Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

.

Medalists

Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall.

Gold

  • Konstantinos Kenteris
    Konstantinos Kenteris
    Konstandinos Kenderis, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis is a former Greek athlete...

     — Athletics, men's 200 metres
  • Michail Mouroutsos
    Michail Mouroutsos
    Michael Mouroutsos is an Olympic taekwondo gold medalist from Greece. He became the inaugural Olympic champion in the men's -58 kg division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-External links:*...

     — Taekwondo, men's under 58 kg
  • Pyrros Dimas
    Pyrros Dimas
    TotalTotalPyrros Dimas , born on 13 October 1971) is a retired Greek weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times Olympic champion and three times World Champion.- Background :...

     — Weightlifting, men's light heavyweight (85 kg)
  • Kakhi Kakhiashvili
    Kakhi Kakhiashvili
    Kakhi Kakhiashvili ,, a Georgian-Greek weightlifter, is one of only four weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games....

     — Weightlifting, men's middle heavyweight (94 kg)

Silver

  • Ekaterini Thanou — Athletics, women's 100 metres
  • Anastasia Kelesidou
    Anastasia Kelesidou
    Anastasia Kelesidou is a retired Greek discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.70 metres....

     — Athletics, women's discus throw
  • Mirela Manjani
    Mirela Manjani
    Mirela Manjani is a retired Greek javelin thrower. Prior to 1997 she represented Albania.She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 67.51 m, and the bronze medal in 2004. Manjani is also a European champion and double world champion. Her personal best throw of...

     — Athletics, women's javelin throw
  • Dimosthenis Tampakos
    Dimosthenis Tampakos
    Dimosthenis Tampakos is a Greek gymnast.He won gold in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.862. He had also won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2003 he tied for first place with Yordan Yovchev at the World Championships.-External links:*...

     — Gymnastics, men's rings
  • Leonidas Sampanis
    Leonidas Sampanis
    Leonidas Sabanis is a Greek weightlifter, who represented Greece in 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. His last name is sometimes also spelled as Sampanis....

     — Weightlifting, men's featherweight (62 kg)
  • Viktor Mitrou
    Viktor Mitrou
    Viktor Mitrou is a retired male weightlifter from Albania. He became an Olympic medalist for Greece during the 2000 Summer Olympics when he claimed the silver medal in the men's – 77 kg class....

     — Weightlifting, men's middleweight (77 kg)

Bronze

  • Ioanna Khatziioannou
    Ioanna Khatziioannou
    Ioanna Chatziioannou is a retired female weightlifter from Greece. She became an Olympic medalist during the 2000 Summer Olympics when she won the bronze medal in the women's – 63 kg class....

     — Weightlifting, Women's – 63 kg
  • Amiran Karntanov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (– 54 kg)
  • Eirini Aindili
    Eirini Aindili
    Eirini Aindili is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...

    , Evangelia Christodoulou
    Evangelia Christodoulou
    Evangelia Christodoulou is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-External links:**...

    , Maria Georgatou
    Maria Georgatou
    Maria Georgatou is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...

    , Zacharoula Karyami
    Zacharoula Karyami
    Zacharoula Karyami is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...

    , Charikleia Pantazi
    Charikleia Pantazi
    Charikleia Pantazi is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...

     and Anna Pollatou
    Anna Pollatou
    Anna Pollatou is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...

      — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition
  • Konstantinos Thanos
    Konstantinos Thanos
    Konstantinos Thanos is a Greek wrestler who participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

     - Wrestling, Greco-Roman (Light-heavy Weight 97kg) 4th place.

Archery
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

Greece sent one archer to Sydney. She lost her first match.
Women's individual
Evangelia Psarra
Evangelia Psarra
Evangelia Psarra is an archer from Greece. She represented Greece at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....

1/32 eliminations Lost to Natalia Bolotova
Natalia Bolotova
Natalia Dugarnimaevna Bolotova is a female Russian archer.Bolotova represented Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 33rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 625. In the first round of elimination, she faced 32nd-ranked Mon Redee Sut Txi of Malaysia...

 
Russia
161-154

Men's competition

Men's 100 m
  • Georgios Theodoridis
  • Round 1 — 10.34
  • Round 2 — 10.29 (did not advance)

  • Angelos Pavlakakis
    Angelos Pavlakakis
    Angelos Pavlakakis is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, the gold medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and the 1998 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor...

  • Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)


Men's 200 m
  • Konstantinos Kenteris
    Konstantinos Kenteris
    Konstandinos Kenderis, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis is a former Greek athlete...

  • Round 1 — 20.57
  • Round 2 — 20.14
  • Semifinal — 20.2
  • Final — 20.09 (Gold medal)

  • Anastasios Gousis
    Anastásios Goúsis
    Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...

  • Round 1 — 21.1 (did not advance)

  • Alexios Alexopoulos
    Alexios Alexopoulos
    Alexios Alexopoulos is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships...

  • Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)


Men's 400 m
  • Anastasios Gousis
    Anastásios Goúsis
    Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...

  • Round 1 — 46.38 (did not advance)


Men's 800 m
  • Panaiyotis Stroubakos
  • Round 1 — 01:47.96 (did not advance)


Men's 400 m Hurdles
  • Periklis Iakovakis
    Periklís Iakovákis
    Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....

  • Round 1 — 50.2 (did not advance)


Men's 4x100 m
  • Alexios Alexopoulos
    Alexios Alexopoulos
    Alexios Alexopoulos is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships...

    , Konstantinos Kenteris
    Konstantinos Kenteris
    Konstandinos Kenderis, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis is a former Greek athlete...

    , Angelos Pavlakakis
    Angelos Pavlakakis
    Angelos Pavlakakis is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, the gold medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and the 1998 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor...

    , Georgios Theodoridis
  • Round 1 — 39.21
  • Semifinal — 38.82 (did not advance)


Men's 4x400 m
  • Stylianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis
    Anastásios Goúsis
    Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...

    , Periklis Iakovakis
    Periklís Iakovákis
    Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....

    , Georgios Oikonomidis
  • Round 1 — 03:06.50 (did not advance)


Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
  • Georgios Giannelis
  • Round 1 — 09:19.14 (did not advance)


Men's Shot Put
  • Vaios Tigkas
  • Qualifying — 18.13 (did not advance)


Men's Javelin Throw
  • Konstadinos Gatsioudis
    Konstadinos Gatsioudis
    Konstadinos Gatsioudis is a Greek javelin thrower.He was born in Didymoteicho.Gatsioudis set a world junior record in 1990, and eight national records during his career. His personal best throw is 91.69 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Kuortane.-Achievements:-External links:...

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


Men's Hammer Throw
  • Alexandros Papadimitriou
    Alexandros Papadimitriou
    Alexandros Papadimitriou is a Greek hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 80.45 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Athens. This is the current Greek record. He was born in Larissa.-Achievements:-References:**...

  • Qualifying — 76.61
  • Final — 73.30 (12th place)

  • Hristos Polihroniou
    Hristos Polihroniou
    Hristos Polihroniou is a Greek hammer thrower.He was born in Athens.His personal best throw is 80.08 metres, achieved in April 2002 in Athens. This ranks him second among Greek hammer throwers, only behind Alexandros Papadimitriou. He was suspended by the IAAF from May 2005 to May 2007...

  • Qualifying — 74.02 (did not advance)


Men's Long Jump
  • Konstantinos Koukodimos
    Konstantinos Koukodimos
    Konstadinos "Kostas" Koukodimos with origin from Pieria, Makedonia is a retired Greek long jumper. He was born in Melbourne, Australia.-As athlete:Koukodimos is best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships...

  • Qualifying — 7.44 (did not advance)

  • Dimitrios Serelis
  • Qualifying — NM (did not advance)


Men's Triple Jump
  • Hristos Meletoglou
    Hristos Meletoglou
    Hristos Meletoglou is a Greek triple jumper.He was born in Heinsberg, West Germany.His personal best jump is 17.19 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Bremen. This ranks him fourth among Greek triple jumpers, only behind Dimitrios Tsiamis, Konstadinos Zalaggitis and Stamatios...

  • Qualifying — 16.00 (did not advance)

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

  • Stamatios Lenis
  • Qualifying — NM (did not advance)


Men's High Jump
  • Lambros Papakostas
    Lambros Papakostas
    Lambros Papakostas is a retired Greek high jumper who won two silver medals at the World Indoor Championships in 1995 and 1997. His personal best, achieved in Athens in 1992, was 2.36 metres. He is an eight-time national champion for Greece in the men's high jump event.-Achievements:-External links:...

  • Qualifying — DNS (did not advance)


Men's 50 km Walk
  • Spyridon Kastanis
  • Final — DNF

  • Theodoros Stamatopoulos
  • Final — DNF


Men's marathon
  • Panayiotis Haramis
  • Final — 2:26:55 (63rd place)


Men's Decathlon
  • Prodromos Korkizoglou
    Prodromos Korkizoglou
    Prodromos Korkizoglou is Greece's most prominent decathlete and competes for the Pelasgos Sports Club.He is the current holder of the national decathlon record and his highest distinction was the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He sustained an ankle injury in 2004, which failed to...

  • 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
  • Ekaterini Thanou
  • 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

Women's 5,000 m
  • Hrisostomia Iakovou
  • Round 1 — 15:46.48 (did not advance)


Women's 10,000 m
  • Hrisostomia Iakovou
  • Round 1 — DNS (did not advance)


Women's 400 m Hurdles
  • Chrysoula Gountunoudi
  • Round 1 — 01:01.59 (did not advance)


Women's 4x100 m

Women's Shot Put
  • Kalliopi Ouzouni
    Kalliopi Ouzouni
    Kalliopi Ouzouni is a retired female shot putter from Greece. Her personal best throw is 18.90 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Kalamata. This places her second on the Greek all-time list, behind Irini Terzoglou....

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


Women's Discus
  • Anastasia Kelesidou
    Anastasia Kelesidou
    Anastasia Kelesidou is a retired Greek discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.70 metres....

  • Qualifying — 63.64
  • Final — 65.71 (Silver medal)

  • Styliani Tsikouna
  • 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
  • Niki Xanthou
    Niki Xanthou
    Niki Xanthou is a Greek long jumper.Xanthou set nine national record in long jump during her career. Her personal best, and national record, is 7.03 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Bellinzona...

  • Qualifying — 6.50 (did not advance)

  • Despoina Papvasilaki
  • Qualifying — 5.86 (did not advance)


Women's Triple Jump
  • Olga-Anastasi Vasdeki
  • Qualifying — 14.26
  • Final — 14.15 (7th place)


Women's High Jump
  • Niki Bakogianni
    Niki Bakogianni
    Niki Bakoyianni is a retired Greek high jumper. She was born in Lamia.-Career:She is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics after a tough competition with Stefka Kostadinova, who eventually became Olympic champion...

  • Qualifying — 1.80 (did not advance)


Women's Pole Vault
  • Thalia Iakovidou
  • Qualifying — NM (did not advance)


Women's 20 km Walk
  • Athina Papayianni
    Athina Papayianni
    Athina Papayianni is a Greek race walker. She was born in Preveza.-Achievements:-External links:...

  • Final — 1:33:14 (11th place)

  • Christina Kokotou
  • Final — 1:38:52 (36th place)


Women's Heptathlon
  • Asimina Vanakara
  • 100 m Hurdles — 14.19
  • High Jump — 1.69
  • Shot Put — 10.74
  • 200 m — 25.78
  • Long Jump — NM
  • Javelin Throw — DNS

Boxing
Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
  • Artour Mikaelian
  • Round 1 — Lost to George Olteanu
    George Olteanu
    George Olteanu is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

     of Romania (did not advance)


Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
  • Tingran Ouzlian
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Mario Kindelán of Cuba (did not advance)


Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
  • Antonios Giannoulas
  • Round 1 — Defeated Ottavio Barone of Italy
  • Round 2 — Lost to Jorge Gutierrez
    Jorge Gutiérrez
    Jorge Gutiérrez Espinosa is a former boxer from Cuba. He won the Middleweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Gutiérrez's Olympic results were:*Defeated Somchai Chimlum 20-11...

     of Cuba (did not advance)

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)

Track Cycling

Men's Sprint
  • Nikolaos Angelidis
  • Qualifying — 10.745
  • Repechage — 2nd place — Heat 3
  • First Round — Lost to Florian Rousseau
    Florian Rousseau
    Florian Rousseau is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics . He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races...

     of France


Men's 1 km Time Trial
  • Dimitrios Georgalis
  • 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
  • Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas
  • Qualifying — 45.207
  • Second Round — 45.079
  • Final — 45.332 (4th place)

Diving
Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Thomas Bimis
    Thomas Bimis
    Thomas Bimis is a Greek diver.-Career:Bimis competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. After a bizarre event where the Chinese, Russian and American teams failed, he won the gold medal together with Nikolaos Siranidis...

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


Men's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Nikolaos Siranidis
    Nikolaos Siranidis
    Nikolaos Siranidis is a Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. After a bizarre event where the Chinese, Russian and American teams failed, Siranidis won the gold medal together with Thomas Bimis...

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


Women's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Sotiria Koutsopetrou
  • 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
  • Maria Konstantatou
  • Preliminary — 189.57 (38th place, did not advance)

Modern pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Final results for the modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe women's individual match was newly introduced.Men's held September 30. Women's held on October 1.Shooting, held on 6:45 at the Pavilion 2 Fencing, held on 8:00 at the Pavilion 2...

Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition.

Women's:
  • Katalin Partics — 3700 pts, 22nd place

Sailing
Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Greece sent seven men and four women to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral
  • Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
    Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
    Nikolaos "Nikos" Kaklamanakis is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

  • 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)
  • Andreas Kosmatopoulos  and Konstantinos Trigkonis
  • 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)
  • Dimitrios Boukis and Leonidas PeleKanakis
  • 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
  • Angeliki Skarlatou
  • 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)
  • Sofia Bekatorou
    Sofia Bekatorou
    Sofia Bekatorou , is a Greek sailing champion.She has participated in over 470 main class events including 2004 Summer Olympics sailing competition, where she won gold medal in the women's double-handed dinghy event in the 470 with her pair Emilia Tsoulfa...

     and Emilia Tsoulfa
    Emilia Tsoulfa
    Emilia Tsoulfa is a Greek sailing champion.She has participated in over 470 main class events including 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition, where she won gold medal in the women's double-handed dinghy event in the 470 with her pair Sofia Bekatorou...

  • 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)

Swimming
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • Spyridon Bitsakis
  • Preliminary Heat — 51.28 (did not advance)


Men's 200 m Freestyle
  • Dimitrios Manganas
  • Preliminary Heat — 1:54.36 (did not advance)


Men's 400 m Freestyle
  • Spyridon Gianniotis
    Spyridon Gianniotis
    Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open...

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


Men's 1500 m Freestyle
  • Spyridon Gianniotis
    Spyridon Gianniotis
    Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open...

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


Men's 100 m Butterfly
  • Ioannis Drymonakos
    Ioannis Drymonakos
    Ioannis Drymonakos is a Greek swimmer from Athens. He became the first ever Greek swimmer to hold a European swimming record by clocking a time of 1:54.16 seconds in 200 m butterfly event of the 2008 European Aquatics Championships final on 21 March 2008.He tested positive for banned drugs...

  • Preliminary Heat — 56.36 (did not advance)


Men's 200 m Butterfly
  • Ioannis Drymonakos
    Ioannis Drymonakos
    Ioannis Drymonakos is a Greek swimmer from Athens. He became the first ever Greek swimmer to hold a European swimming record by clocking a time of 1:54.16 seconds in 200 m butterfly event of the 2008 European Aquatics Championships final on 21 March 2008.He tested positive for banned drugs...

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


Men's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Ioannis Kokkodis
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:04.04 (did not advance)


Men's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Ioannis Kokkodis
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:23.19 (did not advance)


Men's 4x200 m Freestyle
  • Spyridon Bitsakis, Spyridon Gianniotis
    Spyridon Gianniotis
    Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open...

    , Dimitrios Manganas, Athanasios Oikonomou
  • Preliminary Heat — 07:35.77 (did not advance)


Women's 50 m Freestyle
  • Athina Bochori
  • Preliminary Heat — 26.9 (did not advance)


Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Antonia Machaira
  • Preliminary Heat — 57.24 (did not advance)


Women's 200 m Freestyle
  • Zoi Dimoschaki
    Zoi Dimoschaki
    Zoi Dimoschaki is a Greek freestyle swimmer. Dimoschaki administered the Olympic Oath at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics....

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


Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • Artemis Dafni
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:16.94 (did not advance)


Women's 800 m Freestyle
  • Marianna Lymperta
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:56.33 (did not advance)


Women's 100 m Butterfly
  • Zampia Melachroinou
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.06 (did not advance)


Women's 200 m Butterfly
  • Zampia Melachroinou
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:17.60 (did not advance)


Women's 100 m Backstroke
  • Aikaterini Bliamou
    Aikaterini Bliamou
    Aikaterini Bliamou |Kentriki Makedonia]]) is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Greece.She won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Later on she was caught for doping.-References:*...

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


Women's 200 m Backstroke
  • Aikaterini Bliamou
    Aikaterini Bliamou
    Aikaterini Bliamou |Kentriki Makedonia]]) is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Greece.She won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Later on she was caught for doping.-References:*...

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


Women's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Aikaterini Sarakatsani
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:23.05 (did not advance)


Women's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Artemis Dafni
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:53.52 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-Medal...

Duet:
  • Chiristina Thalassinnidou and Despina Theodoridou — 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around
  • Evmorfia Dona

Q
Rope|9.675(10th)
Hoop|9.725(9th)
Ball|9.725(10th)
Ribbon|9.708(10th)
TOTAL|38.833(10th)PASS

FINAL
Rope|9.766(7th)
Hoop|9.716(8th)
Ball|9.775(6th)
Ribbon|9.725(9th)
TOTAL|38.982(7th)

Team All Around
Q
10 Clubs|19.700 (1st)
3 Hoops 2 ribbons|19.700 (1st)
TOTAL|39.400(1ST)PASS

FINAL
10 Clubs| 19.550(3rd)
3 Hoops 2 ribbons|19.733 (1st)
TOTAL 39.283 (3rd)

Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women...

Men's Under 58 kg:
  • Michail Mouroutos — gold medal
  • Preminaly 1 — Defeated Talaat Abada of Egypt
    Egypt
    Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

     (5-0)
  • Preminaly 2 — Defeated Huan Chih-Hsiung of Chinese Taipei
    Chinese Taipei
    Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

     (2-1)
  • Preminaly 3 — Defeated Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli of Argentina
    Argentina
    Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

     (2-1)
  • Final — Defeated Gabriel Espareza of Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

     (4-2)


Men's over 80 kg:
  • Alexandros Nikolaidis
    Alexandros Nikolaidis
    Alexandros Nikolaidis is an Olympic taekwondo athlete from Greece. Initially the favorite, he eventually won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens after losing from his opponent and eventual gold medalist, Moon Dae-Sung of South Korea.On March 24, 2008 Alexandros Nikolaidis had the...

  • Preminaly 1 — Defeated Donald Ravenscroft of South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

     (WDR)
  • Preminaly 2 — Lost to Milton Castro of Colombia
    Colombia
    Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

     (RSC)


Women's Under 57 kg:
  • Areti Athanasopoulou
  • Preminaly 1 — Defeated Shimaa Afifi of Egypt
    Egypt
    Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

     (7-7, SUP)
  • Preminaly 2 — Lost to Virginia Lourens of Netherlands
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

     (6-8, PTS)

Triathlon
Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Triathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...

Men's Individual Competition:
  • Vassilis Krommidas
    Vassilis Krommidas
    Vassilis Krommidas is a triathlete from Greece.Krommidas competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took thirty-third place with a total time of 1:51:28.94....

     — 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)

Women's Beach Competition

  • Vasso Karadassiou
    Vasso Karadassiou
    Vasiliki Karantasiou is a female beach volleyball player from Greece, who won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, partnering Vassiliki Arvaniti...

     and Efi Sfyri — 17th place (tied)

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Hungary (4-7)
  • Lost to Croatia (5-9)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (3-10)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (7-10)
  • Lost to United States (3-9)
  • Classification Round
  • Tied with Kazakhstan (6-6)
  • Tied with the Netherlands (6-6)
  • Defeated Slovakia (12-8) → Tenth place
  • Team Roster
  • George Mavrotas
    George Mavrotas
    George Mavrotas is a retired Greek water polo player and assistant professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens.-Career:...

  • Filippos Kaiafas
  • Theodoros Lorantos
  • Konstantinos Loudis
  • Georgios Afroudakis
  • Thomas Khatzis
  • Theodoros Khatzitheodorou
  • Georgios Psikhas
  • Nikolaos Deligiannis
  • Dimitrios Mazis
  • Georgios Reppas
  • Ioannis Thymaras
  • Antonios Vlodakis

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Valerios Leonidis
Valerios Leonidis
Valerios Leonidis is a Greek weightlifter. He has three silver and one bronze Olympic and World Championship medals. He has competed in different weight classes from 60 kg to 69 kg....

– 69 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg
The Men's Lightweight Weightlifting Event is the third men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass...

145.0 150.0 150.0 185.0 185.0 185.0 330.0 6
Pyrros Dimas
Pyrros Dimas
TotalTotalPyrros Dimas , born on 13 October 1971) is a retired Greek weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times Olympic champion and three times World Champion.- Background :...

– 85 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg
The Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass...

175.0 175.0 175.0 210.0 215.0 218.5 390.0
Christos Spirou – 85 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg
The Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass...

170.0 175.0 175.0 205.0 205.0 210.0 375.0 7



Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Ioanna Khatziioannou
Ioanna Khatziioannou
Ioanna Chatziioannou is a retired female weightlifter from Greece. She became an Olympic medalist during the 2000 Summer Olympics when she won the bronze medal in the women's – 63 kg class....

– 63 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg
The Women's Middleweight Weightlifting Event is the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-19 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...

90.0 95.0 97.5 117.5 125.0 222.5
Maria Tatsi – 69 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg
The Women's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth weight class in women's weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-19 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...

92.5 97.5 97.5 122.5 127.5 132.5 220.0 11
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