Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Georgia (the country, not the U.S. state) 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.

Medalists

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

| || || Judo || Men's -78 ||

| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 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.

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final /

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition Score

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Khatouna Kurivichvili

|align=left rowspan=3|Women's individual

|634

|37

| L 148–152

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|49

Athletics

;Women's track

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Maia Azarashvili

|align=left|200m

|23.63

|colspan=6|"Did not advance

;Women's field

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

|-align=center

|align=left|Elvira Urusova

|align=left|Shot put

|17.69

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Boxing

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opponent Result

!Rank

|align=left|Koba Gogoladze

|align=left|Lightweight

| W 17–9

| W 14–9

| L 8–17

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|align=left|Besarion Vardzelashvili

|align=left|Light welterweight

| L 11–11

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|align=left|Tengiz Meskhadze

|align=left|Welterweight

| L 4–10

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|align=left|Akaki Kakauridze

|align=left|Middleweight

| W 10–3

| L 5–8

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left|Georgi Kandelaki

|align=left|Heavyweight

| W 6–1

| L 4–20

|colspan=3|Did not advance

Diving

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Preliminary

!colspan=4|Semifinal

!colspan=4|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

|align=left|Gocha Gakharia

|align=left|Men's 3 m springboard

|256.68

|34

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|align=left|Nino Qazarashvili

|align=left|Women's 3 m springboard

|191.49

|28

|colspan=8|Did not advance

Fencing

One male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Archil Lortkipanidze

|align=left|Men's sabre

|| L 14–15

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|36

Gymnastics

Artistic

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=12|Apparatus

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|

|-style=font-size:95%

!Score

!Rank

|align=left|Ilia Giorgadze

|align=left rowspan=8|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

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=6|Preliminaries

!colspan=6|Semifinal

!colspan=6|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!colspan=2|Total

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!colspan=2|Total

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!colspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!Rope

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Score

!Rank

!Rope

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Score

!Rank

!Rope

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Score

!Rank

|align=left|Ekaterina Abramia

|align=left|Individual All-around

|9.200

|9.250

|9.183

|9.200

|36.833

|25

|colspan=12|Did not advance

Judo

;Men

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Giorgi Vazagashvili

|align=left|–60 kg

| L

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| W

| L

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|Giorgi Revazishvili

|align=left|–65 kg

| W

| L

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| W

| L

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|Vladimeri Dgebuadze

|align=left|–71 kg

| W

| L

|Did not advance

| L

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|align=left|Soso Liparteliani

|align=left|–78 kg

| W

| L

|colspan=2|Did not advance

| W

|align=left|Giorgi Tsmindashvili

|align=left|–86 kg

| L

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|align=left|Mevlud Lobzhanidze

|align=left|–95 kg

| W

| L

|colspan=7|Did not advance

|align=left|David Khakhaleishvili

|align=left|+95 kg

| L

|colspan=9|Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=3|Riding (show jumping)

!colspan=3|Fencing (épée one touch)

!colspan=3|Shooting (10 m air pistol)

!colspan=3|Swimming (200 m freestyle)

!colspan=3|Running (3000 m cross-country)

!colspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!Penalties

!Rank

!MP points

!Results

!Rank

!MP points

!Points

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP points

!Points

!Rank

|align=left|Vakhtang Iagorashvili

|align=left|Individual

|210

|27

|890

|20

|=3

|940

|168

|29

|952

|3:15.04

|1312

|13:31.914

|22

|1132

|5226

|20

Sailing

;Open

;;Fleet racing

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!colspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!10

!11

!Points

!Rank

|align=left|Guram Biganishvili Vladimer Gruzdevi

|align=left|Star

|13

|10

|22

|14

|<s>23</s>

|<s>24</s>

|21

|18

|112

|16

Shooting

Weightlifting

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Snatch

!colspan="3"|Clean & jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Bidzina Mikiashvili

|align=left|-83kg

|160.0||<s>165.0</s>||<s>165.0</s>||200.0||<s>205.0</s>||<s>205.0</s>||360.0

|-align=center

|align=left|Mukhran Gogia

|align=left|-108kg

|colspan=8|Did not start

Wrestling

;Freestyle

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!Repechage 4

!Bronze semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Score

!Rank

|align=left|Avtandil Gogolishvili

|align=left|–82 kg

| L 0–3

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| W 6–2

| W 4–1

| L 4–6

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|11

|align=left|Eldar Kurtanidze

|align=left|–90 kg

| W 11–0

| L 2–3

|colspan=2|Did not advance

| W 6–1

| W 5–1

| W 1–0

| W 10–4

| Bronze medal match W 5–0

|align=left|Zaza Tkeshelashvili

|align=left|–100 kg

| L 0–2

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| W 3–2

| L 2–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|13

|align=left|Zaza Turmanidze

|align=left|+130 kg

| W 8–0

| L 1–3

|colspan=2|Did not advance

| L 2–14

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|10

Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Diving

Fencing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Sailing

Shooting

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

References