Georgia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Georgia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Georgia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	GEO
NOC	Georgian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.geonoc.org.ge
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	15 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 45th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 6
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Medals

Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Giorgi Chkhikvadze	Wrestling	Boys' Greco-Roman −60kg	12 October
Silver	Ilia Sulamanidze	Judo	Boys' 100 kg	9 October
Silver	Archil Malakmadze	Weightlifting	Boys' 69 kg	9 October
Silver	Giorgi Tokhadze	Wrestling	Boys' Greco-Roman −51kg	12 October
Silver	Giorgi Gegelashvili	Wrestling	Boys' freestyle −48kg	14 October
Bronze	Nino Khutsiberidze	Shooting	Girls' 10 metre air pistol	9 October

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Georgia qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[1]

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes

Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Boys' tournament	Slovenia L W/O	China W 15-10	Turkmenistan W 20-9	Jordan W 21-4	2	Argentina L 12-21	did not advance		6

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Georgia qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[2]

• Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ilia Sulamanidze	Boys' 100 kg	Rok Pogorevc (SLO) W 10-00s1	Joaquín Burgos (ARG) W 10s1-00s1	Ömer Aydın (TUR) W 01s1-00s1	Bye			Bekarys Saduakas (KAZ) L 00s2-01s2

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Singapore  Ahad Al-Sagheer (YEM)  Anastasia Balaban (UKR)  Bryan Garboa (ECU)  Sarah Kafufula (COD)  Mariem Khlifi (TUN)  Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy (EGY)  Eduarda Rosa (BRA)  Ilia Sulamanidze (GEO)	Mixed Team	Team Moscow (MIX) L 3–4	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Georgia qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nino Khutsiberidze	Girls' 10 metre air pistol	565-13x	4 Q	214.6

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nino Khutsiberidze (GEO)  Brian Wai Kuk Ng (CAN)	Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol	740-17x	11Q	Rueda Vargas (COL)  Karstedt (GER) L 7–10	did not advance			12

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zurab Kintsurashvili	Boys' −48 kg	Bye	Im Seong-bin (KOR) L 11-30	did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ana Makatsaria	Girls' singles	S Zünd (LIE) L (5-7, 3-6)	did not advance
G Drummy (IRL)  A Makatsaria (GEO)	Girls' doubles	—	Y Naito (JPN)  N Sato (JPN) L (1-6, 5-7)	did not advance
A Makatsaria (GEO)  P Sydow (ARU)	Mixed doubles	Y Naito (JPN)  N Tajima (JPN) L (0-6, 1-6)	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Archil Malakmadze	Boys' 69 kg	134	2	154	4	288

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VSU – Without any point(s) scored by the opponent
• VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Giorgi Tokhadze	Boys' Greco-Roman −51kg	Lovera (ARG) W 6 – 0 VFA	Adiniwin (MHL) W 8 – 0 VSU	1 Q	Sasaki (JPN) L 7 – 11 VPO1
Giorgi Chkhikvadze	Boys' Greco-Roman −60kg	Hovhannisyan (ARM) W 3 – 1 VPO1	Merikhi (ALG) W 13 – 3 VSU1	1 Q	Sadyrov (KGZ) W 9 – 0 VSU
Giorgi Gegelashvili	Boys' freestyle −48kg	Zuluaga (COL) W 12 – 1 VSU1	Detudamo (NRU) W 10 – 0 VSU	1 Q	Jalolov (UZB) L 2 – 8 VPO1

References

1. "33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
3. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.