Greece at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Greece competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 70 competitors, 56 men and 14 women, took part in 53 events in 17 sports.[1]
| Greece at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GRE |
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Barcelona | |
| Competitors | 70 (56 men and 14 women) in 17 sports |
| Flag bearer | Lambros Papakostas |
| Medals Ranked 26th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Pyrros Dimas | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | 3 August |
| Gold | Voula Patoulidou | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles | 6 August |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sailing | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Shooting | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | – | 5 |
| Wrestling | 11 | – | 11 |
| Total | 56 | 14 | 70 |
Athletics
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Athanassios Kalogiannis
- Heat — 49.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Konstantinos Koukodimos
- Qualification — 8.22 m
- Final — 8.04 m (→ 6th place)
- Spyridon Vasdekis
- Qualification — 7.82 m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Kosmas Mikhalopoulos
- Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Savvas Saritzoglou
- Qualification — 74.16 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
- Christos Pallakis
- Qualification — 5.30 m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Niki Gavera
- Qualification — 1.83 m (→ did not advance)
- Niki Bakogianni
- Qualification — 1.88 m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
- Georgios Stefanopoulos
Cycling
One male cyclist represented Greece in 1992.
- Men's individual pursuit
- Georgios Portelanos
- Men's points race
- Georgios Portelanos
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard
- Eleni Stavridou
- Preliminary Heat — 240.42 points (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Fencing
One male fencer represented Greece in 1992.
- Men's sabre
- Zisis Babanasis
Judo
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathletes represented Greece in 1992.
- Individual
- Alexandros Nikolopoulos
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Nikolaos Kaklamanakis | Lechner A-390 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 123.4 | 9 | |
| Armanto Ortolano | Finn | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | — | 81.7 | 9 | |||
| Andreas Kosmatopoulos Thanasis Pakhoumas |
470 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 27 | — | 137.0 | 17 | |||
- Open
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Iakovos Kiseoglou Dimitrios Boukis |
Star | 18 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 84.0 | 8 | |
| Tassos Boudouris Dimitrios Deligiannis Michael Mitakis |
Soling | 20 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 9 | — | 116.0 | 20 | |
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Nikos Paleokrassas
- Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
- Nikos Steliou
- Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Nikos Paleokrassas
- Heat – 53.47 (→ did not advance, 53rd place)
Synchronized swimming
One synchronized swimmer represented Greece in 1992.
- Women's solo
- Christina Thalassinidou
Tennis
Men's Doubles Competition
- Anastasios Bavelas and Konstantinos Efraimoglou
- First round — Defeated Christian Forcellini and Gabriel Francini (San Marino) 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
- Second round — Lost to Boris Becker and Michael Stich (Germany) 3-6, 1-6, 4-6
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Cuba (9-10)
- Lost to Spain (6-11)
- Tied with the Netherlands (4-4)
- Lost to Hungary (7-12)
- Lost to Italy (6-8)
- Classification Matches
- Defeated France (10-6)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (10-8) → 10th place
- Team Roster
- Kyriakos Giannopoulos
- Georgios Mavrotas
- Dimitrios Seletopoulos
- Anastasios Papanastasiou
- Evangelos Pateros
- Epaminondas Samartzidis
- Nikolaos Venetopoulos
- Filippos Kaiafas
- Evangelos Patras
- Gerasimos Voltirakis
- Theodoros Lorantos
- Konstantinos Loudis
- Dimitrios Bitsakos
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- "Greece at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- Greece at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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