Georgia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Georgia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Georgia IOC code  GEO NOC Georgian National Olympic Committee Website www.geonoc.org.ge (Georgian) (English)
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	36 (27 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Giorgi Asanidze
Medals Rank: 68	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 6	Total 6
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Georgia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Bronze

• Vladimer Chanturia — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
• Giorgi Vazagashvili — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (– 66 kg)
• Giorgi Asanidze — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (– 85 kg)
• Akaki Chachua — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (– 63 kg)
• Mukhran Vakhtangadze — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (– 85 kg)
• Eldar Kurtanidze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (– 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	175.0	180.0	210.0	215.0	215.0	390.0
Mukhran Gogia	– 105 kg	190.0	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
Valeri Sarava	+ 105 kg	170.0	170.0	177.5	210.0	215.0	220.0	385.0	16

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site