| Noc: | MDA |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 26 |
| Sports: | 10 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Dan Olaru & Alexandra Mîrca |
| Flagbearer Close: | Anastasia Nichita & Serghei Tarnovschi |
| Rank: | 72 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1900–1912) (1924–1936) (1952–1988) (1992) |
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Denis Vieru won the country's first Olympic medal in judo.
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| width="22%" align="left" valign="top"|| Medals by sport | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| Canoeing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Medals by gender | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Total | |||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Female | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | style=background:gold | 0 | style=background:silver | 1 | style=background:#c96 | 3 | 4 | |
| Medals by date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| 28 July | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 29 July | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 9 August | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Canoeing | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Wrestling | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 12 | 26 |
See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Two Moldovan archers qualified for the men's individual recurve by finishing fourth and obtaining one of two available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland;[1] [2] and for the women's individual through the 2024 Final Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Dan Olaru | Men's individual | 671 | 18 | W 6–0 | L 2–6 | colspan=5 | ||||
| Alexandra Mîrca | Women's individual | 631 | 51 | L 0–6 | colspan=6 | |||||
| Dan Olaru Alexandra Mîrca | Mixed team | 1302 | 22 | 22 | ||||||
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldovan track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[3]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Serghei Marghiev | Men's hammer throw | 73.46 | 18 | colspan=2 | ||
| Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | 84.13 | 9 Q | 80.10 | 12 | |
| Zalina Petrivskaya | Women's hammer throw | 67.84 | 22 | colspan=2 | ||
| Dimitriana Bezede | Women's shot put | 16.35 | 27 | Did not advance | ||
| Alexandra Emilianov | Women's discus throw | 64.33 | 6 Q | 58.08 | 11 | |
See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Moldovan canoeists qualified two boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[4] [5]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Serghei Tarnovschi | Men's C-1 1000 m | 3:49.27 | 1 Q SF | 3:45.33 | 2 Q FA | 3:44.68 | ||||
| Daniela Cociu | Women's C-1 200 m | 49.14 | 4 Q QF | 48.93 | 3 | colspan=4 | ||||
| Maria Olărașu | Women's C-1 200 m | 50.14 | 7 Q QF | 52.03 | 7 | colspan=4 | ||||
| Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu | Women's C-2 500 m | 1:58.81 | 4 Q QF | 1:56.22 | 2 Q SF | 1:56.66 | 4 Q FA | 1:56.96 | 7 | |
See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldova entered one equestrianist to compete at Paris 2024. Alisa Glinka earned a spot at the Paris Olympics after finishing 1st in the Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia), signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.[6] Glinka was suspended because of a positive doping test, which led to an individual spot for Hungary, but on June 24th the suspension was lifted which led back to the spot for Moldova.[7] [8]
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldova qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Denis Vieru (men's half-lightweight weight, 66 kg), Adil Osmanov (men's lightweight, 73 kg) and Mihail Latișev (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Denis Vieru | Men's –66 kg | W 01–00 | W 10–00 | L 00–01 | W 01–00 | ||||
| Adil Osmanov | Men's –73 kg | W 10–00 | W 10–00 | W 10–00 | L 00–10 | W 10–00 | |||
| Mihail Latișev | Men's –81 kg | L 00–10 | =17 | ||||||
See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldovan shooter Anna Dulce achieved one quota place for Olympic Games based on her result at the 2024 European Championships.[9]
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldova sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Pavel Alovațki | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:59.77 | 31 | colspan=4 | |||
| Tatiana Salcuțan | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:13.20 | 23 | ||||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldova entered one athlete into the games. Vladislav Ursu secured his spot at the Games via winning the third available places for men's single event, through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, marking the country's debut in the sport.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldova entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Marin Robu (men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Moldova qualified six wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Two wrestlers qualified by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;[10] one wrestler qualified through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and two wrestlers qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey, however, Radu Lefter and Maxim Saculțan joined the squads due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes quotas.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Maxim Saculțan | Men's −65 kg | L 0–10 | L 4–15 | 9 | |||
| Radu Lefter | Men's −97 kg | L 2–8 | 13 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Victor Ciobanu | Men's −60 kg | L 3–10F | 15 | ||||
| Valentin Petic | Men's −67 kg | W 4–0 | L 1–3 | 7 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mariana Drăguțan | Women's −53 kg | L 0–5 | 14 | ||||
| Anastasia Nichita | Women's −57 kg | W 9–0 | W 5F–0 | W 2F–7 | L 0–6 | ||
| Irina Rîngaci | Women's −68 kg | L 6–10 | 10 | ||||