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Revision as of 05:01, 16 August 2016

Template:Infobox Olympics Georgia

Georgia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Varlam Liparteliani Judo Men's 90 kg August 10
 Bronze Lasha Shavdatuashvili Judo Men's 73 kg August 8

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgian archers qualified each for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kristine Esebua Women's individual 612 45  Kumari (IND)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Yuliya Lobzhenidze 594 57  Valencia (MEX)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Khatuna Narimanidze 625 34  Sichenikova (UKR)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Kristine Esebua
Yuliya Lobzhenidze
Khatuna Narimanidze 		Women's team 1831 12 —  Mexico (MEX)
L 0–6 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

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

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Daviti Kharazishvili Marathon
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Benik Abramyan Shot put
Bachana Khorava Long jump 7.77 19 Did not advance
Lasha Torgvaidze Triple jump x NM Did not advance
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Valentina Liashenko High jump

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Georgia has qualified a single boat in men's C-1 200 m for the Games by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.[5]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Zaza Nadiradze Men's C-1 200 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgia has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's sporting comeback for the first time since 1996. Sandro Bazadze had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sandro Bazadze Men's sabre  Agresta (BRA)
W 15–3 		 Kim J-h (KOR)
L 14–15 		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic

Georgia has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[6]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Salome Pazhava Individual

Trampoline

Georgia has qualified one gymnast in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.[7]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Luba Golovina Women's 98.285 8 Q 51.010 7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgia has qualified a total of eight judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. All seven men, highlighted by London 2012 champion Lasha Shavdatuashvili and world no. 1 seed Avtandili Tchrikishvili, were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Dutch-born Esther Stam at women's middleweight (70 kg) became the nation's first ever female in the sport, earning a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Georgian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[8] The judo team was named to the Olympic roster on June 4, 2016.[9]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Amiran Papinashvili −60 kg Bye  Pessoa (CAN)
W 011–000 		 Gerchev (BUL)
W 000–000 S 		 Takato (JPN)
W 100–000 		 Mudranov (RUS)
L 000–100 		Bye  Urozboev (UZB)
L 000–001 		5
Vazha Margvelashvili −66 kg Bye  Gomboč (SLO)
L 000-100 		Did not advance
Lasha Shavdatuashvili −73 kg Bye  Estrada (CUB)
W 100–000 		 Repiyallage (SRI)
W 100–000 		 Ono (JPN)
L 000–010 		Did not advance  Iartcev (RUS)
W 100–000 		 Muki (ISR)
W 100–000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Avtandili Tchrikishvili −81 kg Bye  Silva (CUB)
W 001–000 		 Turcios (ESA)
W 001–000 		 Marconcini (ITA)
W 011–000 		 Stevens (USA)
L 000–100 		Bye  Nagase (JPN)
L 000–001 		5
Varlam Liparteliani −90 kg Bye  Ustopiriyon (TJK)
W 100–000 		 Uera (NRU)
W 100–000 		 Lkhagvasüren (MGL)
W 000–000 S 		 Gwak D-h (KOR)
W 100–000 		Bye  Baker (JPN)
L 000–001 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Beka Gviniashvili −100 kg Bye  Fletcher (GBR)
W 100–000 		 Nikiforov (BEL)
W 101–000 		 Maret (FRA)
L 000–010 		Did not advance  Haga (JPN)
L 000–000 S 		Did not advance 7
Adam Okruashvili +100 kg —  Harasawa (JPN)
L 000–000 S 		Did not advance
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
Esther Stam −70 kg  Tsend-Ayuush (MGL)
W 011–000 		 Zupancic (CAN)
L 000–000 S 		Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgian shooters have qualified for the following events by virtue of their best finish at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[10]

Going to her eighth straight Olympics, three-time pistol shooting medalist Nino Salukvadze joined her son Tsotne Machavariani to be officially named to the Georgian team, making them the first ever mother-son tandem in history to compete together at the same edition of the Games.[11]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Tsotne Machavariani Men's 10 m air pistol 574 29 — Did not advance
Men's 50 m pistol 552 15 — Did not advance
Nino Salukvadze Women's 10 m air pistol 377 34 — Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 584 3 Q 14 6 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgia has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[12][13]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Irakli Revishvili Men's 400 m freestyle 4:00.56 45 — Did not advance
Teona Bostashvili Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:22.91 43 Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgia has claimed one of six ITF Olympic men's singles places to send Nikoloz Basilashvili (world no. 101) in the men's singles into the Olympic tennis tournament.[14][15]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nikoloz Basilashvili Men's singles  Cuevas (URU)
L 3–6, 7–6(10–8), 3–6 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgian weightlifters have qualified three men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Meanwhile, an unused women's Olympic spot was awarded to the Georgian team by IWF, as a result of Russia's complete ban from the Games due to the "multiple positive cases" of doping.[16] [17]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Giorgi Chkheidze Men's −105 kg 170 14 208 - DNF
Lasha Talakhadze Men's +105 kg
Irakli Turmanidze
Anastasiia Hotfrid Women's +75 kg 113 11 135 12 248 12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Georgia has qualified a total of eleven wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in all men's freestyle events (except 65 & 74 kg) at the 2015 World Championships, while four more Olympic berths were awarded to Georgian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.[18]

Three further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Georgian roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's Greco-Roman 98 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar, and two more at the final meet in Istanbul.

Key:

  • VT – Victory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Vladimer Khinchegashvili −57 kg
Zurabi Iakobishvili −65 kg
Jakob Makarashvili −74 kg
Sandro Aminashvili −86 kg
Elizbar Odikadze −97 kg
Geno Petriashvili −125 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Shmagi Bolkvadze −66 kg
Zurabi Datunashvili −75 kg  Kartikov (KAZ)
L 0–2 PO 		Did not advance 18
Robert Kobliashvili −85 kg  Leyva (MEX)
W 3–0 PO 		 Kudla (GER)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 9
Revazi Nadareishvili −98 kg
Iakob Kajaia −130 kg  Soghomonyan (BRA)
W 4–0 ST 		 Chernetskyi (UKR)
W 5–0 VT 		 Semenov (RUS)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 7

References

  1. ^ Pavitt, Michael (28 July 2015). "Olympic gold medallists Italy hold nerve in shoot-off to secure Rio 2016 quota spot at World Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016 team quota places awarded in Copenhagen". World Archery Federation. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Euro Olympic quotas secured". International Canoe Federation. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed". FIG. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Trampoline Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed". FIG. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  8. ^ "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Georgia pick Shavdatuashvili over Tatalashvili in Olympic team". JudoInside.com. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  11. ^ Bonesteel, Matt (3 May 2016). "A mother and son have never competed in the same Olympics. Until now. In shooting, no less". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  14. ^ "ITF announces entries for Rio 2016 Olympics". International Tennis Federation. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Nikoloz Basilashvili Won the License of Rio!". Worldsport.ge. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  16. ^ "IWF EB decision on Russian participation at the Rio 2016 OG". International Weightlifting Federation. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  17. ^ "Start List Package Weightlifting, 6-16 August" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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