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. Two Greek flags were also hoisted in preparation for the handover, with the Greek national anthem played once.

Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Sydney Australia
Competitors	140 (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)
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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
Gold	Konstantinos Kenteris	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Gold	Michail Mouroutsos	Taekwondo	Men's -58 kg
Gold	Pyrros Dimas	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight (-85 kg)
Gold	Kakhi Kakhiashvili	Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight (-94 kg)
Silver	Ekaterini Thanou	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Silver	Mirela Maniani	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Silver	Dimosthenis Tampakos	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Silver	Leonidas Sampanis	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight (-62 kg)
Silver	Viktor Mitrou	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight (-77 kg)
Bronze	Eirini Aindili Evangelia Christodoulou Maria Georgatou Zacharoula Karyami Charikleia Pantazi Anna Pollatou	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic team
Bronze	Ioanna Khatziioannou	Weightlifting	Women's -63 kg
Bronze	Amiran Kardanov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight (-54 kg)

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Evangelia Psarra	Women's individual	618	=44	Bolotova (RUS) (21) L 161–154	Did Not Advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men Men's 100 m

• Georgios Theodoridis

• Round 1 – 10.34
• Round 2 – 10.29 (did not advance)

• Angelos Pavlakakis

• Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Konstantinos Kenteris

• Round 1 – 20.57
• Round 2 – 20.14
• Semifinal – 20.2
• Final – 20.09 (gold medal)

• Anastasios Gousis

• Round 1 – 21.1 (did not advance)

• Alexios Alexopoulos

• Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Anastasios Gousis

• Round 1 – 46.38 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Panagiotis Stroubakos

• Round 1 – 01:47.96 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Periklis Iakovakis

• Round 1 – 50.2 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

• Alexios Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Kenteris, Angelos Pavlakakis, Georgios Theodoridis

• Round 1 – 39.21
• Semifinal – 38.82 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

• Stylianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Periklis Iakovakis, 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

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

Men's Hammer Throw

• Alexandros Papadimitriou

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

• Hristos Polihroniou

• Qualifying – 74.02 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Konstantinos Koukodimos

• Qualifying – 7.44 (did not advance)

• Dimitrios Serelis

• Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Hristos Meletoglou

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ekaterini Koffa

• Round 1 – 23.53 (did not advance)

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 Gountenoudi

• Round 1 – 01:01.59 (did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m

• Ekaterini Koffa, Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosyni Patsou, Ekaterini Thanou

• Round 1 – 43.46
• Semifinal – 43.53 (did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Kalliopi Ouzouni

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

Women's Discus

• Anastasia Kelesidou

• 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

• Qualifying – 6.50 (did not advance)

• Despoina Papavasilaki

• 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

• Athina Papayianni

• 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

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Artour Mikaelian

• Round 1 – Lost to George Olteanu of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Tigran 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 Gutiérrez of Cuba (did not advance)

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

• Nikolaos Angelidis

• Qualifying – 10.745
• Repechage – 2nd place – Heat 3
• First round – Lost to Florian Rousseau 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

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Thomas Bimis

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

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Nikolaos Siranidis

• 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)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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:

• Katalin Partics – 3700 pts, 22nd place

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

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Mistral	20	12	5	9	7	6	4	DSQ	7	13	1	64	6
Aimilios Papathanasiou	Finn	4	12	5	23	10	12	15	11	14	24	9	92	12
Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigkonis	470	13	7	21	6	3	8	24	19	14	2	6	78	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Angeliki Skarlatou	Mistral	22	20	15	18	13	23	24	15	23	16	17	159	21
Maria Vlakhou	Europe	23	12	10	4	27	26	18	5	18	21	18	129	18
Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	470	2	8	17	12	9	12	2	5	DSQ	18	9	76	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Antonios Bougiouris	Laser	16	18	8	12	21	8	32	6	7	15	22	111	15
Leonidas Pelekanakis Dimitrios Boukis	Star	6	11	15	14	12	13	5	11	9	6	7	80	11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

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

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Gianniotis

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

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Ioannis Drymonakos

• Preliminary Heat – 56.36 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Ioannis Drymonakos

• 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 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Spyridon Bitsakis, Spyridon Gianniotis, 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

• 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

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

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Aikaterini Bliamou

• 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

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Duet:

• Christina Thalassinidou and Despoina 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:

• Michail Mouroutsos – Gold medal

• 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:

• Alexandros Nikolaidis

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

Women's Under 57 kg:

• Areti Athanasopoulou

• Preminaly 1 – Defeated Shimaa Afifi of Egypt (7-7, SUP)
• Preminaly 2 – Lost to Virginia Lourens of Netherlands (6-8, PTS)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

• Vassilis Krommidas – 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's beach 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	5	4	1	0	41	22	+19	9	Quarter Finals
2	Croatia	5	4	1	0	42	30	+12	9
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	49	39	+10	6
4	United States	5	2	0	3	42	39	+3	4
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	34	55	−21	2
6	Greece	5	0	0	5	22	45	−23	0

Source: LA84
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

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

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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

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25 September 2000 19:15	FR Yugoslavia	10–3	Greece	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 3–0, 1–0

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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

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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
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	23	18	+5	5
Greece	3	1	0	2	24	20	+4	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	19	20	-1	3
Slovakia	3	0	3	0	24	32	-8	0

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

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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

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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

• George Mavrotas
• Filippos Kaiafas
• Theodoros Lorantos
• Konstantinos Loudis
• Georgios Afroudakis
• Thomas Khatzis
• Theodoros Chatzitheodorou
• Georgios Psykhos
• Nikolaos Deligiannis
• Dimitrios Mazis
• Georgios Reppas
• Ioannis Thomakos
• Antonios Vlontakis

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 Spyrou		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

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