Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the Olympic Games

Flag of Greece
IOC code:   GRE
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 441 (223 men, 218 women) 
Flag bearer Pyrros Dimas
Medals
Rank: 15		 Gold
6		 Silver
6		 Bronze
4		 Total
16
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Greece was the host nation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The delegation of 441 athletes, 223 men and 218 women, was represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). It was the largest Greek Olympic team since the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. At those games, 240 Greek athletes competed, most notably Spiridon Louis who won the marathon.

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[edit] Medals

Greece finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 16 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Men's team:

  • Georgios Kalogiannidis, Alexandros Karageorgiou, and Apostolos Nanos - men's team, 13th place

Women's team:

  • Evangelia Psarra, Elpida Romantzi, and Fotini Vavatsi - women's team, 5th place

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Men's 200 metres:

  • Anastasios Gousis - Semifinal, 20.68 s (did not advance)
  • Panayiotis Sarris - Round 2, 20.92 s (did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:

  • Olga Kaidantzi - Round 1: 23.11 s, Round 2: 23.15 s, Semifinal: 23.30 s

Men's 400 metres:

  • Stilianos Dimotsios - Round 1, 46.51 s (did not advance)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

  • Fani Halkia - Round 1: 53.85 s (NR), Semifinal: 52.77 s (OR, NR), Final: 52.82 s (gold medal)

Men's 800 metres:

  • Panayiotis Stroubakos - Round 1, 1:47.7 (did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres:

  • Konstadina Efedaki - Round 1: 4:06.73, Semifinal: 4:09.37

Women's 5000 metres:

  • Maria Protopappa - Round 1: 15:35.07

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

  • Maria Karastamati, Marina Vasarmidou, Effrosini Patsou, and Yeoryia Kokloni - Round 1: 44.45 s (14th place)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

  • Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panayiotis Sarris, and Periklis Iakovakis - Round 1, 3:04.27 (did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

  • Hariklia Bouda, Hrisoula Goudenoudi, Dimitra Dova, and Fani Halkia - Round 1: 3:26.70, Final: 3:45.70 (8th place)

Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

Men's marathon:

  • Nikolaos Polias – 2:17:56 (24th place)

Women's marathon:

  • Yeoryia Abatzidou - 2:50:01 (50th place)

Men's 20 km walk:

  • Eleftherios Thanopoulos – 1:30:15 (36th place)

Women's 20 km walk:

Men's 50 km walk:

  • Yeoryios Aryiropoulos – 4:17:25 (39th place)
  • Spiridon Kastanis - DNF
  • Theodoros Stamatopoulos - DNF

Men's long jump:

  • Louis Tsatoumas - Round 1, 7.81 metres (did not advance)
  • Dimitrios Filindras - Round 1, 7.45 metres (did not advance)
  • Dimitrios Serelis - Round 1, NM (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

Men's triple jump:

Women's triple jump:

  • Hrysopiyi Devetzi - Round 1: 15.32 metres (NR), Final: 15.25 metres (silver medal)
  • Olga Vasdeki - Round 1: 14.54 metres, Final: 14.34 metres (11th place)
  • Athanasia Perra - Round 1: 13.19 metres

Women's high jump:

  • Nikolia Mitropoulou - Round 1: 1.85 metres

Men's pole vault:

  • Marios Evaggelou - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

  • Yeoryia Tsiliggiri - Round 1: 4.30 metres
  • Afroditi Skafida - Round 1: No mark

Women's shot put:

  • Kalliopi Ouzouni - Round 1: 18.03 metres
  • Irini Terzoglou - Round 1: 17.34 metres

Men's discus:

  • Savvas Panavoglou - Round 1, 58.47 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

Women's javelin:

  • Mirela Manjani - Round 1: 61.04 metres, Final: 64.29 metres (bronze medal)
  • Savva Lika - Round 1: 62.22 metres, Final: 60.91 metres (9th place)
  • Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi - Round 1: 59.64 metres

Men's hammer:

Women's hammer:

  • Alexandra Papayeoryiou - Round 1: 68.58 metres, Final: 66.83 metres (12th place)
  • Evdokia Tsamoglou - Round 1: 62.76 metres
  • Stiliani Papadopoulou - Round 1: 61.61 metres

[edit] Badminton

Men's doubles:

[edit] Baseball

The Greek baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

  • Players: Clayton Bellinger, Alexander Cremidans, Chris Demetral, Dimitrios Douros, Laurence Heisler, James Kavourias, Robert Kingsbury, Georgios Kottaras, Michael Koutsantonakis, Cory Antony Harris, Peter Maestrales, Nick Markakis, Meleti Ross Melehes, Erik Pappas, Peter Rasmusen, Christoforos Rompinson, Panagiotis Sikaras, Vasili Spanos, Peter Soteropoulos, Sean Spencer, Jared Theodorakos, Nicholas Theodorou, Clint Zavaras
  • Manager: Jack Rhodes
  • Coaches: Scott Demetral, Ioannis Kazanas, Mike Riskas

[edit] Basketball

Men's: 5th place

  • Preliminary round: 3-2
  • Quarterfinal: lost to Argentina, 69-64
  • Classification (5/6): defeated Puerto Rico, 85-75

Women's: 7th place

  • Preliminary round: 2-3
  • Quarterfinal: lost to United States, 100-72
  • Classification (7/8): defeated New Zealand, 87-83

[edit] Boxing

Greece had six boxers competing in Athens. Elias Pavlidis was the only one to make it through the first bout, winning both of the Greek team's two victories in their 2-6 record.

Lightweight (60kg)

Light Welterweight (64kg)

Welterweight (69kg)

Middleweight (75kg)

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

Heavyweight (91kg)

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Flatwater

Men's C1 500 metres:

Men's C2 1000 metres:

  • Andreas Kiligkaridis - semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 500 metres:

  • Apostolos Papandreou - semifinal, 26th place

Women's K1 500 metres:

  • Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou - semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 1000 metres:

  • Apostolos Papandreou - preliminary heats, 23rd place

[edit] Slalom

Men's C1 slalom:

  • Christos Tsakmakis - preliminary heats, 15th place

Men's K1 slalom:

  • Alexandros Dimitriou - preliminary heats, 24th place

Women's K1 slalom:

  • Maria Ferekidi - preliminary heats, 17th place

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track cycling

Men's team sprint:

  • Georgios Cheimonetos, Dimitrios Georgalis, and Labros Vasilopoulos - first round, 8th place

Men's time trial:

  • Dimitrios Georgalis - 15th place, 1:04.204

Women's points race:

  • Kyriaki Konstantinidou - 15th place, -18 points

Men's Keirin:

  • Labros Vasilopoulos - classification 7-12, 9th place

[edit] Mountain biking

Men's cross country:

  • Emmanouil Kotoulas - 45th place, -3 laps

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

Women's 3 metre springboard:

  • Sotiria Koutsopetrou - Prelim: 250.59 (22nd place)
  • Diamantina Georgatou - Prelim: 157.56 (33rd place)

Men's 10 metre platform:

  • Ioannis Gavriilidis - preliminary, 22nd place
  • Sotirios Trakas - preliminary, 26th place

Women's 10 metre platform:

  • Eftychia Pappa-Papavolou - semifinal, 17th place

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

  • Thomas Bimis and Nikolaos Siranidis - gold medal, 353.34 points

Women's syncrhonized 3 metre springboard:

  • Diamantina Georgatou and Sotiria Koutsopetrou - 8th place, 270.33 points

Men's synchronized 10 metre platform:

  • Sotirios Trakas and Ioannis Gavriilidis - 7th place, 331.44 points

Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:

  • Eftychia Pappa-Papavolou and Florentia Sfakianou - 8th place, 272.40

[edit] Equestrian

Individual dressage:

  • Alexandra Sourla riding Gregory - first round, 47th place
  • Gerta Lehmann riding Louis - first round, 51st place
  • Alaia Demiropoulou riding Heros - disqualified in inspection

Individual eventing:

  • Heidi Antikatzides riding Michaelmas - third round, 60th place

Individual jumping:

  • Antonis Petris riding Gredo la Daviere - final round A, 37th place
  • Hannah Mytilinaiou riding Santana - qualifier, 60th place
  • Emmanouela Athanassiades riding Rimini Z - qualifier, 66th place
  • Danae Tsatsou riding Roble Z - qualifier, 71st place

Team jumping:

  • Athanassiades, Mytilinaiou, Petris, and Tsatsou - first round, 14th place

[edit] Fencing

Men's épée individual:

  • Georges Ambalof - defeated in round of 64

Women's épée individual:

  • Jeanne Hristou - defeated in quarterfinals
  • Dimitra Magkandaki - defeated in round of 32
  • Niki Sidiropoulou - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:

  • Maria Rentoumi - defeated in round of 32

Men's sabre individual:

  • Constantine Manetas - defeated in round of 32
  • Marios Basmatzian - defeated in round of 64
  • Jason Dourakos - defeated in round of 64

Women's épée team:

  • Niki Sidiropoulou, Jeanne Hristou, and Dimitra Magkandaki - 8th place

Men's sabre team:

  • Constantine Manetas, Dimitris Costakos, and Marios Basmatzian - 8th place

[edit] Football (Soccer)

Men's: 15th place

  • Preliminary round: 0-1-2
  • Quarterfinal: did not qualify

Women's: 10th place

  • Preliminary round: 0-0-3
  • Quarterfinal: did not qualify

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

Women's artistic:

  • Stefani Bismpikou - advanced in one exercise
    • All-around - 15th place
  • Maria Apostolidi - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

  • Individual
  • Team - 5th place
    • Styliani Christidou
    • Eleni Chronopoulou
    • Ilektra Efthymiou
    • Maria Kakiou (hoops and balls)
    • Varvara Magnisali (ribbons)
    • Stergiani Pantazi

Men's trampoline:

  • Michail Pelivanidis - 12th place

[edit] Handball

Men's: 6th place

  • Preliminary round: 2-0-3
  • Quarterfinal: lost to Croatia, 33-27
  • Classification (5-8): defeated Korea, 29-24
  • Classification (5/6): lost to France, 33-15

Women's: 10th place

  • Preliminary round: 0-0-4
  • Classification (9/10): lost to Angola, 38-23

[edit] Judo

Men's 69 kg:

  • Revazi Zintiridis - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 66 kg:

  • Georgios Vazagkasvili - defeated in round of 32

Men's 73 kg:

  • Lavrenti Alexanidis - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's 81 kg:

  • Ilias Iliadis - gold medal; won final

Men's 90 kg:

  • Dionysios Iliadis - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Men's 100 kg:

  • Vasileios Iliadis - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's 100+ kg:

  • Charalampos Papaioannou - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Women's 48 kg:

  • Maria Karagiannopoulou - defeated in round of 16; repechage semifinals

Women's 52 kg:

  • Maria Tselaridou - defeated in round of 16

Women's 57 kg:

  • Ioulieta Boukouvala - defeated in round of 16

Women's 63 kg:

  • Eleni Tampasi - defeated in round of 16

Women's 70 kg:

  • Alexia Kourtelesi - defeated in round of 16

Women's 78 kg:

  • Varvara Akiritidou - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Women's 78+ kg:

  • Eleni Patsiou - defeated in round of 32

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's

  • Vasileios Floros - 4848pts (28th place)

Women's

  • Katalin Beat Partits - 5028pts (16th place)

[edit] Softball

Women's: 7th place

  • Preliminary round: 2-5

[edit] Triathlon

The same triathlete that had competed for Greece in the 2000 triathlon returned in 2004. He did not finish the competition this time.

Men's:

[edit] Volleyball

Men's beach:

Women's beach:

  • Vasiliki Karadassiou and Effrosyni Sfyri
  • Vasiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou
    • Prelims: 1-2
    • Round of 16: Defeated 2-1 by Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl, Germany

Men's:

Women's:

  • Prelims: 1-4
  • Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

[edit] Water polo

Men's: 4th place

Women's: silver medal

  • Preliminary round: 1-1-1
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Russia, 7-4
  • Semifinal: Defeated Australia, 6-2
  • Gold medal game: Lost to Italy, 10-9

[edit] Officials

  • President: Lambis V. Nikolaou
  • Secretary General: Dimitris Diathessopoulos


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