Republic Of Moldova At The 1996 Summer Olympics

Moldova competed at the ''' 1996 Summer Olympics ''' in Atlanta, Georgia under the IOC Country Code MDA. It was the first time the nation participated separately from the other republics of the Soviet Union . Moldova had been a member of the Unified Team four years earlier.

MEDALS

Moldova finished in 58th position in the final medal rankings

Gold

None

Silver

Viktor Reneysky and Nikolay Juravschi — Canoeing , men's C2 500 metres canadian pairs

Bronze

Sergei Mureiko — Wrestling , men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight (> 100 kg)

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

In Moldova's debut independent archery competition, veteran and defending Bronze Medal list Natalia Valeeva was defeated in the third round of competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

Natalia Valeeva → Round of 16, 12th place (2-1)

Nadejda Palovandova → Round of 64, 38th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Valery Vlas → 77th place (2:28.36)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Igor Samoilenko

# First Round — Defeated Omar Adorno (Puerto Rico), 20-8

# Second Round — Lost to Elias Recaido (Philippines), 8-12

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Oktavian Taykou

# First Round — Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), referee stopped contest in second round

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Maxim Kazmirchuk

# Heat – 23.78 (→ did not advance, 43th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Maxim Kazmirchuk

# Heat – 56.46 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Artur Elizarov

# Heat – 2:07.86 (→ did not advance, 33th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Vadim Tatarov

# Heat – 1:04.87 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Vadim Tatarov

# Heat – 2:21.34 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Sergei Mariniuk

# Heat – 2:04.99

# B-Final – 2:04.11 (→ 13th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Sergei Mariniuk

# Heat – 4:20.24

# Final – 4:21.15 (→ 8th place)

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