Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| Georgia at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of Georgia |
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| IOC code: | GEO | |||
| NOC: | Georgian National Olympic Committee | |||
| 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||
| Medals Rank: 68 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 2 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
| Other related appearances | ||||
 Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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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.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Bronze
- Soso Liparteliani — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
- Eldar Kurtanidze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight (90 kg)
[edit] Results by event
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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 Serguei Bykovski (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 Woiciech Bartnik (Poland), 6-1
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), 4-20
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition
- Vakhtang Yagorashvili — 5226 pts (→ 20th place)
[edit] References
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