Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics
| Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | GRE | ||||||||
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| in Sydney | |||||||||
| Competitors | 140 (82 men and 58 women) in 23 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 17th |
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| 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||
Greece competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.At the closing ceremony, a segment of their culture was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Athens.
Medalists
Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall.
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)
- Kakhi Kakhiashvili — Weightlifting, men's middle heavyweight (94 kg)
Silver
- Ekaterini Thanou — Athletics, women's 100 metres
- Anastasia Kelesidou — Athletics, women's discus throw
- Mirela Maniani — 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)
Bronze
- Ioanna Khatziioannou — Weightlifting, Women's – 63 kg
- Amiran Kardanov — 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
Results by event
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 |
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 100 m
- Round 1 — 10.34
- Round 2 — 10.29 (did not advance)
- Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)
Men's 200 m
- Round 1 — 20.57
- Round 2 — 20.14
- Semifinal — 20.2
- Final — 20.09 (Gold medal)
- Round 1 — 21.1 (did not advance)
- Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)
Men's 400 m
- Round 1 — 46.38 (did not advance)
Men's 800 m
- Round 1 — 01:47.96 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Round 1 — 50.2 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m
- Round 1 — 39.21
- Semifinal — 38.82 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m
- Round 1 — 03:06.50 (did not advance)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Georgios Giannelis
- Round 1 — 09:19.14 (did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
- Vaios Tigkas
- Qualifying — 18.13 (did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Qualifying — 88.41
- Final — 86.53 (6th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualifying — 76.61
- Final — 73.30 (12th place)
- Qualifying — 74.02 (did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualifying — 7.44 (did not advance)
- Qualifying — NM (did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
- Qualifying — 16.00 (did not advance)
- Qualifying — 14.15 (did not advance)
- Stamatios Lenis
- Qualifying — NM (did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Qualifying — DNS (did not advance)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Spyridon Kastanis
- Final — DNF
- Theodoros Stamatopoulos
- Final — DNF
Men's marathon
- Panayiotis Haramis
- Final — 2:26:55 (63rd place)
Men's Decathlon
- 100 m — 10.74
- Long Jump — 7.16
- Shot Put — 13.70
- High Jump — 1.97
- 400 m — 53.57
- 100 m Hurdles — DNS
- Discus Throw — DNS
- Pole Vault — DNS
Women's Competition
Women's 100 m
- Round 1 — 11.10
- Round 2 — 10.99
- Semifinal — 11.10
- Final — 11.12 (Silver medal)
- Round 1 — 11.65 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m
- Round 1 — 23.53 (did not advance)
Women's 5,000 m
- Hrisostomia Iakovou
- Round 1 — 15:46.48 (did not advance)
Women's 10,000 m
- Hrisostomia Iakovou
- Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Hurdles
- Chrysoula Gountenoudi
- Round 1 — 01:01.59 (did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m
- Ekaterini Koffa, Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosyni Patsou, Ekaterini Thanou
- Round 1 — 43.46
- Semifinal — 43.53 (did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
- Qualifying — 18.56
- Final — 18.63 (7th place)
Women's Discus
- Qualifying — 63.64
- Final — 65.71 (Silver medal)
- Qualifying — 61.59
- Final — 64.08 (5th place)
- Qualifying — 61.29
- Final — 61.57 (9th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Qualifying — 63.34
- Final — 67.51 (Silver medal)
- Qualifying — 58.11 (did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
- Qualifying — 6.50 (did not advance)
- Despoina Papavasilaki
- Qualifying — 5.86 (did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
- Qualifying — 14.26
- Final — 14.15 (7th place)
Women's High Jump
- Qualifying — 1.80 (did not advance)
Women's Pole Vault
- Thalia Iakovidou
- Qualifying — NM (did not advance)
Women's 20 km Walk
- Final — 1:33:14 (11th place)
- Final — 1:38:52 (36th place)
Women's Heptathlon
- Asimina Vanakara
- 100 m Hurdles — 14.19
- High Jump — 1.69
- Shot Put — 10.74
- 200 m — 25.78
- Long Jump — NM
- Javelin Throw — DNS
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Artour Mikaelian
- Round 1 — Lost to George Olteanu of Romania (did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Tingran Ouzlian
- Round 1 — Bye
- Round 2 — Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan
- Quarterfinal — Lost to Mario Kindelán of Cuba (did not advance)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Antonios Giannoulas
- Round 1 — Defeated Ottavio Barone of Italy
- Round 2 — Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba (did not advance)
Canoe / Kayak
Flatwater
Men's competition
Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
- Qualifying Heat — 01:57.858 (did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
- Qualifying Heat — 04:01.042
- Semifinal — DSQ (did not advance)
Cycling
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)
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
- Preliminary — 324.72 (32nd place, did not advance)
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
- Preliminary — 317.88 (36th place, did not advance)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
- Sotiria Koutsopetrou
- Preliminary — 258.81 (21st place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
- Preliminary — 236.79 (29th place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
- Maria Konstantatou
- Preliminary — 189.57 (38th place, did not advance)
Modern pentathlon
Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition.
Women's:
- Katalin Partics — 3700 pts, 22nd place
Sailing
Greece sent seven men and four women to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Men's Mistral
- Race 1 — (20)
- Race 2 — 12
- Race 3 — 5
- Race 4 — 9
- Race 5 — 7
- Race 6 — 6
- Race 7 — 4
- Race 8 — (37) DSQ
- Race 9 — 7
- Race 10 — 13
- Race 11 — 1
- Final — 64 (6th place)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Aimlios Papathanasiou
- Race 1 — 4
- Race 2 — 12
- Race 3 — 5
- Race 4 — (23)
- Race 5 — 10
- Race 6 — 12
- Race 7 — 15
- Race 8 — 11
- Race 9 — 14
- Race 10 — (24)
- Race 11 — 9
- Final — 92 (12th place)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Race 1 — 13
- Race 2 — 7
- Race 3 — (21)
- Race 4 — 6
- Race 5 — 3
- Race 6 — 8
- Race 7 — (24)
- Race 8 — 19
- Race 9 — 14
- Race 10 — 2
- Race 11 — 6
- Final — 78 (8th place)
Men's Laser
- Antonios Bougiouris
- Race 1 — 16
- Race 2 — 18
- Race 3 — 8
- Race 4 — 12
- Race 5 — 21
- Race 6 — 8
- Race 7 — (32)
- Race 8 — 6
- Race 9 — 7
- Race 10 — 15
- Race 11 — (22)
- Final — 111 (15th place)
Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
- Dimitrios Boukis and Leonidas PeleKanakis
- Race 1 — 6
- Race 2 — 11
- Race 3 — (15)
- Race 4 — (14)
- Race 5 — 12
- Race 6 — 13
- Race 7 — 5
- Race 8 — 11
- Race 9 — 9
- Race 10 — 6
- Race 11 — 7
- Final — 80 (11th place)
Women's Mistral
- Race 1 — 22
- Race 2 — 20
- Race 3 — 15
- Race 4 — 18
- Race 5 — 13
- Race 6 — (23)
- Race 7 — (24)
- Race 8 — 15
- Race 9 — 23
- Race 10 — 16
- Race 11 — 17
- Final — 159 (21st place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
- Maria Vlachou
- Race 1 — 23
- Race 2 — 12
- Race 3 — 10
- Race 4 — 4
- Race 5 — (27)
- Race 6 — (26)
- Race 7 — 18
- Race 8 — 5
- Race 9 — 18
- Race 10 — 21
- Race 11 — 18
- Final — 129 (18th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Race 1 — 2
- Race 2 — 8
- Race 3 — 17
- Race 4 — 12
- Race 5 — 9
- Race 6 — 12
- Race 7 — 2
- Race 8 — 5
- Race 9 — (20) DSQ
- Race 10 — (18)
- Race 11 — 9
- Final — 76 (14th place)
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 51.28 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 1:54.36 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 03:54.96 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 15:29.69 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Preliminary Heat — 56.36 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Preliminary Heat — 02:00.75 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Preliminary Heat — 02:04.04 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Preliminary Heat — 04:23.19 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 07:35.77 (did not advance)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 26.9 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 57.24 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 02:04.06 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 04:16.94 (did not advance)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 08:56.33 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Preliminary Heat — 01:02.06 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Preliminary Heat — 02:17.60 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Preliminary Heat — 01:05.09 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Preliminary Heat — 02:18.07 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Preliminary Heat — 02:23.05 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Preliminary Heat — 04:53.52 (did not advance)
Synchronized swimming
Duet:
- Chiristina Thalassinnidou and Despina Theodoridou — 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Individual All-Around
Q Rope|9.675(10th) Hoop|9.725(9th) Ball|9.725(10th) Ribbon|9.708(10th) TOTAL|38.833(10th)PASS
FINAL Rope|9.766(7th) Hoop|9.716(8th) Ball|9.775(6th) Ribbon|9.725(9th) TOTAL|38.982(7th)
Team All Around
- Eirini Aindili, Evangelia Christodoulou, Maria Georgatou, Zacharoula Karyami, Charikleia Pantazi and Anna Pollatou.
Q 10 Clubs|19.700 (1st) 3 Hoops 2 ribbons|19.700 (1st) TOTAL|39.400(1ST)PASS
FINAL 10 Clubs| 19.550(3rd) 3 Hoops 2 ribbons|19.733 (1st) TOTAL 39.283 (3rd) Bronze Medal
Taekwondo
Men's Under 58 kg:
- Michail Mouroutsos — Gold medal
- Preminaly 1 — Defeated Talaat Abada of Egypt (5-0)
- Preminaly 2 — Defeated Huan Chih-Hsiung of Chinese Taipei (2-1)
- Preminaly 3 — Defeated Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli of Argentina (2-1)
- Final — Defeated Gabriel Espareza of Spain (4-2)
Men's over 80 kg:
- Preminaly 1 — Defeated Donald Ravenscroft of South Africa (WDR)
- Preminaly 2 — Lost to Milton Castro of Colombia (RSC)
Women's Under 57 kg:
- Preminaly 1 — Defeated Shimaa Afifi of Egypt (7-7, SUP)
- Preminaly 2 — Lost to Virginia Lourens of Netherlands (6-8, PTS)
Triathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Vassilis Krommidas — 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)
Volleyball
Women's Beach Competition
- Vasso Karadassiou and Efi Sfyri — 17th place (tied)
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Hungary (4-7)
- Lost to Croatia (5-9)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (3-10)
- Lost to the Netherlands (7-10)
- Lost to United States (3-9)
- Classification Round
- Tied with Kazakhstan (6-6)
- Tied with the Netherlands (6-6)
- Defeated Slovakia (12-8) → Tenth place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
Men
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Leonidas Sabanis | – 62 kg | 142.5 | 147.5 | 170.0 | 317.5 |  | |||
| Valerios Leonidis | – 69 kg | 145.0 | 185.0 | 330.0 | 6 | ||||
| Viktor Mitrou | – 77 kg | 160.0 | 165.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 367.5 | | |
| Pyrros Dimas | – 85 kg | 175.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 390.0 |  | |||
| Christos Spirou | – 85 kg | 170.0 | 205.0 | 375.0 | 7 | ||||
| Kakhi Kakhiashvili | – 94 kg | 180.0 | 185.0 | 220.0 | – | – | 405.0 | | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ioanna Khatziioannou | – 63 kg | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 117.5 | 125.0 | — | 222.5 |  |
| Maria Tatsi | – 69 kg | 92.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 220.0 | 11 | |||
References
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- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
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- International Olympic Committee Web Site