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Georgia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Archery

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.^[1]^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristine Esebua	Women's individual
Yuliya Lobzhenidze
Khatuna Narimanidze
Kristine Esebua Yuliya Lobzhenidze Khatuna Narimanidze	Women's team			—

Athletics

Georgian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3]^[4]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Daviti Kharazishvili	Marathon

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Benik Abramyan	Shot put
Bachana Khorava	Long jump
Lasha Torgvaidze	Triple jump

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Valentina Liashenko	High jump

Canoeing

Sprint

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.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zaza Nadiradze	Men's C-1 200 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

Georgia has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's sporting comeback for the first time since 1996. Sandro Bazadze had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sandro Bazadze	Men's sabre

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Georgia has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Salome Pazhava	Individual

Trampoline

Georgia has qualified one gymnast in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Luba Golovina	Women's

Judo

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 May 30, 2016, while Dutch-born Esther Stam at women's middleweight (70 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.^[8] The judo team was named to the Olympic roster on June 4, 2016.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amiran Papinashvili	−60 kg
Vazha Margvelashvili	−66 kg
Lasha Shavdatuashvili	−73 kg
Avtandili Tchrikishvili	−81 kg	—
Varlam Liparteliani	−90 kg
Beka Gviniashvili	−100 kg
Adam Okruashvili	+100 kg	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Esther Stam	−70 kg

Shooting

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, 2016.^[10]

Three-time pistol shooting medalist Nino Salukvadze, will be going to her eighth Olympics, 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.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tsotne Machavariani	Men's 10 m air pistol			—
Tsotne Machavariani	Men's 50 m pistol			—
Nino Salukvadze	Women's 10 m air pistol			—
Nino Salukvadze	Women's 25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Men

Irakli Revishvili

Women

Teona Bostashvili

Tennis

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.^[12]^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikoloz Basilashvili	Men's singles

Weightlifting

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

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rauli Tsirekidze	Men's −94 kg
Lasha Talakhadze	Men's +105 kg
Irakli Turmanidze	Men's +105 kg

Wrestling

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 kg) at the 2015 World Championships, while four more Olympic berths were awarded to Georgian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[14]

Three further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Georgian roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's Greco-Roman 98 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar, and two more at the final meet in Istanbul.

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vladimer Khinchegashvili	−57 kg
Zurabi Iakobishvili	−65 kg
Jakob Makarashvili	−74 kg
Sandro Aminashvili	−86 kg
Elizbar Odikadze	−97 kg
Geno Petriashvili	−125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shmagi Bolkvadze	−66 kg
Zurabi Datunashvili	−75 kg
Robert Kobliashvili	−85 kg
Revazi Nadareishvili	−98 kg
Iakob Kajaia	−130 kg

References

^ Pavitt, Michael (28 July 2015). "Olympic gold medallists Italy hold nerve in shoot-off to secure Rio 2016 quota spot at World Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
^ "Rio 2016 team quota places awarded in Copenhagen". World Archery Federation. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "Euro Olympic quotas secured". International Canoe Federation. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed". FIG. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "Trampoline Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed". FIG. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
^ "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Georgia pick Shavdatuashvili over Tatalashvili in Olympic team". JudoInside.com. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ Bonesteel, Matt (3 May 2016). "A mother and son have never competed in the same Olympics. Until now. In shooting, no less". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
^ "ITF announces entries for Rio 2016 Olympics". International Tennis Federation. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
^ "Nikoloz Basilashvili Won the License of Rio!". Worldsport.ge. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[1] Pavitt, Michael (28 July 2015). "Olympic gold medallists Italy hold nerve in shoot-off to secure Rio 2016 quota spot at World Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[2] "Rio 2016 team quota places awarded in Copenhagen". World Archery Federation. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[3] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[4] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[5] "Euro Olympic quotas secured". International Canoe Federation. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[6] "Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed". FIG. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

[7] "Trampoline Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed". FIG. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

[8] "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[9] "Georgia pick Shavdatuashvili over Tatalashvili in Olympic team". JudoInside.com. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

[10] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[11] Bonesteel, Matt (3 May 2016). "A mother and son have never competed in the same Olympics. Until now. In shooting, no less". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

[12] "ITF announces entries for Rio 2016 Olympics". International Tennis Federation. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[13] "Nikoloz Basilashvili Won the License of Rio!". Worldsport.ge. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[14] "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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 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, 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]]|accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref>
-Three-time pistol shooting medalist and incoming eight-time Olympian [[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|first=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}}</ref>
+Three-time pistol shooting medalist [[Nino Salukvadze]], will be going to her eighth Olympics, 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|first=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}}</ref>
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