# Greece at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Greece competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Kalliopi Araouzou | Open water swimming | Women's 5 km | July 25 |
| Bronze | Spyridon Gianniotis | Open water swimming | Men's 10 km | July 27 |
| Bronze | Greece men's national water polo teamChristos AfroudakisEvangelos DelakasGeorgios DervisisKonstantinos FlegkasIoannis FountoulisStefanos GalanopoulosKonstantinos GenidouniasAlexandros GounasChristodoulos KolomvosKonstantinos MourikisEmmanouil MylonakisKyriakos PontikeasAngelos Vlachopoulos | Water polo | Men's tournament | August 8 |

## Diving

Greek divers qualified for the individual spots at the World Championships.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Stefanos Paparounas | 3 m springboard | 340.90 | 42 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Eleni Katsouli | 3 m springboard | 232.45 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Open water swimming

Greece has nominated four swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. Among the official roster featured four-time Olympians Marianna Lymperta and defending World champion Spyridon Gianniotis in the 10 km open water.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Antonios Fokaidis | Men's 5 km | 55:33.6 | 27 |
| Antonios Fokaidis | Men's 10 km | 1:51:27.3 | 29 |
| Spyridon Gianniotis | Men's 10 km | 1:50:00.7 | |
| Kalliopi Araouzou | Women's 5 km | 58:49.8 | |
| Kalliopi Araouzou | Women's 10 km | 1:58:30.6 | 8 |
| Marianna Lymperta | Women's 10 km | 2:01:08.5 | 37 |
| Kalliopi Araouzou Antonios Fokaidis Spyridon Gianniotis | Mixed team | 56:18.6 | 8 |

## Swimming

Greek swimmers have achieved 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 | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Apostolos Christou | 50 m backstroke | 25.50 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Apostolos Christou | 100 m backstroke | 55.10 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Apostolos Christou | 200 m backstroke | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stefanos Dimitriadis | 200 m butterfly | 1:56.23 | 10 Q | 1:56.31 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kristian Golomeev | 50 m freestyle | 21.87 | 3 Q | 21.89 | 6 Q | 21.98 | 7 |
| Kristian Golomeev | 100 m freestyle | 49.12 | =20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kristian Golomeev | 50 m butterfly | 23.96 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ioannis Karpouzlis | 50 m breaststroke | 27.85 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Christos Katranzis | 200 m freestyle | 1:51.01 | 48 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Odysseus Meladinis | 50 m freestyle | 22.47 | 16 Q | 22.14 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Odysseus Meladinis | 100 m freestyle | 49.47 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Panagiotis Samilidis | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.58 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Panagiotis Samilidis | 200 m breaststroke | 2:14.24 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andreas Vazaios | 100 m butterfly | 52.89 | =27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andreas Vazaios | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.92 | 5 Q | 1:59.53 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Odysseus Meladinis Kristian Golomeev Christos Katranzis Andreas Vazaios | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:16.83 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Apostolos Christou Kristian Golomeev Panagiotis Samilidis Andreas Vazaios | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:37.86 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Theodora Drakou | 50 m freestyle | 25.22 | =19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Theodora Drakou | 50 m backstroke | 28.35 | 12 Q | 28.01 | 8 Q | 28.17 | 8 |
| Theodora Drakou | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.15 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Theodora Giareni | 100 m freestyle | 56.24 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Theodora Giareni | 200 m freestyle | 2:01.00 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anna Ntountounaki | 50 m butterfly | 26.85 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anna Ntountounaki | 100 m butterfly | 58.90 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aikaterini Sarakatsani | 50 m breaststroke | 31.58 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aikaterini Sarakatsani | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.68 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Theodora Drakou Theodora Giareni Anna Ntountounaki Aikaterini Sarakatsani | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:04.29 | 17 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

Greece fielded a full team of twelve synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Evangelia Platanioti | Solo technical routine | 84.9694 | 8 Q | 85.3727 | 8 |
| Evangelia Platanioti | Solo free routine | 86.7000 | 9 Q | 86.3333 | 10 |
| Evangelia Koutidi Evangelia Platanioti | Duet technical routine | 84.1564 | 9 Q | 85.3878 | 8 |
| Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti | Duet free routine | 84.8000 | 10 Q | 85.8333 | 9 |
| Maria Alzigkouzi Ifigeneia Dipla* Valentina Farantouri* Giana Gkeorgkieva Evangelia Koutidi Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Anna Maria Taxopoulou Athanasia Tsola | Team technical routine | 83.6782 | 11 Q | 82.3897 | 12 |
| Maria Alzigkouzi Ifigeneia Dipla* Valentina Farantouri* Giana Gkeorgkieva Evangelia Koutidi Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Anna Maria Taxopoulou Athanasia Tsola | Team free routine | 85.5667 | 10 Q | 85.8333 | 10 |
| Maria Alzigkouzi Maria Eleni Armaou* Ifigeneia Dipla Valentina Farantouri Giana Gkeorgkieva Evangelia Koutidi Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Anna Maria Taxopoulou Anastasia Taxopoulou Athanasia Tsola | Free routine combination | 86.6333 | 8 Q | 86.6667 | 8 |

## Water polo
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

* Konstantinos Flegkas
* Emmanouil Mylonakis
* Georgios Dervisis
* Konstantinos Genidounias
* Ioannis Fountoulis
* Kyriakos Pontikeas
* Christos Afroudakis
* Evangelos Delakas
* Konstantinos Mourikis
* Christodoulos Kolomvos
* Alexandros Gounas
* Angelos Vlachopoulos
* Stefanos Galanopoulos

#### Group play

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 0 | |
| 27 July 2015 12:10 | Report | Greece | 11–10 | Italy | Kazan Attendance: 883 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN) |
| Kazan Attendance: 883 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 27 July 2015 12:10 | Report | Afroudakis 3 | Goals | four players 2 | Kazan Attendance: 883 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN) |
| 29 July 2015 09:30 | Report | Greece | 11–10 | United States | Kazan Attendance: 839 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Kazan Attendance: 839 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 29 July 2015 09:30 | Report | Fountoulis 4 | Goals | three players 2 | Kazan Attendance: 839 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| 31 July 2015 18:50 | Report | Greece | 15–11 | Russia | Kazan Attendance: 2,285 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP) |
| Kazan Attendance: 2,285 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP) |||
| 31 July 2015 18:50 | Report | Fountoulis 4 | Goals | Nagaev 3 | Kazan Attendance: 2,285 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 4 August 2015 18:50 | Report | Greece | 7–7 | Australia | Kazan Attendance: 1,996 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Kazan Attendance: 1,996 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 4 August 2015 18:50 | Report | Fountoulis, Genidounias 2 | Goals | Younger 3 | Kazan Attendance: 1,996 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |

#### Semifinals

| 6 August 2015 20:30 | Report | Croatia | 10–10 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
| Kazan Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |||
| 6 August 2015 20:30 | Report | four players 2 | Goals | Vlahopoulos 3 | Kazan Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |

#### Third place game

| 8 August 2015 20:30 | Report | Greece | 7–7 | Italy | Kazan Attendance: 2,165 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Kazan Attendance: 2,165 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |||
| 8 August 2015 20:30 | Report | Vlahopoulos 3 | Goals | Aicardi, Figlioli 2 | Kazan Attendance: 2,165 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

* Eleni Kouvdou
* Christina Tsoukala
* Stefania Charalampidi
* Christina Kotsia
* Margarita Plevritou
* Alkisti Avramidou
* Alexandra Asimaki
* Antigoni Roumpesi
* Ioanna Charalampidi
* Triantafyllia Manolioudaki
* Eleftheria Plevritou
* Eleni Xenaki
* Chrysoula Diamantopoulou

#### Group play

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 2 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 61 | −55 | 0 | |
| 26 July 2015 12:10 | Report | Australia | 8–7 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 1,035 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Kazan Attendance: 1,035 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |||
| 26 July 2015 12:10 | Report | Zagame 2 | Goals | Tsoukala 4 | Kazan Attendance: 1,035 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| 28 July 2015 09:30 | Report | Netherlands | 10–9 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 280 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Kazan Attendance: 280 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |||
| 28 July 2015 09:30 | Report | Van der Sloot 4 | Goals | Plevritou, Roumpesi 2 | Kazan Attendance: 280 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| 30 July 2015 21:30 | Report | South Africa | 4–20 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
| Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |||
| 30 July 2015 21:30 | Report | Versfeld, White 2 | Goals | Asimaki 5 | Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |

#### Playoffs

| 1 August 2015 13:30 | Report | Canada | 5–8 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 2,055 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Kazan Attendance: 2,055 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 1 August 2015 13:30 | Report | Valin 2 | Goals | Charalampidi 3 | Kazan Attendance: 2,055 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 3 August 2015 21:30 | Report | Italy | 9–6 | Greece | Kazan Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Kazan Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |||
| 3 August 2015 21:30 | Report | Di Mario 4 | Goals | Charalampidi 3 | Kazan Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |

#### 5th–8th place semifinals

| 5 August 2015 17:00 | Report | Greece | 12–12 | Russia | Kazan Attendance: 690 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |
| Kazan Attendance: 690 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 5 August 2015 17:00 | Report | Roumpesi 3 | Goals | Ivanova 4 | Kazan Attendance: 690 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |

#### Fifth place game

| 7 August 2015 15:30 | Report | China | 9–9 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 940 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN) |
| Kazan Attendance: 940 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 7 August 2015 15:30 | Report | Niu Guannan 5 | Goals | Asimaki 4 | Kazan Attendance: 940 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN) |