Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

competed at the

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. 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 The Georgian National Olympic Committee (GNOC) ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული ოლიმპიური კომიტეტი, ''sakartvelos erovnuli olimp'iuri k'omit'et'i'') is a Georgian national constitu ...

. Georgia was represented in the

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by 35 sportsmen and sportswomen in total of 11 different sporting events. The Games had a dramatic start for Georgia, as well as for

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, due to the onset of the

2008 South Ossetia war The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...

at the very start of the Games. Georgian athletes won three gold, two silver, and three bronze medals during the games.

Medalists

Archery

Georgia sent archers to the Olympics for the fourth time, seeking its first Olympic medal in the sport.

Khatuna Narimanidze Khatuna Narimanidze ( ka, ხათუნა ნარიმანიძე; born 2 February 1974) is an athlete from Georgia. She competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Narimanidze represented Georgia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed ...

and

Kristine Esebua Kristine Esebua ( ka, ქრისტინე ესებუა; born 19 March 1985, Khobi) is a sportsperson from the nation of Georgia. She has competed at four Olympic Games in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Esebua represented Georgia at t ...

(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
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Athletics

;Men ;Women

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

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men

Trampoline

Judo

;Men

Shooting

On 10 August 2008, Nino Salukvadze made international headlines as she kissed and hugged with Russian silver medalist

Natalia Paderina Natalia Paderina nee Natalia Akhmertdinova (born November 1, 1975 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian sport shooter. She won the silver medal in Women's 10m air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At that event, she sha ...

after the 10m air pistol medal ceremony while Georgia and Russia were fighting over

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

. ;Women

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Volleyball

Beach

Both Georgian teams were composed of

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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 "

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" 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

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Weightlifting

Arsen Kasabiev Arsen Kasabiev ( ka, არსენ კასაბიევი; russian: Арсен Касабиев) born 15 November 1987 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia) is a Polish- Georgian weightlifter of Ossetian origin. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he p ...

originally finished fourth, but in January 2017, he was promoted to second place due to two disqualifications.

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle *

Giorgi Gogshelidze Giorgi Gogshelidze (born 7 November 1979 in Gori) is a Georgian wrestler, who has won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Oly ...

originally finished third, but in November 2016, he was promoted to second place due to disqualification of

Taimuraz Tigiyev Taimuraz Tigiyev (born 15 January 1982 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian-Kazakhstani wrestler from Moscow of Ossetian origin. He initially won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal after a retest of hi ...

. ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

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