Greece at the 1972 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 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
2		 Bronze
0		 Total
2
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Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

[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
  • Heat — 3:43.8
  • Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Vassilios Papadimitriou
  • Qualifying Round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)
  • Ioannis Koussoulas
  • Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Evengelos Oikonomakos
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Dimitrios Konstas
  • Georgios Theodorakopoulos
  • Evangelos Voultsos
  • Kyriakos Iossifidis
  • Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
  • Periklis Damaskus
  • Thomas Karalogos
  • Ioannis Karalogos
  • Efstathios Sarantos
  • Ioannis Palios
  • Panagiotis Michalos