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Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
GRE

Flag bearer
  
Khristos Papanikolaou

Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Hellenic Olympic Committee

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

Competitors
  
60 (58 men and 2 women) in 9 sports

Medals Ranked 29th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 2 0 2

Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 60 competitors, 58 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 9 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

Athletics

Men's 400 metres hurdles

  • Stavros Tziortzis
  • Final — 49.66 (→ 6th place)

    • Men's 400 metres

  • Kyriakos Onisiforou
  • Quarterfinals — 47.22 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 1500 metres

  • Spilios Zacharopoulos
  • Heat — 3:43.8
  • Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's High Jump

  • Vassilios Papadimitriou
  • Qualifying Round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)
  • Ioannis Koussoulas
  • Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Evengelos Oikonomakos
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0
  • Third Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 0:5

    • Fencing

    Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.

    Men's foil
  • Andreas Vgenopoulos
    • Men's épée
  • Panagiotis Dourakos
  • Andreas Vgenopoulos
    • Men's sabre
  • Ioannis Khatzisarantos

    • Shooting

    Five male shooters represented Greece in 1972.

    50 m pistol
  • Dimitrios Kotronis
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Ioannis Skarafingas
  • Lambis Manthos
    • Skeet
  • Lakis Georgiou
  • Panagiotis Xanthakos

    • Water polo

    Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Drew with Australia (7-7)
  • Lost to Hungary (1-6)
  • Lost to West Germany (3-8)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (2-6) → Did not advance
  • Team Roster
  • Dimitrios Konstas
  • Georgios Theodorakopoulos
  • Evangelos Voultsos
  • Kyriakos Iossifidis
  • Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
  • Periklis Damaskus
  • Thomas Karalogos
  • Ioannis Karalogos
  • Efstathios Sarantos
  • Ioannis Palios
  • Panagiotis Michalos

    • Weightlifting

    Men's 82.5 kg

  • Khristos Iakovou: 5th place

    • References

    Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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