Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. At the closing ceremony, a Greek segment was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Athens four years later. Two Greek flags were also hoisted in preparation for the handover, with the Greek national anthem played once.

Greece at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Sydney
Competitors140 (82 men and 58 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
4
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall. These were the most successful Olympic Games for Greece in which it was not the host nation.

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldKonstantinos KenterisAthleticsMen's 200 metres
 GoldMichail MouroutsosTaekwondoMen's -58 kg
 GoldPyrros DimasWeightliftingMen's light heavyweight (-85 kg)
 GoldKakhi KakhiashviliWeightliftingMen's middle heavyweight (-94 kg)
 SilverEkaterini ThanouAthleticsWomen's 100 metres
 SilverAnastasia KelesidouAthleticsWomen's discus throw
 SilverMirela ManianiAthleticsWomen's javelin throw
 SilverDimosthenis TampakosGymnasticsMen's rings
 SilverLeonidas SampanisWeightliftingMen's featherweight (-62 kg)
 SilverViktor MitrouWeightliftingMen's middleweight (-77 kg)
 BronzeEirini Aindili
Evangelia Christodoulou
Maria Georgatou
Zacharoula Karyami
Charikleia Pantazi
Anna Pollatou		GymnasticsWomen's rhythmic team
 BronzeIoanna KhatziioannouWeightliftingWomen's -63 kg
 BronzeAmiran KardanovWrestlingMen's freestyle flyweight (-54 kg)

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Evangelia Psarra Women's individual 618 =44  Bolotova (RUS) (21)
L 161–154		 Did Not Advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men Men's 100 m

  • Georgios Theodoridis
  • Round 1 – 10.34
  • Round 2 – 10.29 (did not advance)
  • Angelos Pavlakakis
  • Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

  • Round 1 – 20.57
  • Round 2 – 20.14
  • Semifinal – 20.2
  • Final – 20.09 (gold medal)
  • Anastasios Gousis
  • Round 1 – 21.1 (did not advance)
  • Alexios Alexopoulos
  • Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Anastasios Gousis
  • Round 1 – 46.38 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • Panagiotis Stroubakos
  • Round 1 – 01:47.96 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 – 50.2 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

  • Round 1 – 39.21
  • Semifinal – 38.82 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Round 1 – 03:06.50 (did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Georgios Giannelis
  • Round 1 – 09:19.14 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Vaios Tigkas
  • Qualifying – 18.13 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Konstadinos Gatsioudis
  • Qualifying – 88.41
  • Final – 86.53 (6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Alexandros Papadimitriou
  • Qualifying – 76.61
  • Final – 73.30 (12th place)
  • Hristos Polihroniou
  • Qualifying – 74.02 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Konstantinos Koukodimos
  • Qualifying – 7.44 (did not advance)
  • Dimitrios Serelis
  • Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Hristos Meletoglou
  • Qualifying – 16.00 (did not advance)
  • Konstadinos Zalaggitis
  • Qualifying – 14.15 (did not advance)
  • Stamatios Lenis
  • Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Lambros Papakostas
  • Qualifying – DNS (did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Spyridon Kastanis
  • Final – DNF
  • Theodoros Stamatopoulos
  • Final – DNF

Men's marathon

  • Panayiotis Haramis
  • Final – 2:26:55 (63rd place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Prodromos Korkizoglou
  • 100 m – 10.74
  • Long Jump – 7.16
  • Shot Put – 13.70
  • High Jump – 1.97
  • 400 m – 53.57
  • 100 m Hurdles – DNS
  • Discus Throw – DNS
  • Pole Vault – DNS

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m

  • Round 1 – 11.10
  • Round 2 – 10.99
  • Semifinal – 11.10
  • Final – 11.12 (silver medal)
  • Round 1 – 11.65 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m

  • Ekaterini Koffa
  • Round 1 – 23.53 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

  • Hrisostomia Iakovou
  • Round 1 – 15:46.48 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • Hrisostomia Iakovou
  • Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Chrysoula Gountenoudi
  • Round 1 – 01:01.59 (did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m

  • Round 1 – 43.46
  • Semifinal – 43.53 (did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Kalliopi Ouzouni
  • Qualifying – 18.56
  • Final – 18.63 (7th place)

Women's Discus

  • Anastasia Kelesidou
  • Qualifying – 63.64
  • Final – 65.71 (silver medal)
  • Styliani Tsikouna
  • Qualifying – 61.59
  • Final – 64.08 (5th place)
  • Aikaterini Vongoli
  • Qualifying – 61.29
  • Final – 61.57 (9th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualifying – 63.34
  • Final – 67.51 (silver medal)
  • Angeliki Tsiolakoudi
  • Qualifying – 58.11 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Niki Xanthou
  • Qualifying – 6.50 (did not advance)
  • Despoina Papavasilaki
  • Qualifying – 5.86 (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Olga-Anastasia Vasdeki
  • Qualifying – 14.26
  • Final – 14.15 (7th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Niki Bakogianni
  • Qualifying – 1.80 (did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

  • Thalia Iakovidou
  • Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

  • Athina Papayianni
  • Final – 1:33:14 (11th place)
  • Christina Kokotou
  • Final – 1:38:52 (36th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Asimina Vanakara
  • 100 m Hurdles – 14.19
  • High Jump – 1.69
  • Shot Put – 10.74
  • 200 m – 25.78
  • Long Jump – NM
  • Javelin Throw – DNS

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Artour Mikaelian
  • Round 1 – Lost to George Olteanu of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Tingran Ouzlian
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Mario Kindelán of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Antonios Giannoulas
  • Round 1 – Defeated Ottavio Barone of Italy
  • Round 2 – Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba (did not advance)

Canoeing

Men's competition

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

  • Andreas Kiligkaridis
  • Qualifying Heat – 01:57.858 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

  • Andreas Kiligkaridis
  • Qualifying Heat – 04:01.042
  • Semifinal – DSQ (did not advance)

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Track Cycling

Men's Sprint

  • Nikolaos Angelidis
  • Qualifying – 10.745
  • Repechage – 2nd place – Heat 3
  • First round – Lost to Florian Rousseau of France

Men's 1 km Time Trial

  • Dimitrios Georgalis
  • Final – 01:04.018 (6th place)

Men's Keirin

  • Lampros Vasilopoulos
  • First round – Heat – 1; Place – 4 (did not advance)
  • Repechage – Heat – 3; Place – 2 (did not advance)
  • Second round – Heat – 1; DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

  • Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas
  • Qualifying – 45.207
  • Second round – 45.079
  • Final – 45.332 (4th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Thomas Bimis
  • Preliminary – 324.72 (32nd place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Nikolaos Siranidis
  • Preliminary – 317.88 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Sotiria Koutsopetrou
  • Preliminary – 258.81 (21st place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Eftihia Pappa
  • Preliminary – 236.79 (29th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Maria Konstantatou
  • Preliminary – 189.57 (38th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Rope Hoop Ball Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Evmorfia Dona Individual 9.675 9.725 9.725 9.708 38.833 10 Q 9.766 9.716 9.775 9.725 38.982 7
Athlete Event Qualification Final
10 clubs Rank 3 hoops
2 balls		 Rank Total Rank 10 clubs Rank 3 hoops
2 balls		 Rank Total Rank
Eirini Aindili
Evangelia Christodoulou
Maria Georgatou
Zacharoula Karyami
Charikleia Pantazi
Anna Pollatou		 Team 19.700 1 19.700 1 3 Q 39.400 19.550 3 19.733 1 39.283

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition.

Women's:

  • Katalin Partics – 3700 pts, 22nd place

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Greece sent seven men and four women to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Mistral 20 12 5 9 7 6 4 DSQ 7 13 1 64 6
Aimilios Papathanasiou Finn 4 12 5 23 10 12 15 11 14 24 9 92 12
Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Konstantinos Trigkonis		 470 13 7 21 6 3 8 24 19 14 2 6 78 8
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Angeliki Skarlatou Mistral 22 20 15 18 13 23 24 15 23 16 17 159 21
Maria Vlakhou Europe 23 12 10 4 27 26 18 5 18 21 18 129 18
Sofia Bekatorou
Emilia Tsoulfa		 470 2 8 17 12 9 12 2 5 DSQ 18 9 76 14
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Antonios Bougiouris Laser 16 18 8 12 21 8 32 6 7 15 22 111 15
Leonidas Pelekanakis
Dimitrios Boukis		 Star 6 11 15 14 12 13 5 11 9 6 7 80 11

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Spyridon Bitsakis
  • Preliminary Heat – 51.28 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Dimitrios Manganas
  • Preliminary Heat – 1:54.36 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Spyridon Gianniotis
  • Preliminary Heat – 03:54.96 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Spyridon Gianniotis
  • Preliminary Heat – 15:29.69 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Ioannis Drymonakos
  • Preliminary Heat – 56.36 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Ioannis Drymonakos
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:00.75 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Ioannis Kokkodis
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:04.04 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Ioannis Kokkodis
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:23.19 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

  • Spyridon Bitsakis, Spyridon Gianniotis, Dimitrios Manganas, Athanasios Oikonomou
  • Preliminary Heat – 07:35.77 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Athina Bochori
  • Preliminary Heat – 26.9 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Antonia Machaira
  • Preliminary Heat – 57.24 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Zoi Dimoschaki
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:04.06 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Artemis Dafni
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:16.94 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Marianna Lymperta
  • Preliminary Heat – 08:56.33 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Zampia Melachroinou
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:02.06 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Zampia Melachroinou
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:17.60 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Aikaterini Bliamou
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:05.09 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Aikaterini Bliamou
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:18.07 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Aikaterini Sarakatsani
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:23.05 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Artemis Dafni
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:53.52 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet:

  • Chiristina Thalassinnidou and Despina Theodoridou – 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Under 58 kg:

  • Michail Mouroutsos – Gold medal
  • Preminaly 1 – Defeated Talaat Abada of Egypt (5-0)
  • Preminaly 2 – Defeated Huan Chih-Hsiung of Chinese Taipei (2-1)
  • Preminaly 3 – Defeated Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli of Argentina (2-1)
  • Final – Defeated Gabriel Espareza of Spain (4-2)

Men's over 80 kg:

  • Alexandros Nikolaidis
  • Preminaly 1 – Defeated Donald Ravenscroft of South Africa (WDR)
  • Preminaly 2 – Lost to Milton Castro of Colombia (RSC)

Women's Under 57 kg:

  • Areti Athanasopoulou
  • Preminaly 1 – Defeated Shimaa Afifi of Egypt (7-7, SUP)
  • Preminaly 2 – Lost to Virginia Lourens of Netherlands (6-8, PTS)

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon
Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Vassilis Krommidas – 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)

Volleyball
  • Vasso Karadassiou and Efi Sfyri – 17th place (tied)

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men Team Competition

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 0 41 22 +19 9 Quarter Finals
2  Croatia 5 4 1 0 42 30 +12 9
3  Hungary 5 3 0 2 49 39 +10 6
4  United States 5 2 0 3 42 39 +3 4
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 4 34 55 −21 2
6  Greece 5 0 0 5 22 45 −23 0
Source: LA84
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
23 September 2000
09:30		  Greece 4–7  Hungary Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Kratochvil (SVK), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 2–0, 1–2
24 September 2000
19:15		  Greece 5–9  Croatia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Afanasiev (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1-1, 1–3
25 September 2000
19:15		  FR Yugoslavia 10–3  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Kerr (AUS), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 3–0, 1–0
26 September 2000
14:30		  Greece 7–10  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Prikhodko (KAZ), Bower (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–2, 2-2
27 September 2000
19:15		  Greece 3–9  United States Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Clemencon (FRA), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–3, 0–2, 3–2

Classification 9th-12th
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Kazakhstan32012318+55
 Greece31022420+44
 Netherlands31111920-13
 Slovakia30302432-80
29 September 2000
09:30		  Kazakhstan 6–6  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Schwartz (ISR), Menendez Betancourt (CUB)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–1, 1–2, 2–0
30 September 2000
11:15		  Netherlands 6–6  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Klaric (CRO), Csaszar (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 1–3, 3-0
1 October 2000
9:00		  Slovakia 8–12  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Takata (USA), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 1-1, 1-5
  • Team Roster
  • George Mavrotas
  • Filippos Kaiafas
  • Theodoros Lorantos
  • Konstantinos Loudis
  • Georgios Afroudakis
  • Thomas Khatzis
  • Theodoros Chatzitheodorou
  • Georgios Psykhos
  • Nikolaos Deligiannis
  • Dimitrios Mazis
  • Georgios Reppas
  • Ioannis Thomakos
  • Antonios Vlontakis

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Leonidas Sabanis Men's −62 kg 147.5 2 170.0 4 317.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Valerios Leonidis Men's −69 kg 145.0 10 185.0 4 330.0 6
Viktor Mitrou Men's −77 kg 165.0 3 202.5 2 367.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pyrros Dimas Men's −85 kg 175.0 4 215.0 1 390.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Christos Spirou 170.0 6 205.0 6 375.0 7
Kakhi Kakhiashvili Men's −94 kg 185.0 2 220.0 3 405.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ioanna Khatziioannou Women's −63 kg 97.5 4 125.0 3 222.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Maria Tatsi Women's −69 kg 92.5 11 127.5 7 220.0 11

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

References
  • Olympedia
  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site
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