1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)
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Greece took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of 13 male athletes in 13 competitions in five sports.
It was Greece's thirteenth participation in the Summer Olympics since 1896 .
The youngest athlete was the shot putter Georgios Tsakanikas at 22 years and 19 days , and the oldest athlete was the sprinter Ioannis Kambadelis (29 years and 21 days).
Flag bearer
The pole vaulter Georgios Roumbanis carried the flag of Greece during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .
Medalist
With a bronze medal won the Greek team finished 35th in the medals table .
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Georgios Roumbanis | athletics | Pole vault |
Participants by sport
athletics
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Evangelos Depastas
- 800 meter run
- Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run two (third place), 1: 53.1 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 53.23 minutes (automatically stopped)
- Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (third place), 1: 52.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 52.19 minutes (automatically stopped)
- 1,500 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run two (seventh place), 3: 52.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 51.79 minutes (automatically stopped)
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Ioannis Kambadelis
- 110 meter hurdles
- Round one: eliminated in run four (fifth place), 15.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 15.28 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 400 meter hurdles
- Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run four (second place), 53.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 53.66 seconds (automatically stopped)
- Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (sixth place), 53.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 53.93 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Dimitrios Konstantinidis
- 800 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run one (fifth place), 1: 52.7 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 53.03 minutes (automatically stopped)
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Georgios Papavasileiou
- 1,500 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run three (ninth place), 3: 57.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 57.57 minutes (stopped automatically)
- 3,000 meter obstacle
- Round one: eliminated in race one (eighth place), 8: 55.6 minutes (hand-stopped), 8: 55.93 minutes (automatically stopped)
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Georgios Roumbanis
- Pole vault
- Qualifying round: 4.15 meters, fifth place, qualified for the final
- 3.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 3.85 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 4.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt
- 4.15 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- Final: 4.50 meters, third place
- 4.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt
- 4.15 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 4.25 meters: valid, one failed attempt
- 4.35 meters: valid, one failed attempt
- 4.40 meters: valid, without a failed attempt
- 4.45 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 4.50 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 4.53 meters: invalid, three failed attempts
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Georgios Tsakanikas
- Shot put
- Qualifying round: 15.99 meters, seventh place
- Try one: 14.93 meters
- Try two: 15.99 meters
- Try three: skipped
- Final: 16.56, eighth place
- Attempt one: invalid
- Trial two: 16.56 meters
- Trial three: 15.52 meters
Wrestling
Freestyle
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Spyros Defteraios
- Light heavyweight
- eliminated after round one with three minus points
- Round one: shoulder defeat against Gerry Martina from Ireland , three minus points
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Antonios Georgoulis
- Heavyweight
- eliminated after run three with seven minus points
- Round one: Victory against Joseph Zammit from Australia on points (3-0), one minus point
- Round two: loss to Hamit Kaplan from Turkey on points (0: 3), four minus points
- Round three: shoulder defeat against Adelmo Bulgarelli from Italy , seven minus points
rowing
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Nikolaos Khatzigiakoumis
- One
- Round one: failed in run two (fourth place), 7: 51.5 minutes
- Round one re-run: eliminated in run one (second place), 11: 00.4 minutes
shoot
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Evangelos Khrysafis
- Rapid fire pistol
- Final: 553 points, 60 hits, 21st place
- Round one: 275 points, 30 hits, 22nd place
- Round two: 278 points, 30 hits, 23rd place
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Ioannis Koutsis
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Final: 175 points, twelfth place
sailing
Sharpie
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Results
- Final: 1,137 points, twelfth place
- Race one: 261 points, 4:26:40 hours, ninth place
- Race two: 136 points, 3:53:45 hours, twelfth place
- Race three: 215 points, 4:05:50 hours, tenth place
- Race four: race not finished (DNF)
- Race five: 215 points, 3:44:21 hours, tenth place
- Race six: 136 points, 4:10:01 hours, twelfth place
- Race seven: 174 points, 3:46:32 hours, eleventh place
- Final: 1,137 points, twelfth place
- team
Web links
- Greek Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).