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Greece at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Greece at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Atlanta United States
Competitors	121 (87 men, 34 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearers	Pyrros Dimas (opening); Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (closing)
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 0 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 121 competitors, 87 men and 34 women, took part in 94 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Greece finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and four silver medals.

Gold

Ioannis Melissanidis — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral)
Pyrros Dimas — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg)
Kakhi Kakhiashvili — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (99 kg)

Silver

Niki Bakogianni — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Leonidas Sampanis — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg)
Valerios Leonidis — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
Leonidas Kokas — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg)

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

Spyridon Vasdekis

Qualification — 7.98m (→ did not advance)

Kostas Koukodimos

Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Spyros Andriopoulos — 2:19.41 (→ 36th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

Alexandros Papadimitriou

Qualification — 74.46m (→ did not advance)

Hristos Polihroniou

Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Niki Bakogianni

Qualification — 1.93m
Final — 2.03m (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Long Jump

Niki Xanthou

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

Voula Patoulidou

Qualification — 6.58m
Final — 6.37m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

Styliani Tsikouna

Qualification — 56.66m (→ did not advance)

Anastasia Kelesidou

Qualification — 59.60m (→ did not advance)

Ekaterini Voggoli

Qualification — 58.70m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

Olga Vasdeki

Qualification — 14.48m
Final — 14.44m (→ 6th place)

Women's Marathon

Maria Polizou — 2:41.33 (→ 42nd place)

Basketball

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	5	5	0	478	364	+114	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	492	438	+54	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	402	416	−14	8
4	Brazil	5	2	3	498	494	+4	7
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	447	465	−18	6	9th place playoff
6	South Korea	5	0	5	422	562	−140	5	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

20 July 1996

Report

Greece	63–71	FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–30, 33–41
Pts: Fasoulas 21 Rebs: Fasoulas 10 Asts: Sigalas 4		Pts: Savić 21 Rebs: Divac 8 Asts: Đorđević 6

Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

22 July 1996

Report

Brazil	87–89	Greece
Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35
Pts: Schmidt 32 Rebs: dos Santos 10 Asts: Minuci 6		Pts: Oikonomou 36 Rebs: Fasoulas 6 Asts: Bakatsias 5

Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP)

24 July 1996

Report

Greece	80–69	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 29–36
Pts: Oikonomou 19 Rebs: Oikonomou 8 Asts: Oikonomou, Christodoulou 3		Pts: Mincy 20 Rebs: Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4

Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

26 July 1996

Report

South Korea	86–108	Greece
Scoring by half: 44–56, 42–52
Pts: J. Y. Hyun 24 Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6 Asts: D. H. Kang 10		Pts: Sigalas 22 Rebs: Rentzias 8 Asts: Bakatsias, Sigalas 6

Atlanta
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Yi Cui (CHN)

28 July 1996

Report

Australia	103–62	Greece
Scoring by half: 52–30, 51–32
Pts: Gaze 17 Rebs: Bradtke 8 Asts: Heal 5		Pts: Oikonomou 22 Rebs: Papanikolaou 6 Asts: Giannakis 4

Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

Quarterfinals

30 July 1996
10:00

Report

Lithuania	99–66	Greece
Scoring by half: 45–19, 54–47
Pts: Marčiulionis 16 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Marčiulionis 7		Pts: Sigalas 18 Rebs: Rentzias 4 Asts: Sigalas 5

Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

5–8th Place classification match

1 August 1996
10:00

Report

China	75–115	Greece
Scoring by half: 24–50, 51–65
Pts: Wu 20 Rebs: Liu 8 Asts: Li 7		Pts: Fasoulas 19 Rebs: Christodoulou 12 Asts: Christodoulou 8

Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)

5th Place match

2 August 1996
22:00

Report

Greece	91–72	Brazil
Scoring by half: 45–49, 46–23
Pts: Sigalas 35 Rebs: Fasoulas, Christodoulou 7 Asts: Patavoukas 7		Pts: Minuci 23 Rebs: Vianna 11 Asts: Ratto 7

Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Agathagelos Tsiripidis
1. First Round — Lost to Abdelaziz Boulehia (Algeria) on points (6-10)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Tigran Ouzlian
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (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^[2]^{[circular reference]} 7th place, heavy weight

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Mistral	5	1	2	6	1	9	1	1	~~DNF~~	—		17
Aimilios Papathanasiou	Finn	26	21	~~DNF~~	27	~~PMS~~	16	21	23	29	DNF	—	195	27
Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigkonis	470	11	19	18	13	5	2	15	18	5	10	24	97	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Angeliki Skarlatou	Mistral	23	21	24	22	22	24	21	21	19	—		149	23
Maria Mylona	Europe	13	22	20	22	24	13	11	11	19	21	24	152	22
Aikaterini Kaloudi Emilia Tsoulfa	470	9	20	6	19	18	6	16	17	17	18	13	120	17

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Dimitrios Theodorakis	Laser	21	28	16	18	33	26	28	20	25	25	24	203	27
Anastasios Bountouris Dimitrios Boukis	Star	6	8	14	3	6	6	1	16	4	11	—	45	4
Stavros Alevras Panagiotis Alevras Stefanos Chandakas	Soling	14	12	18	~~PMS~~	3	16	21	11	20	13	—	107	18

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

George Giziotis
1. Heat – 23.56 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

George Giziotis
1. Heat – 52.04 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Dimitris Manganas
1. Heat – 1:53.84 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Dimitris Manganas
1. Heat – 3:54.85
2. B-Final – 3:57.39 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Panagiotis Adamidis
1. Heat – 58.12 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Georgios Popotas
1. Heat – 56.16 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Georgios Popotas
1. Heat – 2:06.00 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Antonia Mahaira
1. Heat – 57.92 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Antonia Mahaira
1. Heat – 2:03.21
2. B-Final – 2:03.19 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Antonia Mahaira
1. Heat – 4:24.05 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Katerina Klepkou
1. Heat – 1:05.94 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

Katerina Klepkou
1. Heat – 2:22.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

Marina Karystinou
1. Heat – 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Marina Karystinou
1. Heat – 2:20.57 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Katerina Sarakatsani
1. Heat – 2:19.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Katerina Sarakatsani
1. 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
1. Heat – 4:24.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Christina Papadáki
1. First round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 1-6 6-3 2-6

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Greece – Croatia 5-8
Greece – United States 7-9
Greece – Romania 8-5
Greece – Italy 8-10
Greece – Ukraine 9-6

Quarter Finals

Greece – Hungary 8-12

Classification Matches

5th/8th place: Greece – United States 7-6
5th/6th place: Greece – Russia 8-10 (→ Sixth place)

Team Roster

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

Pyrros Dimas

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

Wrestling

References

^ "Greece at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
^ Charalampos Papaioannou

[sports-reference-1] "Greece at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

[2] Charalampos Papaioannou

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Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Cycling

Diving

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References