Georgia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This was the country's second appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Vladimer Chanturia Boxing Heavyweight Giorgi Vazagashvili Judo Men's 66 kg Giorgi Asanidze Weightlifting Men's 85 kg Akaki Chachua Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg Mukhran Vakhtangadze Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg 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 Australia166-158 Lost to Melissa Jennison Australia160-151 Lost to Yi-Yin Lin Chinese Taipei158-140
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 AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankNana Nebieridze10 m platform252.0926did not advance
Swimming
Men's competition AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankZurab Beridze50 m freestyle24.2854did not advance
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank123123Giorgi Asanidze– 85 kg175.0175.0180.0210.0215.0215.0390.0Mukhran Gogia– 105 kg190.0—————DNF—Valeri Sarava+ 105 kg170.0170.0177.5210.0215.0220.0385.016
References
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . 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