This article covers the events related to the conduct of the International Scientific Congress “Sport. Olympism. Health” held on 5-8 October 2016 in the capital of the Republic of Moldova Chisinau. The Congress was dedicated to the 65th anniversary of launching the higher education on physical culture in Moldova and to the 25th anniversary of the country's leading university in that field - the State University on Physical Education and Sport, as well as to the meeting of the International Association of Universities on Physical Culture and Sports that was staged there.