Georgia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Georgia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Georgia
IOC code	GEO
NOC	Georgian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.geonoc.org.ge  (in Georgian and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	36 (27 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Giorgi Asanidze
Medals Ranked 68th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 6 Total 6
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Georgia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This was the country's second appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Vladimer Chanturia	Boxing	Heavyweight
Bronze	Giorgi Vazagashvili	Judo	Men's 66 kg
Bronze	Giorgi Asanidze	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg
Bronze	Akaki Chachua	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
Bronze	Mukhran Vakhtangadze	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Bronze	Eldar Kurtanidze	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 97 kg

Results by event

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In its second Olympic archery competition, Georgia sent three women. None won a match, and the trio lost their first match in the team round as well.

Women's individual
	Khatuna Phutkaradze			Khatuna Lorigi			Asmat Diasamidze
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Kate Fairweather Australia	166-158	Lost to	Melissa Jennison Australia	160-151	Lost to	Yi-Yin Lin Chinese Taipei	158-140

Women's team:

• Phutkaradze, Lorigi, and Diasamidze – Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m

• Ruslan Rusidze

• Round 1 – 10.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m

• Tamara Shanidze

• Round 1 – 12.56 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Theimuraz Khurtsilava
  • Round 1 – Defeated Aram Ramazyan of Armenia
  • Round 2 – Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Vladimer Chanturia
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Defeated Amro Mostafa Mahmoud of Egypt
  • Quarterfinal – Defeated Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan
  • Semifinal – Lost to Sultanahmed Ibzagimov of Russia – Bronze medal

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's competition

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nana Nebieridze	10 m platform	252.09	26	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zurab Beridze	50 m freestyle	24.28	54	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Giorgi Asanidze	– 85 kg	175.0	175.0	180.0	210.0	215.0	215.0	390.0
Mukhran Gogia	– 105 kg	190.0	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
Valeri Sarava	+ 105 kg	170.0	170.0	177.5	210.0	215.0	220.0	385.0	16

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN   1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site