Georgia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Medalists

Bronze

• Vladimir 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

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 team:

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

Athletics

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

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

Women's Competition

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