Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

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	Giorgi K'andelak'i
Medals Ranked 68th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

Bronze

• Soso Liparteliani — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
• Eldar Kurtanidze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight (90 kg)

Archery

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.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Khatouna Kurivichvili — Round of 64, 49th place (0-1)

Athletics

Women's Shot Put

• Elvira Urusova

• Qualification — 17.69m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Koba Gogoladze
  1. First Round — Defeated Ri Chol (North Korea), 17-9
  2. Second Round — Defeated Julio Gonzalez Valladares (Cuba), 14-9
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Leonard Doroftei (Romania), 8-17

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Besiki Wardzetashvili
  1. First Round — Lost to Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus), 11-11 (referee decision)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Tengiz Meskhadze
  1. First Round — Lost to Fernando Vargas (United States), 4-10

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Akaki Kakauridze
  1. First Round — Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile), 10-3
  2. Second Round — Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 5-8

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Georgi Kandelaki
  1. First Round — Defeated Thompson García (Ecuador), abandoned
  2. Second Round — Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland), 6-1
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), 4-20

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

• Nana Kazarashvili

• Preliminary lane

— 191.49 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Fencing

One male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.

Men's sabre

• Archil Lortkipanidze

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's extra-lightweight (60 kg)

• Giorgi Vazagashvili

Men's half-lightweight (65 kg)

• Giorgi Revazishvili

Men's lightweight (71 kg)

• Vladimeri Dgebuadze

Men's half-middleweight (78 kg)

• Soso Liparteliani

Men's middleweight (86 kg)

• Giorgi Tsmindashvili

Men's half-heavyweight (95 kg)

• Movlud Lobjanidze

Men's heavyweight (+95 kg)

• David Khakhaleishvili

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition

• Vakhtang Yagorashvili — 5226 pts (→ 20th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Sailing

Shooting

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Bidzina Mikiashvili

• Final — 160.0 + 200.0 = 360.0 (→ 9th place)

Wrestling

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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

1. "Georgia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-11.