Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Moldova at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Moldova at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MDA
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova
Website	www.olympic.md (in Romanian)
in Tokyo, Japan; 23 July 2021 – 8 August 2021
Competitors	20 in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Dan Olaru; Alexandra Mîrca
Flag bearer (closing)	Andrian Mardare
Medals; Ranked 86th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Romania (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Serghei Tarnovschi	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	2	4	6
Canoeing	1	2	3
Judo	2	0	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	9	11	20

Archery

One Moldovan archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of the four available spots at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.^[3] Another Moldovan archer scored a fourth-round triumph to book the last of seven available spots in the men's individual recurve at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dan Olaru	Men's individual	648	49	Duenas (CAN) L 0–6	Did not advance
Alexandra Mîrca	Women's individual	627	51	Yang Xl (CHN) L 0–6	Did not advance
Dan Olaru Alexandra Mîrca	Mixed team	1275	22	—		Did not advance

Athletics

Moldovan athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[5]^[6]

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Lilia Fisicovici	Women's marathon	2:39:59	54

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andrian Mardare	Men's javelin throw	82.70	10 q	83.30	7
Serghei Marghiev	Men's hammer throw	75.94	10 q	75.24	12
Dimitriana Surdu	Women's shot put	16.55	28	Did not advance
Alexandra Emilianov	Women's discus throw	54.57	30	Did not advance
Zalina Petrivskaya	Women's hammer throw	69.29	11	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Moldova qualified a boat in the women's C-2 200 m for the Games by topping the field of canoeists in the medal final at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.^[7] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Moldovan canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m with a gold-medal triumph at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Serghei Tarnovschi	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:02.794	1 SF	Bye		4:06.635	2 FA	4:06.069
Daniela Cociu	Women's C-1 200 m	48.338	3 QF	48.594	6	Did not advance
Maria Olărașu	Women's C-1 200 m	50.607	7 QF	49.002	7	Did not advance
Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu	Women's C-2 500 m	2:06.070	4 QF	2:03.434	2 SF	2:05.910	4 FA	2:01.750	7

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Judo

Moldova entered two male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Denis Vieru	Men's −66 kg	—	Nurillaev (UZB) W 10–00	Cargnin (BRA) L 00–01	Did not advance
Victor Sterpu	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Estrada (CUB) W 10–00	Butbul (ISR) L 00–10	Did not advance

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anna Dulce	Women's 10 m air pistol	557	48	Did not advance

Swimming

Moldovan swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[10]^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexei Sancov	Men's 200 metre freestyle	1:47.46	26	Did not advance
Alexei Sancov	Men's 200 metre butterfly	1:57.55	26	Did not advance
Tatiana Salcuțan	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:01.59	28	Did not advance
Tatiana Salcuțan	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:09.98	11 Q	2:10.09	11	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Moldova entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Elena Cîlcic accepted a spare berth unused by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the women's 87 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Marin Robu	Men's –73 kg	155	3	175	11	330	8
Elena Cîlcic	Women's −87 kg	105	8	135	7	240	8

Wrestling

Moldova qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 57 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Moldovan wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[12]

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.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anastasia Nichita	Women's −57 kg	Adekuoroye (NGR) W 5–0 ^VT	Nikolova (BUL) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance			7

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Victor Ciobanu	Men's −60 kg	Kamal (TUR) W 4–0 ^ST	Sharshenbekov (KGZ) W 4–0 ^ST	Orta (CUB) L 0–4 ^ST	Bye	Emelin (ROC) L 1–4 ^SP	5

References

^ "Dan Olaru și Alexandra Mîrca vor purta drapelul Republicii Moldova la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo 2020" [Dan Olaru and Alexandra Mîrca will carry the Republic of Moldova flag at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics] (in Romanian). National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "Bangladesh qualifies its first-ever archer to the Olympic Games". World Archery. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ Wells, Chris (21 June 2021). "Seven last men's Olympic quotas awarded in Paris". World Archery. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^ "Tears flow as Olympic quotas decided in Szeged". International Canoe Federation. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ Vekassy, Bence (21 May 2021). "Six countries share final six quotas for Tokyo Olympics". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
^ "FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ Marantz, Ken (8 May 2021). "Datunashvili Denies Rio champ Chakvetadze Ticket to Tokyo; Armenia Grabs 2 Greco spots". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[1] "Dan Olaru și Alexandra Mîrca vor purta drapelul Republicii Moldova la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo 2020" [Dan Olaru and Alexandra Mîrca will carry the Republic of Moldova flag at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics] (in Romanian). National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[2] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[3] "Bangladesh qualifies its first-ever archer to the Olympic Games". World Archery. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[4] Wells, Chris (21 June 2021). "Seven last men's Olympic quotas awarded in Paris". World Archery. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[5] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[6] "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[7] "Tears flow as Olympic quotas decided in Szeged". International Canoe Federation. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

[8] Vekassy, Bence (21 May 2021). "Six countries share final six quotas for Tokyo Olympics". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[9] International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking

[10] "FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[11] "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[12] Marantz, Ken (8 May 2021). "Datunashvili Denies Rio champ Chakvetadze Ticket to Tokyo; Armenia Grabs 2 Greco spots". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

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