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
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors121 (87 men, 34 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Pyrros Dimas
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
0
Total
8
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

Silver

Athletics

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 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

Boxing

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

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Fencing

One female fencer represented Greece in 1996.

Women's épée

Gymnastics

Judo

Charalampos Papaioannou[2] 7th place, heavy weight

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

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

  • Katerina Klepkou, Katerina Sarakatsani, Marina Karystinou, and Antonia Mahaira
    1. Heat 4:24.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

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

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight ( 83 kg)

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

Wrestling

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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