Moldova at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Moldova at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	40 (35 men and 5 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Vadim Vacarciuc
Medals Rank: 58	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 2
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 Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Moldovan athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Silver

• Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 metres Canadian Pairs

Bronze

• Sergei Mureiko — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

Results by event

Archery

In Moldova's debut independent archery competition, veteran and defending bronze medallist Natalia Valeeva was defeated in the third round of competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Natalia Valeeva → Round of 16, 12th place (2-1)
• Nadejda Palovandova → Round of 64, 38th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Vadim Zadoinov

• Heat — 49.73s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Valery Vlas — 2:28.36 (→ 77th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Fedosei Ciumacenco — 1:27:57 (→ 41st place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Fedosei Ciumacenco — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

• Olga Bolşova

• Qualification — 1.93m
• Final — 1.93m (→ 12th place)

• Inna Gliznuta

• Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Igor Samoilenco
  1. First Round — Defeated Omar Adorno (Puerto Rico), 20-8
  2. Second Round — Lost to Elias Recaido (Philippines), 8-12

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Oktavian Taykou
  1. First Round — Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), referee stopped contest in second round

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Ruslan Ivanov

• Final — 1:10:55 (→ 27th place)

• Igor Bonciukov

• Final — 1:12:48 (→ 33rd place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Maxim Kazmirchuk
  1. Heat – 23.78 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Maxim Kazmirchuk
  1. Heat – 56.46 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Artur Elizarov
  1. Heat – 2:07.86 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Vadim Tatarov
  1. Heat – 1:04.87 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Vadim Tatarov
  1. Heat – 2:21.34 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Serghei Mariniuc
  1. Heat – 2:04.99
  2. B-Final – 2:04.11 (→ 13th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Serghei Mariniuc
  1. Heat – 4:20.24
  2. Final – 4:21.15 (→ 8th place)

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Vadim Vacarciuc

• Final — 165.0 + 202.5 = 367.5 (→ 5th place)

References

• sports-reference
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database