Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   GRE
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Medals	Gold 4	Silver 6	Bronze 3	Total 13
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Greece competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.2.1 Men's competition 2.2.2 Women's competition 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Canoe / Kayak 2.4.1 Flatwater 2.4.1.1 Men's competition 2.5 Cycling 2.5.1 Track Cycling 2.6 Diving 2.7 Modern pentathlon 2.8 Sailing 2.9 Swimming 2.10 Synchronized swimming 2.11 Taekwondo 2.12 Triathlon 2.13 Water polo 3 References

[edit] Medals

Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Konstantinos Kenteris — Athletics, men's 200 metres
• Michail Mouroutsos — Taekwondo, men's under 58 kg
• Pyrros Dimas — Weightlifting, men's light heavyweight (85 kg)
• Akakide Kakhiashvilis — Weightlifting, men's middle heavyweight (94 kg)

[edit] Silver

• Ekaterini Thanou — Athletics, women's 100 metres
• Anastasia Kelesidou — Athletics, women's discus throw
• Mirela Manjani — Athletics, women's javelin throw
• Dimosthenis Tampakos — Gymnastics, men's rings
• Leonidas Sampanis — Weightlifting, men's featherweight (62 kg)
• Viktor Mitrou — Weightlifting, men's middleweight (77 kg)

[edit] Bronze

• Ioanna Chatziioannou — Weightlifting, women's 63 kg
• Amiran Karntanov — Wrestling, men's freestyle flyweight (54 kg)
• Eirini Aindili, Evangelia Christodoulou, Maria Georgatou, Zacharoula Karyami, Charikleia Pantazi and Anna Pollatou — Gymnastics, women's rhythmic team competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Greece sent one archer to Sydney. She lost her first match.

Women's individual
	Evangelia Psarra
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Natalia Bolotova Russia	161-154

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's competition

Men's 100 m

• Georgios Theodoridis
  1. Round 1 - 10.34
  2. Round 2 - 10.29 (did not advance)

• Angelos Pavlakakis
  1. Round 1 - DNS (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Konstantinos Kenteris
  1. Round 1 - 20.57
  2. Round 2 - 20.14
  3. Semifinal - 20.2
  4. Final - 20.09 (Gold medal)

• Anastasios Gousis
  1. Round 1 - 21.1 (did not advance)

• Alexios Alexopoulos
  1. Round 1 - DNS (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Anastasios Gousis
  1. Round 1 - 46.38 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Panaiyotis Stroubakos
  1. Round 1 - 01:47.96 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Periklis Iakovakis
  1. Round 1 - 50.2 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• Alexios Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Kenteris, Angelos Pavlakakis, Georgios Theodoridis
  1. Round 1 - 39.21
  2. Semifinal - 38.82 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400 m

• Stylianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Periklis Iakovakis, Georgios Oikonomidis
  1. Round 1 - 03:06.50 (did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Georgios Giannelis
  1. Round 1 - 09:19.14 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Vaios Tigkas
  1. Qualifying - 18.13 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Konstadinos Gatsioudis
  1. Qualifying - 88.41
  2. Final - 86.53 (6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Alexandros Papadimitriou
  1. Qualifying - 76.61
  2. Final - 73.30 (12th place)

• Hristos Polihroniou
  1. Qualifying - 74.02 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Konstantinos Koukodimos
  1. Qualifying - 7.44 (did not advance)

• Dimitrios Serelis
  1. Qualifying - NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Hristos Meletoglou
  1. Qualifying - 16.00 (did not advance)

• Konstadinos Zalaggitis
  1. Qualifying - 14.15 (did not advance)

• Stamatios Lenis
  1. Qualifying - NM (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Labros Papakostas
  1. Qualifying - DNS (did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Spyridon Kastanis
  1. Final - DNF

• Theodoros Stamatopoulos
  1. Final - DNF

Men's marathon

• Panayiotis Haramis
  1. Final - 2:26:55 (63rd place)

Men's Decathlon

• Prodromos Korkizoglou
  1. 100 m - 10.74
  2. Long Jump - 7.16
  3. Shot Put - 13.70
  4. High Jump - 1.97
  5. 400 m - 53.57
  6. 100 m Hurdles - DNS
  7. Discus Throw - DNS
  8. Pole Vault - DNS

[edit] Women's competition

Women's 100 m

• Ekaterini Thanou
  1. Round 1 - 11.10
  2. Round 2 - 10.99
  3. Semifinal - 11.10
  4. Final - 11.12 (Silver medal)

• Paraskevi Patoulidou
  1. Round 1 - 11.65 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Ekaterini Koffa
  1. Round 1 - 23.53 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

• Hrisostomia Iakovou
  1. Round 1 - 15:46.48 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Hrisostomia Iakovou
  1. Round 1 - DNS (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Chrysoula Gountunoudi
  1. Round 1 - 01:01.59 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m

• Ekaterini Koffa, Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosyni Patsou, Ekaterini Thanou
  1. Round 1 - 43.46
  2. Semifinal - 43.53 (did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Kalliopi Ouzouni
  1. Qualifying - 18.56
  2. Final - 18.63 (7th place)

Women's Discus

• Anastasia Kelesidou
  1. Qualifying - 63.64
  2. Final - 65.71 (Silver medal)

• Styliani Tsikouna
  1. Qualifying - 61.59
  2. Final - 64.08 (5th place)

• Aikaterini Vongoli
  1. Qualifying - 61.29
  2. Final - 61.57 (9th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Mirella Maniani-Tzelili
  1. Qualifying - 63.34
  2. Final - 67.51 (Silver medal)

• Angeliki Tsiolakoudi
  1. Qualifying - 58.11 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Niki Xanthou
  1. Qualifying - 6.50 (did not advance)

• Despoina Papvasilaki
  1. Qualifying - 5.86 (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Olga-Anastasi Vasdeki
  1. Qualifying - 14.26
  2. Final - 14.15 (7th place)

Women's High Jump

• Niki Bakogianni
  1. Qualifying - 1.80 (did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Thalia Iakovidou
  1. Qualifying - NM (did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Athina Papagianni
  1. Final - 1:33:14 (11th place)

• Christina Kokotou
  1. Final - 1:38:52 (36th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Asimina Vanakara
  1. 100 m Hurdles - 14.19
  2. High Jump - 1.69
  3. Shot Put - 10.74
  4. 200 m - 25.78
  5. Long Jump - NM
  6. Javelin Throw - DNS

[edit] Boxing

Men's 54 kg

• Artour Mikaelian
  • Round 1 - Lost to Olteanu George-Crinu of Romania (did not advance)

Men's 60 kg

• Tigkran Ouzlian
  • Round 1 - Bye
  • Round 2 - Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan
  • Quarterfinal - Lost to Mario Kindelan of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's 75 kg

• Antonios Giannoulas
  • Round 1 - Defeated Ottavio Barone of Italy
  • Round 2 - Lost to Jorge Gutierrez of Cuba (did not advance)

[edit] Canoe / Kayak

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Andreas Kiligkaridis
  1. Qualifying Heat - 01:57.858 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Andreas Kiligkaridis
  1. Qualifying Heat - 04:01.042
  2. Semifinal - DSQ (did not advance)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track Cycling

Men's Sprint

• Nikolaos Angelidis
  • Qualifying - 10.745
  • Repechage - 2nd place - Heat 3
  • First Round - Lost to Florian Rousseau of France

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Dimitrios Georgalis
  • Final - 01:04.018 (6th place)

Men's Keirin

• Lampros Vasilopoulos
  • First Round - Heat - 1; Place - 4 (did not advance)
  • Repechage - Heat - 3; Place - 2 (did not advance)
  • Second Round - Heat - 1; DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

• Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas
  • Qualifying - 45.207
  • Second Round - 45.079
  • Final - 45.332 (4th place)

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Thomas Bimis
  1. Preliminary - 324.72 (32nd place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Nikolaos Siranidis
  1. Preliminary - 317.88 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Sotiria Koutsopetrou
  1. Preliminary - 258.81 (21st place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Eftihia Pappa
  1. Preliminary - 236.79 (29th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Maria Konstantatou
  1. Preliminary - 189.57 (38th place, did not advance)

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition.

Women's:

• Katalin Partics - 3700 pts, 22nd place

[edit] Sailing

Greece sent seven men and four women to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral

• Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
  1. Race 1 - (20)
  2. Race 2 - 12
  3. Race 3 - 5
  4. Race 4 - 9
  5. Race 5 - 7
  6. Race 6 - 6
  7. Race 7 - 4
  8. Race 8 - (37) DSQ
  9. Race 9 - 7
  10. Race 10 - 13
  11. Race 11 - 1
  12. Final - 64 (6th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Aimlios Papathanasiou
  1. Race 1 - 4
  2. Race 2 - 12
  3. Race 3 - 5
  4. Race 4 - (23)
  5. Race 5 - 10
  6. Race 6 - 12
  7. Race 7 - 15
  8. Race 8 - 11
  9. Race 9 - 14
  10. Race 10 - (24)
  11. Race 11 - 9
  12. Final - 92 (12th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Konstantinos Trigkonis
  1. Race 1 - 13
  2. Race 2 - 7
  3. Race 3 - (21)
  4. Race 4 - 6
  5. Race 5 - 3
  6. Race 6 - 8
  7. Race 7 - (24)
  8. Race 8 - 19
  9. Race 9 - 14
  10. Race 10 - 2
  11. Race 11 - 6
  12. Final - 78 (8th place)

Men's Laser

• Antonios Bougiouris
  1. Race 1 - 16
  2. Race 2 - 18
  3. Race 3 - 8
  4. Race 4 - 12
  5. Race 5 - 21
  6. Race 6 - 8
  7. Race 7 - (32)
  8. Race 8 - 6
  9. Race 9 - 7
  10. Race 10 - 15
  11. Race 11 - (22)
  12. Final - 111 (15th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

• Dimitrios Boukis and Leonidas PeleKanakis
  1. Race 1 - 6
  2. Race 2 - 11
  3. Race 3 - (15)
  4. Race 4 - (14)
  5. Race 5 - 12
  6. Race 6 - 13
  7. Race 7 - 5
  8. Race 8 - 11
  9. Race 9 - 9
  10. Race 10 - 6
  11. Race 11 - 7
  12. Final - 80 (11th place)

Women's Mistral

• Angeliki Skarlatou
  1. Race 1 - 22
  2. Race 2 - 20
  3. Race 3 - 15
  4. Race 4 - 18
  5. Race 5 - 13
  6. Race 6 - (23)
  7. Race 7 - (24)
  8. Race 8 - 15
  9. Race 9 - 23
  10. Race 10 - 16
  11. Race 11 - 17
  12. Final - 159 (21st place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Maria Vlachou
  1. Race 1 - 23
  2. Race 2 - 12
  3. Race 3 - 10
  4. Race 4 - 4
  5. Race 5 - (27)
  6. Race 6 - (26)
  7. Race 7 - 18
  8. Race 8 - 5
  9. Race 9 - 18
  10. Race 10 - 21
  11. Race 11 - 18
  12. Final - 129 (18th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa
  1. Race 1 - 2
  2. Race 2 - 8
  3. Race 3 - 17
  4. Race 4 - 12
  5. Race 5 - 9
  6. Race 6 - 12
  7. Race 7 - 2
  8. Race 8 - 5
  9. Race 9 - (20) DSQ
  10. Race 10 - (18)
  11. Race 11 - 9
  12. Final - 76 (14th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Bitsakis
  1. Preliminary Heat - 51.28 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Dimitrios Manganas
  1. Preliminary Heat - 1:54.36 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Gianniotis
  1. Preliminary Heat - 03:54.96 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Gianniotis
  1. Preliminary Heat - 15:29.69 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Ioannis Drymonakos
  1. Preliminary Heat - 56.36 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Ioannis Drymonakos
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:00.75 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Ioannis Kokkodis
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:04.04 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Ioannis Kokkodis
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:23.19 (did not advance)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Bitsakis, Spyridon Gianniotis, Dimitrios Manganas, Athanasios Oikonomou
  1. Preliminary Heat - 07:35.77 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Athina Bochori
  1. Preliminary Heat - 26.9 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Antonia Machaira
  1. Preliminary Heat - 57.24 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Zoi Dimoschaki
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:04.06 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Artemis Dafni
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:16.94 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Marianna Lymperta
  1. Preliminary Heat - 08:56.33 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Zampia Melachroinou
  1. Preliminary Heat - 01:02.06 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Zampia Melachroinou
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:17.60 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Aikaterini Bliamou
  1. Preliminary Heat - 01:05.09 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Aikaterini Bliamou
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:18.07 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Aikaterini Sarakatsani
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:23.05 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Artemis Dafni
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:53.52 (did not advance)

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Duet:

• Chiristina Thalassinnidou and Despina Theodoridou - 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)

[edit] Taekwondo

Men's Under 58 kg:

• Michail Mouroutos - gold medal

1. Preminaly 1 - Defeated Talaat Abada of Egypt (5-0)
2. Preminaly 2 - Defeated Huan Chih-Hsiung of Chinese Taipei (2-1)
3. Preminaly 3 - Defeated Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli of Argentina (2-1)
4. Final - Defeated Gabriel Espareza of Spain (4-2)

Men's over 80 kg:

• Alexandros Nikolaidis

1. Preminaly 1 - Defeated Donald Ravenscroft of South Africa (WDR)
2. Preminaly 2 - Lost to Milton Castro of Colombia (RSC)

Women's Under 57 kg:

• Areti Athanasopoulou

1. Preminaly 1 - Defeated Shimaa Afifi of Egypt (7-7, SUP)
2. Preminaly 2 - Lost to Virginia Lourens of Netherlands (6-8, PTS)

[edit] Triathlon

Greece sent only one triathlete to the first Olympic triathlon competition.

Men's:

• Vassilis Krommidas - 1:51:28.94 (33rd place)

[edit] Water polo

Men's team:

• Preliminary round: 0-5-0 (did not advance)

[edit] 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 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

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