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
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors70 (56 men and 14 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Lambros Papakostas
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists edit

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 edit

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 edit

Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Athanasios Kalogiannis 400 metres hurdles 49.52 21 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Kosmas Michalopoulos High jump 2.10 33 Did not advance
Lambros Papakostas 2.20 19 Did not advance
Christos Pallakis Pole vault 5.30 23 Did not advance
Kostas Koukodimos Long jump 8.22 3 Q 8.04 6
Spyros Vasdekis 7.82 16 Did not advance
Savvas Saritzoglou Hammer throw 74.16 14 Did not advance
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Voula Patoulidou 100 metres hurdles 13.14 12 Q 13.05 6 Q 12.88 3 Q 12.64  
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Niki Bakogianni High jump 1.88 24 Did not advance
Niki Gavera 1.83 33 Did not advance
Anna Verouli Javelin throw 56.96 21 Did not advance

Boxing edit

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Georgios Stefanopoulos Heavyweight Bye   Rückschloss (TCH)
L RSC R1
Did not advance

Cycling edit

One male cyclist represented Greece in 1992.

Track edit

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Georgios Portelanos Men's individual pursuit 4:46.345 18 Did not advance
Points race
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Laps Points Rank Laps Points Rank
Georgios Portelanos Points race –1 lap 3 17 Did not advance

Diving edit

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Eleni Stavridou 3 m springboard 240.42 26 Did not advance

Fencing edit

One male fencer represented Greece in 1992.

Individual
Pool stage
Athlete Event Group Stage
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zisis Babanasis Men's sabre   Scalzo (ITA)
L 0–5
  Ducheix (FRA)
W 5–3
  Pogosov (EUN)
W 5–3
  Plourde (CAN)
W 5–4
  van Garderen (RSA)
W 5–1
  Lofton (USA)
L 3–5
15 Q
Elimination phase
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zisis Babanasis Men's sabre Bye   Köves (HUN)
L 1–2
Did not advance   Grigore (ROU)
L 0–2
Did not advance

Gymnastics edit

Rhythmic edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Rope Clubs Ball Total Rank Qualification Hoop Rope Clubs Ball Total Rank
Maria Sansaridou Individual 9.275 9.400 9.400 9.325 37.125 10 Q 18.562 9.325 9.150 37.037 11
Areti Sinapidou 9.275 9.200 9.150 9.225 36.850 12 Q 18.425 9.400 27.825 14

Judo edit

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Opposition
Result
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Result
Rank
Ilias Nikas 95 kg Bye   Salgado (CUB)
L Ippon
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Opposition
Result
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Rank
Maria Karagiannopoulou 52 kg   Rendle (GBR)
L Ippon
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon edit

One male pentathletes represented Greece in 1992.

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(300 m freestyle)
Shooting
(Air pistol)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(4000 m)
Total points Final rank
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Points Rank MP Points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Alexandros Nikolopoulos Individual 19–46 61 541 3:14.4 4 1320 191 7 1135 90 23 1010 13:55.9 42 1060 5066 31

Rowing edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Konstantinos Kariotis Single sculls 7:23.00 4 R 7:01.57 1 SFA/B 7:12.91 5 FB 7:19.47 11
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tonia Svaier Single sculls 7:51.35 3 SF 7:42.77 5 FB 8:06.65 7

Sailing edit

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 DSQ 6 8 5 14 10 6 123.4 9
Armanto Ortolano Finn 18 7 PMS 1 6 9 12 81.7 9
Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Thanasis Pakhoumas
470 21 28 5 12 9 DSQ 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 21 7 10 1 84.0 8
Tassos Boudouris
Dimitrios Deligiannis
Michael Mitakis
Soling 20 16 PMS 19 22 9 116.0 20

Shooting edit

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Dimitrios Baltas 10 metre air pistol 570 35 Did not advance
25 metre rapid fire pistol 575 25 Did not advance
50 metre pistol 543 37 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Agi Kasoumi 10 metre air pistol 371 39 Did not advance
25 metre pistol 577 11 Did not advance
Aikaterini Kotroni 10 metre air rifle 383 35 Did not advance

Swimming edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Nikos Paleokrassas 50 metre freestyle 23.51 26 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 53.47 53 Did not advance
Nikos Steliou 50 metre freestyle 23.55 28 Did not advance

Synchronized swimming edit

One synchronized swimmer represented Greece in 1992.

Athlete Event Figures Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Total
(Figures + Qualification)
Rank Points Total
(Figures + Final)
Rank
Christina Thalassinidou Solo 85.884 15 Q 93.880 179.764 6 Q 94.360 180.244 6

Tennis edit

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tasos Bavelas
Konstantinos Efraimoglou
Doubles Bye   Forcellini /
Francini (SMR)
W (6–1, 6–1, 6–2)
  Becker /
Stich (GER)
L (3–6, 1–6, 4–6)
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Rank
Christina Papadaki Singles   Blumberga (LAT)
L (6–4, 1–6, 2–6)
Did not advance
Christina Papadaki
Christina Zachariadou
Doubles Bye   Li /
Tang (CHN)
L (6–7, 3–6)
Did not advance

Water polo edit

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Classification round
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Greece men's Men's tournament   Cuba
L 9–10
  Spain
L 6–11
  Netherlands
D 4–4
  Hungary
L 7–12
  Italy
L 6–8
6   France
W 10–6
  Czechoslovakia
W 10–8
10

Men's tournament edit

Team roster
Group play

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 5 4 1 0 52 36 +16 9
2   Italy 5 3 2 0 41 34 +7 8
3   Hungary 5 2 2 1 49 46 +3 6
4   Cuba 5 2 0 3 50 53 −3 4
5   Netherlands 5 0 2 3 36 46 −10 2
6   Greece 5 0 1 4 32 45 −13 1
Source: [citation needed]
1 August 1992 (1992-08-01)
19:45
Cuba   10–9   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Referees:
David Bathurst (GBR), John Whitehouse (AUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–3, 3–3, 3–1
Pérez 5 Goals Seletopoulos 3

2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
21:00
Spain   11–6   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Referees:
Jürgen Blan (GER), Roy Gunell (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 4–1, 4–1
Estiarte 3 Goals Samartzidis 2

3 August 1992 (1992-08-03)
18:30
Greece   4–4   Netherlands Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Referees:
Miroslav Radenović (YUG), Roy Gunell (CAN)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–0, 2–1, 1–2
four players 1 Goals Scherrenburg, Nieuwenburg 2

5 August 1992 (1992-08-05)
18:45
Hungary   12–7   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Referees:
Vladimir Prikhodko (EUN), Eduard Prelovský (TCH)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–1, 1–1, 4–2
Benedek 5 Goals Giannopoulos 3

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
17:30
Italy   8–6   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Referees:
Miroslav Radenović (YUG), Masaru Masaoka (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 3–2, 2–1
Ferretti 4 Goals six players 1
Classification round 9th-12th place

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9   Netherlands 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 5
10   Greece 3 2 1 0 24 18 +6 5
11   France 3 1 0 2 28 31 −3 2
12   Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 22 33 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
9:30
Greece   10–6   France Piscinas Bernat Picornell
Referees:
Franco Picchetto (ITA), Lionel Liow (SGP)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–2, 1–2, 3–2
Seletopoulos 3 Goals Ducher 3

9 August 1992 (1992-08-09)
9:00
Greece   10–8   Czechoslovakia Piscinas Bernat Picornell
Referees:
Bret Bernard (USA), David Bathurst (GBR)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–3, 3–1
Mavrotas 5 Goals three players 2

Weightlifting edit

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Valerios Leonidis 60 kg 132.5 3 162.5 5 295.0 5
Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos 75 kg 130.0 27 172.5 23 302.5 25
Pyrros Dimas 82.5 kg 167.5 1 202.5 3 370.0  
Panagiotis Drakopoulos 100 kg 167.5 9 No lift DNF
Pavlos Saltsidis 110 kg 175.0 6 210.0 9 385.0 8

Wrestling edit

Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Group Stage Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Isaak Theodoridis 57 kg   Sike (HUN)
L 2–3
  Lara (CUB)
L 0–5
Did not advance 9 Did not advance
Konstantinos Arkoudeas 62 kg   Vavrla (TCH)
W 2–1
  Grigorov (BUL)
L 3–13
  Marén (CUB)
L Fall
Did not advance 5   Büttner (GER)
W w/o
9
Petros Triantafyllidis 74 kg   Almanza (CUB)
L 0–5
  Riemer (FRA)
L 0–8
Did not advance 9 Did not advance
Leonidas Pappas 82 kg   Mischler (FRA)
L 0–2
  Kasum (IOA)
L 0–3
Did not advance 8 Did not advance
Iordanis Konstantinidis 90 kg   Yordanov (BUL)
L 1–5
  Meiss (FRA)
W 6–1
  Campanella (ITA)
L 2–4
Did not advance 6 Did not advance
Panagiotis Poikilidis 130 kg   Choromański (POL)
W 2–0
  Suzuki (JPN)
W 2–0
  Johansson (SWE)
L 0–2
  Klauz (HUN)
L 1–2
4   Ahokas (FIN)
L 0–1
8
Freestyle
Athlete Event Group Stage Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Georgios Moustopoulos 62 kg   Singh Dahiya (IND)
W 6–4
  Mohammadian (IRI)
L 0–4
  Müller (SUI)
L injury
Did not advance 8 Did not advance
Georgios Athanasiadis 68 kg   Go (KOR)
W 4–2
  Schwabenland (GER)
L DQ
  Akbarnejad (IRI)
L 1–5
Did not advance 6 Did not advance
Ioakeim Vasiliadis 74 kg Bye   Park (KOR)
L 0–4
  Khadem (IRI)
L 2–4
Did not advance 5   Zhelev (BUL)
W w/o
9
Iraklis Deskoulidis 90 kg   Baev (BUL)
W 8–2
  Baninosrat (IRI)
L 0–4
  Sükhbat (MGL)
L 0–2
Did not advance 5   Schneider (GER)
W 3–0
9
Petros Bourdoulis 100 kg   Verma (IND)
L 0–5
  Balz (GER)
L 0–4
Did not advance 9 Did not advance

References edit

  1. ^ "Greece at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  2. ^ Greece at the 1992 Summer Olympics