Moldova at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Moldova (officially the Republic of Moldova) competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Moldova sent its smallest delegation to the Games. A total of 22 athletes, 12 men and 10 women, competed in 9 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Moldova's summer Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Marathon runner Iaroslav Musinschi, who participated as a steeplechaser in the Olympics since 2000, was at his third appearance as the most experienced member. Fourteen Moldovan athletes had competed at their first Olympics, including 15-year-old archer Dan Olaru, the youngest member of the team, who became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Moldova originally left London with two bronze medals, tying its overall record for the most medals with Atlanta and Sydney at a single Olympics. These medals were all won by weightlifters Cristina Iovu and Anatolie Cîrîcu. However, both athletes were disqualified due to positive cases of doping, and Moldova was stripped of both medals and failed to win any medals overall.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moldova qualified the following archers.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moldovan athletes 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):^[1]

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ion Luchianov	3000 m steeplechase	8:22.09	5 q	8:28.15	10
Iaroslav Musinschi	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:16:25	25
Roman Prodius

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Natalia Cercheș	Marathon	2:37:13	65
Olesea Cojuhari	400 m	53.64	5	Did not advance
Elena Popescu	800 m	2:06.94	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marina Marghieva	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	Disqualified due to doping
Zalina Marghieva	72.19	9 q	74.06	8

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Moldova has so far qualified boxers for the following events:

Men

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Road

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moldova qualified 2 judokas

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergiu Toma	Men's −81 kg	W 1000–0001	L 0003–0101	Did not advance
Ivan Remarenco	Men's −90 kg	L 0001–1000	Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moldova qualified the following quota places.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anatolie Cîrîcu	Men's −94 kg	181	7	226	2	407
Cristina Iovu	Women's −53 kg	96	1	120	3	216

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moldova qualified two quotas.

Key

• - Victory by Fall.
• - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Women's freestyle

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.