# Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 121 competitors, 87 men and 34 women, took part in 94 events in 18 sports.

## Medalists

Greece finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and four silver medals.

### Gold

* Ioannis Melissanidis — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
* Nikolaos Kaklamanakis — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral)
* Pyrros Dimas — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg)
* Kakhi Kakhiashvili — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (99 kg)

### Silver

* Niki Bakogianni — Athletics, Women's High Jump
* Leonidas Sampanis — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg)
* Valerios Leonidis — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
* Leonidas Kokas — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg)

## Athletics

Men's Long Jump
* Spyridon Vasdekis
   * Qualification — 7.98m (→ did not advance)
* Kostas Koukodimos
   * Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Spyros Andriopoulos — 2:19.41 (→ 36th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
* Alexandros Papadimitriou
   * Qualification — 74.46m (→ did not advance)
* Hristos Polihroniou
   * Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
* Niki Bakogianni
   * Qualification — 1.93m
   * Final — 2.03m (→ Silver Medal)
Women's Long Jump
* Niki Xanthou
   * Qualification — 6.60m
   * Final — 6.97m (→ 4th place)
* Voula Patoulidou
   * Qualification — 6.58m
   * Final — 6.37m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw
* Styliani Tsikouna
   * Qualification — 56.66m (→ did not advance)
* Anastasia Kelesidou
   * Qualification — 59.60m (→ did not advance)
* Ekaterini Voggoli
   * Qualification — 58.70m (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
* Olga Vasdeki
   * Qualification — 14.48m
   * Final — 14.44m (→ 6th place)
Women's Marathon
* Maria Polizou — 2:41.33 (→ 42nd place)

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 478 | 364 | +114 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 492 | 438 | +54 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 402 | 416 | −14 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 498 | 494 | +4 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 447 | 465 | −18 | 6 | 9th place playoff |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 422 | 562 | −140 | 5 | 11th place playoff |
* 20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
* Report
| Greece | 63–71 | FR Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 30–30, 33–41 |||
| Pts: Fasoulas 21 Rebs: Fasoulas 10 Asts: Sigalas 4 | | Pts: Savić 21 Rebs: Divac 8 Asts: Đorđević 6 |
* Atlanta Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
* 22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
* Report
| Brazil | 87–89 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35 |||
| Pts: Schmidt 32 Rebs: dos Santos 10 Asts: Minuci 6 | | Pts: Oikonomou 36 Rebs: Fasoulas 6 Asts: Bakatsias 5 |
* Atlanta Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP)
* 24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
* Report
| Greece | 80–69 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 51–33, 29–36 |||
| Pts: Oikonomou 19 Rebs: Oikonomou 8 Asts: Oikonomou, Christodoulou 3 | | Pts: Mincy 20 Rebs: Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4 |
* Atlanta Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)
* 26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
* Report
| South Korea | 86–108 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 44–56, 42–52 |||
| Pts: J. Y. Hyun 24 Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6 Asts: D. H. Kang 10 | | Pts: Sigalas 22 Rebs: Rentzias 8 Asts: Bakatsias, Sigalas 6 |
* Atlanta Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Yi Cui (CHN)
* 28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
* Report
| Australia | 103–62 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 52–30, 51–32 |||
| Pts: Gaze 17 Rebs: Bradtke 8 Asts: Heal 5 | | Pts: Oikonomou 22 Rebs: Papanikolaou 6 Asts: Giannakis 4 |
* Atlanta Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

#### Quarterfinals

* 30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 10:00
* Report
| Lithuania | 99–66 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 45–19, 54–47 |||
| Pts: Marčiulionis 16 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Marčiulionis 7 | | Pts: Sigalas 18 Rebs: Rentzias 4 Asts: Sigalas 5 |
* Atlanta Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

#### 5–8th Place classification match

* 1 August 1996 (1996-08-01) 10:00
* Report
| China | 75–115 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 24–50, 51–65 |||
| Pts: Wu 20 Rebs: Liu 8 Asts: Li 7 | | Pts: Fasoulas 19 Rebs: Christodoulou 12 Asts: Christodoulou 8 |
* Atlanta Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)

#### 5th Place match

* 2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 22:00
* Report
| Greece | 91–72 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 45–49, 46–23 |||
| Pts: Sigalas 35 Rebs: Fasoulas, Christodoulou 7 Asts: Patavoukas 7 | | Pts: Minuci 23 Rebs: Vianna 11 Asts: Ratto 7 |
* Atlanta Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

## Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Agathagelos Tsiripidis
** First Round — Lost to Abdelaziz Boulehia (Algeria) on points (6-10)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Tigran Ouzlian
** First Round — Bye
** Second Round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 2-27

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard
* Nikolaos Siranidis
   * Preliminary Heat — 316.50 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

## Fencing

One female fencer represented Greece in 1996.

### Women's épée

* Niki-Katerina Sidiropoulou

## Judo

Charalampos Papaioannou 7th place, heavy weight

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Nikolaos Kaklamanakis | Mistral | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | DNF | — | — | 17 | |
| Aimilios Papathanasiou | Finn | 26 | 21 | DNF | 27 | PMS | 16 | 21 | 23 | 29 | DNF | — | 195 | 27 |
| Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigkonis | 470 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 97 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Angeliki Skarlatou | Mistral | 23 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 19 | — | — | 149 | 23 |
| Maria Mylona | Europe | 13 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 152 | 22 |
| Aikaterini Kaloudi Emilia Tsoulfa | 470 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 120 | 17 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Dimitrios Theodorakis | Laser | 21 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 203 | 27 |
| Anastasios Bountouris Dimitrios Boukis | Star | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 11 | — | 45 | 4 |
| Stavros Alevras Panagiotis Alevras Stefanos Chandakas | Soling | 14 | 12 | 18 | PMS | 3 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 13 | — | 107 | 18 |

## Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
* George Giziotis
** Heat – 23.56 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
* George Giziotis
** Heat – 52.04 (→ did not advance, 46th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Dimitris Manganas
** Heat – 1:53.84 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
* Dimitris Manganas
** Heat – 3:54.85
** B-Final – 3:57.39 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Panagiotis Adamidis
** Heat – 58.12 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* Georgios Popotas
** Heat – 56.16 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
* Georgios Popotas
** Heat – 2:06.00 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
* Antonia Mahaira
** Heat – 57.92 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
* Antonia Mahaira
** Heat – 2:03.21
** B-Final – 2:03.19 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
* Antonia Mahaira
** Heat – 4:24.05 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
* Katerina Klepkou
** Heat – 1:05.94 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
* Katerina Klepkou
** Heat – 2:22.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
* Marina Karystinou
** Heat – 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
* Marina Karystinou
** Heat – 2:20.57 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Katerina Sarakatsani
** Heat – 2:19.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
* Katerina Sarakatsani
** Heat – 4:56.32 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Katerina Klepkou, Katerina Sarakatsani, Marina Karystinou, and Antonia Mahaira
** Heat – 4:24.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

## Tennis

Women's Singles Competition
* Christina Papadáki
** First round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 1-6 6-3 2-6

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
   * Greece – Croatia 5-8
   * Greece – United States 7-9
   * Greece – Romania 8-5
   * Greece – Italy 8-10
   * Greece – Ukraine 9-6
* Quarter Finals
   * Greece – Hungary 8-12
* Classification Matches
   * 5th/8th place: Greece – United States 7-6
   * 5th/6th place: Greece – Russia 8-10 (→ Sixth place)
* Team Roster
   * George Mavrotas
   * Anastasios Papanastasiou
   * Filippos Kaiafas
   * Evangelos Patras
   * Gerasimos Voltirakis
   * Theodoros Lorantos
   * Konstantinos Loudis
   * Georgios Afroudakis
   * Thomas Khatzis
   * Theodoros Khatzitheodorou
   * Georgios Psykhos
   * Simeon Georgaras
   * Theodoros Kalakonas

## Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)
* Pyrros Dimas
   * Final — 180.0 + 212.5 = 392.5 (→ Gold Medal)