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Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
GEO

Competitors
  
35 in 11 sports

Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Georgian National Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.geonoc.org.ge (Georgian) (English)

Flag bearer
  
Nino Salukvadze (opening) Lasha Shavdatuashvili (closing)

Medals Ranked 39th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 3 7

Georgia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was a list of results of all athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by the Georgian National Olympic Committee. A total of 35 athletes, 29 men and 6 women, competed in 11 sports, tying the record for the most number of athletes with Beijing. Among the sports played by the athletes, Georgia marked its Olympic debut in tennis.

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The Georgian team included three bronze medalists from the previous games: pistol shooter Nino Salukvadze, and freestyle wrestlers Otar Tushishvili and Giorgi Gogshelidze. Among these champions, Gogshelidze only managed to repeat his bronze medal in men's freestyle wrestling. Salukvadze, gold medalist in pistol shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, participated in her seventh Olympic games under three different banners (the other two were Soviet Union and the Unified Team), and was the oldest and most experienced member of the contingent, at age 45. The Georgian National Olympic Committee also appointed her to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Georgia left London with a total of 7 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze). Judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili won the nation's only gold medal on the second day of the competition. Six other medals won by the Georgian athletes were awarded in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Archery

Georgia has qualified one archer for the women's individual event.

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • Men
    Track & road events
    Field events
    Women
    Field events

    Boxing

    Georgia has qualified one boxer.

    Men

    Judo

    Men

    Shooting

    Georgia has ensured a berth in the shooting's 10m air pistol women event.

    Women

    Swimming

    Georgia has gained an "Universality place" from the FINA.

    Men

    Weightlifting

    Georgia has qualified 3 men.

    Wrestling

    Georgia has qualified 13 quota places.

    Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
  • Men's freestyle
    Men's Greco-Roman

    References

    Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wikipedia