Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Greece at the Olympic Games

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Competitors

156 in 22 sports

Flag bearer

Ilias Iliadis

Medals
Rank: 58

Gold
0

Silver
2

Bronze
2

Total
4

Olympic history (summary)

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Greece competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. They were represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, which announced on July 28, 2008, the 156 Greek athletes to compete in Beijing, composed of 84 men and 72 women,^[1] the largest Greek Olympic team ever excluding the home team of the Athens 2004 Olympics.^[2] Greece took part in archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, beach volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.

As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games, and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered the Beijing National Stadium first during the opening ceremony, led by the judoka Ilias Iliadis, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Mougios, DimitriosDimitrios Mougios Polymeros, VasileiosVasileios Polymeros	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
2 Silver	Nikolaidis, AlexandrosAlexandros Nikolaidis	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
3 Bronze	Bekatorou, SofiaSofia Bekatorou Kravarioti, VirginiaVirginia Kravarioti Papadopoulou, SofiaSofia Papadopoulou	Sailing	Women's yngling class
3 Bronze	Devetzi, HrysopiyiHrysopiyi Devetzi	Athletics	Women's triple jump

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greece will send archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Elpida Romantzi earned the country its first qualifying spot, in the women's competition, by placing 36th in the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.^[3] Evangelia Psarra placed third at the European qualifying tournament, giving Greece a second spot in the women's individual competition.^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Evangelia Psarra	Individual	613	50	Ling (CHN) (15) L 101-110	Did not advance
Elpida Romantzi	Individual	614	49	Şatır (TUR) (16) W 105-103	Esebua (GEO) (17) W 102 (+10)-102 (+9)	Park (KOR) (1) L 103-115	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Konstantinos Douvalidis	110m hurdles	13.49	9 Q	13.46	11 q	13.55	11	Did not advance
Periklis Iakovakis	400m hurdles	49.50	13 Q			48.69	7 Q	49.96	8
Konstantinos Stefanopoulos	50 km walk							4:07:53	37
Stylianos Dimotsios Dimitrios Gravalos Pantelis Melachroinoudis Konstantinos Anastasiou	4x400 m	3:04.30	15					Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Konstantinos Baniotis	High jump	2.10	37	Did not advance
Alexandros Papadimitriou	Hammer throw	74.33	18	Did not advance
Ioannis-Georgios Smalios	Javelin throw	71.87	27	Did not advance
Mihail Stamatoyiannis	Shot put	18.45	36	Did not advance
Louis Tsatoumas	Long jump	8.27	1 Q	X	NM
Dimitrios Tsiamis	Triple jump	16.65	23	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eleni Donta	Marathon							2:46:44	60
Konstantina Efentaki	1500 m	4:15:02	14					Did not advance
Irini Kokkinariou	3000m steeplechase	10:22.39	42	Did not advance
Dimitra Dova	400m	52.69	29			Did not advance
Flora Redoumi	100m hurdles	13.56	35			Did not advance
Athanasia Tsoumeleka	20 km walk							~~1:27:54~~	DSQ
Evaggelia Xinou	20 km walk							1:32:19	25
Despina Zapounidou	20 km walk							1:39:11	41

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Triple jump	14.92	2 Q	15.23
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Long jump	6.57	14	Did not advance
Dorothea Kalpakidou	Discus throw	53.00	35	Did not advance
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Pole vault	4.15	27	Did not advance
Savva Lika	Javelin throw	59.11	15	Did not advance
Stiliani Papadopoulou	Hammer throw	69.36	12 q	64.97	11
Alexandra Papageorgiou	Hammer throw	66.72	28	Did not advance
Athanasia Perra	Triple jump	X	NM	Did not advance
Afroditi Skafida	Pole vault	4.30	16	Did not advance
Antonia Stergiou	High jump	1.85	24	Did not advance
Irini Terzoglou	Shot put	16.50	26	Did not advance

Combined events

Heptathlon	Event	Argyro Strataki
Heptathlon	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	14.05	971	32
	High jump	1.68	830	33
	Shot Put	13.22	742	20
	200 m	25.47	844	26
	Long jump	5.97	840	25
	Javelin throw	45.20	767	13
	800 m	2:14.57	899	15
Total			5893	24

Basketball

Main articles: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Greece qualified for the men's basketball tournament through the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Greece	Basketball – Men	Spain L 66-81 Germany W 87-64 United States L 69-92 Angola W 102-61 China W 91-77	3	Argentina L 78-80	Did not advance		5

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greece qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Both qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Georgios Gazis	Middleweight	Saliku Biembe (COD) W 7:2	Góngora (ECU) L 1:12	Did not advance
Elias Pavlidis	Heavyweight		Gajović (MNE) W 7:3	Acosta (CUB) L 4:7	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Kiligkaridis	C-1 500 m	1:54.541	5 Q	1:56.310	5	Did not advance
Andreas Kiligkaridis	C-1 1000 m	4:18.488	5 Q	4:04.627	5	Did not advance

Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Christos Tsakmakis	C-1	91.53	10	86.01	5	177.54	8 Q	92.18	6 Q	94.49	7	186.67	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Maria Ferekidi	K-1	108.37	13	113.60	19	221.97	12 Q	118.99	11	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Track

Greece will have entries in the men's Keirin and team sprint.

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals (repechage)	1/8 finals (repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals (5th-12th place)
Athlete	Event	Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Rank
Vasileios Reppas	Men's sprint	10.966	20	Did not advance					20
Athanasios Mantzouranis Vasileios Reppas Panagiotis Voukelatos	Men's team sprint	45.645	10			Did not advance		Did not advance	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals (7th-12th place)
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Athanasios Mantzouranis	Men's keirin	5 R	3	Did not advance
Christos Volikakis	Men's keirin	5 R	2	Did not advance

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eftychia Pappa Papavasilopoulou	10 m individual platform	252.00	26	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Vlasios Maras	All-around	DNA					DNA	29.900	88	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Stefani Bismpikou	All-around	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	56.625	39	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Eleni Andriola	Individual	14.750	15.450	14.100	15.400	59.700	21	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Dimitra Kafalidou Vasiliki Maniou Olga-Afroditi Pilaki Paraskevi Pleksida Ioanna Samara Nikoletta Tsagari	Team	15.400	15.600	31.000	9	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lavrentios Alexanidis	−60 kg		D'Aquino (AUS) W 1000-0000	Houkes (NED) L 0000-0001	Did not advance		Will (CAN) L 0010-1001	Did not advance
Ilias Iliadis	−90 kg		Huizinga (NED) L 0001-1010	Did not advance
Tariel Zintiridis	−66 kg		Takata (USA) L 0000-0010	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ioannis Christou	Single sculls	7:29.87	3 Q			6:58.28	3 S	7:06.02	4 FB	7:06.02	4
Dimitrios Mougios Vasileios Polymeros	Lightweight double sculls	6:16.10	2 S					6:24.61	1 FA	6:11.72

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chrysi Biskitzi Alexandra Tsiavou	Lightweight double sculls	7:05.95	5 R	7:24.55	2 S	7:11.99	3 FA	7:04.61	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); S=Semifinals; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Sailboard	10	2	12	11	8	10	5	15	10	7	OCS	97	8
Evangelos Cheimonas	Laser	22	21	9	11	~~DSQ~~	BFD	9	6	8	CAN	DNA	130	15
Andreas Kosmatopoulos Andreas Papadopoulos	470	5	26	11	8	5	5	18	3	20	29	DNA	101	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Athena Frai	Sailboard	15	15	16	10	19	5	11	9	15	11	DNA	107	14
Eftychia Mantzaraki	Laser Radial	14	18	14	18	16	8	5	22	24	CAN	DNA	115	18
Sofia Bekatorou Virginia Kravarioti Sofia Papadopoulou	Yngling	10	12	9	3	2	~~OCS~~	3	3	CAN	CAN	6	48

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Emilios Papathanasiou	Finn	1	~~DNF~~	5	DNE	18	15	DNE	8	DNA			101	15
Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigonis	Tornado	2	5	12	7	2	12	4	10	6	13	DNF	82	9

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Georgios Salavantakis	Skeet	109	33	Did not advance		33

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis	400 m individual medley	4:23.41	25			Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:03.39	50	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:57.99	26	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.04	41	Did not advance
Dimitrios Chasiotis	200 m backstroke	2:02.30	36	Did not advance
Vasileios Demetis	400 m individual medley	4:18.40	18			Did not advance
Spyridon Gianniotis	400 m freestyle	3:49.34	24			Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:53.32	12			Did not advance
	Marathon 10 km					1:52:20.4	16
Aristeidis Grigoriadis	100 m freestyle	50.62	48	Did not advance
Aristeidis Grigoriadis	100 m backstroke	54.71	17	Did not advance
Ioannis Kokkodis	200 m individual medley	2:01.22	23	Did not advance
Sotirios Pastras	100 m butterfly	52.41	25	Did not advance
Apostolos Tsagarakis	50 m freestyle	22.39	26	Did not advance
Andreas Zisimos	200 m freestyle	1:48.82	29	Did not advance
Andreas Zisimos Nikolaos Xylouris Ioannis Giannoulis Vasileios Demetis	4×200 m freestyle	7:18.26	15			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stella Boumi	200 m backstroke	2:14.73	29	Did not advance
Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou	400 m freestyle	4:15.78	27			Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:13.27	29	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:41.65	28			Did not advance
Angeliki Exarchou	200 m breaststroke	2:36.83	39	Did not advance
Angeliki Exarchou	100 m breaststroke	1:10.47	30	Did not advance
Eirini Kavarnou	100 m butterfly	1:00.74	41	Did not advance
Eleni Kosti	200 m freestyle	2:04.55	44	Did not advance
Eleni Kosti	100 m freestyle	56.44	37	Did not advance
Marianna Lymperta	10 km marathon					1:59:42.3	11
Martha Matsa	50 m freestyle	25.68	33	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)				Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Evanthia Makrygianni Despoina Solomou	Duet	45.834	9	45.584	10	91.418		45.667	10

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Panagiotis Gionis	Singles		Tsuboi (BRA) W 4-0	Ko (HKG) L 3-4	Did not advance
Kalinikos Kreanga	Singles				Mizutani (JPN) W 4-1	Ma (CHN) L 0-4	Did not advance

Men's team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Final	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Greece Panagiotis Gionis Kalinikos Kreanga Ntaniel Tsiokas	Teams	China L 0-3 Austria L 0-3 Australia W 3-0	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandros Nikolaidis	+80 kg	Chilmanov (KAZ) W 4-3	Zrouri (MAR) W 5-4	Chukwumerije (NGR) W 3-2			Dong-Min (KOR) L 4-5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Elisavet Mystakidou	−67 kg	Ocasio Rodriguez (PUR) L 0-1	Did not advance
Kyriaki Kouvari	+67 kg	Falavigna (BRA) L 1-3	Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	OOpposition Score	Opposition Score
Eleni Daniilidou	Singles	V. Razzano (FRA) L 3-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Eleni Daniilidou Anna Gerasimou	Doubles		E. Gagliardi - P. Schnyder (SUI) L 0-6, 4-6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Deniz Dimaki	Individual	21.36	Lapped

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Beach

Greece has two teams in the women's Olympic beach volleyball tournament.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Vasso Karantasiou Vassiliki Arvaniti Seed 7	Doubles	Schwaiger - Schwaiger (AUT) L 0-2 (18-21, 18-21) Candelas - Garcia (MEX) L 1-2 (17-21, 21-16, 12-15) Talita - Renata (BRA) L 0-2 (20-22, 19-21)	4	Did not advance
Efthalia Koutroumanidou Maria Tsiartsiani Seed 17	Doubles	Xue - Zhang Xi (CHN) L 1-2 (18-21, 21-19, 12-15) Augoustides - Nel (RSA) W 2-0 (21-12, 21-8) Goller - Ludwig (GER) L 0-2 (22-24, 12-21)	3 Q	Barnett - Cook (AUS) L 1-2 (20-22, 21-19, 12-15)	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Greece participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 7th place, while the women's team finished in 8th place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greek roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

№		Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Deligiannis, NikolaosNikolaos Deligiannis	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (210 lb)	01976-09-03 3 September 1976	Olympiacos
02 !2	Schizas, AnastasiosAnastasios Schizas	CB	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (200 lb)	01977-02-18 18 February 1977	Olympiacos
03 !3	Mazis, DimitriosDimitrios Mazis	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	01976-09-05 5 September 1976	Ethnikos Piraeus
04 !4	Kokkinakis, KonstantinosKonstantinos Kokkinakis	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (230 lb)	01975-10-09 9 October 1975	Ethnikos Piraeus
05 !5	Thomakos, IoannisIoannis Thomakos	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (190 lb)	01977-03-14 14 March 1977	Panionios
06 !6	Theodoropoulos, ArgyrisArgyris Theodoropoulos	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	01981-01-13 13 January 1981	Olympiacos
07 !7	Afroudakis, ChristosChristos Afroudakis	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (190 lb)	01984-05-23 23 May 1984	Olympiacos
08 !8	Ntoskas, GeorgiosGeorgios Ntoskas	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	99 kg (220 lb)	01984-11-11 11 November 1984	Olympiacos
09 !9	Afroudakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Afroudakis	CF	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (230 lb)	01976-10-17 17 October 1976	Olympiacos
10	Miteloudis, DimitriosDimitrios Miteloudis	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (190 lb)	01982-02-11 11 February 1982	Vouliagmeni
11	Vlontakis, AntoniosAntonios Vlontakis	CF	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (210 lb)	01975-10-10 10 October 1975	Ethnikos Piraeus
12	Mylonakis, EmmanouilEmmanouil Mylonakis	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	74 kg (160 lb)	01985-04-09 9 April 1985	Ethnikos Piraeus
13	Reppas, GeorgiosGeorgios Reppas	GK	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (190 lb)	01974-12-11 11 December 1974	Panionios

Head coach:

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–10
	Will play for places 7–12

	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	−17	2
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	−40	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 14:00	Game reference	Australia	12 – 8	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Bock (GER), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5-5, 4-3, 2-0, 1-0
		Figlioli 4, McGregor 3	Goals	Ntoskas 3

12 August 2008 14:00	Game reference	Greece	6 – 17	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Rak (CRO), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2-7, 2-2, 1-4, 1-4
		Schizas 2	Goals	Biros 4, Benedek 3, Madaras 2, Dá. Varga 2, Molnár 2

14 August 2008 14:00	Game reference	Montenegro	10 – 6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Tulga (TUR), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 2-1, 5-2, 0-2
		M. Janović 2, Zloković 2, Gojković 2, Jokić 2	Goals	Ntoskas 2

02008-08-16 16 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Canada	7 – 13	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Hart (AUS), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1-6, 4-5, 2-1, 0-1
		Graham 3, Feltham 3	Goals	Ntoskas 4, Theodoropoulos 3

18 August 2008 15:20	Game reference	Spain	10 – 6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Rak (CRO), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-0, 3-5, 2-1
		F. Perrone 7	Goals	Theodoropoulos 2

Classification round

Classification 7th–12th

20 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Greece	13 – 8	China	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Knights (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 4-4, 2-0, 4-3
		Ntoskas 4, G. Afroudakis 3, C. Afroudakis 2	Goals	Xie 3, Wang Yo. 2

Classification 7th–10th

22 August 2008 17:00	Game reference	Germany	9 – 13	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-3, 2-4, 3-3
		Nossek 3, Schertwitis 2, Kreuzmann 2	Goals	Ntoskas 6, Schizas 3, Theodoropoulos 2

Classification 7th–8th

24 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Australia	8 – 9	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Simion (ROU), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-2, 3-1, 1-3
		Figlioli 3, Campbell 2, Martin 2	Goals	Schizas 2, C. Afroudakis 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greek roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

№		Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Ellinaki, GeorgiaGeorgia Ellinaki	GK	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (140 lb)	01974-02-28 28 February 1974	Ethnikos Piraeus
02 !2	Tsoukala, ChristinaChristina Tsoukala	CB	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	01991-07-08 8 July 1991	Vouliagmeni
03 !3	Gerolymou, AngelikiAngeliki Gerolymou	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	01982-06-22 22 June 1982	Vouliagmeni
04 !4	Iosifidou, SofiaSofia Iosifidou	CB	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	61 kg (130 lb)	01981-01-13 13 January 1981	Ethnikos Piraeus
05 !5	Liosi, KyriakiKyriaki Liosi	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (140 lb)	01979-10-30 30 October 1979	Vouliagmeni
06 !6	Kozompoli, StavroulaStavroula Kozompoli	CF	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	01974-01-14 14 January 1974	Nireas Chalandriou
07 !7	Oikonomopoulou, AikateriniAikaterini Oikonomopoulou	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	01978-02-16 16 February 1978	ANC Glyfada
08 !8	Roumpesi, AntigoniAntigoni Roumpesi	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	01983-07-19 19 July 1983	Vouliagmeni
09 !9	Moraitidou, EvangeliaEvangelia Moraitidou	CB	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (160 lb)	01975-03-16 16 March 1975	ANC Glyfada
10	Asimaki, AlexandraAlexandra Asimaki	CF	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (130 lb)	01988-06-28 28 June 1988	Vouliagmeni
11	Antonakou, StavroulaStavroula Antonakou	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	57 kg (130 lb)	01982-05-02 2 May 1982	Ethnikos Piraeus
12	Lara, GeorgiaGeorgia Lara	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	78 kg (170 lb)	01980-05-31 31 May 1980	Vouliagmeni
13	Tsouri, MariaMaria Tsouri	GK	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	01986-05-25 25 May 1986	ANC Glyfada

Head coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–8

	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	28	20	+8	5
Australia	3	2	1	0	25	22	+3	5
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	27	0	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	16	27	−11	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	Greece	6 – 8	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Patelli (BRA), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2-5, 2-2, 1-1, 1-0
		Roumpesi 3, Liosi 2	Goals	Beadsworth 4, Gofers 2

13 August 2008 14:20	Game reference	Greece	6 – 9	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Patelli Decio Jr (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-2, 1-3, 0-1
		Liosi 2	Goals	Cabout 4, de Bruijn 2, van Belkum 2

15 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	Hungary	10 – 4	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-1, 3-0, 3-2
		Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Drávucz 2, Pelle 2	Goals	Gerolymou 1, Liosi 1, Roumpesi 1, Asimaki 1

Classification round

Classification 7th–8th

17 August 2008 13:00	Game reference	Russia	12 – 6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Knights (NZL), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 4-1, 3-1, 2-2
		Shepelina 3, Konukh 3, Pantyulina 2, Belyaeva 2	Goals	Roumpesi 4

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

11 competitors were banned after testing positive for drugs.^[7] Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Konstantinos Gkaripis	-94 kg	160	16	200	13	360	14
Nikolaos Kourtidis	-105 kg	176	12	221	9	397	9
Anastasios Triantafyllou	-94 kg	155	17	196	15	351	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Victoria Mavridou	+75 kg	105	9	126	10	231	9

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emzarios Bentinidis	−74 kg		Gentry (CAN) W 4-1	Tigiev (UZB) L 0-2	Did not advance		Ştefan (ROU) L 3-2	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Panagiotis Papadopoulos	−120 kg	Liu (CHN) L 1-4	Did not advance
Theodoros Tounousidis	−96 kg		Nozadze (GEO) L 3-3	Did not advance

References

^ "Η πλήρης ελληνική αποστολή για το Πεκίνο με 156 αθλητές" (in Greek). www.in.gr. 2008-07-28. http://www.in.gr/sports/article.asp?lngEntityID=923015&lngDtrID=246. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
^ "Greece to send record number of athletes to Beijing Olympics". www.chinaview.cn. 2008-07-10. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8520980.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
^ FITA Olympic Qualification - Women
^ Continental Quota Tournament Final Ranking
^ 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
^ ^a ^b 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
^ The Star (Toronto). http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/764028--more-than-30-athletes-banned-from-olympics.

Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

Africa	Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Comoros • Congo • DR Congo • Côte d'Ivoire • Djibouti • Egypt • Equatorial Guinea • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea‑Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • São Tomé‑Príncipe • Senegal • Seychelles • Sierra Leone • Somalia • South Africa • Sudan • Swaziland • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe

America	Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Bermuda • Bolivia • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Canada • Cayman Islands • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • El Salvador • Grenada • Guatemala • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Jamaica • Mexico • Netherlands Antilles • Nicaragua • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Puerto Rico • Saint Kitts‑Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Vincent‑Grenadines • Suriname • Trinidad‑Tobago • United States • Uruguay • Venezuela • Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Bhutan • Cambodia • China • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Japan • Jordan • Kazakhstan • North Korea • South Korea • Kuwait • Kyrgyzstan • Laos • Lebanon • Malaysia • Maldives • Mongolia • Myanmar • Nepal • Oman • Pakistan • Palestine • Philippines • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Singapore • Sri Lanka • Syria • Chinese Taipei • Tajikistan • Thailand • Timor‑Leste • Turkmenistan • United Arab Emirates • Uzbekistan • Vietnam • Yemen

Europe	Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia‑Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa • Australia • Cook Islands • Fiji • Guam • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Micronesia • Nauru • New Zealand • Palau • Papua New Guinea • Samoa • Solomon Islands • Tonga • Tuvalu • Vanuatu

Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Men

Women

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Flatwater

Slalom

Cycling

Track

Diving

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Water polo

Men's tournament

Group play

Classification round

Women's tournament

Group play

Classification round

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References