Moldova at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Moldova at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	16 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Romania (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Moldova (officially the Republic of Moldova) is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Athletics

Moldovan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1][2]

• Men's marathon – 1 quota place (Roman Prodius)^[3]
• Men's hammer throw – 1 quota place (Serghei Marghiev)
• Men's shot put – 1 quota place (Ivan Emilianov)
• Women's marathon – 1 quota place (Lilia Fiscovici)
• Women's discus throw – 1 quota place (Natalia Stratulat)
• Women's hammer throw – 2 quota places (Marina Marghieva, Zalina Marghieva)

Canoeing

Sprint

Moldovan canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Serghei Tarnovschi	Men's C-1 1000 m

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

Taekwondo

Moldova entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Olympics. Aaron Cook, who previously competed for Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, qualified automatically for the men's welterweight category (80 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aaron Cook	Men's −80 kg

Weightlifting

Moldovan weightlifters have qualified five men's quota places for the Rio Olympics through the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank

Wrestling

Moldova has qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament as a result of their wrestle-off triumphs at the first meet of the World Qualification Tournament.^[6]

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	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Evgheni Nedealco	−74 kg
Nicolae Ceban	−97 kg

References

1. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
2. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. Ciumeică, Ion (24 April 2015). "Maratonistul cimişlian Roman Prodius va participa la Jocurile Olimpice din anul 2016" [Marathon runner Roman Prodius will compete for the 2016 Olympic Games] (in Romanian). Gazeta de Sud. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
4. "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
5. "First Wave of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics". World Taekwondo Federation. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
6. "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.