1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)
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Greece took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 60 athletes (58 men and two women) in 46 competitions in nine sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou .
Medalist
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Petros Galaktopoulos | Wrestling | Men, welterweight, Greco-Roman |
Iliad Chatzipavlis | sailing | Finn dinghy |
Participants by sport
Boxing
Men
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Athanasios Giannopoulos
- Middleweight: 1st round
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Evangelos Oikonomakos
- Light Middleweight: Round of 16
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Angelos Theotokatos
- Featherweight: 2nd round
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Panagiotis Therianos
- Welterweight: 2nd round
fencing
Men
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Ioannis Chatzisarantos
- Saber, singles: 1st round
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Panagiotis Dourakos
- Epee, singles: 2nd round
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Andreas Vgenopoulos
- Foil, singles: 1st round
- Epee, singles: 1st round
Weightlifting
Men
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Christos Iakovou
- Lightweight: 5th place
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Nikos Iliadis
- Middle heavyweight: 11th place
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Panagiotis Spyrou
- Middleweight: 12th place
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Eleftherios Stefanoudakis
- Lightweight: 17th place
athletics
Men
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Georgios Georgiadis
- Hammer throw: 26th place in qualification
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Spyridon Kontosoros
- 3000 meter obstacle: prelims
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Ioannis Kousoulas
- High jump: 26th place
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Loukas Louka
- Shot put: 25th place in qualification
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Stavros Moutaftsidis
- Hammer throw: 15th place
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Panagiotis Nakopoulos
- 3000 meter obstacle: prelims
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Kyriakos Onisiforou
- 400 meters: quarter-finals
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Vasilios Papadimitriou
- High jump: 12th place
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Vasilis Papageorgopoulos
- 100 meters: quarter-finals
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Christos Papanikolaou
- Pole vault: 11th place
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Stavros Tziortzis
- 400 meter hurdles: 6th place
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Spilios Zacharopoulos
- 1500 meters: semi-finals
Wrestling
Men
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Vasilios Ganotis
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round
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Stefanos Ioannidis
- Lightweight, freestyle: 4th round
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Georgios Chatziioannidis
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Panagiotis Koutsoupakis
- Featherweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Othon Moschidis
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round
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Stylianos Migiakis
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place
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Sotirios Nakos
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round
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Sotiris Ventas
- Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round
shoot
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Lakis Georgiou
- Skeet: 8th place
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Dimitrios Kotronis
- Free pistol: 38th place
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Lambis Manthos
- Small caliber, lying: 27th place
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Ioannis Skarafingas
- Small caliber, lying: 26th place
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Panagiotis Xanthakos
- Skeet: 21st place
swim
Men
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Women
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sailing
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Antonios Bonas & Christos Bonas (& Anastasios Vatistas )
Christos Bonas took part in the first four races, Anastasios Vatistas took his place in the last three races- Flying Dutchman: 22nd place
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Ioannis Giapalakis , Ioannis Kiousis & Panagiotis Michail
- Dragons: 17th place
Water polo
Men's tournament
- 14th place
- Squad
Web links
- Greek Olympic team from 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )