Georgia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Georgia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Georgia
IOC code	GEO
NOC	Georgian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.geonoc.org.ge  (in Georgian and English)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	35 in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Nino Salukvadze Lasha Talakhadze [1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Gogita Arkania [2]
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)   Soviet Union (1952–1988)   Unified Team (1992)

Georgia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[3] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lasha Bekauri	Judo	Men's 90 kg	28 July
Gold	Lasha Talakhadze	Weightlifting	Men's +109 kg	4 August
Silver	Vazha Margvelashvili	Judo	Men's 66 kg	25 July
Silver	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Judo	Men's 73 kg	26 July
Silver	Guram Tushishvili	Judo	Men's +100 kg	30 July
Silver	Iakob Kajaia	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg	2 August
Silver	Geno Petriashvili	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg	6 August
Bronze	Anton Pliesnoi	Weightlifting	Men's 96 kg	31 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	1	5
Boxing	3	0	3
Fencing	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	7	2	9
Karate	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	4	0	4
Wrestling	7	0	7
Total	29	6	35

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ^{[4] [5]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bachana Khorava	Men's long jump	7.41	28	Did not advance
Lasha Gulelauri	Men's triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Benik Abramyan	Men's shot put	DNS		Did not advance
Giorgi Mujaridze		19.76	27	Did not advance
Sopo Shatirishvili	Women's shot put	15.31	30	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgia entered three male boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time in 12 years. 2019 European Games silver medalist Sakhil Alakhverdovi (men's flyweight), Eskerkhan Madiev (men's welterweight), and Giorgi Kharabadze (men's middleweight) secured the spots on the Georgian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris. ^{[6] [7]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sakhil Alakhverdovi	Men's flyweight	Hu Jg  (CHN) L 0–5	Did not advance
Eskerkhan Madiev	Men's welterweight	Sotomayor  (AZE) WRSC-I	Bwogi  (UGA) W 3–1	Zamkovoy  (ROC) L 0–5	Did not advance
Giorgi Kharabadze	Men's middleweight	Kakhramonov  (UZB) L 0–5	Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgia entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Sandro Bazadze claimed a spot in the men's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sandro Bazadze	Men's sabre	Bye	Samer  (EGY) W 15–10	El-Sissy  (EGY) W 15–12	Oh S-u  (KOR) W 15–13	Szilágyi  (HUN) L 13–15	Kim J-h  (KOR) L 11–15	4

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Rhythmic

Georgia entered one gymnasts to compete at the Olympics, after get the allocation quota at the 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Salome Pazhava	Individual	23.550	21.950	23.500	20.650	89.650	17	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgia entered nine judoka (seven men and two women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking. ^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lukhumi Chkhvimiani	−60 kg	—	Bye	Huseynov  (AZE) W 10–00	Takato  (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance	Kim W-j  (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance	7
Vazha Margvelashvili	−66 kg	—	Bye	Shamilov  (ROC) W 01–00	Shmailov  (ISR) W 10–00	An B-u  (KOR) W 01–00	Bye	Abe  (JPN) L 00–01
Lasha Shavdatuashvili	−73 kg	Bye	Chaine  (FRA) W 01–00	Houssein  (DJI) W 01–00	Margelidon  (CAN) W 10–00	An C-r  (KOR) W 10–00	Bye	Ono  (JPN) L 00–01
Tato Grigalashvili	−81 kg	Bye	Murodov  (TJK) W 11–00	Lee S-h  (KOR) W 10–00	Mollaei  (MGL) L 01–10	Did not advance	Boltaboev  (UZB) W 01–00	Casse  (BEL) L 00–10	5
Lasha Bekauri	−90 kg	Bye	Kuczera  (POL) W 10–00	Kochman  (ISR) W 10–01	Bobonov  (UZB) W 10–00	Igolnikov  (ROC) W 01–00	Bye	Trippel  (GER) W 01–00
Varlam Liparteliani	−100 kg	—	Bye	Darwish  (EGY) W 10–00	El Nahas  (CAN) W 10–00	Wolf  (JPN) L 00–01	Bye	Ilyasov  (ROC) L 00–01	5
Guram Tushishvili	+100 kg	—	Bye	Rakhimov  (TJK) W 10–00	Silva  (BRA) W 10–00	Bashaev  (ROC) W 11–01	Bye	Krpálek  (CZE) L 00–10

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tetiana Levytska-Shukvani	−52 kg	Anestor  (HAI) W 10–00	Buchard  (FRA) L 00–11	Did not advance
Eteri Liparteliani	−57 kg	Mucungui  (ANG) W 10–00	Stoll  (GER) W 10–00	Cysique  (FRA) L 01–10	Did not advance	Kowalczyk  (POL) W 01–00	Yoshida  (JPN) L 00–10	5

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Gogita Arkania qualified directly for the men's kumite +75 kg category by finishing top three at 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France. ^[9]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gogita Arkania	Men's +75 kg	Araga  (JPN) L 2–3	Aktaş  (TUR) L 1–3	Horne  (GER) W 3–4K	Yuldashev  (KAZ) W 3–1	3	Did not advance

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nino Salukvadze	Women's 10 m air pistol	567	31	Did not advance
	Women's 25 m pistol	578	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Irakli Revishvili	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:57.49	32	—		Did not advance
Mariam Imnadze	Women's 100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

At the conclusion of the qualification period for the Olympic tennis tournament and after some withdrawals, the following players had qualified for the competition by means of rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikoloz Basilashvili	Men's singles	Carballés  (ESP) W 6–3, 6–2	Sonego  (ITA) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Zverev  (GER) L 4–6, 6–7(5–7)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgia qualified four male weightlifters for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Shota Mishvelidze (men's 61 kg), Anton Pliesnoi (men's 96 kg), and reigning Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze (men's +109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking, with Goga Chkheidze (men's 67 kg) topping the list of weightlifters from Europe in the men's 67 kg division of the IWF Absolute Continental Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shota Mishvelidze	Men's −61 kg	130	5	155	7	285	7
Goga Chkheidze	Men's −67 kg	133	12	169	8	302	8
Anton Pliesnoi	Men's −96 kg	177	2	210	2	387
Lasha Talakhadze	Men's +109 kg	223 WR	1	265 WR	1	488 WR

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Georgia qualified seven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (97 and 125 kg) and men's Greco-Roman (97 and 130 kg) wrestling at the 2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Georgian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary. ^{[11] [12]}

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Avtandil Kentchadze	Men's −74 kg	Chamizo  (ITA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				12
Elizbar Odikadze	Men's −97 kg	Mohammadian  (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Sadulaev  (ROC) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance	Sharifov  (AZE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	8
Geno Petriashvili	Men's −125 kg	Abdelmottaleb  (EGY) W 4–0 ST	Deng  (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Zare  (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Bye	Steveson  (USA) L 1–3 PP

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramaz Zoidze	Men's −67 kg	Borrero  (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Al-Obaidi  (EOR) W 4–0 ST	Geraei  (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Bye	Stäbler  (GER) L 1–3 PP	5
Lasha Gobadze	Men's −87 kg	Assakalov  (UZB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				11
Giorgi Melia	Men's −97 kg	Evloev  (ROC) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Szőke  (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	9
Iakob Kajaia	Men's −130 kg	Kuosmanen  (FIN) W 5–0 VT	Semenov  (ROC) W 3–1 PP	Acosta  (CHI) W 3–1 PP	Bye	López  (CUB) L 0–3 PO

See also

• Georgia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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