1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)

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Greece took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital Rome with 48 male athletes in 38 competitions in eight sports.

Since 1896 it was the fourteenth participation of Greece in the Summer Olympic Games .

The youngest athlete was the sailor Konstantinos Lymberakis at 17 years and 303 days , and the oldest athlete was the sailors Nikolaos Vlangalis (52 years and 309 days).

Flag bearer

Constantine II , who had ruled since March 6, 1964 , was the last king of the Hellenes and participated in the sailing competitions, carried the flag of Greece during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With a gold medal won the Greek team was ranked 21 in the medal count .

gold

Constantine II , Odysseus Eskitzoglou and Georgios Zaimis

sailing

Dragons

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Panagiotis Kostarellos
  • Bantamweight

  Rank 17

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round: defeat on points against Primo Zamparini from Italy (0: 5 rounds, 282: 300 points - 53:60, 57:60, 56:60, 58:60, 58:60)

• Dimitrios Mikhail
  • Light welterweight
• Rank 17

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round: points defeat against Bernard Meli from Ireland (0: 5 rounds, 286: 298 points - 57:59, 58:59, 56:60, 57:60, 58:60)

Weightlifting

• Iakovos Psaltis
  • Lightweight

  Final: 385.0 kg, 17th place

  Military press: 115.0 kg, ranked 16th

  Snatch: 120.0 kg, seventh place

  Push: 150.0 kg, rank 14

athletics

4 × 100 meter relay

• Nikolaos Georgopoulos

  Ioannis Komitoudis

  Leonidas Kormalis

  Konstantinos Lolos

• Results

  1st round: qualified for the quarter-finals in run three (second place), 41.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 41.81 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 41.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 41.90 seconds (automatically stopped)

4 × 400 meter relay

• Evangelos Depastas

  Leonidas Kormalis

  Konstantinos Moragiemos

  Vasilios Sillis

• Results

  1st round: eliminated in run three, competition not ended

singles

• Myron Anyfantakis
  • Javelin

  Qualifying round: Group A, 69.53 meters, tenth place, 21st overall, not qualified for the final

  1st attempt: 59.40 meters

  2nd attempt: 69.53 meters

  3rd attempt: invalid

• Evangelos Depastas
  • 1,500 meter run

  1st lap: eliminated in run three (eighth place), 3: 48.4 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 48.77 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Panagiotis Epitropopoulos
  • Decathlon

  Final: 4,737 points, 23rd place

  100 meter run: 678 points, 11.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.76 seconds (automatically stopped), rank 26

  110 meter hurdles: 283 points, 18.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 18.25 seconds (automatically stopped), 24th place

  400 meter run: 606 points, 53.6 seconds, 24th place

  1,500 meter run: 297 points, 4: 55.0 minutes, 17th place

  Discus throw: 487 points, 34.68 meters, 22nd place

  High jump: 689 points, 1.73 meters, 21st place

  Shot put: 587 points, 12.06 meters, 22nd place

  Javelin throw: 540 points, 50.66 meters, 17th place

  Pole vault: zero points, no valid attempt

  Long jump: 570 points, 6.23 meters, rank 27

• Nikolaos Georgopoulos
  • 100 meter run

  1st lap: eliminated in run nine (fifth place), 11.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.12 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  1st round: qualified for the quarter-finals in run three (second place), 22.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.18 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: eliminated in run two (seventh place), 22.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.15 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Khristos Khiotis
  • 5,000 meter run

  1st round: Eliminated in run three (ninth place), 15: 01.2 minutes

• Antonios Kounadis
  • Discus throw

  Qualifying round: Group A, 52.49 meters, sixth place, 19th overall, qualified for the final

  1st litter: 52.49 meters

  2nd litter: left out

  3rd litter: left out

  Final: 52.42 meters, 18th place

  4th throw: 52.42 meters

  5th litter: invalid

  6th litter: 50.56 meters

• Andreas Kouvelogiannis
  • Hammer throwing

  Qualifying round: 55.18 meters, rank 27, not qualified for the final

  1st litter: 53.43 meters

  2nd litter: invalid

  3rd throw: 55.18 meters

• Dimitrios Manglaras
  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: Group C, 7.45 meters, sixth place, eleventh overall, qualified for the final

  1st jump: 7.35 meters

  2nd jump: 7.25 meters

  3rd jump: 7.45 meters

  Final: 7.45 meters, eleventh place

  4th jump: 7.16 meters

  5th jump: 7.32 meters

  6th jump: 7.45 meters

• Georgios Marsellos
  • 110 meter hurdles

  1st lap: eliminated in 4th run (fifth place), 14.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 14.92 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Konstantinos Moragiemos
  • 800 meter run

  1st round: eliminated in the 4th run (fifth place), 1: 54.3 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 54.60 minutes (stopped automatically)

• Georgios Papavasileiou
  • 3,000 meter obstacle course

  1st round: eliminated in 1st run (fourth place), 8: 51.2 minutes (hand-stopped), 8: 51.46 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Georgios Roumbanis
  • Pole vault

  Qualifying round: 4.20 meters, 18th place, not qualified for the final

  3.80 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  4.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  4.20 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  4.30 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Konstantinos Sfikas
  • Triple jump

  Qualifying round: Group B, 14.32 meters, 12th place, 35th overall, not qualified for the final

  1st jump: 14.25 meters

  2nd jump: 13.60 meters

  3rd jump: 14.32 meters

• Vasilios Sillis
  • 400 meter run

  1st lap: eliminated in the 7th run (fifth place), 48.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 48.56 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Dimitrios Skourtis
  • 400 meter hurdles

  1st round: eliminated in 4th run (fifth place), 53.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 53.85 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Georgios Tsakanikas
  • Shot put

  Qualifying round: 16.44 meters, ranked 18th, not qualified for the final

  1st stroke: 16.44 meters

  2nd stroke: 16.22 meters

  3rd stroke: 16.38 meters

Wrestling

Freestyle

• Stefanos Ioannidis
  • Featherweight

  18th place, eliminated after the 2nd round with three minus points

  1st round: victory over Gang Jeong-Ho from South Korea , zero minus points

  2nd round: Point defeat against Ahmed Sayed Kasim from Iraq , three minus points

Greco-Roman

• Anastasios Mousidis
  • lightweight

  Eleventh place, eliminated after the 4th round with eight minus points

  1st round: points victory against Jacques Pourtau from France , a minus point

  2nd round: BYE

  3rd round: Point defeat against Karel Matoušek from Czechoslovakia , four minus points

  4th round: Shoulders defeat against Awtandil Koridze from the Soviet Union , eight minus points

• Mikhail Theodoropoulos
  • Bantamweight

  17th place, eliminated after the 2nd round with six minus points

  1st round: defeat on points against Franz Brunner from Austria , three minus points

  2nd round: points defeat against Jiří Švec from Czechoslovakia , six minus points

rowing

Foursome with a helmsman

• Results

  1st run: failed in 1st run (fifth place), 7: 01.25 minutes

  Hope runs: eliminated in the 4th run (fourth place), 6: 57.98 minutes

• team

  Panagiotis Kalombratsos

  Iliad Polyzois

  Ioannis Simbonis

  Ioannis Theodorakeas

  Triantafyllos Tsongas

Two with a helmsman

• Results

  1st lap: failed in race one (sixth place), 7: 59.42 minutes

  Hope runs: eliminated in the 2nd run (fifth place), 7: 54.75 minutes

• team

  Ioannis Khrysokhoou

  Ioannis Simbonis

  Ioannis Theodorakeas

shoot

• Plato Georgitsis
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Qualification: 89 points, rank 17, qualified for the final

  Final: 178 points, 19th place

• Dimitrios Kasoumis
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: group one, 314 points, 20th place

  1st round: 82 points, rank 27

  2nd round: 86 points, 18th place

  3rd round: 85 points, 20th place

  4th round: 88 points, twelfth place

  Final: 515 points, 46th place

  1st round: 84 points, rank 47

  2nd round: 89 points, 18th place

  3rd round: 83 points, rank 50

  4th round: 83 points, rank 50

  5th round: 89 points, 17th place

  6th round: 87 points, 30th place

• Georgios Liveris
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Qualification: Group one, 537 points, qualified for the final

  Kneeling: 182 points

  1st round: 87 points

  2nd round: 95 points

  Prone: 191 points

  1st round: 94 points

  2nd round: 97 points

  Standing: 164 points

  1st round: 82 points

  2nd round: 82 points

• Final: 1,087 points, 49th place

  Kneeling: 371 points, 33rd place

  1st round: 93 points

  2nd round: 90 points

  3rd round: 94 points

  4th round: 94 points

  Prone: 384 points, 43rd place

  1st round: 95 points

  2nd round: 97 points

  3rd round: 97 points

  4th round: 95 points

  Standing: 332 points, rank 50

  1st round: 84 points

  2nd round: 86 points

  3rd round: 83 points

  4th round: 79 points

• • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: Group one, 377 points, 64th place, did not qualify for the final

  Round one: 96 points, 15th place

  Round two: 93 points, 37th place

  Round three: 93 points, 35th place

  Round four: 95 points, rank 27

• Georgios Marmaridis
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: group two, 332 points, rank 27, qualified for the final

  Round one: 85 points, 19th place

  Round two: 80 points, rank 30

  Round three: 81 points, rank 29

  Round four: 86 points, 14th place

  Final: 497 points, rank 52

  Round one: 81 points, rank 51

  Round two: 85 points, 39th place

  Round three: 77 points, 54th place

  Round four: 84 points, 47th place

  Round five: 86 points, 34th place

  Round six: 84 points, 47th place

• • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 544 points, 48th place

  Round one: 274 points, rank 45

  Round two: 270 points, 49th place

• Georgios Pangalos
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Qualifying round: eliminated without evaluation

• Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 566 points, 33rd place

  Round one: 282 points, 36th place

  Round two: 284 points, 31st place

• Nikolaos Triantafyllopoulos
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Qualification: Group two, 531 points, qualified for the final

  Kneeling: 180 points

  Round one: 93 points

  Round two: 87 points

  Prone: 189 points

  Round one: 95 points

  Round two: 94 points

  Standing: 162 points

  Round one: 78 points

  Round two: 84 points

  Final: 1,056 points, 54th place

  Kneeling: 358 points, rank 52

  Round one: 96 points

  Round two: 94 points

  Round three: 95 points

  Round four: 92 points

  Prone: 377 points, 53rd place

  Round one: 96 points

  Round two: 94 points

  Round three: 95 points

  Round four: 92 points

  Standing: 321 points, 54th place

  Round one: 77 points

  Round two: 76 points

  Round three: 85 points

  Round four: 83 points

• • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: group two, 378 points, rank 31, overall rank 57, not qualified for the final

  Round one: 95 points, rank 27

  Round two: 95 points, rank 25

  Round three: 93 points, 32nd place

  Round four: 95 points, rank 26

swim

• Dimitrios Kolovos
  • 100 meters back

  Round one: eliminated in round one (eighth place), 1: 13.8 minutes

• Nikolaos Zakharopoulos
  • 200 meters chest

  Round one: eliminated in round six (seventh place), 2: 56.4 minutes

sailing

Dragons

• Results

  Final: 6,733 points, first place

  Race one: 532 points, 3:36:44 hours, tenth place

  Race two: 1,055 points, 1:58:13 hours, third place

  Race three: 1,055 points, 2:46:35 hours, third place

  Race four: 1,532 points, 2:58:51 hours, first place

  Race five: 940 points, 2:35:46 hours, fourth place

  Race six: 1,231 points, 2:26:54 hours, second place

  Race seven: 940 points, 2:33:50 hours, fourth place

• team

  Constantine II

  Odysseus Eskitzoglou

  Georgios Zaimis

Flying Dutchman

• Results

  Final: 1,779 points, 23rd place

  Race one: 212 points, 2:42:00 hours, 24th place

  Race two: 291 points, 2:32:34 hours, 20th place

  Race three: 388 points, 2:18:52 hours, 16th place

  Race four: 212 points, 2:54:02 hours, 24th place

  Race five: 250 points, 2:20:33 hours, 22nd place

  Race six: 388 points, 2:19:49 hours, 16th place

  Race seven: 250 points, 2:19:59 hours, 22nd place

• team

  Stylianos Kyriakidis

  Konstantinos Lymberakis

star

• Results

  Final: 1,579 points, 20th place

  Race one: 261 points, 2:50:52 hours, rank

  Race two: 237 points, 2:36:50 hours, rank

  Race three: 261 points, 2:33:16 hours, rank

  Race four: 118 points, 3:02:26 hours, rank

  Race five: 340 points, 2:36:40 hours, rank

  Race six: 286 points, 2:45:56 hours, rank

  Race seven: 194 points, 2:31:38 hours, rank

• team

  Spyros Makridakis

  Nikolaos Vlangalis

singles

• Ioannis Karyofyllis
  • Finn dinghy

  Final: 2,513 points, 22nd place

  Race one: 344 points, 1:52:45 hours, 20th place

  Race two: 604 points, 2:07:22 hours, eleventh place

  Race three: zero points, disqualified

  Race four: 469 points, 2:17:32 hours, 15th place

  Race five: 265 points, 1:57:25 hours, 24th place

  Race six: 691 points, 1:53:52 hours, ninth place

  Race seven: 140 points, 1:58:18 hours, 32nd place

Web links

• Greek Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )