Greece competed at the

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, United States. Greek athletes have competed in every

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. 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

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, Men's Floor Exercises *

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, Men's Sailboard (Mistral) *

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, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg) *

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, Men's Heavyweight (99 kg)

Silver

* Niki Bakogianni —

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, Women's High Jump *

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, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg) *

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, Men's Featherweight (64 kg) *

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, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg)

Athletics

Men's Long Jump *

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 — 7.98m (→ did not advance) *

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:* Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

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— 2:19.41 (→ 36th place) Men's Hammer Throw * Alexandros Papadimitriou :* Qualification — 74.46m (→ did not advance) *

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:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump * Niki Bakogianni :* Qualification — 1.93m :* Final — 2.03m (→ Silver Medal) Women's Long Jump *

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:* Qualification — 6.60m :* Final — 6.97m (→ 4th place) *

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:* Qualification — 6.58m :* Final — 6.37m (→ 11th place) Women's Discus Throw *

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:* Qualification — 56.66m (→ did not advance) *

Anastasia Kelesidou Anastasia "Tasoula" Kelesidou ( el, Αναστασία Κελεσίδου, ; born 28 November 1972) is a Greek retired discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Gre ...

:* Qualification — 59.60m (→ did not advance) *

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:* Qualification — 58.70m (→ did not advance) Women's Triple Jump *

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:* Qualification — 14.48m :* Final — 14.44m (→ 6th place) Women's Marathon *

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— 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) *

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*# First Round — Lost to Abdelaziz Boulehia (Algeria) on points (6-10) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) *

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*# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to

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(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 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

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(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 :*

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:* Gerasimos Voltirakis :* Theodoros Lorantos :*

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:* Thomas Khatzis :* Theodoros Khatzitheodorou :*

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:* Simeon Georgaras :*

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Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg) *

:* Final — 180.0 + 212.5 = 392.5 (→ Gold Medal)

Wrestling

References

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