Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Georgia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of the results of all of the athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by Georgian National Olympic Committee. Georgia was represented in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by 35 sportsmen and sportswomen in total of 11 different sporting events. The Games had a dramatic start for Georgia, as well as for Russia, due to the onset of the 2008 South Ossetia war at the very start of the Games. Georgian athletes won three gold, two silver, and three bronze medals during the games.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Manuchar KvirkveliaWrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Irakli TsirekidzeJudo Men's 90 kg Revazi MindorashviliWrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg Giorgi GogshelidzeWrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg Arsen KasabievWeightliftingMen's 94 kg Otar TushishviliWrestlingMen's freestyle 66 kg Nino SalukvadzeShootingWomen's 10 m air pistol

Archery

Georgia sent archers to the Olympics for the fourth time, seeking its first Olympic medal in the sport. Khatuna Narimanidze and Kristine Esebua (both veterans of the 2004 Olympics) earned the nation two spots in the women's competition by placing 5th and 30th in the women's individual competition at the 2007 Outdoor World Target Championships.FITA Olympic Qualification - Women

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKristina EsebuaWomen's individual64317W 102 (9)–102 (8)L 102 (9)–102 (10)Did not advanceKhatuna Narimanidze6634W 107–97W 111–98L 108–109Did not advance

Athletics

Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDavid Ilariani110 m hurdles13.756 q13.748Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMariam KevkhishviliShot put15.9930Did not advance

Boxing

Georgia qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Both boxers qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament.2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNikoloz IzoriaFeatherweightW 14–4L 9–18Did not advanceKakhaber ZhvaniaWelterweightL 9–11Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankIlia GiorgadzeFloor14.625colspan=5 14.62546Did not advanceParallel barscolspan=4 15.15015.15041Did not advance

Trampoline AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankLuba GolovinaWomen's64.905 Q36.106

Judo

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNestor Khergiani−60 kgL 0010–0101Did not advanceL 0000–0001Did not advanceZaza Kedelashvili−66 kgL 0000–1000Did not advanceDavid Kevkhishvili−73 kgW 0021–0010L 0110–0111Did not advanceSaba Gavashelishvili−81 kgL 0000–1010Did not advanceIrakli Tsirekidze−90 kgW 0010–0001W 1000–0000W 1002–0000colspan=3 W 0001–0000Levan Zhorzholiani−100 kgW 0010–0000L 0000–1010Did not advanceW 1001–0001W 1001–0000W 0021–0020L 0000–00205Lasha Gujejiani+100 kgW 0200–0001W 1000–0000W 0011–0000L 0000–1011colspan=3 L 0000–10115

Shooting

On 10 August 2008, Nino Salukvadze made international headlines as she kissed and hugged with Russian silver medalist Natalia Paderina after the 10m air pistol medal ceremony while Georgia and Russia were fighting over South Ossetia."Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle", CNN, 10 August 2008.

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNino Salukvadze10 m air pistol3864487.425 m pistol58016Did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIrakli Revishvili200 m freestyle1:53.6053Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnna Salnikova100 m breaststroke1:21.7048Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach Both Georgian teams were composed of Brazilians who became Georgian citizens to compete in Olympic beach volleyball. The players' nicknames echoed the name of the country, the men in English ("Geor and "Gia"), and the women in Georgian ("Saka" and "Rtvelo"). Beach volleyball proved to be the most notable moment for the Georgian team when their women defeated Russian opponents. The added notability to this game stemmed from the military conflict with Russia over South Ossetia.

The men were ranked seventeenth, and were playing in Pool C against pairs from Brazil, Australia and Angola. The women are ranked 23rd in the Olympic qualifying rankings, and were the last team to earn entry from the rankings list. They were playing in Pool C against pairs from Brazil, Australia and Russia.

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRenato "Geor" GomesJorge "Gia" TerceiroMen'sPool CL 0 – 2 (17–21, 19–21)L 0 – 2 (19–21, 17–21)W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–13)3 QW 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–16, 15–13)W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–19)L 0 – 2 (11–21, 13–21)L 0 – 2 (15–21, 10–21)4Andrezza "Rtvelo" MartinsCristine "Saka" SantannaWomen'sPool CL 1 – 2 (25–23, 17–21, 5–15)L 0 – 2 (18–21, 12–21) W 2 – 1 (10–21, 22–20, 15–12)Lucky Losers L 0 – 2 (13–21, 19–21)3Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankRaul Tsirek'idzeMen's −85 kg14317——143Arsen KasabievMen's −94 kg17642232399Albert KuzilovMen's −105 kg182722744096 Arsen Kasabiev originally finished fourth, but in January 2017, he was promoted to second place due to two disqualifications.

Wrestling

Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBesarion Gochashvili−55 kgW 3–0 L 1–3 Did not advanceL 1–3 Did not advance8Otar Tushishvili−66 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 L 1–3 colspan=2 W 3–1 Gela Saghirashvili−74 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 Did not advance12Revazi Mindorashvili−84 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 colspan=2 W 3–1 Giorgi Gogshelidze−96 kgW 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 colspan=2 W 3–0 Giorgi Gogshelidze originally finished third, but in November 2016, he was promoted to second place due to disqualification of Taimuraz Tigiyev.

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLasha Gogitadze−55 kgW 3–0 L 1–3 Did not advance9David Bedinadze−60 kgL 1–3 Did not advance16Manuchar Kvirkvelia−74 kgW 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–1 colspan=2 W 3–0 Badri Khasaia−84 kgL 1–3 Did not advance16Ramaz Nozadze−96 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advance12

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