# 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.

## 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

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals / BM | Finals / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did Not Advance | Did Not Advance | Did Not Advance | Did Not Advance | Did Not Advance |

## Athletics

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

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
### 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
### 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

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)

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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

Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition.
Women's:
* Katalin Partics – 3700 pts, 22nd place

## Sailing

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

### 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |

## Swimming

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

Duet:
* Christina Thalassinidou and Despoina Theodoridou – 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)

## Taekwondo

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)

## Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition:
* Vassilis Krommidas – 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)

## Volleyball

* Vasso Karadassiou and Efi Sfyri – 17th place (tied)

## Water polo

Men Team Competition

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarter Finals |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 6 | Quarter Finals |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 4 | Quarter Finals |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 2 | |
| 6 | Greece | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 0 | |
| 23 September 2000 09:30 | Greece | 4–7 | Hungary | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kratochvil (SVK), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kratochvil (SVK), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 24 September 2000 19:15 | Greece | 5–9 | Croatia | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Afanasiev (RUS) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Afanasiev (RUS) |||
| 25 September 2000 19:15 | FR Yugoslavia | 10–3 | Greece | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 26 September 2000 14:30 | Greece | 7–10 | Netherlands | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Prikhodko (KAZ), Bower (AUS) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Prikhodko (KAZ), Bower (AUS) |||
| 27 September 2000 19:15 | Greece | 3–9 | United States | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Clemencon (FRA), Tulga (TUR) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Clemencon (FRA), Tulga (TUR) |||

### 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) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Schwartz (ISR), Menendez Betancourt (CUB) |||
| 30 September 2000 11:15 | Netherlands | 6–6 | Greece | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Klaric (CRO), Csaszar (HUN) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Klaric (CRO), Csaszar (HUN) |||
| 1 October 2000 9:00 | Slovakia | 8–12 | Greece | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Takata (USA), Moradi Shahpar (IRI) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Takata (USA), Moradi Shahpar (IRI) |||
* 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

Men
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | 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 | Men's −85 kg | 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 | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | 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

Men