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Georgia at the Olympics

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Georgia at the
Olympics
IOC codeGEO
NOCGeorgian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.geonoc.org.ge (in Georgian and English)
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
13
Silver
15
Bronze
19
Total
47
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Georgia first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then.

Previously, Georgian athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988 and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Georgia was part of the Unified Team in 1992.

Georgian athletes have won a total of 40 medals, mostly in wrestling, judo and weightlifting.

The Georgian National Olympic Committee was created in 1989 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medals

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Medals by Summer sport

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  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Judo57315
 Wrestling471021
 Weightlifting4138
 Boxing0022
 Shooting0011
Totals (5 entries)13151947

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Soso Liparteliani 1996 Atlanta Judo Men's 78 kg
 Bronze Eldar Kurtanidze Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg
 Bronze Giorgi Vazagashvili 2000 Sydney Judo Men's 66 kg
 Bronze Vladimer Chanturia Boxing Heavyweight
 Bronze Giorgi Asanidze Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
 Bronze Eldar Kurtanidze Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg
 Bronze Akaki Chachua Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
 Bronze Mukhran Vakhtangadze Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
 Gold Zurab Zviadauri 2004 Athens Judo Men's 90 kg
 Gold Giorgi Asanidze Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
 Silver Nestor Khergiani Judo Men's 60 kg
 Silver Ramaz Nozadze Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
 Gold Irakli Tsirekidze 2008 Beijing Judo Men's 90 kg
 Gold Manuchar Kvirkvelia Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
 Gold Revaz Mindorashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg
 Silver Giorgi Gogshelidze Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg
 Silver Arsen Kasabiev Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
 Bronze Nino Salukvadze Shooting Women's 10 metre air pistol
 Bronze Otar Tushishvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg
 Gold Lasha Shavdatuashvili 2012 London Judo Men's 66 kg
 Silver Revaz Lashkhi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
 Silver Vladimer Khinchegashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg
 Bronze Manuchar Tskhadaia Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 Bronze Dato Marsagishvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg
 Bronze Giorgi Gogshelidze Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg
 Gold Lasha Talakhadze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's +105 kg
 Gold Vladimer Khinchegashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
 Silver Varlam Liparteliani Judo Men's 90 kg
 Bronze Lasha Shavdatuashvili Judo Men's 73 kg
 Bronze Shmagi Bolkvadze Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 Bronze Irakli Turmanidze Weightlifting Men's +105 kg
 Bronze Geno Petriashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Gold Lasha Bekauri 2020 Tokyo Judo Men's 90 kg
 Gold Lasha Talakhadze Weightlifting Men's +109 kg
 Silver Vazha Margvelashvili Judo Men's 66 kg
 Silver Lasha Shavdatuashvili Judo Men's 73 kg
 Silver Guram Tushishvili Judo Men's +100 kg
 Silver Iakob Kajaia Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
 Silver Geno Petriashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Bronze Anton Pliesnoi Weightlifting Men's 96 kg
 Gold Lasha Bekauri 2024 Paris Judo Men's 90 kg
 Gold Geno Petriashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Gold Lasha Talakhadze Weightlifting Men's +102 kg
 Silver Tato Grigalashvili Judo Men's 81 kg
 Silver Ilia Sulamanidze Judo Men's 100 kg
 Silver Givi Matcharashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg
 Bronze Lasha Guruli Boxing Men's lightweight

Flagbearers

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Change medalists

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  1. Giorgi Gogshelidze from bronze to silver (Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg)
  2. Arsen Kasabiev from 4th place to silver (Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg)

Disqualified medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Davit Modzmanashvili Wrestling Men's 120 kg 11 August 2012

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Olympedia – Georgia (GEO)". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Avtandili Tchrikishvili Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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