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
Georgios Roumbanis	athletics	Pole vault

Participants by sport

athletics

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• Spyros Defteraios
  • Light heavyweight

  eliminated after round one with three minus points

  Round one: shoulder defeat against Gerry Martina from Ireland , three minus points

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ioannis Koutsis
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 175 points, twelfth place

sailing

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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

• team

  Spyridon Bonas

  Stelios Bonas

Web links

• Greek Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).