Greece competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.At the closing ceremony, a segment of their culture was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Athens.
Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall.
Konstantinos Kenteris — Athletics, men's 200 metres
Michail Mouroutsos — Taekwondo, men's under 58 kg
Pyrros Dimas — Weightlifting, men's light heavyweight (85 kg)
Kakhi Kakhiashvili — Weightlifting, men's middle heavyweight (94 kg)
Ekaterini Thanou — Athletics, women's 100 metres
Anastasia Kelesidou — Athletics, women's discus throw
Mirela Maniani — Athletics, women's javelin throw
Dimosthenis Tampakos — Gymnastics, men's rings
Leonidas Sampanis — Weightlifting, men's featherweight (62 kg)
Viktor Mitrou — Weightlifting, men's middleweight (77 kg)
Ioanna Khatziioannou — Weightlifting, Women's – 63 kg
Amiran Kardanov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (– 54 kg)
Eirini Aindili, Evangelia Christodoulou, Maria Georgatou, Zacharoula Karyami, Charikleia Pantazi and Anna Pollatou — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition
Greece sent one archer to Sydney. She lost her first match.
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 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
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Artour Mikaelian
Round 1 — Lost to George Olteanu of Romania (did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Tingran 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)
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)
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)
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)
Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition.
Women's:
Katalin Partics — 3700 pts, 22nd place
Greece sent seven men and four women to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Men's Mistral
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
Race 1 — (20)
Race 2 — 12
Race 3 — 5
Race 4 — 9
Race 5 — 7
Race 6 — 6
Race 7 — 4
Race 8 — (37) DSQ
Race 9 — 7
Race 10 — 13
Race 11 — 1
Final — 64 (6th place)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
Aimlios Papathanasiou
Race 1 — 4
Race 2 — 12
Race 3 — 5
Race 4 — (23)
Race 5 — 10
Race 6 — 12
Race 7 — 15
Race 8 — 11
Race 9 — 14
Race 10 — (24)
Race 11 — 9
Final — 92 (12th place)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Konstantinos Trigkonis
Race 1 — 13
Race 2 — 7
Race 3 — (21)
Race 4 — 6
Race 5 — 3
Race 6 — 8
Race 7 — (24)
Race 8 — 19
Race 9 — 14
Race 10 — 2
Race 11 — 6
Final — 78 (8th place)
Men's Laser
Antonios Bougiouris
Race 1 — 16
Race 2 — 18
Race 3 — 8
Race 4 — 12
Race 5 — 21
Race 6 — 8
Race 7 — (32)
Race 8 — 6
Race 9 — 7
Race 10 — 15
Race 11 — (22)
Final — 111 (15th place)
Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
Dimitrios Boukis and Leonidas PeleKanakis
Race 1 — 6
Race 2 — 11
Race 3 — (15)
Race 4 — (14)
Race 5 — 12
Race 6 — 13
Race 7 — 5
Race 8 — 11
Race 9 — 9
Race 10 — 6
Race 11 — 7
Final — 80 (11th place)
Women's Mistral
Angeliki Skarlatou
Race 1 — 22
Race 2 — 20
Race 3 — 15
Race 4 — 18
Race 5 — 13
Race 6 — (23)
Race 7 — (24)
Race 8 — 15
Race 9 — 23
Race 10 — 16
Race 11 — 17
Final — 159 (21st place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
Maria Vlachou
Race 1 — 23
Race 2 — 12
Race 3 — 10
Race 4 — 4
Race 5 — (27)
Race 6 — (26)
Race 7 — 18
Race 8 — 5
Race 9 — 18
Race 10 — 21
Race 11 — 18
Final — 129 (18th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa
Race 1 — 2
Race 2 — 8
Race 3 — 17
Race 4 — 12
Race 5 — 9
Race 6 — 12
Race 7 — 2
Race 8 — 5
Race 9 — (20) DSQ
Race 10 — (18)
Race 11 — 9
Final — 76 (14th place)
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)
Duet:
Chiristina Thalassinnidou and Despina Theodoridou — 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)
Individual All-Around
Evmorfia Dona
Q Rope|9.675(10th) Hoop|9.725(9th) Ball|9.725(10th) Ribbon|9.708(10th) TOTAL|38.833(10th)PASS
FINAL Rope|9.766(7th) Hoop|9.716(8th) Ball|9.775(6th) Ribbon|9.725(9th) TOTAL|38.982(7th)
Team All Around
Eirini Aindili, Evangelia Christodoulou, Maria Georgatou, Zacharoula Karyami, Charikleia Pantazi and Anna Pollatou.
Q 10 Clubs|19.700 (1st) 3 Hoops 2 ribbons|19.700 (1st) TOTAL|39.400(1ST)PASS
FINAL 10 Clubs| 19.550(3rd) 3 Hoops 2 ribbons|19.733 (1st) TOTAL 39.283 (3rd) Bronze Medal
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)
Men's Individual Competition:
Vassilis Krommidas — 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)
Vasso Karadassiou and Efi Sfyri — 17th place (tied)
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Hungary (4-7)
Lost to Croatia (5-9)
Lost to Yugoslavia (3-10)
Lost to the Netherlands (7-10)
Lost to United States (3-9)
Classification Round
Tied with Kazakhstan (6-6)
Tied with the Netherlands (6-6)
Defeated Slovakia (12-8) → Tenth place
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
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