Moldova at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Moldova at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	33 (26 men, 7 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Oleg Moldovan
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Moldova competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

Athletics

No Moldovan athlete managed to advance beyond an opening heat or qualification round. The top finish came from Ion Luchianov in the 3500 metre steeplechase, as he set a new national record en route to a top 20 finish.

Men's 3000 metre Steeplechase:

• Ion Luchianov
  • Round 1: 8:26.17 (8th in heat 1, did not advance, 20th overall) (Moldovan Record)

Men's Triple Jump:

• Vladimir Letnicov
  • Qualification: 16.25 m (17th in Group B, did not advance, 32nd overall)

Men's Shot Put:

• Ivan Emelianov
  • Qualification: 19.25 m (12th in Group A, did not advance, 25th overall)

Men's Discus Throw:

• Vadim Hranovschi
  • Qualification: 55.64 metres (15th in Group A, did not advance, 32nd overall)

Men's Hammer Throw:

• Roman Rozna
  • Qualification: 71.78 m (13th in Group A, did not advance, 28th overall)

Men's Decathlon:

• Victor Covalenko
  • 6543 points (30th overall)
    • 100 metres: 11.28 s (799 points)
    • Long Jump: 7.20 m (862 points) (Total: 1661 points)
    • Shot Put: 13.04 m (670 points) (Total: 2333 points)
    • High Jump: 1.85 m (670 points) (Total: 3001 points)
    • 400 metres: 51.82 s (733 points) (Total: 3734 points)
    • 110 metre Hurdles: 15.80 s (755 points) (Total: 4628 points)
    • Discus Throw: 38.19 m (628 points) (Total: 5117 points)
    • Pole Vault: No mark (0 points) (Total: 5117 points)
    • Javelin Throw: 53.46 m (640 points) (Total: 5757 points)
    • 1500 meters: 4:32.81 (786 points) (Total: 6543 points)

Men's 20 kilometre Walk:

• Feodosiy Chumachenko
  • 1:29:06 (34th overall)

Women's 800 metres:

• Olga Cristea
  • Round 1: 2:08.97 (6th in heat 1, did not advance, 36th overall)

Women's 10000 metres:

• Natalia Cherches
  • 34:04.97 (27th overall)

Women's Marathon:

• Svetlana Tkach-Shepeleva
  • 3:03:29 (61st overall)

Women's High Jump:

• Inna Gliznutsa
  • Qualification: 1.85 m (15th in Group B, did not advance, T-26th overall)

Women's Triple Jump:

• Olga Bolşova
  • Round 1: 13.90 m (14th in Group A, did not advance, 24th overall)

Boxing

Moldova sent two boxers to Athens. Both lost their first matches, including Sydney bronze medalist Vitalie Gruşac.

Men's Flyweight (51kg):

• Dorin Gutu
  • Round of 32: Defeated Cornel Balan of Armenia (33 - 46)

Men's Welterweight (69kg):

• Vitalie Gruşac
  • Round of 32: Bye
  • Round of 16: Lost to Kim Jung Joo of South Korea (20 - 23)

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's Road Race:

• Ruslan Ivanov
  • 5:50:35 (54th overall, 8:51 behind)

• Igor Pugaci
  • 5:50:35 (66th overall, 8:51 behind)

Judo

1997 World Championships bronze medalist Victor Bivol started his Olympic tournament strongly, beating his first three opponents in a combined 4:15 to reach the semifinals. In the semifinal, though, he fell to the eventual gold medalist from Korea in less than two minutes. In the bronze medal match, Bivol did not give up a score of ippon, but did surrender two lesser waza-ari scores to lose the match.

Men's 73 kg (Lightweight):

• Victor Bivol
  • Round of 32: Defeated Richard Leon Vizcaya of Venezuela (Osoto-otoshi; ippon - 1:24)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Hamed Malekmohammadi of Iran (Kata-guruma; ippon - 1:50)
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated João Neto of Portugal (Tai-otoshi; ippon - 2:01)
  • Semifinal: Lost to Lee Won Hee of South Korea (Tai-otoshi; ippon - 1:35)
  • Bronze Medal Bout:' Lost to Leandro Guilheiro of Brazil (Seoi-nage; w'ari ippon - 4:35)

Shooting

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

Men's 10 metre Running Target:

• Oleg Moldovan
  • Qualification: 568 points (14th overall, did not advance)

Swimming

Moldova sent a ten-person swimming team to Athens, but none managed to make the top 30, with the top finish a 34th place.

Men's 100 metre Freestyle:

• Octavian Guţu
  • Heat: 51.84 (47th overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Freestyle:

• Stepan Pinciuc

Heat: 1:54.56 (49th overall, did not advance)

Men's 400 metre Freestyle:

• Victor Rogut
  • Heat: 4:01.68 (35th overall, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Backstroke:

• Alexandr Ivlev
  • Heat: 1:00.13 (42nd overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Backstroke:

• Andrei Mihailov
  • Heat: 2:06.97 (34th overall, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Breaststroke:

• Andrei Capitanciuc
  • Heat: 1:05.65 (T-47th overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Breaststroke:

• Sergiu Postica
  • Heat: 2:27.21 (45th overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Individual Medley:

• Andrei Zaharov
  • Heat: 2:07.40 (39th overall, did not advance)

Women's 50 metre Freestyle:

• Maria Tregubova
  • Heat: 28.40 s (48th overall, did not advance)

Women's 100 metre Freestyle:

• Niolceta Coica
  • Heat: 59.85 s (47th overall, did not advance)

Weightlifting

Alexandru Bratan missed his last two lifts in the 105 kg class, both of which would have moved him into third place, and ended up settling for losing the fourth place tiebreaker due to bodyweight. However, when second place finisher Ferenc Gyurkovics failed a doping test, this body weight tiebreaker was enough to prevent Bratan from claiming a medal by just one hundred grams.

Men's 94 kg:

• Evgheni Bratan
  • 380.0 kg (Snatch: 175.0 kg, Clean & Jerk: 205.0 kg, 10th overall)

• Vadim Vacarciuc
  • Did not finish

Vacarciuc missed three attempts at a Snatch of 175.0 kg, which would have placed him 7th overall.

Men's 105 kg:

• Alexandru Bratan
  • 415.0 kg (Snatch: 192.5 kg, Clean & Jerk: 222.5 kg, 4th overall)

Wrestling

Freestyle

Neither Moldovan wrestler won a match in Athens, both finishing at the bottom of their pools.

Men's 55 kg:

• Ghenadie Tulbea
  • Pool 1
    • Lost to Rene Montero of Cuba (0 - 5)
    • Lost to Stephen Abas of the United States (1 - 6)
  • 3rd in pool, did not advance (1 TP, 1 CP, 21st overall)

Men's 66 kg:

• Ruslan Bodisteanu
  • Pool 1
    • Lost to Elman Asgarov of Azerbaijan (3 - 7)
    • Lost to Jamill Kelly of the United States (0 - 3)
  • 3rd in pool, did not advance (3 TP, 1 CP, 19th overall)

Non-competing Athletes

Larisa Timkina was listed on the entry list for the women's marathon, but did not complete. Victor Chiselan also did not compete after being listed as competing in the Men's 56 kg class in Weightlifting.

Officials

• President: Nicolae Juravschi
• Secretary General: Grigore Popovici

References

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad

• Wallechinsky, David; Jamie Loucky (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics : 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1845133306.