Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

competed at the

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, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was a list of results of all athletes who qualified for the Olympics and were nominated by the

Georgian National Olympic Committee The Georgian National Olympic Committee (GNOC) ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული ოლიმპიური კომიტეტი, ''sakartvelos erovnuli olimp'iuri k'omit'et'i'') is a Georgian national constitu ...

. A total of 35 athletes, 29 men and 6 women, competed in 11 sports, tying the record for the most athletes with

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. Among the sports played by the athletes, Georgia marked its Olympic debut in tennis. The Georgian team included three bronze medalists from the previous games: pistol shooter

Nino Salukvadze Nino Salukvadze ( ka, ნინო სალუქვაძე; born 1 February 1969, in Tbilisi) is a female Georgian sport shooter. She is a nine-time Olympian and has won medals on three occasions. At age 19 and competing for the Soviet Unio ...

, and freestyle wrestlers Otar Tushishvili and

Giorgi Gogshelidze Giorgi Gogshelidze (born 7 November 1979 in Gori) is a Georgian wrestler, who has won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX O ...

. Among these champions, Gogshelidze only managed to repeat his bronze medal in men's freestyle wrestling. Salukvadze, gold medalist in pistol shooting at the

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in Seoul, participated in her seventh Olympic games under three different banners (the other two were Soviet Union and the Unified Team), and was the oldest and most experienced member of the contingent, at age 45. The Georgian National Olympic Committee also appointed her to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Georgia left London with a total of 7 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze). Judoka

Lasha Shavdatuashvili Lasha Shavdatuashvili ( ka, ლაშა შავდათუაშვილი; born 31 January 1992) is a Georgian judoka. Shavdatuashvili is one of the most successful judoka of the early 21st century, having won Olympic medals at the 2012, ...

won the nation's only gold medal on the second day of the competition. Five other medals won by the Georgian athletes were awarded in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. After the games, Weightlifter Rauli Tsirekidze and Wrestler Davit Modzmanashvili both tested positive for banned substances and were disqualified with Modzmanashvili being stripped of his silver medal

Medalists

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Archery

Georgia has qualified one archer for the women's individual event.

Athletics

;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 ;Field events ;Women ;Field events

Boxing

Georgia has qualified one boxer. ;Men

Cycling

Road

Gymnastics

Trampoline

Judo

;Men

Shooting

Georgia has ensured a berth in the shooting's 10m air pistol women event. ;Women

Swimming

Georgia has gained a "Universality place" from the

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. ;Men

Tennis

Weightlifting

Georgia has qualified 3 men.

Wrestling

Georgia has qualified 13 quota places. ;Key * - Victory by Fall. * - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. * - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

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Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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