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.

Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	121 (87 men, 34 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearers	Pyrros Dimas (opening) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (closing)
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 0 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

• Ioannis Melissanidis — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
• Nikolaos Kaklamanakis — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral)
• Pyrros Dimas — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg)
• Kakhi Kakhiashvili — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (99 kg)

Silver

• Niki Bakogianni — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Leonidas Sampanis — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg)
• Valerios Leonidis — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
• Leonidas Kokas — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Long Jump

• Spyridon Vasdekis

• Qualification — 7.98m (→ did not advance)

• Kostas Koukodimos

• Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Spyros Andriopoulos — 2:19.41 (→ 36th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Alexandros Papadimitriou

• Qualification — 74.46m (→ did not advance)

• Hristos Polihroniou

• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Niki Bakogianni

• Qualification — 1.93m
• Final — 2.03m (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Long Jump

• Niki Xanthou

• Qualification — 6.60m
• Final — 6.97m (→ 4th place)

• Voula Patoulidou

• Qualification — 6.58m
• Final — 6.37m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Styliani Tsikouna

• Qualification — 56.66m (→ did not advance)

• Anastasia Kelesidou

• Qualification — 59.60m (→ did not advance)

• Ekaterini Voggoli

• Qualification — 58.70m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Olga Vasdeki

• Qualification — 14.48m
• Final — 14.44m (→ 6th place)

Women's Marathon

• Maria Polizou — 2:41.33 (→ 42nd place)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	5	5	0	478	364	+114	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	492	438	+54	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	402	416	−14	8
4	Brazil	5	2	3	498	494	+4	7
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	447	465	−18	6	9th place playoff
6	South Korea	5	0	5	422	562	−140	5	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)

Report

Greece	63–71	FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–30, 33–41
Pts: Fasoulas 21 Rebs: Fasoulas 10 Asts: Sigalas 4		Pts: Savić 21 Rebs: Divac 8 Asts: Đorđević 6

Atlanta Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)

Report

Brazil	87–89	Greece
Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35
Pts: Schmidt 32 Rebs: dos Santos 10 Asts: Minuci 6		Pts: Oikonomou 36 Rebs: Fasoulas 6 Asts: Bakatsias 5

Atlanta Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP)

24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)

Report

Greece	80–69	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 29–36
Pts: Oikonomou 19 Rebs: Oikonomou 8 Asts: Oikonomou, Christodoulou 3		Pts: Mincy 20 Rebs: Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4

Atlanta Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)

Report

South Korea	86–108	Greece
Scoring by half: 44–56, 42–52
Pts: J. Y. Hyun 24 Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6 Asts: D. H. Kang 10		Pts: Sigalas 22 Rebs: Rentzias 8 Asts: Bakatsias, Sigalas 6

Atlanta Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Yi Cui (CHN)

28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)

Report

Australia	103–62	Greece
Scoring by half: 52–30, 51–32
Pts: Gaze 17 Rebs: Bradtke 8 Asts: Heal 5		Pts: Oikonomou 22 Rebs: Papanikolaou 6 Asts: Giannakis 4

Atlanta Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

Quarterfinals

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 10:00

Report

Lithuania	99–66	Greece
Scoring by half: 45–19, 54–47
Pts: Marčiulionis 16 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Marčiulionis 7		Pts: Sigalas 18 Rebs: Rentzias 4 Asts: Sigalas 5

Atlanta Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

5–8th Place classification match

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01) 10:00

Report

China	75–115	Greece
Scoring by half: 24–50, 51–65
Pts: Wu 20 Rebs: Liu 8 Asts: Li 7		Pts: Fasoulas 19 Rebs: Christodoulou 12 Asts: Christodoulou 8

Atlanta Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)

5th Place match

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 22:00

Report

Greece	91–72	Brazil
Scoring by half: 45–49, 46–23
Pts: Sigalas 35 Rebs: Fasoulas, Christodoulou 7 Asts: Patavoukas 7		Pts: Minuci 23 Rebs: Vianna 11 Asts: Ratto 7

Atlanta Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Agathagelos Tsiripidis
  1. First Round — Lost to Abdelaziz Boulehia (Algeria) on points (6-10)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Tigran Ouzlian
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 2-27

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

• Nikolaos Siranidis

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

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Greece in 1996.

Women's épée

• Niki-Katerina Sidiropoulou

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Charalampos Papaioannou 7th place, heavy weight

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Mistral	5	1	2	6	1	9	1	1	DNF	—		17
Aimilios Papathanasiou	Finn	26	21	DNF	27	PMS	16	21	23	29	DNF	—	195	27
Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigkonis	470	11	19	18	13	5	2	15	18	5	10	24	97	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Angeliki Skarlatou	Mistral	23	21	24	22	22	24	21	21	19	—		149	23
Maria Mylona	Europe	13	22	20	22	24	13	11	11	19	21	24	152	22
Aikaterini Kaloudi Emilia Tsoulfa	470	9	20	6	19	18	6	16	17	17	18	13	120	17

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Dimitrios Theodorakis	Laser	21	28	16	18	33	26	28	20	25	25	24	203	27
Anastasios Bountouris Dimitrios Boukis	Star	6	8	14	3	6	6	1	16	4	11	—	45	4
Stavros Alevras Panagiotis Alevras Stefanos Chandakas	Soling	14	12	18	PMS	3	16	21	11	20	13	—	107	18

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

• Panagiotis Adamidis
  1. Heat – 58.12 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Georgios Popotas
  1. Heat – 56.16 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Georgios Popotas
  1. Heat – 2:06.00 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

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

• Marina Karystinou
  1. Heat – 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Marina Karystinou
  1. Heat – 2:20.57 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

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

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

• Christina Papadáki
  1. First round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 1-6 6-3 2-6

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Greece – Croatia 5-8
• Greece – United States 7-9
• Greece – Romania 8-5
• Greece – Italy 8-10
• Greece – Ukraine 9-6

• Quarter Finals

• Greece – Hungary 8-12

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Greece – United States 7-6
• 5th/6th place: Greece – Russia 8-10 (→ Sixth place)

• Team Roster

• George Mavrotas
• Anastasios Papanastasiou
• Filippos Kaiafas
• Evangelos Patras
• Gerasimos Voltirakis
• Theodoros Lorantos
• Konstantinos Loudis
• Georgios Afroudakis
• Thomas Khatzis
• Theodoros Khatzitheodorou
• Georgios Psykhos
• Simeon Georgaras
• Theodoros Kalakonas

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

• Pyrros Dimas

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

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics