# Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 60 competitors, 58 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 9 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Ilias Khatzipavlis | Sailing | Finn | September 8 |
| Silver | Petros Galaktopoulos | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | September 10 |

## Athletics

Men's 400 metres hurdles
* Stavros Tziortzis
   * Final — 49.66 (→ 6th place)
Men's 400 metres
* Kyriakos Onisiforou
   * Quarterfinals — 47.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
* Spilios Zacharopoulos
   * Heat — 3:43.8
   * Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
* Vassilios Papadimitriou
   * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
   * Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)
* Ioannis Koussoulas
   * Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

## Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
* Evengelos Oikonomakos
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Defeated Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0
   * Third Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 0:5

## Fencing

Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.

### Men's foil

* Andreas Vgenopoulos

### Men's épée

* Panagiotis Dourakos
* Andreas Vgenopoulos

### Men's sabre

* Ioannis Khatzisarantos

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Ilias Hatzipavlis | Finn | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | DNF | 9 | 71.0 | |
| Anastasios Batistas Antonios Bonas Khristos Bonas | Flying Dutchman | 17 | 20 | 10 | DNF | DNF | 17 | 9 | 137.0 | 22 |
| loannis Giapalakis Panayotis Michail loannis Kioussis | Dragon | 13 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 14 | — | 91.0 | 17 |

## Shooting

Five male shooters represented Greece in 1972.

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Lakis Georgiou | Skeet | 192 | 8 |
| Dimitrios Kotronis | 50 m pistol | 539 | 38 |
| Lambis Manthos | 50 metre rifle prone | 593 | 27 |
| Ioannis Skarafingas | 50 metre rifle prone | 593 | 26 |
| Panagiotis Xanthakos | Skeet | 190 | 21 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dimitrios Karydis | 100 metre butterfly | 1:00.06 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Theodoros Koutoumanis | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:12.05 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | 400 metre freestyle | 4:30.54 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | 1500 metre freestyle | 16:17.61 | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Eleni Avlonitou | 400 metre freestyle | 4:52.10 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eleni Avlonitou | 800 metre freestyle | 10:10.88 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eleni Avlonitou | 200 metre medley | 2:39.10 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eleni Avlonitou | 400 metre medley | 5:32.49 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mairi Ioannidou | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:21.705 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mairi Ioannidou | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:53.53 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Pool B

| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| West Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| Greece | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| | 27 August | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Greece | 7-7 | Australia | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| | 29 August | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Greece | 1-6 | Hungary | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| | 30 August | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| West Germany | 8-3 | Greece | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| | 31 August | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Greece | 2-6 | Netherlands | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 |
* Team Roster
   * Dimitrios Konstas
   * Georgios Theodorakopoulos
   * Evangelos Voultsos
   * Kyriakos Iossifidis
   * Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
   * Periklis Damaskus
   * Thomas Karalogos
   * Ioannis Karalogos
   * Efstathios Sarantos
   * Ioannis Palios
   * Panagiotis Michalos

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Eleftherios Stefanoudakis | 67.5 kg | 117.5 | 21 | 120 | 11 | 142.5 | 18 | 380 | 17 |
| Panagiotis Spyrou | 75 kg | 145 | 13 | 117.5 | 18 | 167.5 | 10 | 430 | 12 |
| Khristos Iakovou | 82.5 kg | 170 | 2 | 137.5 | 8 | 187.5 | 3 | 490 | 5 |
| Nikos Iliadis | 90 kg | 155 | 11 | 135 | 12 | 180 | 10 | 470 | 11 |