Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Georgia
IOC code	GEO
NOC	Georgian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.geonoc.org.ge  (in Georgian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	34 (27 men, 7 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Georgi Kandelaki [1]
Medals Ranked 68th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)   Soviet Union (1952–1988)   Unified Team (1992)

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]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Soso Liparteliani	Judo	Men's -78	23 July
Bronze	Eldar Kurtanidze	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg	2 Aug

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In 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
		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

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maia Azarashvili	200m	23.63	6	"Did not advance

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Elvira Urusova	Shot put	17.69	17	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		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

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		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

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
		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

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries						Semifinal						Final
		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

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		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
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

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Running (3000 m cross-country)			Total
		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

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Guram Biganishvili Vladimer Gruzdevi	Star	13	10	22	14	23	24	21	9	5	18	112	16

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Bidzina Mikiashvili	-83kg	160.0	165.0	165.0	200.0	205.0	205.0	360.0	9
Mukhran Gogia	-108kg	Did not start

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Bronze semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		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
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

• The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. 1997. ISBN   1-56145-150-9 . Retrieved 2008-02-13.
• Watkins, Ginger T. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

1. "Flagbearers for Georgia". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. "Georgia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-11.