Moldova at the 1996 Summer Olympics

• Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 metres Canadian Pairs

• Sergei Mureiko — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

In Moldova's debut independent archery competition, veteran and defending bronze medallist 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)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Vadim Zadoinov

• Heat — 49.73s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Valery Vlas — 2:28.36 (→ 77th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Fedosei Ciumacenco — 1:27:57 (→ 41st place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Fedosei Ciumacenco — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

• Olga Bolşova

• Qualification — 1.93m
• Final — 1.93m (→ 12th place)

• Inna Gliznuta

• Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Igor Samoilenco
  1. First Round — Defeated Omar Adorno (Puerto Rico), 20-8
  2. Second Round — Lost to Elias Recaido (Philippines), 8-12

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Octavian Țîcu
  1. First Round — Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Ruslan Ivanov

• Final — 1:10:55 (→ 27th place)

• Igor Bonciukov

• Final — 1:12:48 (→ 33rd place)

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Maxim Kazmirchuk
  1. Heat – 23.78 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Maxim Kazmirchuk
  1. Heat – 56.46 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Artur Elizarov
  1. Heat – 2:07.86 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Vadim Tatarov
  1. Heat – 1:04.87 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Vadim Tatarov
  1. Heat – 2:21.34 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Serghei Mariniuc
  1. Heat – 2:04.99
  2. B-Final – 2:04.11 (→ 13th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Serghei Mariniuc
  1. Heat – 4:20.24
  2. Final – 4:21.15 (→ 8th place)

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Vadim Vacarciuc

• Final — 165.0 + 202.5 = 367.5 (→ 5th place)

Men's Freestyle

• Vitalie Railean — Light flyweight, 6th place
• Nazim Alidjanov — Bantamweight, 14th place
• Victor Peicov — Welterweight, 7th place
• Gusman Jabrailov — Middleweight, 9th place

Men's Greco-Roman

• Igor Grabovetchi — Heavyweight, 6th place
• Sergei Mureiko — Super Heavyweight, bronze medal.