Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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
Quarterfinals
5–8th Place classification match
5th Place match
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
Cycling
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
Gymnastics
Judo
Charalampos Papaioannou
7th place, heavy weight
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Men
Women
Open
Shooting
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)
Table tennis
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)
– 5-8
– 7-9
– 8-5
– 8-10
– 9-6
Quarter Finals
– 8-12
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: – 7-6
5th/6th place: – 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)
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics