Georgia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Georgia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGEO
NOCGeorgian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.geonoc.org.ge (in Georgian and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors28 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Lasha Talakhadze & Nino Salukvadze
Flag bearer (closing)Geno Petriashvili
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Georgia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Guram Tushishvili was disqualified from Judo after committing unsportsmanlike conduct to eventual gold metalist Teddy Riner of France, resulting in his disqualification and being banned from partaking in future events.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Lasha Bekauri Judo Men's 90 kg 31 July
 Gold Geno Petriashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 10 August
 Gold Lasha Talakhadze Weightlifting Men's +102 kg 11 August
 Silver Tato Grigalashvili Judo Men's 81 kg 30 July
 Silver Ilia Sulamanidze Judo Men's 100 kg 1 August
 Silver Givi Matcharashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg 11 August
 Bronze Lasha Guruli Boxing Men's lightweight 4 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Boxing 2 0 2
Fencing 1 0 1
Judo 7 3 10
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Weightlifting 3 0 3
Wrestling 7 0 7
Total 21 7 28

Athletics

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Georgian track athlet qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:

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
Track and road events
Athlete Event Preliminary Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Lika Kharchilava Women's 100 m 12.37 20 Did not advance

Boxing

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Georgia entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Lasha Guruli scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's lightweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[1] Georgii Kushitashvili (men's heavyweight) secured his spot following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lasha Guruli Men's lightweight Bye  Hasanov (AZE)
W 5–0
 Mukhammedsabyr (KAZ)
W 3–2
 Álvarez (CUB)
L 0–5
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Georgii Kushitashvili Men's heavyweight  Boltaev (TJK)
L 2–3
Did not advance 9

Fencing

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Georgia entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Sandro Bazadze secured his quota places in men's sabre events, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for European zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sandro Bazadze Men's sabre Bye  Zea (MEX)
W 15–6
 Amer (EGY)
L 14–15
Did not advance 9

Judo

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Georgia has qualified ten judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Europe.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Giorgi Sardalashvili –60 kg Bye  Wolczak (ISR)
W 11–00
 Yıldız (TUR)
L 00–01
Did not advance  Kim W-j (KOR)
W 10–00
 Garrigós (ESP)
L 00–01
5
Vazha Margvelashvili –66 kg Bye  Khyar (FRA)
L 00–10
Did not advance 9
Lasha Shavdatuashvili –73 kg  Gaba (FRA)
L 00–10
Did not advance 17
Tato Grigalashvili –81 kg  Latisev (MDA)
W 10–00
 Borchashvili (AUT)
W 01–00
 Makhmadbekov (TJK)
W 01–00
 Lee (KOR)
W 01–00
 Nagase (JPN)
L 00–11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lasha Bekauri –90 kg Bye  Ivanov (BUL)
W 01–00
 Han (KOR)
W 10–00
 Mosakhlishvili (ESP)
W 10–00
 Murao (JPN)
W 10–01
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ilia Sulamanidze –100 kg Bye  Pirelli (ITA)
W 10–00
 Wolf (JPN)
W 01–00
 Eich (SUI)
W 10–00
 Kotsoiev (AZE)
L 01–10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Guram Tushishvili +100 kg Bye  Ndiaye (SEN)
W 10–00
 Riner (FRA)
L 00–10
Did not advance  Yusupov (UZB)
L DSQ
Did not advance 7
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Eteri Liparteliani –57 kg  Nairne (GBR)
W 10–00
 Aminova (UZB)
W 01–00
 Silva (BRA)
L 00–10
Did not advance  Lkhagvatogoo (MGL)
W 10–00
 Cysique (FRA)
L 00–11
5
Eter Askilashvili –63 kg  Leški (SLO)
L 00–10
Did not advance 17
Sophio Somkhishvili +78 kg  Lucht (GER)
W 10–00
 Dicko (FRA)
L 00–10
Did not advance 9
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Giorgi Sardalashvili
Vazha Margvelashvili
Lasha Shavdatuashvili
Tato Grigalashvili
Lasha Bekauri
Ilia Sulamanidze
Guram Tushishvili
Eteri Liparteliani
Eter Askilashvili
Sophio Somkhishvili
Team Bye  Italy
L 3–4
Did not advance 9

Gymnastics

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Trampoline

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Georgia entered one gymnast (one female) into the 2024 Summer Olympics trampoline competition through the World Cup Series ranking.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Luba Golovina Women's 53.620 11 Did not advance

Shooting

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Georgian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[2]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Nino Salukvadze Women's 10 m air pistol 562 38 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 563 40 Did not advance

Swimming

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Georgia sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Noe Pantskhava Men's 100 m backstroke 56.46 41 Did not advance
Ana Nizharadze Women's 100 m butterfly 1:02.85 28 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Georgia entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Shota Mishvelidze (men's 61 kg), Irakli Chkheidze (men's 102 kg) and Lasha Talakhadze (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Shota Mishvelidze Men's −61 kg 121 6 135 6 256 6
Irakli Chkheidze Men's −102 kg 179 7 214 4 393 5
Lasha Talakhadze Men's +102 kg 215 2 255 1 470 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

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Georgia qualified seven wrestlers for the following events. Two wrestlers qualified for the games through top five results at the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;[3][4] two wrestlers qualified for the games after winning the semifinal match at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and two wrestlers qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Goderdzi Dzebisashvili Men's −65 kg  Tevanyan (ARM)
L 0–11 ST
Did not advance 16
Vladimeri Gamkrelidze Men's −86 kg  Shapiev (UZB)
L 1–5 PP
Did not advance 13
Givi Matcharashvili Men's −97 kg  De Lange (RSA)
W 12–2 SP
 Mchedlidze (UKR)
W 11–0 ST
 Magomedov (AZE)
W 5–0 PO
 Tazhudinov (BRN)
L 0–2 VT
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Geno Petriashvili Men's −125 kg  Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
W 11–0 ST
 Baran (POL)
W 9–2 PP
 Meshvildishvili (AZE)
W 7–0 PO
 Zare (IRI)
W 10–9 PP
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ramaz Zoidze Men's −67 kg  Ismailov (KGZ)
L 1–12 SP
Did not advance 12
Lasha Gobadze Men's −87 kg  Sid Azara (ALG)
W 2–1 PP
 Novikov (BUL)
L 3–8 PP
Did not advance  Bisultanov (DEN)
L 0–6 PO
Did not advance 9
Robert Kobliashvili Men's −97 kg  Khaslakhanau (AIN)
L 1–9 SP
Did not advance 15

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.