Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Greece at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	140 (82 men and 58 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
Medals Rank: 17	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.

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 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)

Bronze

• Ioanna Khatziioannou — 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
• Konstantinos Thanos - Wrestling, Greco-Roman (Light-heavy Weight 97kg) 4th place.

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

• Georgios Theodoridis

• Round 1 — 10.34
• Round 2 — 10.29 (did not advance)

• Angelos Pavlakakis

• Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Konstantinos Kenteris

• Round 1 — 20.57
• Round 2 — 20.14
• Semifinal — 20.2
• Final — 20.09 (Gold medal)

• Anastasios Gousis

• Round 1 — 21.1 (did not advance)

• Alexios Alexopoulos

• Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Anastasios Gousis

• Round 1 — 46.38 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Panaiyotis Stroubakos

• Round 1 — 01:47.96 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Periklis Iakovakis

• Round 1 — 50.2 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• Alexios Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Kenteris, Angelos Pavlakakis, Georgios Theodoridis

• Round 1 — 39.21
• Semifinal — 38.82 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400 m

• Stylianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Periklis Iakovakis, Georgios Oikonomidis

• 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

• Konstadinos Gatsioudis

• Qualifying — 88.41
• Final — 86.53 (6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Alexandros Papadimitriou

• Qualifying — 76.61
• Final — 73.30 (12th place)

• Hristos Polihroniou

• Qualifying — 74.02 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Konstantinos Koukodimos

• Qualifying — 7.44 (did not advance)

• Dimitrios Serelis

• Qualifying — NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Hristos Meletoglou

• Qualifying — 16.00 (did not advance)

• Konstadinos Zalaggitis

• Qualifying — 14.15 (did not advance)

• Stamatios Lenis

• Qualifying — NM (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Lambros Papakostas

• 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

• Prodromos Korkizoglou

• 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

• Ekaterini Thanou

• Round 1 — 11.10
• Round 2 — 10.99
• Semifinal — 11.10
• Final — 11.12 (Silver medal)

• Paraskevi Patoulidou

• Round 1 — 11.65 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Ekaterini Koffa

• 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 Gountunoudi

• Round 1 — 01:01.59 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m

• Ekaterini Koffa, Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosyni Patsou, Ekaterini Thanou

• Round 1 — 43.46
• Semifinal — 43.53 (did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Kalliopi Ouzouni

• Qualifying — 18.56
• Final — 18.63 (7th place)

Women's Discus

• Anastasia Kelesidou

• Qualifying — 63.64
• Final — 65.71 (Silver medal)

• Styliani Tsikouna

• Qualifying — 61.59
• Final — 64.08 (5th place)

• Aikaterini Vongoli

• Qualifying — 61.29
• Final — 61.57 (9th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Mirella Maniani-Tzelili

• Qualifying — 63.34
• Final — 67.51 (Silver medal)

• Angeliki Tsiolakoudi

• Qualifying — 58.11 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Niki Xanthou

• Qualifying — 6.50 (did not advance)

• Despoina Papvasilaki

• Qualifying — 5.86 (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Olga-Anastasi Vasdeki

• Qualifying — 14.26
• Final — 14.15 (7th place)

Women's High Jump

• Niki Bakogianni

• Qualifying — 1.80 (did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Thalia Iakovidou

• Qualifying — NM (did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Athina Papayianni

• Final — 1:33:14 (11th place)

• Christina Kokotou

• 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 Gutierrez of Cuba (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Andreas Kiligkaridis

• Qualifying Heat — 01:57.858 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Andreas Kiligkaridis

• 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

• Thomas Bimis

• Preliminary — 324.72 (32nd place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Nikolaos Siranidis

• 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

• Eftihia Pappa

• 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

• Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

• 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)

• Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Konstantinos Trigkonis

• 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

• Angeliki Skarlatou

• 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)

• Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa

• 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

• Spyridon Bitsakis

• Preliminary Heat — 51.28 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Dimitrios Manganas

• Preliminary Heat — 1:54.36 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Gianniotis

• Preliminary Heat — 03:54.96 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Gianniotis

• Preliminary Heat — 15:29.69 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Ioannis Drymonakos

• Preliminary Heat — 56.36 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Ioannis Drymonakos

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.75 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Ioannis Kokkodis

• Preliminary Heat — 02:04.04 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Ioannis Kokkodis

• Preliminary Heat — 04:23.19 (did not advance)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Bitsakis, Spyridon Gianniotis, Dimitrios Manganas, Athanasios Oikonomou

• Preliminary Heat — 07:35.77 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Athina Bochori

• Preliminary Heat — 26.9 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Antonia Machaira

• Preliminary Heat — 57.24 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Zoi Dimoschaki

• Preliminary Heat — 02:04.06 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Artemis Dafni

• Preliminary Heat — 04:16.94 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Marianna Lymperta

• Preliminary Heat — 08:56.33 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Zampia Melachroinou

• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.06 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Zampia Melachroinou

• Preliminary Heat — 02:17.60 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Aikaterini Bliamou

• Preliminary Heat — 01:05.09 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Aikaterini Bliamou

• Preliminary Heat — 02:18.07 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Aikaterini Sarakatsani

• Preliminary Heat — 02:23.05 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Artemis Dafni

• 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

• Evmorfia Dona

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 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)

Taekwondo

Men's Under 58 kg:

• Michail Mouroutos — 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:

• Alexandros Nikolaidis

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

Women's Under 57 kg:

• Areti Athanasopoulou

• 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

For more details on this topic, see Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics — Women's beach volleyball.

• 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

• George Mavrotas
• Filippos Kaiafas
• Theodoros Lorantos
• Konstantinos Loudis
• Georgios Afroudakis
• Thomas Khatzis
• Theodoros Khatzitheodorou
• Georgios Psikhas
• Nikolaos Deligiannis
• Dimitrios Mazis
• Georgios Reppas
• Ioannis Thymaras
• Antonios Vlodakis

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Valerios Leonidis	– 69 kg	145.0	150.0	150.0	185.0	185.0	185.0	330.0	6
Pyrros Dimas	– 85 kg	175.0	175.0	175.0	210.0	215.0	218.5	390.0	1 !
Christos Spirou	– 85 kg	170.0	175.0	175.0	205.0	205.0	210.0	375.0	7

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	3 !
Maria Tatsi	– 69 kg	92.5	97.5	97.5	122.5	127.5	132.5	220.0	11

References

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• International Olympic Committee Web Site