Greece at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Greece competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.

Greece at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	GRE
National federation	Hellenic Swimming Federation
Website	www.koe.org.gr
in Barcelona, Spain
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Spyridon Gianniotis	Open water swimming	Men's 10 km	22 July
Silver	Antonios Fokaidis Spyridon Gianniotis Kalliopi Araouzou	Open water swimming	Mixed team	25 July

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Greece nominated two athletes to participate.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michail Fafalis	1 m springboard	329.60	18	—		did not advance
Stefanos Paparounas	3 m springboard	407.40	14 Q	414.50	13	did not advance
Michail Fafalis Stefanos Paparounas	3 m synchronized springboard	382.77	8 Q	—		376.02	11

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Greece nominated four athletes (two men and two women) to participate.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Antonios Fokaidis	Men's 10 km	1:50:20.7	32
	Men's 25 km	4:50:55.1	17
Spyridon Gianniotis	Men's 10 km	1:49:11.8
	Men's 25 km	4:47:31.3	6
Kalliopi Araouzou	Women's 5 km	56:45.3	4
	Women's 10 km	1:58:21.3	4
Marianna Lymperta	Women's 5 km	57:55.3	28
	Women's 10 km	1:58:33.0	21
Antonios Fokaidis Spyridon Gianniotis Kalliopi Araouzou	Mixed team	54:03.3

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Greek swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristian Golomeev	50 m freestyle	22.62	24	did not advance
Ioannis Karpouzlis	50 m breaststroke	27.80	=25	did not advance
Christos Katrantzis	50 m butterfly	24.29	33	did not advance
Dimitrios Koulouris	200 m breaststroke	2:12.87	21	did not advance
Panteleimon Pantis	50 m breaststroke	28.07	=33	did not advance
Panagiotis Samilidis	100 m breaststroke	1:01.48	30	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.71	16 Q	2:11.21	13	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Theodora Drakou	50 m freestyle	25.87	=30	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	28.81	=22	did not advance
Kristel Vourna	50 m butterfly	27.49	34	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:00.33	27	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Greece has qualified thirteen synchronized swimmers.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Despoina Solomou	Solo free routine	89.680	7 Q	88.800	7
	Solo technical routine	88.500	7 Q	89.600	7
Evangelia Platanioti Despoina Solomou	Duet free routine	88.010	8 Q	87.980	7
	Duet technical routine	89.200	7 Q	88.300	7
Maria Alzigkouzi Konstantina Bachtsevanidou Evangelia Gialidi Giana Gkeorgkieva Vasiliki Kafetzi Evangelia Koutidi Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Despoina Solomou* Sofia Tsipouridi*	Team free routine	85.510	8 Q	85.060	8
Maria Alzigkouzi Konstantina Bachtsevanidou Evangelia Gialidi Vasiliki Kafetzi Evangelia Koutidi Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Despoina Solomou Giana Gkeorgkieva* Sofia Tsipouridi*	Team technical routine	86.300	8 Q	86.400	8
Maria Alzigkouzi Konstantina Bachtsevanidou Evangelia Gialidi Giana Gkeorgkieva Vasiliki Kafetzi Evangelia Koutidi Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Despoina Solomou Sofia Tsipouridi	Free routine combination	87.470	7 Q	86.850	7

* Reserves

Water polo

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Greek roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2013 World Aquatic championships.

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Konstantinos Tsalkanis	GK	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	0 kg (0 lb)	23 April 1982	NO Vouliagmeni
2	Emmanouil Mylonakis	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	9 April 1985	NO Vouliagmeni
3	Konstantinos Gouvis	CB	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	0 kg (0 lb)	16 February 1980	NO Vouliagmeni
4	Konstantinos Genidounias	CF	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	0 kg (0 lb)	21 January 1980	USC Trojans
5	Ioannis Fountoulis	D	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	25 May 1988	Olympiacos Water Polo Club
6	Kyriakos Pontikeas	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	0 kg (0 lb)	9 May 1991	Olympiacos Water Polo Club
7	Christos Afroudakis	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	23 May 1984	NO Vouliagmeni
8	Evagelos Delakas	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	8 February 1985	Olympiacos Water Polo Club
9	Konstantinos Mourikis	CF	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	11 July 1988	Olympiacos Water Polo Club
10	Christodoulos Kolomvos	CF	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	26 October 1988	Olympiacos Water Polo Club
11	Alexandros Gounas	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	3 October 1989	Olympiacos Water Polo Club
12	Angelos Vlachopoulos	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	28 September 1991	Olympiacos Water Polo Club
13	Konstantinos Galanidis	GK	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	0 kg (0 lb)	1 September 1990	Olympiacos Water Polo Club

Head coach: Sakis Kechagias

Group play

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	0	38	15	+23	6
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	34	12	+22	4
Spain	3	1	0	2	30	18	+12	2
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	8	65	−57	0

22 July 2013 09:30	Report	Montenegro	4–6	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–3, 1–2, 3–1
		Ivović 3	Goals	Mylonakis 3

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24 July 2013 20:10	Report	New Zealand	4–24	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–8, 0–6, 1–4
		four players 1	Goals	Fountoulis 6

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26 July 2013 21:30	Report	Spain	7–8	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 2–3, 4–2
		Molina, Minguell 3	Goals	Mylonakis 3

Round of 16

28 July 2013 09:30	Report	Greece	13–5	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Abramović (MNE), Cardenuto (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 4–0, 3–1
		Gounas 3	Goals	five players 1

Quarterfinal

30 July 2013 15:30	Report	Greece	3–9	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 900 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 1–2, 0–4
		three players 1	Goals	three players 2

5th–8th place semifinal

1 August 2013 15:30	Report	Greece	11–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 2–4, 2–1
		Delakas, Vlachopoulos 3	Goals	Younger 3

Fifth place game

3 August 2013 20:45	Report	Greece	8–10	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–5, 4–2, 0–2
		Delakas 3	Goals	Español 5

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Eleni Kouvdou
• Christina Tsoukala
• Vasiliki Diamantopoulou
• Ilektra Psouni
• Margarita Plevritou
• Alkisti Avramidou
• Alexandra Asimaki
• Antigoni Roumpesi
• Christina Kotsia
• Triantafyllia Manolioudaki
• Eleftheria Plevritou
• Alkistis Benekou
• Chrysoula Diamantopoulou

Group play

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	38	20	+18	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	30	27	+3	3
Greece	3	1	1	1	29	27	+2	3
Great Britain	3	0	0	3	20	43	−23	0

21 July 2013 13:30	Report	United States	12–8	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 360 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 4–2, 4–2
		Steffens 3	Goals	Tsoukala, Roumpesi 3

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23 July 2013 12:10	Report	Great Britain	7–13	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 255 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Skovpina (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–5, 2–5
		Gibson-Byrne, Gibson 2	Goals	Asimaki 5

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25 July 2013 10:50	Report	Canada	8–8	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 650 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–0, 1–2
		Eggens 4	Goals	Tsoukala, Asimaki 2

Round of 16

27 July 2013 21:30	Report	Italy	12–13	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 1–2, 4–2  OT: 1–1, 0–0 pen. 2–3
		Bianconi 3	Goals	Manolioudaki 4

Quarterfinal

29 July 2013 17:00	Report	Australia	9–5	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 2–2, 3–1
		four players 2	Goals	Avramidou, Roumpesi 2

5th–8th place semifinal

31 July 2013 15:30	Report	Canada	8–12	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–1, 1–5, 3–1
		Wright, Eggens 2	Goals	Tsoukala 4

Fifth place game

2 August 2013 20:45	Report	Greece	12–15	United States	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–2, 1–3, 4–1  OT: 1–0, 0–1 pen. 1–4
		Avramidou 4	Goals	Mathewson 3

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Official Site
• KOE (Hellenic Swimming Federation) (in Greek)