| Noc: | GEO |
| Nocname: | Georgian National Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Georgia |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Atlanta |
| Competitors: | 34 (27 men, 7 women) |
| Sports: | 13 |
| Flagbearer: | Georgi Kandelaki[1] |
| Rank: | 68 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1996 |
| See also: | (1900–1912) (1952–1988) (1992) |
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.[2]
See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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.
See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Rank | |||
| Koba Gogoladze | Lightweight | W 17–9 | W 14–9 | L 8–17 | Did not advance | |||
| Besiki Wardzetashvili | Light welterweight | L 11–11 | Did not advance | |||||
| Tengiz Meskhadze | Welterweight | L 4–10 | Did not advance | |||||
| Akaki Kakauridze | Middleweight | W 10–3 | L 5–8 | Did not advance | ||||
| Georgi Kandelaki | Heavyweight | W 6–1 | W 6–1 | L 4–20 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | |||
| Gocha Gakharia | Men's 3 m springboard | 256.68 | 34 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Nino Qazarashvili | Women's 3 m springboard | 191.49 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||||||
See main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. One male fencer represented Georgia in 1996.
See main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Giorgi Vazagashvili | –60 kg | L | Did not advance | W | W | L | Did not advance | |||||
| Giorgi Revazishvili | –65 kg | W | L | Did not advance | W | W | L | Did not advance | ||||
| Vladimeri Dgebuadze | –71 kg | W | W | L | Did not advance | L | Did not advance | |||||
| Soso Liparteliani | –78 kg | W | L | Did not advance | W | W | W | W | ||||
| Giorgi Tsmindashvili | –86 kg | L | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Mevlud Lobzhanidze | –95 kg | W | L | Did not advance | ||||||||
| David Khakhaleishvili | +95 kg | L | Did not advance | |||||||||
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Bidzina Mikiashvili | -83kg | 160.0 | 200.0 | 360.0 | 9 | |||||
| Mukhran Gogia | -108kg | Did not start | ||||||||
See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Bronze semifinal | Final / / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | L 0–3 | Did not advance | W 6–2 | W 4–1 | L 4–6 | Did not advance | 11 | |||||
| Eldar Kurtanidze | –90 kg | W 11–0 | L 2–3 | Did not advance | W 6–1 | W 5–1 | W 1–0 | W 10–4 | Bronze medal match W 5–0 | ||||
| Zaza Tkeshelashvili | –100 kg | L 0–2 | Did not advance | W 3–2 | L 2–6 | Did not advance | 13 | ||||||
| Zaza Turmanidze | +130 kg | W 8–0 | L 1–3 | Did not advance | L 2–14 | Did not advance | 10 | ||||||