Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GRE
NOC Comité Olympique Hellénique
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Flag bearer Pyrros Dimas
Medals Gold
4		 Silver
4		 Bronze
0		 Total
8
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Greece competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Greece finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and four silver medals.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.98m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Spiridon Andriopoulos — 2:19.41 (→ 36th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 74.46m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.93m
  • Final — 2.03m (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.60m
  • Final — 6.97m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 6.58m
  • Final — 6.37m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 56.66m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 59.60m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 58.70m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 14.48m
  • Final — 14.44m (→ 6th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Maria Polizou — 2:41.33 (→ 42nd place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Agathagelos Tsiripidis
    1. First Round — Lost to Abdelaziz Boulehia (Algeria) on points (6-10)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Tigran Ouzlian
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 2-27

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • George Giziotis
    1. Heat – 23.56 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • George Giziotis
    1. Heat – 52.04 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Dimitris Manganas
    1. Heat – 1:53.84 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Dimitris Manganas
    1. Heat – 3:54.85
    2. B-Final – 3:57.39 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Panagiotis Adamidis
    1. Heat – 58.12 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Georgios Popotas
    1. Heat – 56.16 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Georgios Popotas
    1. Heat – 2:06.00 (→ did not advance, 40th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 57.92 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 2:03.21
    2. B-Final – 2:03.19 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 4:24.05 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Katerina Klepkou
    1. Heat – 1:05.94 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Katerina Klepkou
    1. Heat – 2:22.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Katerina Sarakatsani
    1. Heat – 2:19.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Katerina Sarakatsani
    1. Heat – 4:56.32 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Katerina Klepkou, Katerina Sarakatsani, Marina Karystinou, and Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 4:24.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of Croatia Croatia 5-8
  • Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of the United States United States 7-9
  • Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of Romania Romania 8-5
  • Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of Italy Italy 8-10
  • Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 9-6
  • Quarter Finals
  • Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of Hungary Hungary 8-12
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of the United States United States 7-6
  • 5th/6th place: Greece Flag of Greece – Flag of Russia Russia 8-10 (→ Sixth place)
  • Team Roster
  • George Mavrotas
  • Anastasios Papanastasiou
  • Filippos Kaiafas
  • Evangelos Patras
  • Gerasimos Voltirakis
  • Theodoros Lorantos
  • Konstantinos Loudis
  • Georgios Afroudakis
  • Thomas Khatzis
  • Theodoros Khatzitheodorou
  • Georgios Psikhas
  • Simeon Georgaras
  • Theodoros Kalakonas