Greece at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
| Greece at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
FINA code GRE | | |
| National federation | Hellenic Swimming Federation | |
| Website | www | |
| in Kazan, Russia | ||
| Competitors | 57 in 5 sports | |
| Medals Ranked 22nd |
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| World Aquatics Championships appearances | ||
Greece competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver |
Kalliopi Araouzou | Open water swimming | Women's 5 km | July 25 |
 Bronze |
Spyridon Gianniotis | Open water swimming | Men's 10 km | July 27 |
| Bronze |
Greece men's national water polo team | Water polo | Men's tournament | August 8 |
Diving
Greek divers qualified for the individual spots at the World Championships.[1]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Stefanos Paparounas | 3 m springboard | 340.90 | 42 | did not advance | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Eleni Katsouli | 3 m springboard | 232.45 | 37 | did not advance | |||
Open water swimming
Greece has nominated four swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. Among the official roster featured four-time Olympians Marianna Lymperta and defending World champion Spyridon Gianniotis in the 10 km open water.[1][2]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
Antonios Fokaidis
|
Men's 5 km | 55:33.6 | 27 |
| Men's 10 km | 1:51:27.3 | 29 | |
| Spyridon Gianniotis | Men's 10 km | 1:50:00.7 |
|
| Kalliopi Araouzou | Women's 5 km | 58:49.8 |
|
| Women's 10 km | 1:58:30.6 | 8 | |
| Marianna Lymperta | Women's 10 km | 2:01:08.5 | 37 |
Antonios Fokaidis
Spyridon Gianniotis |
Mixed team | 56:18.6 | 8 |
Swimming
Greek swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[3][4]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Apostolos Christou | 50 m backstroke | 25.50 | 24 | did not advance | |||
| 100 m backstroke | 55.10 | 31 | did not advance | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | DNS | did not advance | |||||
| Stefanos Dimitriadis | 200 m butterfly | 1:56.23 | 10 Q | 1:56.31 | 11 | did not advance | |
Kristian Golomeev
|
50 m freestyle | 21.87 | 3 Q | 21.89 | 6 Q | 21.98 | 7 |
| 100 m freestyle | 49.12 | =20 | did not advance | ||||
| 50 m butterfly | 23.96 | 24 | did not advance | ||||
| Ioannis Karpouzlis | 50 m breaststroke | 27.85 | 21 | did not advance | |||
Christos Katranzis
|
200 m freestyle | 1:51.01 | 48 | did not advance | |||
| Odysseus Meladinis | 50 m freestyle | 22.47 | 16 Q | 22.14 | 13 | did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle | 49.47 | 26 | did not advance | ||||
| Panagiotis Samilidis | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.58 | 43 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:14.24 | 28 | did not advance | ||||
| Andreas Vazaios | 100 m butterfly | 52.89 | =27 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m individual medley | 1:58.92 | 5 Q | 1:59.53 | 13 | did not advance | ||
Christos Katranzis
Andreas Vazaios |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:16.83 | 14 | — | did not advance | ||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:37.86 | 14 | — | did not advance | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Theodora Drakou | 50 m freestyle | 25.22 | =19 | did not advance | |||
| 50 m backstroke | 28.35 | 12 Q | 28.01 | 8 Q | 28.17 | 8 | |
| 100 m backstroke | 1:01.15 | 25 | did not advance | ||||
| Theodora Giareni | 100 m freestyle | 56.24 | 38 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:01.00 | 33 | did not advance | ||||
| Anna Ntountounaki | 50 m butterfly | 26.85 | 25 | did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 58.90 | 23 | did not advance | ||||
| Aikaterini Sarakatsani | 50 m breaststroke | 31.58 | 25 | did not advance | |||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.68 | 38 | did not advance | ||||
| Theodora Drakou Theodora Giareni Anna Ntountounaki Aikaterini Sarakatsani |
4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:04.29 | 17 | — | did not advance | ||
Synchronized swimming
Greece fielded a full team of twelve synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.[1]
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Evangelia Platanioti | Solo technical routine | 84.9694 | 8 Q | 85.3727 | 8 |
| Solo free routine | 86.7000 | 9 Q | 86.3333 | 10 | |
| Evangelia Koutidi Evangelia Platanioti |
Duet technical routine | 84.1564 | 9 Q | 85.3878 | 8 |
| Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti |
Duet free routine | 84.8000 | 10 Q | 85.8333 | 9 |
| Maria Alzigkouzi Ifigeneia Dipla* Valentina Farantouri* Giana Gkeorgkieva Evangelia Koutidi Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Anna Maria Taxopoulou Athanasia Tsola |
Team technical routine | 83.6782 | 11 Q | 82.3897 | 12 |
| Team free routine | 85.5667 | 10 Q | 85.8333 | 10 | |
| Maria Alzigkouzi Maria Eleni Armaou* Ifigeneia Dipla Valentina Farantouri Giana Gkeorgkieva Evangelia Koutidi Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Anna Maria Taxopoulou Anastasia Taxopoulou Athanasia Tsola |
Free routine combination | 86.6333 | 8 Q | 86.6667 | 8 |
Water polo
Men's tournament
- Team roster
- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greece
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 2 |  United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 |  Italy
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Russia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 0 |
Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 27 July 2015 12:10 |
Report | Greece
|
11–10 | Italy
|
Kazan Attendance: 883 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3 | |||||
| Afroudakis 3 | Goals | four players 2 | |||
| 29 July 2015 09:30 |
Report | Greece
|
11–10 | United States
|
Kazan Attendance: 839 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–3, 3–1 | |||||
| Fountoulis 4 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
| 31 July 2015 18:50 |
Report | Greece
|
15–11 | Russia
|
Kazan Attendance: 2,285 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–3, 2–4 | |||||
| Fountoulis 4 | Goals | Nagaev 3 | |||
- Quarterfinals
| 4 August 2015 18:50 |
Report | Greece
|
7–7 |  Australia
|
Kazan Attendance: 1,996 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3 PSO: 5–4 | |||||
| Fountoulis, Genidounias 2 | Goals | Younger 3 | |||
- Semifinals
| 6 August 2015 20:30 |
Report | Croatia 
|
10–10 | Greece
|
Kazan Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 2–4 PSO: 5–3 | |||||
| four players 2 | Goals | Vlahopoulos 3
| |||
- Third place game
| 8 August 2015 20:30 |
Report | Greece
|
7–7 | Italy
|
Kazan Attendance: 2,165 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 4–4, 0–1 PSO: 4–2 | |||||
Vlahopoulos 3
|
Goals | Aicardi, Figlioli 2 | |||
Women's tournament
- Team roster
- Eleni Kouvdou
- Christina Tsoukala
- Stefania Charalampidi
- Christina Kotsia
- Margarita Plevritou
- Alkisti Avramidou
- Alexandra Asimaki
- Antigoni Roumpesi
- Ioanna Charalampidi
- Triantafyllia Manolioudaki
- Eleftheria Plevritou
- Eleni Xenaki
- Chrysoula Diamantopoulou
- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Netherlands
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 | Greece
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 2 | |
| 4 |  South Africa
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 61 | −55 | 0 |
Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 26 July 2015 12:10 |
Report | Australia
|
8–7 | Greece
|
Kazan Attendance: 1,035 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 2–1, 3–2 | |||||
| Zagame 2 | Goals | Tsoukala 4 | |||
| 28 July 2015 09:30 |
Report | Netherlands
|
10–9 | Greece
|
Kazan Attendance: 280 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–2, 1–2 | |||||
| Van der Sloot 4 | Goals | Plevritou, Roumpesi 2 | |||
| 30 July 2015 21:30 |
Report | South Africa
|
4–20 | Greece
|
Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–4, 1–5 | |||||
| Versfeld, White 2 | Goals | Asimaki 5 | |||
- Playoffs
| 1 August 2015 13:30 |
Report | Canada 
|
5–8 | Greece
|
Kazan Attendance: 2,055 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 0–2, 1–2 | |||||
| Valin 2 | Goals | Charalampidi 3
| |||
- Quarterfinals
| 3 August 2015 21:30 |
Report | Italy
|
9–6 | Greece
|
Kazan Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 3–2, 2–1 | |||||
| Di Mario 4 | Goals | Charalampidi 3
| |||
- 5th–8th place semifinals
| 5 August 2015 17:00 |
Report | Greece
|
12–12 | Russia
|
Kazan Attendance: 690 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 4–3 PSO: 4–3 | |||||
| Roumpesi 3 | Goals | Ivanova 4
| |||
- Fifth place game
| 7 August 2015 15:30 |
Report | China 
|
9–9 | Greece
|
Kazan Attendance: 940 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–3 PSO: 4–3 | |||||
| Niu Guannan 5 | Goals | Asimaki 4 | |||
References
- ^ a b c ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΚΑΖΑΝ: Οι πρώτες ελληνικές αποστολές [2015 World Championships in Kazan: the first Greek mission] (in Greek). Hellenic Swimming Federation. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Με 8 αθλητές στο Καζάν! [8 athletes are going to Kazan] (in Greek). Olympiacos. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the originalon 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Το πρόγραμμα των Ελλήνων στο Καζάν [The schedule of the Greeks in Kazan] (in Greek). Sportsfeed.gr. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
External links
- KOE (Hellenic Swimming Federation) (in Greek)