History

Georgia made its first Summer Olympic appearance as an independent nation in 1996, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and has competed ever since. The nation sends a delegation of over 30 athletes to each Olympics where they compete in a variety of sports such as, archery, athletics, gymnastics, judo, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling.

Georgia has won at least one medal at every Olympics it has participated in. In total they have won 33 medals in 5 sports. Their most successful sports include wrestling (18), judo (8) and weightlifting (5). Five athletes have won two medals; wrestler Eldar Kurtanidze, weightlifter Giorgi Asanidze, wrestler Giorgi Gogshelidze, judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili and wrestler Vladimer Khinchegashvili. In 2016 Georgia won seven medals, equalling its record with the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Long Jump	Bachana Khorava
Men’s Triple Jump	Lasha Gulelauri	Lasha Gulelauri
Men’s Shot Put	Giorgi Mujaridze	Giorgi Mujaridze
	Benik Abramyan

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Shot Put	Sopo Shatirishvili

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Flyweight	Sakhil Alakhverdovi	Sakhil Alakhverdovi
Men’s Welterweight	Eskerkhan Madiev	Eskerkhan Madiev
Men’s Middleweight	Giorgi Kharabadze	Giorgi Kharabadze

Fencing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual Sabre	Sandro Bazadze	Sandro Bazadze

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Rhythmic Individual All-Around	Salome Pazhava	Salome Pazhava

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -60kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Lukhumi Chkhvimiani
Men’s -66kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Vazha Margvelashvili
Men’s -73kg	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Shavdatuashvili
Men’s -81kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Tato Grigalashvili
Men’s -90kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Lasha Bekauri
Men’s -100kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Varlam Liparteliani
Men’s +100kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Guram Tushishvili
Women’s -52kg	Tetiana Levytska-Shukvani	Tetiana Levytska-Shukvani
Women’s -57kg	Eteri Liparteliani	Eteri Liparteliani

Karate

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s +75kg	Gogita Arkania	Gogita Arkania

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 25m Pistol	Double Starter	Nino Salukvadze
Women’s 10m Air Pistol	Nino Salukvadze	Nino Salukvadze

Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Nikoloz Basilashvili

Weightlifting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -61kg	Shota Mishvelidze	Shota Mishvelidze
Men’s -67kg	Goga Chkheidze	Goga Chkheidze
Men’s -96kg	Anton Pliesnoi	Anton Pliesnoi
Men’s +109kg	Lasha Talakhadze	Lasha Talakhadze

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -74kg	Avtandil Kentchadze	Avtandil Kentchadze
Men’s Freestyle -97kg	Elizbar Odikadze	Elizbar Odikadze
Men’s Freestyle -125kg	Geno Petriashvili	Geno Petriashvili
Men’s Greco-Roman -67kg	Ramaz Zoidze	Ramaz Zoidze
Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg	Lasha Gobadze	Lasha Gobadze
Men’s Greco-Roman -97kg	Giorgi Melia	Giorgi Melia
Men’s Greco-Roman -130kg	Iakob Kajaia	Iakob Kajaia