Georgia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Georgia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date Lasha Bekauri Judo Men's 90 kg Lasha Talakhadze Weightlifting Men's +109 kg Vazha Margvelashvili Judo Men's 66 kg Lasha Shavdatuashvili Judo Men's 73 kg Guram Tushishvili Judo Men's +100 kg Iakob Kajaia Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg Geno Petriashvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg Anton Pliesnoi Weightlifting Men's 96 kg

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 4 1 5Boxing 3 0 3Fencing 1 0 1Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 7 2 9Karate 1 0 1Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2Tennis 1 0 1Weightlifting 4 0 4Wrestling 7 0 7 Total 29 6 35

Athletics

Georgian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBachana KhoravaMen's long jump7.4128Did not advanceLasha GulelauriMen's triple jump—Did not advanceBenik AbramyanMen's shot putDid not advanceGiorgi Mujaridze19.7627Did not advanceSopo ShatirishviliWomen's shot put15.3130Did not advance

Boxing

Georgia entered three male boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time in 12 years. 2019 European Games silver medalist Sakhil Alakhverdovi (men's flyweight), Eskerkhan Madiev (men's welterweight), and Giorgi Kharabadze (men's middleweight) secured the spots on the Georgian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSakhil AlakhverdoviMen's flyweightL 0–5Did not advanceEskerkhan MadievMen's welterweightW W 3–1L 0–5Did not advanceGiorgi KharabadzeMen's middleweightL 0–5Did not advance

Fencing

Georgia entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Sandro Bazadze claimed a spot in the men's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankSandro BazadzeMen's sabreW 15–10W 15–12W 15–13L 13–15L 11–154

Gymnastics

Rhythmic Georgia entered one gymnasts to compete at the Olympics, after get the allocation quota at the 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankSalome PazhavaIndividual23.55021.95023.50020.65089.65017Did not advance

Judo

Georgia entered nine judoka (seven men and two women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLukhumi Chkhvimiani−60 kgW 10–00L 00–10Did not advanceL 00–10Did not advance7Vazha Margvelashvili−66 kgW 01–00W 10–00W 01–00L 00–01Lasha Shavdatuashvili−73 kgW 01–00W 01–00W 10–00W 10–00L 00–01Tato Grigalashvili−81 kgW 11–00W 10–00L 01–10Did not advanceW 01–00L 00–105Lasha Bekauri−90 kgW 10–00W 10–01W 10–00W 01–00W 01–00Varlam Liparteliani−100 kgW 10–00W 10–00L 00–01L 00–015Guram Tushishvili+100 kgW 10–00W 10–00W 11–01L 00–10

Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTetiana Levytska-Shukvani−52 kgW 10–00L 00–11Did not advanceEteri Liparteliani−57 kgW 10–00W 10–00L 01–10Did not advanceW 01–00L 00–105

Karate

Georgia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Gogita Arkania qualified directly for the men's kumite +75 kg category by finishing top three at 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.

Kumite AthleteEventRound robinSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGogita ArkaniaMen's +75 kgL 2–3L 1–3W 3–4KW 3–13Did not advance

Shooting

Georgian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.

AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNino SalukvadzeWomen's 10 m air pistol56731Did not advanceWomen's 25 m pistol57825Did not advance

Swimming

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIrakli RevishviliMen's 400 m freestyle3:57.4932colspan=2 Did not advanceMariam ImnadzeWomen's 100 m freestyleDid not advance

Tennis

At the conclusion of the qualification period for the Olympic tennis tournament and after some withdrawals, the following players had qualified for the competition by means of rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNikoloz BasilashviliMen's singlesW 6–3, 6–2W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4L 4–6, 6–7(5–7)Did not advance

Weightlifting

Georgia qualified four male weightlifters for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Shota Mishvelidze (men's 61 kg), Anton Pliesnoi (men's 96 kg), and reigning Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze (men's +109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking, with Goga Chkheidze (men's 67 kg) topping the list of weightlifters from Europe in the men's 67 kg division of the IWF Absolute Continental Ranking.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankShota MishvelidzeMen's −61 kg130515572857Goga ChkheidzeMen's −67 kg1331216983028Anton PliesnoiMen's −96 kg 1773 2103 387Lasha TalakhadzeMen's +109 kg223 1265 1488

Wrestling

Georgia qualified seven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (97 and 125 kg) and men's Greco-Roman (97 and 130 kg) wrestling at the 2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Georgian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.

Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAvtandil KentchadzeMen's −74 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advance12Elizbar OdikadzeMen's −97 kgW 3–1 PPL 0–4 STDid not advanceL 1–3 PPDid not advance8Geno PetriashviliMen's −125 kgW 4–0 STW 3–1 PPW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PP

Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRamaz ZoidzeMen's −67 kgW 3–1 PPW 4–0 STL 1–3 PPL 1–3 PP5Lasha GobadzeMen's −87 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advance11Giorgi MeliaMen's −97 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advanceL 1–3 PPDid not advance9Iakob KajaiaMen's −130 kgW 5–0 VTW 3–1 PPW 3–1 PPL 0–3 PO

See also Georgia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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