1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Georgia)

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Georgia took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with 34 athletes, 7 women and 27 men, in 39 competitions in 13 sports.

It was Georgia's first participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Boxer Giorgi Kandelaki carried the flag of Georgia during the opening ceremony on July 19, 1996 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With two bronze medals won by the Georgian team finished 68th place in the medal table .

bronze

• Eldari Luka Kurtanidze : Wrestling , light-heavyweight freestyle
• Soso Liparteliani : Judo , light middleweight

Attendees

The youngest participant was the diver Nino Kazarashvili at 16 years and 240 days, the oldest was the sailor Guram Biganishvili at 46 years and 65 days.

Surname	Age	gender	sport	Result (s)
Ekaterina Abramia	16	Female	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	Place 25 in the individual preliminaries
Maia Azarashvili	32	Female	athletics	6th place in the third heat over 200 meters
Guram Biganishvili	46	male	sailing	16th place in the Star
Vladimer Dgebuadze	23	male	Judo	9th place in the lightweight category
Gocha Gakharia	22nd	male	Diving	Place 34 from the tower
Ilya Giorgadze	18th	male	do gymnastics	25th place in the individual all-around competition; 28th place in the floor qualification; 81st place in the horse jumping qualification; 57th place in the bars qualification; 78th place in the horizontal bar qualification; 65th place in the rings qualification; 42nd place in the pommel horse qualification
Bakur Gogitidze	22nd	male	Wrestling	14th place in the Greco-Roman heavyweight division
Koba Gogoladze	23	male	Boxing	5th place in the lightweight category
Avtandil Gogolishvili	32	male	Wrestling	10th place in the middleweight freestyle
Vladimir Gruzdev	44	male	sailing	16th place in the Star
Koba Guliashvili	28	male	Wrestling	4th place in the Greco-Roman featherweight
Vaho Iagorashvili	32	male	Modern pentathlon	20th place in the individual
Tamaz Imnaishvili	41	male	Shooting sports	9th place in the skeet
Akaki kakauridze	24	male	Boxing	9th place in the middleweight division
Giorgi Kandelaki	25th	male	Boxing	5th place in the heavyweight division
Nino Kazarashvili	16	Female	Diving	28th place off the board
Eldari Luka Kurtanidze	24	male	Wrestling	Bronze in the light-heavyweight freestyle
Khatuna Lorig	22nd	Female	Archery	49th place in the individual
So Liparteliani	25th	male	Judo	Bronze in the light middleweight division
Mevlud Lobzhanidze	27	male	Judo	17th place in the light heavyweight division
Artschil Lortkipanidze	26th	male	fencing	36th place in the saber singles
Nino Luarsabishvili-Uchadze	31	Female	Shooting sports	36th place with the air pistol; 25th place with the sport pistol
Tarieli Melelashvili	20th	male	Wrestling	20th place in the lightweight Greco-Roman
Tengiz Meskhadze	27	male	Boxing	17th place in the welterweight division
Bidzina Mikiashvili	28	male	Weightlifting	9th place in the light heavyweight division
Gela Papashvili	27	male	Wrestling	6th place in the light flyweight Greco-Roman
Giorgi Revazishvili	21st	male	Judo	7th place in the semi-lightweight
Nino Salukvadze	27	Female	Shooting sports	5th place with the air pistol; 7th place with the sport pistol
Zaza Tkeshelashvili	31	male	Wrestling	13th place in the heavyweight freestyle
Georgi Tsmindashvili	20th	male	Judo	21st place in the middleweight division
Zaza Turmanidze	31	male	Wrestling	10th place in super heavyweight freestyle
Elvira Urusova	28	Female	athletics	17th place in the shot put qualification
Bessik Vardselashvili	19th	male	Boxing	17th place in the light welterweight division
Giorgi Vazagashvili	22nd	male	Judo	7th place in the extra light weight category

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
• Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )

Web links

• Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )