Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

. Moldova won one medal at the games, a bronze for boxer bantamweight Veaceslav Gojan

Veaceslav Gojan

Veaceslav Gojan is an Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău...

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Veaceslav Gojan Veaceslav Gojan Veaceslav Gojan is an Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău...	Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Bantamweight

Boxing

Moldova qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Grusac was the first, qualifying at the World Championships. Gojan was the second, qualifying at the first European qualifier.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Veaceslav Gojan Veaceslav Gojan Veaceslav Gojan is an Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău...	Bantamweight	W +1-1	W 13-6	W 10-3	L 15-2	Did not advance
Vitalie Gruşac	Welterweight	O'Mahony Gerard O'Mahony Gerard 'Ged' Anthony O'Mahony is an Australian pro boxer best known for competing in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008.-Amateur:...  (AUS Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team was Australia's second largest away team after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which included a team of 482 competitors... ) W 7-2	Sarsekbayev Bakhyt Sarsekbayev Bakhyt Abdirakhmanovich Sarsekbayev is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won Olympic Gold 2008 at Welterweight. At the 2006 Asian Games he had also won the gold medal in the welterweight division.-Career:...  (KAZ Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kazakhstan competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.-Medalists:- Archery:Women- Athletics:MenWomen- Boxing:-Canoeing:- Flatwater:Men- Slalom:... ) L RSCI	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aleksandr Pliuschin	Road race	6:39:42 (+15:53)	76

Track

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st Round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Alexandr Pliuschin	Men's individual pursuit	4:35.438	17	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sergiu Toma	−73 kg		L 0021-0010	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ghenadie Lisoconi	25 m rapid fire pistol	567	12	Did not advance		12

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Igor Grabucea Igor Grabucea Igor Grabucea is a Moldovan weightlifter. His personal best is 267.5 kg.He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division finishing fourteenth with 239 kg....	-56 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 56 kg The men's 56 kg weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...	109	16	130	15	239	15
Alexandru Dudoglo	-69 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 69 kg The men's 69 kg weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large amount of competitors...	145	11	172	9	317	9
Andrei Gutu Andrei Gutu Andrei Gutu is a Romanian weightlifter. His personal best is 318kg.At the 2005 World Championships he ranked 14th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 310 kg....	-77 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 77 kg The men's 77 kg weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...	145	17	160	21	305	20
Evgheni Bratan	-94 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 94 kg The men's 94 kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 17, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...	170	12	200	13	370	13
Vadim Vacarciuc Vadim Vacarciuc Vadim Vacarciuc is a retired male weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native Eastern European country, starting in 1996....	-94 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 94 kg The men's 94 kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 17, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...	168	13	205	12	373	12

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nicolai Ceban	−96 kg	' L 3 - 5, 0 - 5	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ludmila Cristea	−55 kg		W 0 - 1, 3 - 3, 3- 3	' L 1 - 2, 0 - 4	Did not advance