Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| Georgia at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||||||||
| Competitors | ||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 68 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 2 |
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 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] Athletics
Women's Shot Put
- Elvira Urusova
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- Qualification — 17.69m (→ did not advance)
[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] 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)
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition
- Vakhtang Yagorashvili — 5226 pts (→ 20th place)
[edit] References
- (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 on 2008-02-13.
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
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