Georgia at the 2016 Summer Olympics: Difference between revisions

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'''[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]''' is scheduled to competecompeted at the '''[[2016 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will bewas the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Lasha|Talakhadze}} || [[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|Men's +105 kg]] || {{dts|August 16 August}}

| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Vladimer|Khinchegashvili}} || [[Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[ Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|Men's freestyle 57 kg]] || {{dts|August 19 August}}

| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Varlam|Liparteliani}} || [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Judo]] || [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics -– Men's 90 kg|Men's 90 kg]] || {{dts|August 10 August}}

| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Lasha|Shavdatuashvili}} || [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Judo]] || [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics -– Men's 73 kg|Men's 73 kg]] || {{dts|August 8 August}}

| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Shmagi|Bolkvadze}} || [[Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg|Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg]] || {{dts|August 16 August}}

| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Irakli|Turmanidze}} || [[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|Men's +105 kg]] || {{dts|August 16 August}}

Georgian archers qualified each for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the [[2015 World Archery Championships]] in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Pavitt|title=Olympic gold medallists Italy hold nerve in shoot-off to secure Rio 2016 quota spot at World Archery Championships|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1029010/olympic-gold-medallists-italy-hold-nerve-in-shoot-off-to-secure-rio-2016-quota-spot-at-world-archery-championships|publisher=Inside the Games|date=28 July 2015|accessdateaccess-date=29 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rio 2016 team quota places awarded in Copenhagen|url=http://worldarchery.org/news/125067/rio-2016-team-quota-places-awarded-copenhagen|publisher=[[World Archery Federation]]|date=28 July 2015|accessdateaccess-date=29 July 2015}}</ref>

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Deepika Kumari|Kumari]]|IND|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 4–6

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alejandra Valencia|Valencia]]|MEX|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 4–6

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lidiia Sichenikova|Sichenikova]]|UKR|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 1–7

|align=left|[[Kristine Esebua]]<br/>[[Yuliya Lobzhenidze]]<br/>[[Khatuna Narimanidze]]

|{{flagIOCteam|MEX|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 0–6

Georgian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):<ref>{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|accessdateaccess-date=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf|publisher=[[IAAF]]|accessdateaccess-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

*Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|MarathonMen's marathon]]

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|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|ShotMen's shot put]]

|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|LongMen's long jump]]

|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump|TripleMen's triple jump]]

|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|HighWomen's high jump]]

Georgia has qualified a single boat in men's C-1 200 m for the Games by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in [[Duisburg]], [[Germany]], signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.<ref>{{cite news|title=Euro Olympic quotas secured|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/news/euro-olympic-quotas-secured|publisher=[[International Canoe Federation]]|date=19 May 2016|accessdateaccess-date=20 May 2016}}</ref>

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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Renzo Agresta|Agresta]]|BRA|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 15–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim J-h]]|KOR|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 14–15

Georgia has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the [[2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|2015 World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1297|publisher=[[International Federation of Gymnastics|FIG]]|date=12 September 2015|accessdateaccess-date=17 September 2015}}</ref>

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Georgia has qualified one gymnast in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the [[2015 Trampoline World Championships|2015 World Championships]] in [[Odense]], [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Trampoline Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1403|publisher=[[International Federation of Gymnastics|FIG]]|date=1 December 2015|accessdateaccess-date=3 December 2015}}</ref>

Georgia has qualified a total of eight judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. All seven men, highlighted by London 2012 champion [[Lasha Shavdatuashvili]] and world no. 1 seed [[Avtandili Tchrikishvili]], were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 30, 2016, while Dutch-born Esther Stam at women's middleweight (70 &nbsp;kg) became the nation's first ever female in the sport, earning a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Georgian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|title=IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games|date=23 June 2016|publisher=[[International Judo Federation]]|accessdateaccess-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205937/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|archive-date=7 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The judo team was named to the Olympic roster on June 4, June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.judoinside.com/news/1416/Georgia_pick_Shavdatuashvili_over_Tatalashvili_in_Olympic_team|title=Georgia pick Shavdatuashvili over Tatalashvili in Olympic team|publisher=JudoInside.com|date=4 June 2016|accessdateaccess-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sérgio Pessoa|Pessoa]]|CAN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 011–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yanislav Gerchev|Gerchev]]|BUL|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Naohisa Takato|Takato]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Beslan Mudranov|Mudranov]]|RUS|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–100

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Diyorbek Urozboev|Urozboev]]|UZB|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–001

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Adrian Gomboč|Gomboč]]|SLO|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000-100

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Magdiel Estrada|Estrada]]|CUB|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Chamara Repiyallage|Repiyallage]]|SRI|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Shohei Ono|Ono]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–010

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Denis Iartcev|Iartcev]]|RUS|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sagi Muki|Muki]]|ISR|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Iván Felipe Silva|Silva]]|CUB|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 001–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Juan Diego Turcios|Turcios]]|ESA|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 001–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Matteo Marconcini|Marconcini]]|ITA|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 011–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Travis Stevens|Stevens]]|USA|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–100

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Takanori Nagase|Nagase]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–001

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Komronshokh Ustopiriyon|Ustopiriyon]]|TJK|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ovini Uera|Uera]]|NRU|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar|Lkhagvasüren]]|MGL|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gwak Dong-han|Gwak D-h]]|KOR|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mashu Baker|Baker]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–001

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Benjamin Fletcher (judoka)|Fletcher]]|GBR|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Toma Nikiforov|Nikiforov]]|BEL|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 101–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Cyrille Maret|Maret]]|FRA|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–010

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ryunosuke Haga|Haga]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hisayoshi Harasawa|Harasawa]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tsend-Ayuushiin Naranjargal|Tsend-Ayuush]]|MGL|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 011–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kelita Zupancic|Zupancic]]|CAN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

Georgian shooters have qualified for the following events by virtue of their best finish at the [[2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships]], the [[2015 ISSF World Cup]] series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places_by_nation_and_number.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=30 May 2016|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=[[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]|accessdateaccess-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>

Going to her eighth straight Olympics, three-time pistol shooting medalist [[Nino Salukvadze]] joined her son [[Tsotne Machavariani]] to be officially named to the Georgian team, making them the first ever mother-son tandem in history to compete together at the same edition of the Games.<ref>{{cite news|firstname=Matt|last=Bonesteel|title=A mother and son have never competed in the same Olympics. Until now. In shooting, no less.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/05/03/a-mother-and-son-have-never-competed-in-the-same-olympics-until-now-in-shooting-no-less/|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|date=3 May 2016|accessdate=4 May 2016}}<Salukvadze/ref>

Georgia has received a Universality invitation from [[FINA]] to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming World Rankings |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |publisher=[[FINA]] |accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |archive-date=6 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf|format=[[PDF]] |work=[[Rio 2016]] |publisher=[[FINA]] |accessdateaccess-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221025939/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2015 }}</ref>

Georgia has claimed one of six ITF Olympic men's singles places to send [[Nikoloz Basilashvili]] (world no. 101) in the men's singles into the Olympic tennis tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itftennis.com/news/232270.aspx|title=ITF announces entries for Rio 2016 Olympics|publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]]|date=30 June 2016|accessdateaccess-date=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.worldsport.ge/en/page/141418_nikoloz-basilashvili-won-the-license-of-rio|title=Nikoloz Basilashvili Won the License of Rio!|publisher=Worldsport.ge|date=4 July 2016|accessdateaccess-date=5 July 2016}}</ref>

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Pablo Cuevas|Cuevas]]|URU|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 3–6, 7–6^(10–8), 3–6

Georgian weightlifters have qualified three men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the [[2014 World Weightlifting Championships|2014]] and [[2015 World Weightlifting Championships|2015 IWF World Championships]]. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 20, 2016.

Meanwhile, an unused women's Olympic spot was awarded to the Georgian team by [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]], as a result of Russia's complete ban from the Games due to the "multiple positive cases" of doping.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iwf.net/2016/07/29/iwf-eb-decision-on-russian-participation-at-the-rio-2016-og/|title=IWF EB decision on Russian participation at the Rio 2016 OG|date=29 July 2016|publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation]]|accessdateaccess-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/08/StarListPackage_GT.pdf|title=Start List Package Weightlifting, 6-166–16 August|date= 4 August 2016|publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation]]|accessdateaccess-date=5 August 2016}}</ref>

Georgia has qualified a total of eleven wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in all men's freestyle events (except 65 & 74 &nbsp;kg) at the [[2015 World Wrestling Championships|2015 World Championships]], while four more Olympic berths were awarded to Georgian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the [[2016 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|2016 European Qualification Tournament]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrestling for Rio 2016|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/rio-2016|accessdateaccess-date=19 September 2015|publisher=[[United World Wrestling]]}}</ref>

|align=left|'''[[Vladimer Khinchegashvili]]'''

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nurislam Sanayev|Sanayev]]|KAZ|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–1 ^PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Haji Aliyev|Aliyev]]|AZE|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–1 ^PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vladimir Dubov|Dubov]]|BUL|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–1 ^PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rei Higuchi|Higuchi]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–1 ^PP{{0}}

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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Georgi Ivanov (wrestler)|Ivanov]]|BUL|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–1 ^PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jabrayil Hasanov|Hasanov]]|AZE|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 0–4 ^ST

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|align=left|'''[[Geno Petriashvili]]'''

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tero Välimäki|Välimäki]]|FIN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–0 ^PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Omid Norouzi|Norouzi]]|IRI|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–0 ^PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Davor Štefanek|Štefanek]]|SRB|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 0–5 ^VT

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tomohiro Inoue|Inoue]]|JPN|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–0 ^PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Doszhan Kartikov|Kartikov]]|KAZ|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 0–3 ^PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alfonso Leyva|Leyva]]|MEX|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 3–0 ^PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Denis Kudla (wrestler)|Kudla]]|GER|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 1–3 ^PP

|align=left|[[RevaziRevaz Nadareishvili]]

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Elis Guri|Guri]]|BUL|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 1–3 ^PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Eduard Soghomonyan|Soghomonyan]]|BRA|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 4–0 ^ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Oleksandr Chernetskyi|Chernetskyi]]|UKR|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 5–0 ^VT

|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sergey Semenov (wrestler)|Semenov]]|RUS|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 0–3 ^PO

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