Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. At the closing ceremony, a Greek segment was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Athens four years later. Two Greek flags were also hoisted in preparation for the handover, with the Greek national anthem played twice.

Medalists

Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall. These were the most successful Olympic Games for Greece in which it was not the host nation.

Archery

Athletics

Men Men's 100 m *

Georgios Theodoridis Georgios Theodoridis ( el, Γεώργιος Θεοδωρίδης, born December 12, 1972) is a Greece, Greek sprinter specializing in the 60 metres and 100 metres. Born in Athens and raised in Kozani, he finished sixth at the 1998 European Indo ...

:* 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 Panagiotis Stroubakos ( el, Παναγιώτης Στρουμπάκος; born 8 September 1972 in Athens) is a retired Greek middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.Periklis Iakovakis :* Round 1 – 50.2 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m * Alexios Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Kenteris, Angelos Pavlakakis,

:* 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 Hristos Meletoglou ( el, Χρήστος Μελέτογλου, born January 2, 1972) is a Greek triple jumper. He was born in Heinsberg, West Germany. His personal best jump is 17.19 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Bremen. This ranks him fourth ...

:* 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 Labros Papakostas ( el, Λάμπρος Παπακώστας, born 20 October 1969 in Karditsa) is a retired Greek high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at m ...

:* 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 Prodromos Korkizoglou ( el, Πρόδρομος Κορκιζόγλου, born 27 February 1975 in Larissa, Thessaly) is Greece's most prominent decathlete and competes for the ''Pelasgos Sports Club''. He is the current holder of the national decath ...

:* 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 Competition

Women's 100 m *

Ekaterini Thanou Ekaterini Thanou ( el, Αικατερίνη Θάνου, ; born 1 February 1975), also known as Katerina Thanou, is a Greek former sprinter. She won numerous medals in the 100 metres, including an Olympic silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics ...

:* 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 Ekaterini "Katerina" Koffa ( el, Αικατερίνη (Κατερίνα) Κόφφα, born April 10, 1969) is a retired Greek sprinter who won the 200 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Koffa still holds the indoor and outdoor G ...

:* 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 *

, Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosyni Patsou,

:* 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

Boxing

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 Antonios Giannoulas (born 22 October 1976) is a Greek boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dh ...

:*Round 1 – Defeated Ottavio Barone of Italy :*Round 2 – Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba (did not advance)

Canoeing

Flatwater

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)

Cycling

Track Cycling

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)

Diving

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)

Equestrianism

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Modern pentathlon

Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition. Women's: * Katalin Partics – 3700 pts, 22nd place

Rowing

Sailing

Greece sent seven men and four women to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. ;Men ;Women ;Open

Shooting

Swimming

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 Aikaterini ("Katerina") Bliamou (; born 15 October 1982 in Central Macedonia) is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Greece. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented her native country at the 2000 ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 01:05.09 (did not advance) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

:* 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)

Synchronized swimming

Duet: * Chiristina Thalassinnidou and Despina Theodoridou – 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Men's Under 58 kg: * Michail Mouroutsos – Gold medal :* Preminaly 1 – Defeated Talaat Abada of

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(5-0) :* Preminaly 2 – Defeated Huan Chih-Hsiung of Chinese Taipei (2-1) :* Preminaly 3 – Defeated Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli of

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(2-1) :* Final – Defeated Gabriel Espareza of

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(4-2) Men's over 80 kg: * Alexandros Nikolaidis :* Preminaly 1 – Defeated Donald Ravenscroft of

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(WDR) :* Preminaly 2 – Lost to Milton Castro of Colombia (RSC) Women's Under 57 kg: * Areti Athanasopoulou :* Preminaly 1 – Defeated Shimaa Afifi of

(7-7, SUP) :* Preminaly 2 – Lost to

Virginia Lourens Virginia Lourens (born 23 February 1975) is a Dutch taekwondo practitioner, born in Eindhoven. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in ...

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(6-8, PTS)

Tennis

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition: *

Vassilis Krommidas Vassilis Krommidas ( el, Βασίλης Κρομμύδας, born July 4, 1970, in Thessaloniki) is a triathlete and coach from Greece best known for competing at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Krommidas is a graduate of the Aristotle University ...

– 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)

Volleyball

* Vasso Karadassiou and Efi Sfyri – 17th place (tied)

Water polo

Men Team Competition

Group B

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Classification 9th-12th

---- ---- *Team Roster :* George Mavrotas :* Filippos Kaiafas :* Theodoros Lorantos :* Konstantinos Loudis :* Georgios Afroudakis :* Thomas Khatzis :* Theodoros Chatzitheodorou :*

Georgios Psykhos Georgios Psykhos (born 5 February 1973) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place), the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team. He was part of the Greece nati ...

:* Nikolaos Deligiannis :* Dimitrios Mazis :* Georgios Reppas :* Ioannis Thomakos :* Antonios Vlontakis

Weightlifting

Men Women

Wrestling

Men

References

Olympedia
*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
{{NOCin2000SummerOlympics Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics