# Moldova at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Moldova competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Moldova sent a total of 33 athletes (26 men and 7 women), competing in eight various sports. Fourteen of them had competed previously in Sydney, including two Olympic bronze medalists: welterweight boxer Vitalie Gruşac and running target shooter and four-time Olympian Oleg Moldovan. Being the oldest and most sophisticated athlete (aged 37), Moldovan was appointed by the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.
For the first time since the nation's Summer Olympic debut in 1996, the Moldovans failed to claim a single medal at these Games. Weightlifter Alexandru Bratan narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the men's heavyweight class.

## Athletics

Moldovan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### 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 | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Fedosei Ciumacenco | 20 km walk | — | — | 1:29:06 | 34 |
| Ion Luchianov | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:26.17 NR | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ivan Emilianov | Shot put | 19.25 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vadim Hranovschi | Discus throw | 55.64 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vladimir Letnicov | Triple jump | 16.25 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roman Rozna | Hammer throw | 71.78 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Victor Covalenco | Result | 11.28 | 7.20 | 13.04 | 1.85 | 51.82 | 15.80 | 38.19 | NM | 53.46 | 4:32.81 | 6543 | 30 |
| Victor Covalenco | Points | 799 | 862 | 670 | 670 | 733 | 755 | 628 | 0 | 640 | 786 | 6543 | 30 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Natalia Cercheș | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | 34:04.97 | 27 |
| Olga Cristea | 800 m | 2:08.97 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Svetlana Şepelev-Tcaci | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 3:03:29 | 61 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Olga Bolşova | Triple jump | 13.90 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Inna Gliznutsa | High jump | 1.85 | =26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Moldova has so far qualified boxers for the following events:
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Igor Samoilenco | Flyweight | Gamboa (CUB) L 33–46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vitalie Gruşac | Welterweight | Bye | Kim J-J (KOR) L 20–23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ruslan Ivanov | Men's road race | 5:50:35 | 54 |
| Igor Pugaci | Men's road race | 5:50:35 | 66 |

## Judo

Moldova has qualified one judoka.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Victor Bivol | −73 kg | Leon (VEN) W 100–000 | Malekmohammadi (IRI) W 100–000 | Neto (POR) W 100–000 | Lee W-H (KOR) L 000–100 | Bye | Guilheiro (BRA) L 000–100 | 5 |

## Shooting

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Oleg Moldovan | 10 m running target | 568 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Moldovan swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andrei Capitanciuc | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.65 | =47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Octavian Guţu | 100 m freestyle | 51.84 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexandru Ivlev | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.13 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrei Mihailov | 200 m backstroke | 2:06.97 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ștefan Pinciuc | 200 m freestyle | 1:54.56 | 56 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergiu Postică | 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.21 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Victor Rogut | 400 m freestyle | 4:01.68 | 35 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrei Zaharov | 200 m individual medley | 2:07.40 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nicoleta Coica | 100 m freestyle | 59.85 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Tregubova | 50 m freestyle | 28.40 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Moldova has qualified three places in weightlifting.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Eugen Bratan | Men's −94 kg | 175 | 4 | 205 | 13 | 380 | 10 |
| Vadim Vacarciuc | Men's −94 kg | 175 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Alexandru Bratan | Men's −105 kg | 192.5 | 2 | 222.5 | 5 | 415 | 4 |

## Wrestling

Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ghenadie Tulbea | −55 kg | Montero (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Abas (USA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |
| Ruslan Bodişteanu | −66 kg | Asgarov (AZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Kelly (USA) L 0–3 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |