Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Georgia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Georgia
IOC codeGEO
NOCGeorgian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.geonoc.org.ge (in Georgian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors34 (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)
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 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

  • (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. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  • "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.


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