| Noc: | GEO |
| Nocname: | Georgian National Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Georgia |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Beijing |
| Competitors: | 35 |
| Sports: | 11 |
| Flagbearer: | Ramaz Nozadze (opening) Revazi Mindorashvili (closing) |
| Rank: | 26 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1996 |
| See also: | (1900–1912) (1952–1988) (1992) |
Georgia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of the results of all of the athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by Georgian National Olympic Committee. Georgia was represented in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by 35 sportsmen and sportswomen in total of 11 different sporting events. The Games had a dramatic start for Georgia, as well as for Russia, due to the onset of the 2008 South Ossetia war at the very start of the Games. Georgian athletes won three gold, two silver, and three bronze medals during the games.
See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Georgia sent archers to the Olympics for the fourth time, seeking its first Olympic medal in the sport. Khatuna Narimanidze and Kristine Esebua (both veterans of the 2004 Olympics) earned the nation two spots in the women's competition by placing 5th and 30th in the women's individual competition at the 2007 Outdoor World Target Championships.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Kristina Esebua | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's individual | 643 | 17 | W 102 (9)–102 (8) | L 102 (9)–102 (10) | Did not advance | ||||
| Khatuna Narimanidze | 663 | 4 | W 107–97 | W 111–98 | L 108–109 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Georgia qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Both boxers qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Nikoloz Izoria | Featherweight | W 14–4 | L 9–18 | Did not advance | ||||
| Kakhaber Zhvania | Welterweight | L 9–11 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ilia Giorgadze | Floor | 14.625 | 14.625 | 46 | Did not advance | |||||||||||
| Parallel bars | 15.150 | 15.150 | 41 | Did not advance | |||||||||||||
See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 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 | ||
| Nestor Khergiani | −60 kg | L 0010–0101 | Did not advance | L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Zaza Kedelashvili | −66 kg | L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| David Kevkhishvili | −73 kg | W 0021–0010 | L 0110–0111 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Saba Gavashelishvili | −81 kg | L 0000–1010 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Irakli Tsirekidze | −90 kg | W 0010–0001 | W 1000–0000 | W 1002–0000 | W 0001–0000 | ||||||
| Levan Zhorzholiani | −100 kg | W 0010–0000 | L 0000–1010 | Did not advance | W 1001–0001 | W 1001–0000 | W 0021–0020 | L 0000–0020 | 5 | ||
| Lasha Gujejiani | +100 kg | W 0200–0001 | W 1000–0000 | W 0011–0000 | L 0000–1011 | L 0000–1011 | 5 | ||||
See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. On 10 August 2008, Nino Salukvadze made international headlines as she kissed and hugged with Russian silver medalist Natalia Paderina after the 10m air pistol medal ceremony while Georgia and Russia were fighting over South Ossetia.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Nino Salukvadze | 10 m air pistol | 386 | 4 | 487.4 | |
| 25 m pistol | 580 | 16 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Both Georgian teams were composed of Brazilians who became Georgian citizens to compete in Olympic beach volleyball.[4] The players' nicknames echoed the name of the country, the men in English ("Geor and "Gia"), and the women in Georgian ("Saka" and "Rtvelo"). Beach volleyball proved to be the most notable moment for the Georgian team when their women defeated Russian opponents. The added notability to this game stemmed from the military conflict with Russia over South Ossetia.
The men were ranked seventeenth, and were playing in Pool C against pairs from Brazil, Australia and Angola.[5] The women are ranked 23rd in the Olympic qualifying rankings, and were the last team to earn entry from the rankings list. They were playing in Pool C against pairs from Brazil, Australia and Russia.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||||
| Renato "Geor" Gomes Jorge "Gia" Terceiro | Men's | Pool C L 0 – 2 (17–21, 19–21) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 17–21) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–13) | 3 Q | W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–16, 15–13) | W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–19) | L 0 – 2 (11–21, 13–21) | L 0 – 2 (15–21, 10–21) | 4 | |
| Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins Cristine "Saka" Santanna | Women's | Pool C L 1 – 2 (25–23, 17–21, 5–15) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 12–21) W 2 – 1 (10–21, 22–20, 15–12) Lucky Losers L 0 – 2 (13–21, 19–21) | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Raul Tsirek'idze | Men's −85 kg | 143 | 17 | — | — | 143 | ||
| Arsen Kasabiev | Men's −94 kg | 176 | 4 | 223 | 2 | 399 | ||
| Albert Kuzilov | Men's −105 kg | 182 | 7 | 227 | 4 | 409 | 6 | |
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Besarion Gochashvili | −55 kg | W 3–0 | L 1–3 | Did not advance | L 1–3 | Did not advance | 8 | ||
| Otar Tushishvili | −66 kg | W 3–1 | W 3–0 | L 1–3 | W 3–1 | ||||
| Gela Saghirashvili | −74 kg | W 3–1 | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 12 | ||||
| Revazi Mindorashvili | −84 kg | W 3–1 | W 3–0 | W 3–1 | W 3–1 | ||||
| Giorgi Gogshelidze | −96 kg | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | L 1–3 | W 3–0 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Lasha Gogitadze | −55 kg | W 3–0 | L 1–3 | Did not advance | 9 | |||||
| David Bedinadze | −60 kg | L 1–3 | Did not advance | 16 | ||||||
| Manuchar Kvirkvelia | −74 kg | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | W 3–1 | W 3–0 | |||||
| Badri Khasaia | −84 kg | L 1–3 | Did not advance | 16 | ||||||
| Ramaz Nozadze | −96 kg | W 3–1 | L 1–3 | Did not advance | 12 | |||||