Greece at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the Olympic Games
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	43 (40 men/3 women)
Flag bearer	Ilias Khatzipavlis
Medals	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
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Greece competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Water polo 2.2.1 Men's Team Competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

Greece finished in 22nd position in the final medal rankings, with one gold medal and two bronze medals.

[edit] Gold

• Stylianos Mygiakis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

[edit] Bronze

• Georgios Khatziioannidis — Wrestling, Men's freestyle Featherweight
• Anastasios Boundaris, Anastasios Gavrilis and Aristides Rapanakis — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Michael Koussis

• Final — 2:18:02 (→ 20th place)

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Netherlands (7-8)
• Lost to Romania (4-6)
• Lost to Hungary (5-8)

• Final Round (Group B)

• Defeated Sweden (9-5)
• Defeated Bulgaria (6-4)
• Lost to Australia (2-4)
• Lost to Italy (3-4)
• Lost to Romania (8-11) → 10th place

• Team Roster

• Ioannis Vossos
• Thomas Karalogos
• Sotirios Stathakis
• Spyros Kapralos
• Kiriakos Giannopoulos
• Aris Kefalogiannis
• Ioannis Garifallos
• Andreas Gounas
• Antonios Aronis
• Markellos Sitarenios
• Ioannis Giannouris

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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