IOC code GEO | Flag bearer Giorgi K'andelak'i | |
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NOC Georgian National Olympic Committee Website www.geonoc.org.ge (Georgian) (English) Competitors 34 (27 men, 7 women) in 13 sports Medals
Ranked 68th Gold
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Bronze
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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. 34 competitors, 27 men and 7 women, took part in 39 events in 13 sports.
Contents
Bronze
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:
Athletics
Women's Shot Put
Boxing
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
- 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)
- First Round — Lost to Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus), 11-11 (referee decision)
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
- First Round — Lost to Fernando Vargas (United States), 4-10
Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
- First Round — Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile), 10-3
- Second Round — Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 5-8
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
- 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
— 191.49 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Fencing
One male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.
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
Weightlifting
Men's Light-Heavyweight