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.

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

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men Greece sent one archer to Sydney. She lost her first match.

Women's individual
Evangelia Psarra
1/32 eliminations Lost to Natalia Bolotova
Russia		 161-154

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men Men's 100 m

  • Round 1 — 10.34
  • Round 2 — 10.29 (did not advance)
  • 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)
  • Round 1 — 21.1 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Round 1 — 46.38 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • 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

  • Round 1 — 09:19.14 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying — 18.13 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualifying — 88.41
  • Final — 86.53 (6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying — 76.61
  • Final — 73.30 (12th place)
  • Qualifying — 74.02 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Konstantinos Koukodimos
  • Qualifying — 7.44 (did not advance)
  • Qualifying — NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualifying — 16.00 (did not advance)
  • Konstadinos Zalaggitis
  • Qualifying — 14.15 (did not advance)
  • Qualifying — NM (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

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

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — DNF
  • Final — DNF

Men's marathon

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

Men's Decathlon

  • 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)
  • Paraskevi Patoulidou
  • Round 1 — 11.65 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m

  • Round 1 — 23.53 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 — 15:46.48 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • 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

  • Qualifying — 18.56
  • Final — 18.63 (7th place)

Women's Discus

  • Qualifying — 63.64
  • Final — 65.71 (Silver medal)
  • Qualifying — 61.59
  • Final — 64.08 (5th place)
  • Aikaterini Vongoli
  • Qualifying — 61.29
  • Final — 61.57 (9th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Mirella Maniani-Tzelili
  • Qualifying — 63.34
  • Final — 67.51 (Silver medal)
  • Angeliki Tsiolakoudi
  • Qualifying — 58.11 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualifying — 6.50 (did not advance)
  • 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

  • Final — 1:33:14 (11th place)
  • Final — 1:38:52 (36th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • 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

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Tingran Ouzlian

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

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

  • Qualifying — 10.745
  • Repechage — 2nd place — Heat 3
  • First Round — Lost to Florian Rousseau of France

Men's 1 km Time Trial

  • 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

  • Qualifying — 45.207
  • Second Round — 45.079
  • Final — 45.332 (4th place)

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Preliminary — 324.72 (32nd place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Preliminary — 317.88 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • 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

  • Preliminary — 189.57 (38th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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:

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's Mistral

  • Race 1 — (20)
  • Race 2 — 12
  • Race 3 — 5
  • Race 4 — 9
  • Race 5 — 7
  • Race 6 — 6
  • Race 7 — 4
  • Race 8 — (37) DSQ
  • Race 9 — 7
  • Race 10 — 13
  • Race 11 — 1
  • Final — 64 (6th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Aimlios Papathanasiou
  • Race 1 — 4
  • Race 2 — 12
  • Race 3 — 5
  • Race 4 — (23)
  • Race 5 — 10
  • Race 6 — 12
  • Race 7 — 15
  • Race 8 — 11
  • Race 9 — 14
  • Race 10 — (24)
  • Race 11 — 9
  • Final — 92 (12th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 — 13
  • Race 2 — 7
  • Race 3 — (21)
  • Race 4 — 6
  • Race 5 — 3
  • Race 6 — 8
  • Race 7 — (24)
  • Race 8 — 19
  • Race 9 — 14
  • Race 10 — 2
  • Race 11 — 6
  • Final — 78 (8th place)

Men's Laser

  • Antonios Bougiouris
  • Race 1 — 16
  • Race 2 — 18
  • Race 3 — 8
  • Race 4 — 12
  • Race 5 — 21
  • Race 6 — 8
  • Race 7 — (32)
  • Race 8 — 6
  • Race 9 — 7
  • Race 10 — 15
  • Race 11 — (22)
  • Final — 111 (15th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

  • Race 1 — 6
  • Race 2 — 11
  • Race 3 — (15)
  • Race 4 — (14)
  • Race 5 — 12
  • Race 6 — 13
  • Race 7 — 5
  • Race 8 — 11
  • Race 9 — 9
  • Race 10 — 6
  • Race 11 — 7
  • Final — 80 (11th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Race 1 — 22
  • Race 2 — 20
  • Race 3 — 15
  • Race 4 — 18
  • Race 5 — 13
  • Race 6 — (23)
  • Race 7 — (24)
  • Race 8 — 15
  • Race 9 — 23
  • Race 10 — 16
  • Race 11 — 17
  • Final — 159 (21st place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Maria Vlachou
  • Race 1 — 23
  • Race 2 — 12
  • Race 3 — 10
  • Race 4 — 4
  • Race 5 — (27)
  • Race 6 — (26)
  • Race 7 — 18
  • Race 8 — 5
  • Race 9 — 18
  • Race 10 — 21
  • Race 11 — 18
  • Final — 129 (18th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 — 2
  • Race 2 — 8
  • Race 3 — 17
  • Race 4 — 12
  • Race 5 — 9
  • Race 6 — 12
  • Race 7 — 2
  • Race 8 — 5
  • Race 9 — (20) DSQ
  • Race 10 — (18)
  • Race 11 — 9
  • Final — 76 (14th place)

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 51.28 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 1:54.36 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:54.96 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 15:29.69 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 56.36 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:00.75 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:04.04 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:23.19 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 07:35.77 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 26.9 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 57.24 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:04.06 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:16.94 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 08:56.33 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.06 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:17.60 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:05.09 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:18.07 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:23.05 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:53.52 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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:

  • 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:

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

Women's Under 57 kg:

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon
Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

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
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia54014122+199
 Croatia54014230+129
 Hungary53204939+106
 United States52304239+34
 Netherlands51403455-212
 Greece50502245-230
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		  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

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
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
Pyrros Dimas Men's −85 kg 175.0 4 215.0 1 390.0
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

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
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
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