | 4 Q QF | 48.93 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Maria Olărașu | Women's C-1 200 m | 50.14 | 7 Q QF | 52.03 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu |
Women's C-2 500 m | 1:58.81 | 4 Q QF | 1:56.22 | 2 Q SF | 1:56.66 | 4 Q FA | 1:56.96 | 7 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Equestrian
Moldova entered one equestrian 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
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | |||
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| Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
| Alisa Glinka | Abercrombie | Individual | 66.056 | 53 | Did 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.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Denis Vieru | Men's –66 kg | N/a | Bye |  Saha (FIN) W 01–00 |
 Bunčić (SRB) W 10–00 |
 Abe (JPN) L 00–01 |
N/a |  Khyar (FRA)W 01–00 |
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| Adil Osmanov | Men's –73 kg | N/a |  Yonezuka (USA) W 10–00 |
 Yuldoshev (UZB) W 10–00 |
 Erdenebayar (MGL) W 10–00 |
Gaba (FRA) L 00–10 |
N/a |  Lombardo (ITA) W 10–00 |
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| Mihail Latișev | Men's –81 kg | Bye |  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]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Anna Dulce | Women's 10 m air pistol | 569 | 28 | Did not advance | |
Swimming
Moldova sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Pavel Alovațki | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:59.77 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| Tatiana Salcuțan | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:13.20 | 23 | Did 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.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Vladislav Ursu | Men's singles | 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.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Marin Robu | Men's –89 kg | 175 | 3 | 208 | 4 | 383 | 4 |
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:
- VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
- VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
- PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Men's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Maxim Saculțan | Men's −65 kg | Kiyooka (JPN) L 0–10 |
Did not advance |  Rivera (PUR) L 4–15 |
Did not advance | 9 | |
| Radu Lefter | Men's −97 kg |  Baranowski (POL) L 2–8 |
Did not advance | 13 | |||
- Men's Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Victor Ciobanu | Men's −60 kg | Bye |  Se-ung (PRK) L 3–10F |
Did not advance | 15 | |||
| Valentin Petic | Men's −67 kg | N/a |  Almanza Truyol (CHI)W 4–0 |
 Jafarov (AZE)L 1–3 |
Did not advance | 7 | ||
- Women's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Mariana Drăguțan | Women's −53 kg | Ana (ROU) L 0–5 |
Did not advance | 14 | |||
| Anastasia Nichita | Women's −57 kg |  Paruszewski (GER) W 9–0 |
 Penalber (BRA) W 5F–0 |
 Kexin (CHN) W 2F–7 |
Bye | Sakurai (JPN) L 0–6 |
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| Irina Rîngaci | Women's −68 kg | Sol-gum (PRK) L 6–10 |
Did not advance | 10 | |||