1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)

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Greece participated in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , United States with a delegation of 10 athletes in 12 competitions.

The team was only able to participate after the Greek American Community ran a fundraiser to cover the cost of the trip. The most successful athletes were Georgios Zervinis and Ioannis Farmakidis with fourth and fifth place in the wrestling. The flag bearer was the hurdler Christos Mantikas . Peter Clentzos competed for Greece although he grew up in America and John Moralis (Ioannis Moralis) apparently stayed in the United States after the Games.

It was Greece's ninth participation in the Summer Olympics since 1896 . The youngest participant was Angelos Lambrou (20 years, 58 days), the oldest John Moralis (29 years, 61 days).

Boxing - light heavyweight (up to 79.38 kg)

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7th	Nikolaos Mastoridis

athletics

→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics

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Peter Clentzos (Πέτρος Χλέντζος, Petros Chlentzos)	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - pole vault (men)	3,750	7th
Angelos Lambrou	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)	?	Eliminated in the run-up, 11.3 s
	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)	42.9	eliminated in advance
Christos mantikas	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)	49.6	eliminated
	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)	15.1	disqualified in the semifinals
	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)	?	eliminated in the semi-finals
Vangelis Moiropoulos	4 × 100 m	42.9	eliminated in advance
Renos Frangoudis	4 × 100 m	42.9	eliminated in advance
Ioannis Moralis (John Moralis)	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)		DNF
Nikolaos Papanikolaou	→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)	13.92	eliminated in qualification (13)

Wrestling - Freestyle

→ Main article : 1932 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

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4th	Georgios Zervinis

Feather weight (up to 61 kg)

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5	Ioannis Farmakidis

Wrestling - Greco-Roman style

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

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5	Georgios Zervinis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ users.sch.gr .

Web links

• Greek Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• hoc.gr
• Official Olympic Reports