Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag bearers
Pyrros Dimas (opening)
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (closing)
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
0
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the

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]

Medalists

Greece finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and four silver medals.

Gold

Silver

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.98m (→ did not advance)
  • Kostas Koukodimos
  • Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 74.46m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Niki Bakogianni
  • Qualification — 1.93m
  • Final — 2.03m (→ Silver 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

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIBA archive
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 (1996-07-20)
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
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Brazil  87–89  Greece
Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35
dos Santos 10
Asts: Minuci
6		 Pts: Oikonomou 36
Rebs: Fasoulas 6
Asts: Bakatsias 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
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
ARG
)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
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
Atlanta
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Yi Cui (CHN)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
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
FRA
), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
10:00
Lithuania  99–66  Greece
Scoring by half: 45–19, 54–47
Marčiulionis
7		 Pts: Sigalas 18
Rebs: Rentzias 4
Asts: Sigalas 5
ARG
)
5–8th Place classification match
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
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
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
5th Place match
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
22:00
Greece  91–72  Brazil
Scoring by half: 45–49, 46–23
Pts: Sigalas 35
Rebs: Fasoulas, Christodoulou 7
Asts: Patavoukas
7		 Pts:
Vianna 11
Asts: Ratto
7
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Agathagelos Tsiripidis
    1. First Round — Lost to
      Abdelaziz Boulehia
      (Algeria) on points (6-10)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 316.50 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Greece in 1996.

Women's épée

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Charalampos Papaioannou[2][circular reference] 7th place, heavy weight

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article:
Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Mistral 5 1 2 6 1 9 1 1 DNF — 17
Aimilios Papathanasiou Finn 26 21 DNF 27 PMS 16 21 23 29 DNF — 195 27
Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Konstantinos Trigkonis 		470 11 19 18 13 5 2 15 18 5 10 24 97 11
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Angeliki Skarlatou Mistral 23 21 24 22 22 24 21 21 19 — 149 23
Maria Mylona Europe 13 22 20 22 24 13 11 11 19 21 24 152 22
Aikaterini Kaloudi
Emilia Tsoulfa 		470 9 20 6 19 18 6 16 17 17 18 13 120 17
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Dimitrios Theodorakis Laser 21 28 16 18 33 26 28 20 25 25 24 203 27
Anastasios Bountouris
Dimitrios Boukis 		Star 6 8 14 3 6 6 1 16 4 11 — 45 4
Stavros Alevras
Panagiotis Alevras
Stefanos Chandakas 		Soling 14 12 18 PMS 3 16 21 11 20 13 — 107 18

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • George Giziotis
    1. Heat – 23.56 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • George Giziotis
    1. Heat – 52.04 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Dimitris Manganas
    1. Heat – 1:53.84 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Dimitris Manganas
    1. Heat – 3:54.85
    2. B-Final – 3:57.39 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 100m Butterfly

Men's 200m Butterfly


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 57.92 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 2:03.21
    2. B-Final – 2:03.19 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 4:24.05 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Katerina Klepkou
    1. Heat – 1:05.94 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Katerina Klepkou
    1. Heat – 2:22.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

Women's 200m Butterfly

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Katerina Sarakatsani
    1. Heat – 2:19.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Katerina Sarakatsani
    1. Heat – 4:56.32 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat – 4:24.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Quarter Finals
  • Classification Matches
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

  • Final — 180.0 + 212.5 = 392.5 (→ Gold Medal)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Greece at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. ^ Charalampos Papaioannou
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