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Georgia at the Olympics | |
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Flag of Georgia | |
IOC code | GEO |
NOC | Georgian National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 56th |
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Winter appearances | |
Other related appearances | |
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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.
Medals
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table
Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by Summer sport
Leading in that sportSport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Judo | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
Wrestling | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
Weightlifting | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Boxing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 13 | 15 | 19 | 47 |
List of medalists
Flagbearers
Change medalists
Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table- Giorgi Gogshelidze from bronze to silver (Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg)
- Arsen Kasabiev from 4th place to silver (Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg)
Disqualified medalists
Main articles: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table and List of stripped Olympic medalsMedal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Davit Modzmanashvili | Wrestling | Men's 120 kg | 11 August 2012 |
See also
- Georgian National Olympic Committee
- Olympic competitors for Georgia
- List of flag bearers for Georgia at the Olympics
- Georgia at the Paralympics
References
- ^ "Olympedia – Georgia (GEO)". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- "Avtandili Tchrikishvili Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
External links
- "Georgia". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
- "Georgia". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/GEO". olympanalyt.com.
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