Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
| Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | GEO | ||||||||
| NOC | Georgian National Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 34 (27 men, 7 women) in 13 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Giorgi K'andelak'i | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 68th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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 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.[1]
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
- First Round — Defeated Ri Chol (North Korea), 17-9
- Second Round — Defeated Julio Gonzalez Valladares (Cuba), 14-9
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Leonard Doroftei (Romania), 8-17
Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
- Besiki Wardzetashvili
- First Round — Lost to Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus), 11-11 (referee decision)
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
- Tengiz Meskhadze
- First Round — Lost to Fernando Vargas (United States), 4-10
Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
- Akaki Kakauridze
- First Round — Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile), 10-3
- Second Round — Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 5-8
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
- Georgi Kandelaki
- First Round — Defeated Thompson García (Ecuador), abandoned
- Second Round — Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland), 6-1
- 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.
Gymnastics
Judo
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)
Men's heavyweight (+95 kg)
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.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
References
- ↑ "Georgia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-11.