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Moldova at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Moldova at the Olympic Games • Qualification: 16.25 m (17th in Group B, did not
advance, 32nd overall)
Put:
Men’s Shot Put:
• Ivan Emelianov
• Qualification: 19.25 m (12th in Group A, did not
advance, 25th overall)
Throw:
Men’s Discus Throw:
• Vadim Hranovschi
Flag of Moldova – Flag bearers
• Qualification: 55.64 metres (15th in Group A, did
IOC code MDA not advance, 32nd overall)
NOC Comité National Olympique de la
Throw:
Men’s Hammer Throw :
République de Moldova • Roman Rozna
• Qualification: 71.78 m (13th in Group A, did not
Website www.olympic.md (Moldovan) (English) advance, 28th overall)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Decathlon:
Men’s Decathlon:
• Victor Covalenko
Competitors 33 (26 men, 7 women) in 8 sports • 6543 points (30th overall)
Flag bearer Oleg Moldovan • 100 metres: 11.28 s (799 points)
• Long Jump: 7.20 m (862 points) (Total: 1661
Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total points)
0 0 0 0
• Shot Put: 13.04 m (670 points) (Total: 2333
Olympic history (summary) points)
• High Jump: 1.85 m (670 points) (Total: 3001
Summer Games
points)
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 400 metres: 51.82 s (733 points) (Total: 3734
Winter Games points)
• 110 metre Hurdles: 15.80 s (755 points) (Total:
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 4628 points)
Other related appearances • Discus Throw: 38.19 m (628 points) (Total:
5117 points)
Soviet Union (1952–1988) • Pole Vault: No mark (0 points) (Total: 5117
Unified Team (1992) points)
• Javelin Throw: 53.46 m (640 points) (Total:
Moldova competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in 5757 points)
Athens, Greece. • 1500 meters: 4:32.81 (786 points) (Total: 6543
points)
Results by event Walk:
Men’s 20 kilometre Walk :
• Feodosiy Chumachenko
• 1:29:06 (34th overall)
Athletics metres:
Women’s 800 metres:
No Moldovan athlete managed to advance beyond an • Olga Cristea
opening heat or qualification round. The top finish came • Round 1: 2:08.97 (6th in heat 1, did not advance,
from Ion Luchianov in the 3500 metre steeplechase, as he 36th overall)
set a new national record en route to a top 20 finish. metres:
Women’s 10000 metres:
Steeplechase:
Men’s 3000 metre Steeplechase : • Natalia Cherches
• Ion Luchianov • 34:04.97 (27th overall)
• Round 1: 8:26.17 (8th in heat 1, did not advance, Marathon:
Women’s Marathon:
20th overall) (Moldovan Record) • Svetlana Tkach-Shepeleva
Jump:
Men’s Triple Jump: • 3:03:29 (61st overall)
• Vladimir Letnicov Jump:
Women’s High Jump:
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• Inna Gliznutsa Shooting
• Qualification: 1.85 m (15th in Group B, did not
Moldova’s only shooter in Athens failed to advance to the
advance, T-26th overall)
final in the 10 metre running target event.
Jump:
Women’s Triple Jump :
Target:
Men’s 10 metre Running Target :
• Olga Bolşova
• Oleg Moldovan
• Round 1: 13.90 m (14th in Group A, did not
• Qualification: 568 points (14th overall, did not
advance, 24th overall)
advance)
Boxing Swimming
Moldova sent two boxers to Athens. Both lost their first
Moldova sent a ten-person swimming team to Athens,
matches, including Sydney bronze medalist Vitalie
but none managed to make the top 30, with the top finish
Gruşac.
a 34th place.
(51kg):
Men’s Flyweight (51kg) :
Freestyle:
Men’s 100 metre Freestyle :
• Dorin Gutu
• Octavian Guţu
• Round of 32: Defeated Cornel Balan of Armenia
• Heat: 51.84 (47th overall, did not advance)
(33 - 46)
Freestyle:
Men’s 200 metre Freestyle :
(69kg):
Men’s Welterweight (69kg) :
• Stepan Pinciuc
• Vitalie Gruşac
Heat: 1:54.56 (49th overall, did not advance)
• Round of 32: Bye
Freestyle:
Men’s 400 metre Freestyle :
• Round of 16: Lost to Kim Jung Joo of South Korea
• Victor Rogut
(20 - 23)
• Heat: 4:01.68 (35th overall, did not advance)
Backstroke:
Men’s 100 metre Backstroke :
Cycling • Alexandr Ivlev
Road cycling • Heat: 1:00.13 (42nd overall, did not advance)
Backstroke:
Men’s 200 metre Backstroke :
Race:
Men’s Road Race:
• Andrei Mihailov
• Ruslan Ivanov
• Heat: 2:06.97 (34th overall, did not advance)
• 5:50:35 (54th overall, 8:51 behind)
Breaststroke:
Men’s 100 metre Breaststroke :
• Igor Pugaci
• Andrei Capitanciuc
• 5:50:35 (66th overall, 8:51 behind)
• Heat: 1:05.65 (T-47th overall, did not advance)
Breaststroke:
Men’s 200 metre Breaststroke :
Judo • Sergiu Postica
1997 World Championships bronze medalist Victor Bivol • Heat: 2:27.21 (45th overall, did not advance)
started his Olympic tournament strongly, beating his Medley:
Men’s 200 metre Individual Medley :
first three opponents in a combined 4:15 to reach the • Andrei Zaharov
semifinals. In the semifinal, though, he fell to the even- • Heat: 2:07.40 (39th overall, did not advance)
tual gold medalist from Korea in less than two minutes. Freestyle:
Women’s 50 metre Freestyle :
In the bronze medal match, Bivol did not give up a score • Maria Tregubova
of ippon, but did surrender two lesser waza-ari scores to • Heat: 28.40 s (48th overall, did not advance)
lose the match. Freestyle:
Women’s 100 metre Freestyle :
(Lightweight):
Men’s 73 kg (Lightweight) : • Niolceta Coica
• Victor Bivol • Heat: 59.85 s (47th overall, did not advance)
• Round of 32: Defeated Richard Leon Vizcaya of
Venezuela (Osoto-otoshi; ippon - 1:24) Weightlifting
• Round of 16: Defeated Hamed Malekmohammadi
Alexandru Bratan missed his last two lifts in the 105 kg
of Iran (Kata-guruma; ippon - 1:50)
class, both of which would have moved him into third
• Quarterfinal: Defeated João Neto of Portugal (Tai-
place, and ended up settling for losing the fourth place
otoshi; ippon - 2:01)
tiebreaker due to bodyweight. However, when second
• Semifinal: Lost to Lee Won Hee of South Korea
place finisher Ferenc Gyurkovics failed a doping test, this
(Tai-otoshi; ippon - 1:35)
body weight tiebreaker was enough to prevent Bratan
• Bronze Medal Bout:’ Lost to Leandro Guilheiro of
from claiming a medal by just one hundred grams.
Brazil (Seoi-nage; w’ari ippon - 4:35)
kg:
Men’s 94 kg:
• Evgheni Bratan
• 380.0 kg (Snatch: 175.0 kg, Clean & Jerk: 205.0 kg,
10th overall)
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• Vadim Vacarciuc • Lost to Elman Asgarov of Azerbaijan (3 - 7)
• Did not finish • Lost to Jamill Kelly of the United States (0 - 3)
Vacarciuc missed three attempts at a Snatch of 175.0 kg, • 3rd in pool, did not advance (3 TP, 1 CP, 19th
which would have placed him 7th overall. overall)
kg:
Men’s 105 kg:
• Alexandru Bratan
• 415.0 kg (Snatch: 192.5 kg, Clean & Jerk: 222.5 kg,
Non-competing Athletes
4th overall) Larisa Timkina was listed on the entry list for the
women’s marathon, but did not complete. Victor Chise-
Wrestling lan also did not compete after being listed as competing
in the Men’s 56 kg class in Weightlifting.
Freestyle
Neither Moldovan wrestler won a match in Athens, both
finishing at the bottom of their pools.
Officials
Men’s 55 kg:
kg: • President: Nicolae Juravschi
• Ghenadie Tulbea • Secretary General: Grigore Popovici
• Pool 1
• Lost to Rene Montero of Cuba (0 - 5)
• Lost to Stephen Abas of the United States (1 -
References
6) • Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• 3rd in pool, did not advance (1 TP, 1 CP, 21st • Wallechinsky, David; Jamie Loucky (2008). The
overall) Complete Book of the Olympics : 2008 Edition. London:
Men’s 66 kg:
kg: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1845133306.
• Ruslan Bodisteanu
• Pool 1
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