Georgia at the Olympics


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.

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Soso Liparteliani JudoMen's 78 kg
Eldar Kurtanidze WrestlingMen's freestyle 90 kg
Giorgi Vazagashvili JudoMen's 66 kg
Vladimer Chanturia BoxingHeavyweight
Giorgi Asanidze WeightliftingMen's 85 kg
Eldar Kurtanidze WrestlingMen's freestyle 97 kg
Akaki Chachua WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 63 kg
Mukhran Vakhtangadze WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Zurab Zviadauri JudoMen's 90 kg
Giorgi Asanidze WeightliftingMen's 85 kg
Nestor Khergiani JudoMen's 60 kg
Ramaz Nozadze WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 96 kg
Irakli Tsirekidze JudoMen's 90 kg
Manuchar Kvirkvelia WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Revaz Mindorashvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg
Giorgi Gogshelidze WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg
Arsen Kasabiev WeightliftingMen's 94 kg
Nino Salukvadze ShootingWomen's 10 metre air pistol
Otar Tushishvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 66 kg
Lasha Shavdatuashvili JudoMen's 66 kg
Revaz Lashkhi WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 60 kg
Vladimer Khinchegashvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 55 kg
Manuchar Tskhadaia WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 66 kg
Dato Marsagishvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg
Giorgi Gogshelidze WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg
Lasha Talakhadze WeightliftingMen's +105 kg
Vladimer Khinchegashvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg
Varlam Liparteliani JudoMen's 90 kg
Lasha Shavdatuashvili JudoMen's 73 kg
Shmagi Bolkvadze WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 66 kg
Irakli Turmanidze WeightliftingMen's +105 kg
Geno Petriashvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 125 kg
Lasha Bekauri JudoMen's 90 kg
Lasha Talakhadze WeightliftingMen's +109 kg
Vazha Margvelashvili JudoMen's 66 kg
Lasha Shavdatuashvili JudoMen's 73 kg
Guram Tushishvili JudoMen's +100 kg
Iakob Kajaia WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Geno Petriashvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 125 kg
Anton Pliesnoi WeightliftingMen's 96 kg
Lasha Bekauri JudoMen's 90 kg
Geno Petriashvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 125 kg
Lasha Talakhadze WeightliftingMen's +102 kg
Tato Grigalashvili JudoMen's 81 kg
Ilia Sulamanidze JudoMen's 100 kg
Givi Matcharashvili WrestlingMen's freestyle 97 kg
Lasha Guruli BoxingMen's lightweight

Flagbearers

GamesAthleteSport
Giorgi KandelakiBoxing
Giorgi AsanidzeWeightlifting
Zurab ZviadauriJudo
Ramaz NozadzeWrestling
Nino SalukvadzeShooting
Avtandil TchrikishviliJudo
Nino SalukvadzeShooting
Lasha TalakhadzeWeightlifting
Nino SalukvadzeShooting
Lasha TalakhadzeWeightlifting

GamesAthleteSport
Zurab DzhidzhishviliAlpine skiing
Sofia AkhmeteliAlpine skiing
Sofia AkhmeteliAlpine skiing
Vakhtang MurvanidzeFigure skating
Iason AbramashviliAlpine skiing
Nino TsiklauriAlpine skiing
Morisi KvitelashviliFigure skating

Change medalists

  1. Giorgi Gogshelidze from bronze to silver
  2. Arsen Kasabiev from 4th place to silver

Disqualified medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Davit ModzmanashviliWrestlingMen's 120 kg