Georgia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This was the country's second appearance at the Summer Olympics.
| Georgia at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
Flag of Georgia | |
| IOC code | GEO |
| NOC | Georgian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sydney | |
| Competitors | 36 (27 men and 9 women) in 12 sports |
| Flag bearer | Giorgi Asanidze |
| Medals Ranked 68th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Vladimer Chanturia | Boxing | Heavyweight |
| Bronze | Giorgi Vazagashvili | Judo | Men's 66 kg |
| Bronze | Giorgi Asanidze | Weightlifting | Men's 85 kg |
| Bronze | Akaki Chachua | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg |
| Bronze | Mukhran Vakhtangadze | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg |
| Bronze | Eldar Kurtanidze | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 97 kg |
Results by event
Archery
In its second Olympic archery competition, Georgia sent three women. None won a match, and the trio lost their first match in the team round as well.
| Women's individual | |||||||||
| Khatuna Phutkaradze | Khatuna Lorigi | Asmat Diasamidze | |||||||
| 1/32 eliminations | Lost to | Kate Fairweather Australia | 166-158 | Lost to | Melissa Jennison Australia | 160-151 | Lost to | Yi-Yin Lin Chinese Taipei | 158-140 |
Women's team:
- Phutkaradze, Lorigi, and Diasamidze – Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 100m
- Ruslan Rusidze
- Round 1 – 10.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m
- Tamara Shanidze
- Round 1 – 12.56 (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Theimuraz Khurtsilava
- Round 1 – Defeated Aram Ramazyan of Armenia
- Round 2 – Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov of Russia (→ did not advance)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
- Vladimer Chanturia
- Round 1 – Bye
- Round 2 – Defeated Amro Mostafa Mahmoud of Egypt
- Quarterfinal – Defeated Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan
- Semifinal – Lost to Sultanahmed Ibzagimov of Russia – Bronze medal
Diving
Women's competition
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Nana Nebieridze | 10 m platform | 252.09 | 26 | did not advance | |||
Swimming
Men's competition
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Zurab Beridze | 50 m freestyle | 24.28 | 54 | did not advance | |||
Weightlifting
Men
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Giorgi Asanidze | – 85 kg | 175.0 | 180.0 | 210.0 | 390.0 | ||||
| Mukhran Gogia | – 105 kg | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | |
| Valeri Sarava | + 105 kg | 170.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 385.0 | 16 | |||
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