Georgia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Georgia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Bronze

• Vladimer Chanturia — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
• Giorgi Vazagashvili — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (– 66 kg)
• Giorgi Asanidze — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (– 85 kg)
• Akaki Chachua — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (– 63 kg)
• Mukhran Vakhtangadze — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (– 85 kg)
• Eldar Kurtanidze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (– 97 kg)

Results by event

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In its second Olympic archery competition, Georgia sent three women. None won a match, and the trio lost their first match in the team round as well.

Women's individual
	Khatuna Phutkaradze			Khatuna Lorigi			Asmat Diasamidze
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Kate Fairweather Australia	166-158	Lost to	Melissa Jennison Australia	160-151	Lost to	Yi-Yin Lin Chinese Taipei	158-140

Women's team:

• Phutkaradze, Lorigi, and Diasamidze — Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m

• Ruslan Rusidze

• Round 1 - 10.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m

• Tamara Shanidze

• Round 1 - 12.56 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Theimuraz Khurtsilava
  • Round 1 - Defeated Aram Ramazyan of Armenia
  • Round 2 - Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Vladimer Chanturia
  • Round 1 - Bye
  • Round 2 - Defeated Amro Mostafa Mahmoud of Egypt
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan
  • Semifinal - Lost to Sultanahmed Ibzagimov of Russia - Bronze medal

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Competition

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nana Nebieridze	10 m platform	252.09	26	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zurab Beridze	50 m freestyle	24.28	54	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Giorgi Asanidze	– 85 kg	175.0	175.0	180.0	210.0	215.0	215.0	390.0
Mukhran Gogia	– 105 kg	190.0	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
Valeri Sarava	+ 105 kg	170.0	170.0	177.5	210.0	215.0	220.0	385.0	16

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site