1924 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)

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Greece took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics in the French capital Paris with 39 athletes, one woman and 38 men, in eight sports.

Since 1896 it was the seventh participation of a Greek team in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The shot putter Christos Vrettos carried the flag of Greece during the opening ceremony at the Stade Olympique de Colombes .

Participants by sport

Boxing

→ Main article: Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's

• Emmanouil Gneftos (welterweight)

• 1st round: defeat against the Dane Andreas Petersen , 17th place

fencing

→ Main article: Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's

• Theodoros Foustanos

• Epee singles : eliminated with two wins and six defeats (= 7th place) in group D
• Foil singles : with three defeats against the Belgian Émile Dufrance (1: 5), the Argentine Horacio Casco (0: 5) and the Portuguese Gil de Andrade (1: 5) as fourth in the preliminary group L did not qualify for the second round

• Ioannis Georgiadis

• Saber singles : with one win (4: 2 against the US-American Arthur Lyon ) and six defeats as eighth of the preliminary group E not qualified for the semi-finals
• Saber team : with a 2:14 defeat against Italy and a 6:10 defeat against the Czechoslovak team as third of the preliminary round group A not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Konstantinos Kotzias

• Degen team : with a 4-12 defeat against Switzerland and a 7-9 defeat against Cuba, third in group E did not qualify for the quarter-finals
• Saber Singles : qualified for the semi-finals with three wins and two defeats as second in preliminary group F
• Saber team : with a 2:14 defeat against Italy and a 6:10 defeat against the Czechoslovak team as third of the preliminary round group A not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Konstantinos Nikolopoulos

• Epee singles : Eliminated with four wins and five defeats (= 7th place) in preliminary group A.
• Degen team : with a 4-12 defeat against Switzerland and a 7-9 defeat against Cuba, third in group E did not qualify for the quarter-finals
• Saber team : with a 2:14 defeat against Italy and a 6:10 defeat against the Czechoslovak team as third of the preliminary round group A not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Evangelos Skotidas

• Degen team : with a 4-12 defeat against Switzerland and a 7-9 defeat against Cuba, third in group E did not qualify for the quarter-finals

• Tryfon Triantafyllakos

• Epee singles : qualified for the quarter-finals with five wins and four defeats (= 3rd place) in preliminary group B; Eliminated in quarter-final group C with three wins and seven defeats (= 9th place)
• Degen team : with a 4-12 defeat against Switzerland and a 7-9 defeat against Cuba, third in group E did not qualify for the quarter-finals
• Saber team : with a 2:14 defeat against Italy and a 6:10 defeat against the Czechoslovak team as third of the preliminary round group A not qualified for the quarter-finals

athletics

→ Main article: Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's

• Vyron Athanasiadis

• 10,000 m : race not finished
• Marathon : race not finished

• Stelios Benardis

• Pentathlon : 83 points, 28th place

• Long jump : 5.35 m (35 points); Javelin throw : 35.58 m (27); 200 m : 26.2 s (27); not qualified for further competition

• Decathlon : 5189.160 points, 24th place

• 100 m : 12.2 s (619.2 points); Long jump : 5.70 m (534.5); Shot put : 9.90 m (455.5); High jump : 1.60 m (538.0); 400 m : 57.6 s (646.56); 110 m hurdles : 19.2 s (601.0); Discus throw : 30.56 m (443.30); Pole vault : 2.92 m (443.8); Javelin throw : 40.64 m (440,100); 1500 m : 5: 25.6 min (467.2)

• Dimitrios Karabatis

• Discus throw : eliminated in qualification group 1 without a valid attempt
• Shot put : with 10.96 m (= 11th place) in qualification group 2 not qualified for the final

• Argyris Karagiannis

• 4 × 100 m relay : qualified for the semi-finals with 46.1 s (= 2nd place) in the first run; with 45.2 s (= 4th place) in the first semi-final not qualified for the final
• Pole vault : with 3.20 m (= 7th place) in qualification group 1, not qualified for the final

• Antonios Karyofyllis

• High jump : with 1.70 m (= 7th place) in qualification group 4, not qualified for the final

• Alexandros Kranis

• 5000 m : as seventh in the third heat, not qualified for the final
• 10,000 m : race not finished
• Marathon : race not finished

• Konstantinos Pantelidis

• 100 m : as fourth in the tenth heat, not qualified for the quarter-finals
• 200 m : forward 11, 2nd place; eliminated in sixth in run 3 of the quarter-finals
• 4 × 100 m relay : qualified for the semi-finals with 46.1 s (= 2nd place) in the first run; with 45.2 s (= 4th place) in the first semi-final not qualified for the final
• Long jump : with 5.94 m (= 7th place) in qualification group 1, not qualified for the final

• Alexandros Papafingos

• 100 m : as fifth in the ninth heat, not qualified for the quarter-finals
• 200 m : as third in the eighth heat, not qualified for the quarter-finals
• 4 × 100 m relay : qualified for the semi-finals with 46.1 s (= 2nd place) in the first run; with 45.2 s (= 4th place) in the first semi-final not qualified for the final

• Iraklis Sakellaropoulos

• Marathon : race not finished

• Ioannis Talianos

• 110 m hurdles : with 16.3 s (= 4th place) in the fifth heat, not qualified for the semi-finals
• 400 m hurdles : with 58.0 s (= 3rd place) in the third heat, not qualified for the semi-finals
• 4 × 100 m relay : qualified for the semi-finals with 46.1 s (= 2nd place) in the first run; with 45.2 s (= 4th place) in the first semi-final not qualified for the final

• Christos Vrettos

• Shot put : with 13.13 m (= 3rd place) in qualification group 3, not qualified for the final

• Georgios Zacharopoulos

• Discus throw : with 34.02 m (= 11th place) in qualification group 2 not qualified for the final
• Javelin throw : with 51.17 m (= 8th place) in qualification group 1 not qualified for the final
• Pentathlon : points, place

• Long jump : 5.49 m (27 points); Javelin throw : 49.00 m (7); 200 m : race not finished; not qualified for further competition

Wrestling

→ Main article: Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Gentlemen, Greco-Roman

• Vasilios Pavlidis (lightweight)

• 1st round: defeat against Leon Rękawek from Poland
• 2nd round: defeat against the Dane Holger Askehave , 20th place

• Georgios Zervinis (bantamweight)

• 1st round: defeat against the Norwegian Sven Martinsen
• 2nd round: defeat against the Dutchman Johannes van Maaren , 17th place

shoot

→ Main article: Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's

• Gerasimos Anagnostou

• Free rifle : 82 points, place 24

• Georgios Anitsas

• Free rifle, team : 526 points, 12th place

• Georgios Moraitinis

• Small caliber lying : 364 points, 58th place
• Rapid fire pistol : 14 points, 37th place
• Free rifle, team: 526 points, 12th place

• Alexandros Theofilakis

• Free rifle: 74 points, 48th place
• Small bore lying: 358 points, 60th place
• Rapid fire pistol: 16 points, 21st place
• Free rifle, team: 526 points, 12th place

• Ioannis Theofilakis

• Free rifle: 78 points, 41st place
• Small caliber lying: 376 points, place 41
• Rapid fire pistol: 13 points, 40th place
• Free rifle, team: 526 points, 12th place

• Georgios Vafeiadis

• Rapid fire pistol: 7 points, 53rd place

• Andreas Vichos

• Free rifle: 81 points, 31st place
• Free rifle, team: 526 points, 12th place

swim

→ Main article: Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's

• Dionysios Vasilopoulos

• 100 m freestyle : not qualified for the semi-finals with 1: 12.0 min in the preliminary run
• 400 m freestyle : not qualified for the semi-finals with 6: 21.4 min in the preliminary run
• 1500 m freestyle : not qualified for the semifinals with 26: 17.4 minutes in the preliminary run

tennis

→ Main article: Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Men's singles

• Pantelis Papadopoulos

• 1st round: 5: 7/5: 7/1: 6 defeat against the Argentine Héctor Cattaruzza

• Augustos Zerlendis

• 1st round: BYE
• 2nd round: 6: 3/1: 6/3: 6/6: 3/6: 4 victory against the Indian Athar-Ali Fyzee
• 3rd round: 0: 6/2: 6/4: 6 defeat against the Italian Umberto De Morpurgo

Men's doubles

• Pantelis Papadopoulos & Augustos Zerlendis

• Round 64: BYE
• Round 32: 6: 2/6: 3/4: 6/6: 2 win against the Mexicans Felipe del Canto & Mariano Lozano Alatorre
• Round of 16: 2: 6/7: 9/4: 6 defeat against the Spaniards José María Alonso & Manuel Alonso

Ladies singles

• Lena Valaoritou

• 1st round: BYE
• 2nd round: 6: 1/3: 6/2: 6 defeat against the Indian N. Polley

Mixed

• Lena Valaoritou & Augustos Zerlendis

• Round 32: 4: 6/6: 2/6: 2 win against the Norwegians Caro Dahl & Conrad Langaard
• Round of 16: 2: 6/1: 6 defeat against the Americans Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman & Richard Williams

Water polo

→ Main article: Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics

• Theodorakis Anastassios , Andreas Asimakopoulos , Nikolaos Mavrokordatos Baltatzis , Georgios Chalkiopoulos , Nikolaos Kaloudis , Christos Peppas , Pantelis Psychas , Dionysios Vassilopoulos , E. Vlassis & C. Vourvoulis

• Preliminary round: 1: 6 defeat against the Czechoslovak team, 11th place

Web links

• 1924 Greek Olympic Team in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )