# 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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Soso Liparteliani | Judo | Men's -78 | 23 July |
| Bronze | Eldar Kurtanidze | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg | 2 Aug |

## 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.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Khatouna Kurivichvili | Women's individual | 634 | 37 | Klata (POL) L 148–152 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 49 |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only

### Women's track

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Maia Azarashvili | 200m | 23.63 | 6 | "Did not advance | "Did not advance | "Did not advance | "Did not advance | "Did not advance | "Did not advance |

### Women's field

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Elvira Urusova | Shot put | 17.69 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Rank |
| Koba Gogoladze | Lightweight | Ri (PRK) W 17–9 | González (CUB) W 14–9 | Doroftei (ROU) L 8–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Besiki Wardzetashvili | Light welterweight | Bykovsky (BLR) L 11–11 TB | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tengiz Meskhadze | Welterweight | Vargas (USA) L 4–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Akaki Kakauridze | Middleweight | Araneda (CHI) W 10–3 | Bahari (ALG) L 5–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgi Kandelaki | Heavyweight | García (ECU) W 6–1 | Bartnik (POL) W 6–1 | Savón (CUB) L 4–20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Gocha Gakharia | Men's 3 m springboard | 256.68 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nino Qazarashvili | Women's 3 m springboard | 191.49 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

One male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Archil Lortkipanidze | Men's sabre | Banos (CAN) L 14–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 36 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | F | F | PH | PH | R | R | V | V | PB | PB | HB | HB | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | Score | Rank |
| Ilia Giorgadze | 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

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Total | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Total | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Score | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Score | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Score | Rank |
| Ekaterina Abramia | Individual All-around | 9.200 | 9.250 | 9.183 | 9.200 | 36.833 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Giorgi Vazagashvili | –60 kg | Bye | Giovinazzo (ITA) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Chambilly (FRA) W | Acuña (MEX) W | Bagirov (BLR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giorgi Revazishvili | –65 kg | Morales (ARG) W | Laats (BEL) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Fuentes (USA) W | Lewak (POL) W | Hernández (CUB) L | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vladimeri Dgebuadze | –71 kg | Bye | Payne (BAR) W | Bentes (POR) W | Boldbaatar (MGL) L | Did not advance | Bye | Pedro (USA) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Soso Liparteliani | –78 kg | Bye | Morgan (CAN) W | Cho (KOR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Kretsul (MDA) W | Shmakov (UZB) W | Canto (BRA) W | Dott (GER) W | |
| Giorgi Tsmindashvili | –86 kg | Bye | Zanol (BRA) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mevlud Lobzhanidze | –95 kg | Bye | Capo (USA) W | Nakamura (JPN) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Khakhaleishvili | +95 kg | Lungu (ROU) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Running (3000 m cross-country) | Running (3000 m cross-country) | Running (3000 m cross-country) | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Results | Rank | MP points | Points | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Points | Rank |
| Vakhtang Iagorashvili | Individual | 210 | 27 | 890 | 20 | =3 | 940 | 168 | 29 | 952 | 3:15.04 | 1 | 1312 | 13:31.914 | 22 | 1132 | 5226 | 20 |

## Sailing
### Open
   ### Fleet racing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank |
| Guram Biganishvili Vladimer Gruzdevi | Star | 13 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 112 | 16 |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| Bidzina Mikiashvili | -83kg | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 360.0 | 9 |
| Mukhran Gogia | -108kg | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |

## Wrestling
### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Bronze semifinal | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Avtandil Gogolishvili | –82 kg | Khadem (USA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Diouf (SEN) W 6–2 | Penev (BUL) W 4–1 | Ibragimov (AZE) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Eldar Kurtanidze | –90 kg | Baev (BUL) W 11–0 | Kim (KOR) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Gantogtokh (MGL) W 6–1 | Pauliukonis (LTU) W 5–1 | Kurtanidze (USA) W 1–0 | Tedeyev (UKR) W 10–4 | Bronze medal match Lohyňa (SVK) W 5–0 | |
| Zaza Tkeshelashvili | –100 kg | Khabelov (RUS) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Sánchez (PUR) W 3–2 | Sumiyaabazar (MGL) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Zaza Turmanidze | +130 kg | Pikos (AUS) W 8–0 | Medvedev (BLR) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Baumgartner (USA) L 2–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |