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Greece at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
GRE

Flag bearer
  
Khristos Papanikolaou

Greece at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Hellenic Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.hoc.gr (Greek) (English)

Competitors
  
44 (44 men and 0 women) in 7 sports

Medals Ranked 42nd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

Greece competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 27 events in 7 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

Athletics

Christos Papanikolaou, pole vault (5,35 m): 4th place

Shooting

Seven shooters, all men, represented Greece in 1968.

25 m pistol
  • Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Lambis Manthos
  • Ioannis Skarafingas
    • Trap
  • Georgios Pangalos
  • Markos Tzoumaras
    • Skeet
  • Panagiotis Xanthakos
  • Menelaos Mikhailidis

    • Water polo

    Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Netherlands (5:9)
  • Lost to Japan (7:8)
  • Defeated United Arab Republic (7:6)
  • Lost to East Germany (4:11)
  • Lost to Mexico (8:11)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (1:11)
  • Lost to Italy (2:6)
  • Classification Matches
  • 13th/14th place: Lost to Brazil (2:5) → Fourteenth place
  • Team Roster
  • Andreas Garifallos
  • Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
  • Georgios Palikaris
  • Georgios Theodorakopoulos
  • Ioannis Palios
  • Ioannis Thimaras
  • Kyriakos Iosifidis
  • Nikolaos Tsangas
  • Panagiotis Mathioudakis
  • Panagiotis Mikhalos
  • Thomas Karalogos

    • References

    Greece at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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