Greece at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 70 competitors, 56 men and 14 women, took part in 53 events in 17 sports.


Medalists


Competitors

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Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles * Athanassios Kalogiannis :* Heat — 49.52 (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump * Konstantinos Koukodimos :* Qualification — 8.22 m :* Final — 8.04 m (→ 6th place) *
Spyridon Vasdekis Spyridon "Spyros" Vasdekis ( el, Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Βασδέκης, born 23 January 1970) is a retired Greek long jumper. He was born in Volos. He won the gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, finished tenth at the 1993 W ...
:* Qualification — 7.82 m (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump * Kosmas Mikhalopoulos :* Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw *
Savvas Saritzoglou Savvas Saritzoglou ( gr, Σάββας Σαριτζόγλου; born July 19, 1971, in Athens, Attiki) is a Greek male hammer thrower. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ...
:* Qualification — 74.16 m (→ did not advance) Men's Pole Vault * Christos Pallakis :* Qualification — 5.30 m (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump * Niki Gavera :* Qualification — 1.83 m (→ did not advance) * Niki Bakogianni :* Qualification — 1.88 m (→ did not advance)


Boxing

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) *
Georgios Stefanopoulos Georgios Stefanopoulos (; born March 31, 1962 in Peristeri, Attiki) is a former boxer from Greece, who participated in two Summer Olympics for his native country in the men's heavyweight division (– 91 kg), starting in 1984 in Los Angel ...


Cycling

One male cyclist represented Greece in 1992. ; Men's individual pursuit *
Georgios Portelanos Georgios Portelanos (born 29 August 1966) is a Greek former cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officiall ...
; Men's points race *
Georgios Portelanos Georgios Portelanos (born 29 August 1966) is a Greek former cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officiall ...


Diving

Women's 3m Springboard * Eleni Stavridou :* Preliminary Heat — 240.42 points (→ did not advance, 26th place)


Fencing

One male fencer represented Greece in 1992. ; Men's sabre * Zisis Babanasis


Judo


Modern pentathlon

One male pentathletes represented Greece in 1992. ;Individual * Alexandros Nikolopoulos


Rhythmic gymnastics


Rowing


Sailing

;Men ;Open


Shooting


Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle * Nikos Paleokrassas :* Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 26th place) * Nikos Steliou :* Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 100m Freestyle * Nikos Paleokrassas :* Heat – 53.47 (→ did not advance, 53rd place)


Synchronized swimming

One synchronized swimmer represented Greece in 1992. ; Women's solo * Christina Thalassinidou


Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition * Anastasios Bavelas and Konstantinos Efraimoglou :* First round — Defeated Christian Forcellini and Gabriel Francini (San Marino) 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 :* Second round — Lost to Boris Becker and
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(Germany) 3-6, 1-6, 4-6


Water polo


Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B) :* Lost to Cuba (9-10) :* Lost to Spain (6-11) :* Tied with the Netherlands (4-4) :* Lost to Hungary (7-12) :* Lost to Italy (6-8) *Classification Matches :* Defeated France (10-6) :* Defeated Czechoslovakia (10-8) → 10th place *Team Roster :*
Kyriakos Giannopoulos Kyriakos Giannopoulos (born 17 April 1959) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Greece men's Olympic wa ...
:* Georgios Mavrotas :* Dimitrios Seletopoulos :* Anastasios Papanastasiou :* Evangelos Pateros :*
Epaminondas Samartzidis Epaminondas Samartzidis (9 September 1965 – 22 June 1996) was a Greek water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He had 319 appearances for the Greece men's national water polo team. He started ...
:* Nikolaos Venetopoulos :*
Filippos Kaiafas Filippos Kaiafas ( Greek: Φίλιππος Καϊάφας; born 21 August 1968, Nea Ionia, Magnesia) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in t ...
:*
Evangelos Patras Evangelos Patras (Greek: Βαγγέλης Πάτρας; born 17 October 1968, Agria) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Personal His daughte ...
:* Gerasimos Voltirakis :* Theodoros Lorantos :*
Konstantinos Loudis Konstantinos Loudis (born 24 March 1969) was a Greek water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. See also * Greece men's Olympic water polo team re ...
:* Dimitrios Bitsakos


Weightlifting


Wrestling


References

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