Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Template:Infobox Olympics Greece
Greece competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first at the Maracanã Stadium, leading the parade of nations during the opening ceremony. Sofia Bekatorou became the first female flag bearer for the Summer Games in Greek Olympic history.
Medalists
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
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Archery
Greece has received a spare Olympic berth freed up by Ivory Coast to send a female archer to the Olympics, as the Ivorian National Olympic Committee decided to withdraw its entry after the deadline. The berth was officially awarded to four-time Olympian Evangelia Psarra.[1][2]
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Evangelia Psarra | Women's individual | 596 | 55 | Kawanaka (JPN) L 3–7 |
Did not advance |
Athletics
Greek athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]
- 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
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | 200 m | 20.31 | 3 q | 20.63 | 7 | Did not advance | |
Konstantinos Douvalidis | 110 m hurdles | 13.41 | 1 Q | 13.47 | 5 | Did not advance | |
Michail Kalomiris | Marathon | — | 2:37:03 | 132 | |||
Christoforos Merousis | — | 2:29:39 | 116 | ||||
Alexandros Papamichail | 20 km walk | — | 1:21:55 | 20 | |||
50 km walk | — | 3:59:21 | 28 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Miltiadis Tentoglou | Long jump | 7.64 | 27 | Did not advance | |
Konstantinos Baniotis | High jump | 2.22 | 34 | Did not advance | |
Konstantinos Filippidis | Pole vault | 5.70 | 2 q | 5.50 | 7 |
Nicholas Scarvelis | Shot put | 19.37 | 27 | Did not advance | |
Michail Anastasakis | Hammer throw | 71.28 | 20 | Did not advance |
- Women
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Maria Belimpasaki | 200 m | 23.19 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
Irini Vasiliou | 400 m | 54.37 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Alexi Pappas | 10000 m | — | 31:36.16 NR | 17 | |||
Elisavet Pesiridou | 100 m hurdles | 13.10 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Ourania Rebouli | Marathon | — | 2:46:32 | 88 | |||
Sofia Riga | — | 2:49:07 | 103 | ||||
Panagiota Vlachaki | — | 2:59:12 | 118 | ||||
Antigoni Drisbioti | 20 km walk | — | 1:32:32 | 15 | |||
Panagiota Tsinopoulou | — | 1:38:24 | 47 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Haido Alexouli | Long jump | 6.13 | 32 | Did not advance | |
Paraskevi Papachristou | Triple jump | 14.43 | 2 Q | 14.26 | 8 |
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Pole vault | DNS | Did not advance | ||
Ekaterini Stefanidi | 4.60 | 1 Q | 4.85 | ||
Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou | Discus throw | 54.84 | 26 | Did not advance |
- Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
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Sofia Yfantidou | Result | 13.99 | 1.65 | 12.97 | 26.32 | 5.51 | 54.57 | 2:30.08 | 5613 | 27 |
Points | 980 | 795 | 725 | 769 | 703 | 949 | 692 |
Cycling
Road
Greece has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 200 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.[5]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Ioannis Tamouridis | Men's road race | 6:30:05 | 51 |
Track
Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Greece has entered one rider to compete in the men's keirin at the Olympics, by virtue of his final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.
- Keirin
Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | Final |
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Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
Christos Volikakis | Men's keirin | 4 R | 1 Q | 5 FB | 12 |
Mountain biking
Greece has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's twenty-first place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Dimitrios Antoniadis | Men's cross-country | 1:44:17 | 31 |
Fencing
Greece has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2012 Olympian Vassiliki Vougiouka claimed a spot in the women's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the Europe zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.[6] Meanwhile, Aikaterini Kontochristopoulou rounded out the Greek roster by finishing among the top four individual fencers in the women's foil at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Aikaterini-Maria Kontochristopoulou | Women's foil | Đỗ T A (VIE) L 13–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
Vassiliki Vougiouka | Women's sabre | Bye | Wozniak (USA) W 15–8 |
Egorian (RUS) L 11–15 |
Did not advance |
Gymnastics
Artistic
Greece has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Eleftherios Petrounias won the gold medal in the men's rings to book his Olympic spot at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and was later joined by three-time Olympian Vlasios Maras and Vasiliki Millousi, who both claimed the men's and women's individual all-around spot, respectively at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[7][8]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Eleftherios Petrounias | Rings | — | 15.833 | — | 15.833 | 2 Q | — | 16.000 | — | 16.000 | |||||||
Vlasios Maras | Horizontal bar | — | 14.200 | 14.200 | 38 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
Vasiliki Millousi | Balance beam | — | 13.200 | — | 13.200 | 57 | Did not advance |
Rhythmic
Greece has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[9] A team of five rhythmic gymnasts were added to the Greek roster by claiming one of the three available Olympic spots in the group all-around at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | ||
Varvara Filiou | Individual | 17.208 | 17.333 | 17.333 | 16.750 | 68.624 | 15 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
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5 ribbons | 3 clubs 2 hoops |
Total | Rank | 5 ribbons | 3 clubs 2 hoops |
Total | Rank | ||
Ioanna Anagnostopoulou Eleni Doika Zoi Kontogianni Michaela Metallidou Stavroula Samara |
Team | 15.000 | 15.416 | 30.416 | 13 | Did not advance |
Judo
Greece has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Roman Moustopoulos and double Olympic medalist Ilias Iliadis were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[10][11]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Roman Moustopoulos | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Turcios (ESA) L 000–100 |
Did not advance | |||||
Ilias Iliadis | Men's −90 kg | Bye | Cheng Xz (CHN) L 000–100 |
Did not advance |
Rowing
Greece has qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowers competing in the men's four and women's single sculls confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.
On July 26, 2016, the men's lightweight four berth was awarded to the Greek rowing team, as a response to the removal of four boats held by the Russians from FISA due to their previous doping bans and their implications in the "disappearing positive methodology" set out in the McClaren Report on Russia's state-sponsored doping.[12]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dionisis Angelopoulos Ioannis Christou Ioannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas |
Four | 5:59.65 | 2 SA/B | Bye | 6:24.04 | 5 FB | 6:00.56 | 8 | |
Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou |
Lightweight four | 6:05.27 | 3 SA/B | Bye | 6:23.95 | 3 FA | 6:36.47 | 6 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sofia Asoumanaki Aikaterini Nikolaidou |
Double sculls | 7:20.64 | 3 SA/B | Bye | 6:51.99 | 1 FA | 7:48.62 | 4 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Greek sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.[13] The majority of the sailing crews, led by London 2012 fourth-place finalist Byron Kokkalanis (RS:X) and Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Sofia Bekatorou, along with her new partner Michail Pateniotis (Nacra 17), were named to the Greek team, following the completion of the Princess Sofia Trophy regatta.[14] Meanwhile, London 2012 Olympian Ioannis Mitakis rounded out the Greek selection at the 2016 Finn Gold Cup.[15]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
Byron Kokkalanis | RS:X | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 96 | 5 | |
Ioannis Mitakis | Finn | 12 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 3 | — | EL | 88 | 11 | ||
Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis |
470 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 20 | 58 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
Angeliki Skarlatou | RS:X | 16 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 16 | EL | 171 | 19 |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
Michail Pateniotis Sofia Bekatorou |
Nacra 17 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 19 | EL | 148 | 18 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Greek shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[16]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Efthimios Mitas | Men's skeet | 119 | 13 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Anna Korakaki | Women's 10 m air pistol | 387 | 3 Q | — | 177.7 | ||
Women's 25 m pistol | 584 | 2 Q | 19 | 1 Q | Karsch (GER) W 8-6 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Greek swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[17][18]
- Men
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kalliopi Araouzou | 10 km open water | — | 1:57:31.6 | 11 | |||
Theodora Drakou | 50 m freestyle | 25.36 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
Anna Ntountounaki | 100 m butterfly | 58.27 NR | 17 | Did not advance | |||
Kristel Vourna | 58.89 | 22 | Did not advance |
Synchronized swimming
Greece has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their fourth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.[19]
Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti |
Duet | 85.3550 | 10 | 86.1000 | 171.4550 | 10 Q | 86.5000 | 171.8550 | 10 |
Table tennis
Greece has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Panagiotis Gionis secured one of ten available Olympic spots to confirm his fourth consecutive appearance in the men's singles by winning the group final match at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.[20]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Panagiotis Gionis | Men's singles | Bye | Tanviriyavechakul (THA) W 4–0 |
Mizutani (JPN) L 1–4 |
Did not advance |
Water polo
- Summary
Key:
- FT – After full time.
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Greece men's | Men's tournament | Japan W 8–7 |
Serbia D 9–9 |
Hungary D 8–8 |
Brazil W 9–4 |
Australia L 7–12 |
2 | Italy L 5–9 |
Spain W 9–7 |
Hungary L 10–12 |
6 |
Men's tournament
The Greek men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics, after winning the bronze medal in the men's tournament at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.[21]
- Team roster
Template:2016 Summer Olympics Greece men's water polo team roster
- Group play
Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's water polo group A standings
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- Quarterfinal
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- 5th-8th Place Semifinal
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- Fifth place match
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Weightlifting
Greece has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a male weightlifter to the Olympics.[22]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Theodoros Iakovidis | Men's −85 kg | 160 | 9 | 190 | 13 | 350 | 12 |
Wrestling
Greece has qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 53 kg into the Olympic competition as a result of her semifinal triumph at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.[23]
Key:
- VT – Victory by Fall.
- PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
- PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
- ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Women's freestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Maria Prevolaraki | −53 kg | Bye | Kumari (IND) W 3–1 PP |
Argüello (VEN) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 10 |
See also
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