1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)
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Greece took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 48 male athletes in 24 competitions in seven sports.
Since 1896 , it was the twelfth time Greece had taken part in the Summer Olympics . This made Greece, along with Australia , France , Switzerland , the United Kingdom and the USA, one of the six nations that had previously participated in all the Summer Olympics.
Flag bearer
The discus thrower Nikolaos Syllas carried the flag of Greece during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .
Participants by sport
basketball
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Stylianos Arvanitis ( Panathinaikos Athens ), Themistoklis Kholevas ( Panellinios Athens ), Ioannis Lambrou (Panathinaikos), Panagiotis Manias (Panellinios), Fedon Matthaiou (Panathinaikos), Nikolaos Milas (Panathinaikos), Konstantinos Papadimis (Panellinis) ), Konstantinos Papadimas (Panellinios) Alexandros Spanoudakis ( Olympiacos Piraeus ), Ioannis Spanoudakis (Olympiacos), Dimitrios Stefanidis (Panellinios) and Dimitrios Taliadoros ( XAN Thessaloniki )
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Qualification , group B: not qualified for the main round with one win and two losses, rank 17
- 38:75 defeat against
- 54:52 victory over Israel
- Play-off: 44:47 defeat against Hungary
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Qualification , group B: not qualified for the main round with one win and two losses, rank 17
Soccer
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Goulielmos Arvanitis , Athanasios Bembis , Georgios Darivas , Kharalambos Drosos , Pavlos Emmanouilidis , Ioannis Ioannou , Konstantinos Linoxylakis , Ilias Papageorgiou , Nikolaos Pentzaropoulos , Konstantinos Poulis and Ilias Rosidis ; Coach: Antonis Migiakis
- Preliminary round : with a defeat not qualified for the round of 16
athletics
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Stefanos Petrakis
- Preliminary runs : in run 3 (rank 6) with 11.2 s (hand-stopped) or 11.33 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
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Stefanos Petrakis
- Preliminary runs : in run 2 (3rd place) with 22.4 s (hand-stopped) or 22.64 s (electronically) not qualified for the quarter-finals
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Vasilios Sillis
- Preliminary runs: in run 10 (4th place) with 22.7 s (hand-stopped) or 22.88 s (electronically) not qualified for the quarter-finals
- Vasilios Sillis
- Preliminary runs : in run 7 (rank 5) with 48.4 s (hand-stopped) or 48.56 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
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Vasilios Mavroidis
- Preliminary runs : in run 3 (rank 6), 1: 58.7 minutes (hand-stopped) not qualified for the semi-finals
- Vasilios Mavroidis
- Preliminary runs : in run 4 (rank 9) with 4: 07.8 minutes (hand-stopped) not qualified for the semi-finals
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Fotios Kosmas
- Prelims : Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 3 (rank 2) with 53.9 s (hand-stopped)
- Quarter-finals : in run 2 (rank 5) with 55.3 s (hand-stopped) or 55.50 s (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals
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Theodosios Balafas
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Qualification , group A: 4.00 m, rank 6, qualified for the final
- 3.60 m, without a failed attempt
- 3.80 m, without a failed attempt
- 3.90 m, without a failed attempt
- 4.00 m, a failed attempt
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Final : 3.80 m, 17th place
- 3.60 m, without a failed attempt
- 3.80 m, without a failed attempt
- 3.95 m, three failed attempts
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Qualification , group A: 4.00 m, rank 6, qualified for the final
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Rigas Efstathiadis
- Qualification, group A: 4.00 m, rank 4, qualified for the final
- 3.60 m, without a failed attempt
- 3.80 m, without a failed attempt
- 3.90 m, a failed attempt
- 4.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt
- Final: 3.80 m, rank 14
- 3.60 m left out
- 3.80 m, without a failed attempt
- 3.95 m, without a failed attempt
- 4.10 m, three failed attempts
- Qualification, group A: 4.00 m, rank 4, qualified for the final
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Georgios Roumbanis
- Qualification, Group B: Eliminated without a valid amount
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Vasilios Sakellarakis
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Qualification , group B: 14.05 m, rank 14, not qualified for the final
- 1st jump: 14.05 m
- 2nd jump: 13.73 m
- 3rd jump: 13.68 m
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Qualification , group B: 14.05 m, rank 14, not qualified for the final
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Konstantinos Giataganas
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Qualification : 14.05 m, rank 18, not qualified for the final
- 1st stroke: 12.06 m
- 2nd stroke: 14.05 m
- 3rd shock: invalid
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Qualification : 14.05 m, rank 18, not qualified for the final
- Konstantinos Giataganas
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Qualification , group B: 46.05 m, rank 10, qualified for the final
- 1st litter: 44.88 m
- 2nd litter: 46.05 m
- 3rd litter: left out
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Final : 46.23 meters, 15th place
- 4th litter: 42.40 m
- 5th litter: 46.23 m
- 6th litter: invalid
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Qualification , group B: 46.05 m, rank 10, qualified for the final
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Nikolaos Syllas
- Qualification, group B: 47.84 m, rank 1, qualified for the final
- 1st litter: 47.84 m
- 2nd litter: left out
- 2nd litter: left out
- Final: 48.99 m, 9th place
- 4th litter: 48.99 m
- 5th litter: 48.36 m
- 6th litter: 47.17 m
- Qualification, group B: 47.84 m, rank 1, qualified for the final
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Fotios Kosmas
- Final: competition not ended
- 100 meter run, 11.5 s (hand-stopped) or 11.53 s (automatically stopped) / 737 points, rank 12; total: 737 points, rank 12
- Long jump: 6.20 m / 562 points, rank 24; total 1,299 points, rank 12
- the third discipline, the shot put, no longer started
- Final: competition not ended
Wrestling
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Sotirios Panagiotopoulos
- eliminated in round one against Reidar Merli from Norway (0: 3)
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Georgios Petmezas
- eliminated after round two with six minus points
- Round one: lost to Mikuláš Athanasov from Czechoslovakia (0: 3)
- Round two: Eliminated against Erich Schmidt from Saarland (0: 3)
- eliminated after round two with six minus points
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Antonios Georgoulis
- eliminated after three rounds with six minus points, sixth place
- Round one: won against Adolfo Ramírez from Argentina (shoulder win)
- Round two: lost to Willi Waltner from Germany (0: 3)
- Round three: eliminated against Alexandru Șuli from Romania (0: 3)
- eliminated after three rounds with six minus points, sixth place
rowing
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Grigorios Emmanouil , Iraklis Klangas and Nikolaos Nikolaou
- Preliminary runs: in run 4 (4th place) with 8: 24.1 minutes qualified for the hope runs
- Preliminary runs, hope runs: in run 1 (3rd place) with 8: 12.9 min. Not qualified for the semifinals
shoot
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Athanasios Aravositas
- Final: 384 rings, 19 direct hits, rank 49
- 1st round: 92 rings, rank 57
- 2nd round: 98 rings, rank 26
- 3rd round: 99 rings, rank 25
- 4th round: 95 rings, rank 55
- Final: 384 rings, 19 direct hits, rank 49
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Georgios Stathis
- Final: 496 rings, rank 43
- 1st round: 75 points, 46th place
- 2nd round: 91 points, 9th place
- 3rd round: 95 points, 1st place
- 4th round: 80 points, 46th place
- 5th round: 75 points, rank 47
- 6th round: 80 points, rank 44
- Final: 496 rings, rank 43
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Konstantinos Mylonas
- Final: 553 rings, 58 hits, 46th place
- 1st round: 271 rings, 29 hits, rank 34
- 2nd round: 262 rings, 29 hits, rank 45
- Final: 553 rings, 58 hits, 46th place
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Angelos Papadimas
- Final: 506 rings, 56 hits, rank 51
- 1st round: 273 rings, 30 hits, rank 32
- 2nd round: 233 rings, 26 hits, rank 51
- Final: 506 rings, 56 hits, rank 51
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Ioannis Koutsis
- Final: 187 points, 6th place
- 1st round: 90 points, 15th place
- 2nd round: 97 points, 2nd place
- Final: 187 points, 6th place
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Panagiotis Linardakis
- Final: 175 points, rank 24
- 1st round: 84 points, rank 27
- 2nd round: 91 points, 19th place
- Final: 175 points, rank 24
sailing
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Antonios Modinos
- Final: 921 points, rank 26
- 1st race: 226 points, 1:29:23 hours, 21st place
- 2nd race: 133 points, 1:54:08 hours, rank 26
- 3rd race: not finished
- 4th race: 186 points, 1:27:32 hours, 23rd place
- 5th race: 150 points, 1:36:13 hours, 25th place
- 6th race: 226 points, 1:29:40 hours, 21st place
- 7th race: not finished
- Final: 921 points, rank 26
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Timoleon Razelos and Andreas Ziro
- Final: 1,983 points, 15th place
- 1st race: 144 points, 19th place
- 2nd race: 219 points, 16th place
- 3rd race: 423 points, 10th place
- 4th race: 645 points, 6th place
- 5th race: 168 points, 18th place
- 6th race: 219 points, 16th place
- 7th race: 309 points, 13th place
- Final: 1,983 points, 15th place
Web links
- Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
- Greek Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).