Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Greece competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 121 competitors, 87 men and 34 women, took part in 94 events in 18 sports.[1]
Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GRE |
NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Atlanta | |
Competitors | 121 (87 men, 34 women) in 18 sports |
Flag bearers | Pyrros Dimas (opening) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (closing) |
Medals Ranked 16th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Medalists
Greece finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and four silver medals.
Gold
- Ioannis Melissanidis — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
- Nikolaos Kaklamanakis — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral)
- Pyrros Dimas — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg)
- Kakhi Kakhiashvili — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (99 kg)
Silver
- Niki Bakogianni — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Leonidas Sampanis — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg)
- Valerios Leonidis — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
- Leonidas Kokas — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg)
Athletics
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — 7.98m (→ did not advance)
- Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Spyros 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 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)
Basketball
Men's tournament
- Preliminary round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 478 | 364 | +114 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 492 | 438 | +54 | 9 | |
3 | Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 402 | 416 | −14 | 8 | |
4 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 498 | 494 | +4 | 7 | |
5 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 447 | 465 | −18 | 6 | 9th place playoff |
6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 422 | 562 | −140 | 5 | 11th place playoff |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 |
Greece | 63–71 | FR Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 30–30, 33–41 | ||
Pts: Fasoulas 21 Rebs: Fasoulas 10 Asts: Sigalas 4 |
Pts: Savić 21 Rebs: Divac 8 Asts: Đorđević 6 |
22 July 1996 |
Brazil | 87–89 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35 | ||
Pts: Schmidt 32 Rebs: dos Santos 10 Asts: Minuci 6 |
Pts: Oikonomou 36 Rebs: Fasoulas 6 Asts: Bakatsias 5 |
24 July 1996 |
Greece | 80–69 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by half: 51–33, 29–36 | ||
Pts: Oikonomou 19 Rebs: Oikonomou 8 Asts: Oikonomou, Christodoulou 3 |
Pts: Mincy 20 Rebs: Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4 |
26 July 1996 |
South Korea | 86–108 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 44–56, 42–52 | ||
Pts: J. Y. Hyun 24 Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6 Asts: D. H. Kang 10 |
Pts: Sigalas 22 Rebs: Rentzias 8 Asts: Bakatsias, Sigalas 6 |
28 July 1996 |
Australia | 103–62 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 52–30, 51–32 | ||
Pts: Gaze 17 Rebs: Bradtke 8 Asts: Heal 5 |
Pts: Oikonomou 22 Rebs: Papanikolaou 6 Asts: Giannakis 4 |
- Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 10:00 |
Lithuania | 99–66 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 45–19, 54–47 | ||
Pts: Marčiulionis 16 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Marčiulionis 7 |
Pts: Sigalas 18 Rebs: Rentzias 4 Asts: Sigalas 5 |
- 5–8th Place classification match
1 August 1996 10:00 |
China | 75–115 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 24–50, 51–65 | ||
Pts: Wu 20 Rebs: Liu 8 Asts: Li 7 |
Pts: Fasoulas 19 Rebs: Christodoulou 12 Asts: Christodoulou 8 |
- 5th Place match
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Agathagelos Tsiripidis
- First Round — Lost to Abdelaziz Boulehia (Algeria) on points (6-10)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Tigran Ouzlian
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 2-27
Cycling
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Preliminary Heat — 316.50 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Gymnastics
Judo
Charalampos Papaioannou[2] 7th place, heavy weight
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis | Mistral | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | ||||
Aimilios Papathanasiou | Finn | 26 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 29 | DNF | — | 195 | 27 | ||
Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigkonis |
470 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 97 | 11 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Angeliki Skarlatou | Mistral | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 19 | — | 149 | 23 | |||
Maria Mylona | Europe | 13 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 152 | 22 | ||
Aikaterini Kaloudi Emilia Tsoulfa |
470 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 120 | 17 |
- Open
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Dimitrios Theodorakis | Laser | 21 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 203 | 27 | ||
Anastasios Bountouris Dimitrios Boukis |
Star | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | — | 45 | 4 | ||
Stavros Alevras Panagiotis Alevras Stefanos Chandakas |
Soling | 14 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 13 | — | 107 | 18 |
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
- George Giziotis
- Heat – 23.56 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- George Giziotis
- Heat – 52.04 (→ did not advance, 46th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Dimitris Manganas
- Heat – 1:53.84 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Dimitris Manganas
- Heat – 3:54.85
- B-Final – 3:57.39 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Panagiotis Adamidis
- Heat – 58.12 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Georgios Popotas
- Heat – 56.16 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Georgios Popotas
- Heat – 2:06.00 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Antonia Mahaira
- Heat – 57.92 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
- Antonia Mahaira
- Heat – 2:03.21
- B-Final – 2:03.19 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Antonia Mahaira
- Heat – 4:24.05 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Katerina Klepkou
- Heat – 1:05.94 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Katerina Klepkou
- Heat – 2:22.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
- Marina Karystinou
- Heat – 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
- Marina Karystinou
- Heat – 2:20.57 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
- Katerina Sarakatsani
- Heat – 2:19.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Katerina Sarakatsani
- Heat – 4:56.32 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Katerina Klepkou, Katerina Sarakatsani, Marina Karystinou, and Antonia Mahaira
- Heat – 4:24.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition
- Christina Papadáki
- First round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 1-6 6-3 2-6
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Quarter Finals
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Greece – United States 7-6
- 5th/6th place: Greece – Russia 8-10 (→ Sixth place)
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)
- Final — 180.0 + 212.5 = 392.5 (→ Gold Medal)
Wrestling
References
- "Greece at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- Charalampos Papaioannou