Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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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.

Medalists

Bronze

* Soso Liparteliani — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
* Eldar Kurtanidze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight (90 kg)

Results by event

=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)

=Athletics=

Women's Shot Put
* Elvira Urusova :* Qualification — 17.69m (→ did not advance)

=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 Sergey Bykovsky (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

=Diving=

Women's 3m Springboard
*Nana Kazarashvili:* Preliminary Heat — 191.49 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

=Judo=

Men's extra-lightweight (60 kg)
*Giorgi Vazagashvili

Men's half-lightweight (65 kg)
*Giorgi Revazishvili

Men's lightweight (71 kg)
*Vladimeri Dgebuadze

Men's half-middleweight (78 kg)
*Soso Liparteliani

Men's middleweight (86 kg)
*Giorgi Tsmindashvili

Men's half-heavyweight (95 kg)
*Movlud Lobjanidze

Men's heavyweight (+95 kg)
*David Khakhaleishvili

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition
* Vakhtang Yagorashvili — 5226 pts (→ 20th place)

=Weightlifting=

Men's Light-Heavyweight
*Bidzina Mikiashvili:* Final — 160.0 + 200.0 = 360.0 (→ 9th place)

References

*cite book |title=The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results |author=(ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. |publisher=Peachtree Publishers |location=Atlanta |year=1997 |isbn=1-56145-150-9 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-13
*cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-02-13