Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Georgia
IOC code	GEO
NOC	Georgian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.geonoc.org.ge (in Georgian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	35 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Ramaz Nozadze (opening) Revazi Mindorashvili (closing)
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 7
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Georgia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of the results of all of the athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by Georgian National Olympic Committee. Georgia was represented in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by 35 sportsmen and sportswomen in total of 11 different sporting events. The Games had a dramatic start for Georgia, as well as for Russia, due to the onset of the 2008 South Ossetia war at the very start of the Games. Georgian athletes won three gold, two silver, and three bronze medals during the games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Manuchar Kvirkvelia	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Gold	Irakli Tsirekidze	Judo	Men's 90 kg
Gold	Revazi Mindorashvili	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg
Silver	Giorgi Gogshelidze	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg
Silver	Arsen Kasabiev	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg
Bronze	Otar Tushishvili	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg
Bronze	Nino Salukvadze	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol

Archery

Georgia sent archers to the Olympics for the fourth time, seeking its first Olympic medal in the sport. Khatuna Narimanidze and Kristine Esebua (both veterans of the 2004 Olympics) earned the nation two spots in the women's competition by placing 5th and 30th in the women's individual competition at the 2007 Outdoor World Target Championships. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristina Esebua	Women's individual	643	17	Hayashi ( JPN) W 102 (9)–102 (8)	Romantzi ( GRE) L 102 (9)–102 (10)	Did not advance
Khatuna Narimanidze		663	4	Dema ( BHU) W 107–97	Brito ( VEN) W 111–98	Avitia ( MEX) L 108–109	Did not advance

Athletics

Men

Women

Boxing

Georgia qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Both boxers qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nikoloz Izoria	Featherweight	Batshegi ( BOT) W 14–4	Imranov ( AZE) L 9–18	Did not advance
Kakhaber Zhvania	Welterweight	Andrade ( USA) L 9–11	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Trampoline

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nestor Khergiani	−60 kg	Bye	Dragin ( FRA) L 0010–0101	Did not advance			Yekutiel ( ISR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Zaza Kedelashvili	−66 kg	Bye	Ungvári ( HUN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
David Kevkhishvili	−73 kg	—	Toma ( MDA) W 0021–0010	Kim C ( PRK) L 0110–0111	Did not advance
Saba Gavashelishvili	−81 kg	Neto ( POR) L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Irakli Tsirekidze	−90 kg	—	Bye	Mesbah ( EGY) W 0010–0001	Mammadov ( AZE) W 1000–0000	Pershin ( RUS) W 1002–0000	Bye			Benikhlef ( ALG) W 0001–0000
Levan Zhorzholiani	−100 kg	—	Cousins ( GBR) W 0010–0000	Miraliyev ( AZE) L 0000–1010	Did not advance		Azzoun ( ALG) W 1001–0001	Brata ( ROU) W 1001–0000	Jang S ( KOR) W 0021–0020	Grol ( NED) L 0000–0020	5
Lasha Gujejiani	+100 kg	Bye	Blas Jr. ( GUM) W 0200–0001	McCormick ( USA) W 1000–0000	Roudaki ( IRI) W 0011–0000	Ishii ( JPN) L 0000–1011	Bye			Riner ( FRA) L 0000–1011	5

Shooting

On 10 August 2008, Nino Salukvadze made international headlines as she kissed and hugged with Russian silver medalist Natalia Paderina after the 10m air pistol medal ceremony while Georgia and Russia were fighting over South Ossetia. ^[3]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nino Salukvadze	10 m air pistol	386	4	487.4
	25 m pistol	580	16	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Women

Volleyball

Beach

Both Georgian teams were composed of Brazilians who became Georgian citizens to compete in Olympic beach volleyball. ^[4] The players' nicknames echoed the name of the country, the men in English (" Geor and " Gia"), and the women in Georgian (" Saka" and " Rtvelo"). Beach volleyball proved to be the most notable moment for the Georgian team when their women defeated Russian opponents. The added notability to this game stemmed from the military conflict with Russia over South Ossetia.

The men were ranked seventeenth, and were playing in Pool C against pairs from Brazil, Australia and Angola. ^[5] The women are ranked 23rd in the Olympic qualifying rankings, and were the last team to earn entry from the rankings list. They were playing in Pool C against pairs from Brazil, Australia and Russia. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Renato "Geor" Gomes Jorge "Gia" Terceiro	Men's	Pool C   Schacht – Slack ( AUS) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 19–21)   Ricardo – Emanuel ( BRA) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 17–21)   Fernandes - Morais ( ANG) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–13)	3 Q	Doppler – Gartmayer ( AUT) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–16, 15–13)	Nummerdor - Schuil ( NED) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–19)	Dalhausser – Rogers ( USA) L 0 – 2 (11–21, 13–21)	Ricardo - Emanuel ( BRA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 10–21)	4
Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins Cristine "Saka" Santanna	Women's	Pool C   Ana Paula – Larissa ( BRA) L 1 – 2 (25–23, 17–21, 5–15)   Barnett - Cook ( AUS) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 12–21)   Shiryaeva – Uryadova ( RUS) W 2 – 1 (10–21, 22–20, 15–12) Lucky Losers   Mouha – van Breedam ( BEL) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 19–21)	3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Raul Tsirek'idze	Men's −85 kg	143	17	—	—	143	DNF
Arsen Kasabiev	Men's −94 kg	176	4	223	2	399
Albert Kuzilov	Men's −105 kg	182	7	227	4	409	6

• Arsen Kasabiev originally finished fourth, but in January 2017, he was promoted to second place due to two disqualifications.

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Besarion Gochashvili	−55 kg	Bye	Toarcă ( ROU) W 3–0 PO	Cejudo ( USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Velikov ( BUL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	8
Otar Tushishvili	−66 kg	Bye	Ikematsu ( JPN) W 3–1 PP	Barzakov ( BUL) W 3–0 PO	Şahin ( TUR) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Garzón ( CUB) W 3–1 PP
Gela Saghirashvili	−74 kg	Midana ( GBS) W 3–1 PP	Haidarau ( BLR) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					12
Revazi Mindorashvili	−84 kg	Bye	Bichinashvili ( GER) W 3–1 PP	Yenokyan ( ARM) W 3–0 PO	Ketoev ( RUS) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Abdusalomov ( TJK) W 3–1 PP
Giorgi Gogshelidze	−96 kg	Bye	Krupnyakov ( KGZ) W 3–0 PO	Ebrahimi ( IRI) W 3–0 PO	Tigiyev ( KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Batista ( CUB) W 3–0 PO

• Giorgi Gogshelidze originally finished third, but in November 2016, he was promoted to second place due to disqualification of Taimuraz Tigiyev.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lasha Gogitadze	−55 kg	Bye	Jiao Hf ( CHN) W 3–0 PO	Amoyan ( ARM) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				9
David Bedinadze	−60 kg	Nazaryan ( BUL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						16
Manuchar Kvirkvelia	−74 kg	Bye	Guénot ( FRA) W 3–0 PO	Schneider ( GER) W 3–0 PO	Bácsi ( HUN) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Chang Yx ( CHN) W 3–0 PO
Badri Khasaia	−84 kg	Bye	Avluca ( TUR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					16
Ramaz Nozadze	−96 kg	Bye	Tounousidis ( GRE) W 3–1 PP	Švec ( CZE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				12

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