Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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| Greece at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: GRE | ||||
| 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich | ||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 2 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
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[edit] Medals
Greece finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals.
[edit] Silver
- Ilias Khatzipavlis — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
- Petros Galaktopoulos — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 1500 metres
- Spilios Zacharopoulos
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- Heat — 3:43.8
- Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Evengelos Oikonomakos
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0
- Third Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 0:5
[edit] Water polo
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Drew with Australia (7-7)
- Lost to Hungary (1-6)
- Lost to West Germany (3-8)
- Lost to the Netherlands (2-6) → Did not advance
- Team Roster
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- Dimitrios Konstas
- Georgios Theodorakopoulos
- Evangelos Voultsos
- Kyriakos Iossifidis
- Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
- Periklis Damaskus
- Thomas Karalogos
- Ioannis Karalogos
- Efstathios Sarantos
- Ioannis Palios
- Panagiotis Michalos
