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
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
,
Greece
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, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
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 ...
(GNOC) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the post-Soviet era. A total of 32 athletes, 26 men and 6 women, competed in 10 different sports.
The Georgian team featured four bronze medalists from the previous games: weightlifter
Giorgi Asanidze
Giorgi Asanidze ( ka, გიორგი ასანიძე; born 30 August 1975 in Sachkhere) is a former Georgian weightlifter, Olympic Champion, World Champion, and three time European Champion who competed in the 85 kg and 77 kg ...
, and wrestlers
Akaki Chachua,
Eldar Kurtanidze
Eldar "Luka" Kurtanidze ( ka, ელდარ უკაკურტანიძე) (born April 16, 1972, in Gulripshi, Georgian SSR) is a Georgian wrestler and the Georgian Dream political activist. He has served as ...
, and
Mukhran Vakhtangadze
Mukhran Vakhtangadze (born January 22, 1973 in Batumi) is a Georgian wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 85 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was el ...
. Among these medalists, Asanidze managed to beat his opponents and overhaul the host nation's defending champion
Pyrros Dimas
Pyrros Dimas ( el, Πύρρος Δήμας; ; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former weightlifter. He is currently the technical director for USA Weightlifting, having taken that position in June 2017. Dimas has also been involve ...
for the gold in the
men's 85 kg class. Other notable athletes included pistol shooter and 1988 Olympic champion
Nino Salukvadze
Nino Salukvadze ( ka, ნინო სალუქვაძე; born 1 February 1969, in Tbilisi) is a female Georgian sport shooter. She is a nine-time Olympian and has won medals on three occasions. At age 19 and competing for the Soviet Unio ...
, who participated in her fifth games under three different banners (the other two were Soviet Union and the Unified Team) as the oldest and most experienced member of the contingent, and judoka and world champion
Zurab Zviadauri
Zurab Zviadauri (born July 2, 1981) is a Georgian judoka who competed in the Men's 90 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, the first for Georgia. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. He also won ...
, who was appointed by GNOC to be the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
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Georgia left Athens with a total of four medals (two golds and two silver). These medals were officially awarded to Asanidze, Zviadauri, lightweight judoka ]Nestor Khergiani
Nestor Khergiani ( ka, ნესტორ ხერგიანი, born July 20, 1975) is a Georgian judoka. He obtained silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the -60 kg event where he lost in the final to Tadahiro Nomura. Khergiani w ...
, and Greco-Roman wrestler Ramaz Nozadze.
Medalists
Archery
Georgia has qualified two spots in the women's individual archery.
Athletics
Georgian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
Boxing
Georgia sent two boxers to Athens. They both were defeated in the round of 16, after one victory and one bye in the round of 32. Their combined record was 1-2.
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
Trampoline
Judo
;Men
Shooting
;Women
Swimming
;Men
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Key
* - Victory by Fall.
* - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
References
External links
Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadGeorgian National Olympic Committee
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Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004
Summer Olympics