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
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 Giorgi K'andelak'i
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)

Medalists

Bronze

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.

Women's Individual Competition:

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

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 17.69m (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Nana Kazarashvili
  • Preliminary lane

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

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.

Men's sabre

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's extra-lightweight (60 kg)

Men's half-lightweight (65 kg)

Men's lightweight (71 kg)

Men's half-middleweight (78 kg)

Men's middleweight (86 kg)

Men's half-heavyweight (95 kg)

  • Movlud Lobjanidze

Men's heavyweight (+95 kg)

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition

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

Rhythmic gymnastics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight

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

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.
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References
  1. "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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