Georgia competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Georgian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 34 competitors, 27 men and 7 women, took part in 39 events in 13 sports.[2]
Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GEO |
NOC | Georgian National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Atlanta | |
Competitors | 34 (27 men, 7 women) in 13 sports |
Flag bearer | Georgi Kandelaki[1] |
Medals Ranked 68th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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Medalists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Bronze | Soso Liparteliani | Judo | Men's -78 | 23 July |
Bronze | Eldar Kurtanidze | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg | 2 Aug |
Archery
editIn its debut Olympic archery competition, Georgia sent only Unified Team-era veteran archer and quarterfinalist Khatouna Kurivichvili. In Atlanta, she was defeated in the first round.
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Khatouna Kurivichvili | Women's individual | 634 | 37 | Klata (POL) L 148-152 |
Did not advance | 49 |
Athletics
edit- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Women's track
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Maia Azarashvili | 200m | 23.63 | 6 | "Did not advance |
- Women's field
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Elvira Urusova | Shot put | 17.69 | 17 | Did not advance |
Boxing
editAthlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |
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Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Rank | ||
Koba Gogoladze | Lightweight | Ri (PRK) W 17–9 |
González (CUB) W 14–9 |
Doroftei (ROU) L 8–17 |
Did not advance | ||
Besiki Wardzetashvili | Light welterweight | Bykovsky (BLR) L 11–11 TB |
Did not advance | ||||
Tengiz Meskhadze | Welterweight | Vargas (USA) L 4–10 |
Did not advance | ||||
Akaki Kakauridze | Middleweight | Araneda (CHI) W 10–3 |
Bahari (ALG) L 5–8 |
Did not advance | |||
Georgi Kandelaki | Heavyweight | García (ECU) W 6–1 |
Bartnik (POL) W 6–1 |
Savón (CUB) L 4–20 |
Did not advance |
Diving
editAthlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Gocha Gakharia | Men's 3 m springboard | 256.68 | 34 | Did not advance | |||||||
Nino Qazarashvili | Women's 3 m springboard | 191.49 | 28 | Did not advance |
Fencing
editOne male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Archil Lortkipanidze | Men's sabre | Banos (CAN) L 14–15 |
Did not advance | 36 |
Gymnastics
editArtistic
editAthlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | ||||||||||||
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F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||||||
C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | Score | Rank | ||
Ilia Giorgadze | Qualification | 9.512 | 9.550 | 9.487 | 9.325 | 9.325 | 9.200 | 9.075 | 9.400 | 9.150 | 9.300 | 8.475 | 9.400 | 111.199 | 41 |
Rhythmic
editAthlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Apparatus | Total | Apparatus | Total | ||||||||||||||
Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Score | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Score | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Score | Rank | ||
Ekaterina Abramia | Individual All-around | 9.200 | 9.250 | 9.183 | 9.200 | 36.833 | 25 | Did not advance |
Judo
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Giorgi Vazagashvili | –60 kg | Bye | Giovinazzo (ITA) L |
Did not advance | Chambilly (FRA) W |
Acuña (MEX) W |
Bagirov (BLR) L |
Did not advance | |||
Giorgi Revazishvili | –65 kg | Morales (ARG) W |
Laats (BEL) L |
Did not advance | Fuentes (USA) W |
Lewak (POL) W |
Hernández (CUB) L |
Did not advance | |||
Vladimeri Dgebuadze | –71 kg | Bye | Payne (BAR) W |
Bentes (POR) W |
Boldbaatar (MGL) L |
Did not advance | Bye | Pedro (USA) L |
Did not advance | ||
Soso Liparteliani | –78 kg | Bye | Morgan (CAN) W |
Cho (KOR) L |
Did not advance | Kretsul (MDA) W |
Shmakov (UZB) W |
Canto (BRA) W |
Dott (GER) W |
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Giorgi Tsmindashvili | –86 kg | Bye | Zanol (BRA) L |
Did not advance | |||||||
Mevlud Lobzhanidze | –95 kg | Bye | Capo (USA) W |
Nakamura (JPN) L |
Did not advance | ||||||
David Khakhaleishvili | +95 kg | Lungu (ROU) L |
Did not advance |
Modern pentathlon
editAthlete | Event | Riding (show jumping) |
Fencing (épée one touch) |
Shooting (10 m air pistol) |
Swimming (200 m freestyle) |
Running (3000 m cross-country) |
Total | |||||||||||
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Penalties | Rank | MP points | Results | Rank | MP points | Points | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Points | Rank | ||
Vakhtang Iagorashvili | Individual | 210 | 27 | 890 | 20 | =3 | 940 | 168 | 29 | 952 | 3:15.04 | 1 | 1312 | 13:31.914 | 22 | 1132 | 5226 | 20 |
Sailing
edit- Open
- Fleet racing
Athlete | Event | Race | Total | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank | ||
Guram Biganishvili Vladimer Gruzdevi |
Star | 13 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 112 | 16 |
Shooting
editWeightlifting
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Bidzina Mikiashvili | -83kg | 160.0 | 200.0 | 360.0 | 9 | ||||
Mukhran Gogia | -108kg | Did not start |
Wrestling
edit- Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Bronze semifinal | Final / BM / Pl. | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Avtandil Gogolishvili | –82 kg | Khadem (USA) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | Diouf (SEN) W 6–2 |
Penev (BUL) W 4–1 |
Ibragimov (AZE) L 4–6 |
Did not advance | 11 | ||||
Eldar Kurtanidze | –90 kg | Baev (BUL) W 11–0 |
Kim (KOR) L 2–3 |
Did not advance | Bye | Gantogtokh (MGL) W 6–1 |
Pauliukonis (LTU) W 5–1 |
Kurtanidze (USA) W 1–0 |
Tedeyev (UKR) W 10–4 |
Bronze medal match Lohyňa (SVK) W 5–0 |
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Zaza Tkeshelashvili | –100 kg | Khabelov (RUS) L 0–2 |
Did not advance | Sánchez (PUR) W 3–2 |
Sumiyaabazar (MGL) L 2–6 |
Did not advance | 13 | |||||
Zaza Turmanidze | +130 kg | Pikos (AUS) W 8–0 |
Medvedev (BLR) L 1–3 |
Did not advance | Bye | Baumgartner (USA) L 2–14 |
Did not advance | 10 |
Notes
edit- (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
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has generic name (help) - "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
References
edit- ^ "Flagbearers for Georgia". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Georgia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-11.