2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)

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Greece took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 140 athletes, 58 women and 82 men, in 23 sports.

Since 1896 it was the 24th participation of Greece in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Windsurfer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis carried the flag of Greece during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Medalist

With four won gold, six silver and three bronze medals, the Greek team finished 17th in the medals table .

M.	Name / s	sport	competition
	Pyrros Dimas	Weightlifting	Men, light heavyweight
	Kakhi Kakhiashvili	Weightlifting	Men, middle heavyweight
	Konstantinos Kenteris	athletics	Men, 200 meters
	Michalis Mouroutsos	Taekwondo	Men, flyweight
	Leonidas Sampanis	Weightlifting	Men, featherweight
	Viktor Mitrou	Weightlifting	Men, middleweight
	Ekaterini Thanou	athletics	Women, 100 meters
	Anastasia Kelesidou	athletics	Women, discus throw
	Mirela Maniani	athletics	Women, throwing the javelin
	Dimosthenis Tampakos	do gymnastics	Men, rings
	Ioanna Chatziioannou	Weightlifting	Women, middleweight
	Amiran Kardanov	Wrestling	Men, flyweight, freestyle
	Eirini Aindili , Evangelia Christodoulou , Maria Georgatou , Zacharoula Karyami , Charikleia Pantazi & Anna Pollatou	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	Women, team

Participants by sport

Archery

• Evangelia Psarra

  Women, singles: 41st place

Boxing

• Antonios Giannoulas

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Artour Mikaelian

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Tingran Ouzlian

  Lightweight: 5th place

Weightlifting

• Pyrros Dimas

  Men, light heavyweight: gold

• Akakios Kachiasvilis

  Men, middle-heavyweight: gold

• Ioanna Chatziioannou

  Women, middleweight: bronze

• Valerios Leonidis

  Men, lightweight: 6th place

• Viktor Mitrou

  Men, middleweight: silver

• Leonidas Sampanis

  Men, featherweight: silver

• Khristos Spyrou

  Men, light-heavyweight: 7th place

• Maria Tatsi

  Women, light heavyweight: 11th place

canoe

• Andreas Kilingaridis

  Men, Canadier-Singles, 500 meters: Preliminary round

  Men, canoe singles, 1000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Alexios Alexopoulos

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Niki Bakogianni

  Women, high jump: 33rd place in qualification

• Stelios Dimotsios

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Konstandinos Gatsioudis

  Men, javelin: 6th place

• Georgios Giannelis

  Men, 3000 meters obstacle: prelims

• Khrysoula Goudenoudi

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Tasos Gousis

  Men, 200 meters: heats

  Men, 400 meters: heats

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Periklis Iakovakis

  Men, 400 meter hurdles: prelims

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Thaleia Iakovidou

  Women, pole vault: eliminated in qualification

• Khrysostomia Iakovou

  Women, 5000 meters: heats

• Spyros Kastanis

  Men, walking 50 kilometers: DNF

• Anastasia Kelesidou

  Women, discus throw: silver

• Kostas Kenteris

  Men, 200 meters: gold

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Panagiotis Kharamis

  Men, marathon: 63rd place

• Ekaterini Koffa

  Women, 200 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Khristina Kokotou

  Women, 20 kilometers walking: 36th place

• Prodromos Korkizoglou

  Men, decathlon: DNF

• Konstandinos Koukodimos

  Men, long jump: 39th place in qualification

• Stamatios Lenis

  Men, triple jump: eliminated in qualification

• Mirela Maniani-Tzelili

  Women, javelin throw: silver

• Khristos Meletoglou

  Men, triple jump: 31st place in qualification

• Georgios Oikonomidis

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Kalliopi Ouzouni

  Women, shot put: 7th place

• Alexandros Papadimitriou

  Men, hammer throw: 12th place

• Athina Papagianni

  Women, 20 kilometers walking: 11th place

• Despoina Papavasilaki

  Women, long jump: 34th place in qualification

• Voula Patoulidou

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Froso Patsou

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Angelos Pavlakakis

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Christos Polychroniou

  Men, hammer throw: 24th place in qualification

• Dimitrios Serelis

  Men, long jump: eliminated in qualification

• Theodoros Stamatopoulos

  Men, walking 50 kilometers: DNF

• Panagiotis Stroubakos

  Men, 800 meters: heats

• Ekaterini Thanou

  Women, 100 meters: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Georgios Theodoridis

  Men, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Stella Tsikouna

  Women, discus throw: 5th place

• Vaios Tingas

  Men, shot put: 35th place in qualification

• Angeliki Tsiolakoudi

  Women, javelin: 18th place in qualification

• Asimina Vanakara

  Women, heptathlon: DNF

• Olga Vasdeki

  Women, triple jump: 7th place

• Ekaterini Vongoli

  Women, discus throw: 9th place

• Niki Xanthou

  Women, long jump: 17th place in qualification

• Kostis Zalangitis

  Men, triple jump: 37th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Katerina Partits

  Women, singles: 22nd place

Cycling

• Nikos Angelidis

  Men, Sprint: 2nd round

• Kleanthis Barngas

  Men, team sprint: 4th place

• Dimitrios Georgalis

  Men, 1000 meters time trial: 6th place

  Men, team sprint: 4th place

• Lambros Vasilopoulos

  Men, Keirin: semifinals

  Men, team sprint: 4th place

horse riding

• Heidi Antikatzidis

  Versatility, singles: 6th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Dona Evmorfia

  Singles: 7th place

• Eirini Aindili , Evangelia Christodoulou , Maria Georgatou , Zacharoula Karyami , Charikleia Pantazi & Anna Pollatou

  Team: bronze

Wrestling

• Dimitrios Avramis

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

• Amiran Kardanov

  Bantamweight, freestyle: bronze

• Nikolaos Loizidis

  Welterweight, freestyle: 16th place

• Khvitsas Polykhronidis

  Featherweight, freestyle: 10th place

• Kostas Thanos

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Efstathios Topalidis

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 15th place

• Aftandil Xanthopoulos

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 5th place

rowing

• Panagiotis Miliotis & Vasileios Polymeros

  Lightweight double scull: 8th place

• Khrysa Biskitzi & Angeliki Gremou

  Women, lightweight double sculls: 11th place

shoot

• Dionysios Georgakopoulos

  Men, air pistol: 17th place

  Men, Free Pistol: 16th place

• Agi Kasoumi

  Women, air pistol: 32nd place

  Women, sport pistol: 20th place

swim

• Spyros Bitsakis

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 34th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

• Katerina Bliamou

  Women, 100 meters back: 32nd place

  Women, 200 meters back: 25th place

• Athina Bochori

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 43rd place

• Artemis Dafni

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 22nd place

  Women, 400 meter medley: 20th place

• Zoi Dimoshaki

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 25th place

• Ioannis Drymonakos

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 51st place

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 25th place

• Spyros Gianniotis

  Men, 400 meters freestyle: 20th place

  Men, 1500 meters freestyle: 21st place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

• Ioannis Kokkodis

  Men, 100 meter medley: 22nd place

  Men, 200 meter medley: 20th place

• Marianna Lymberta

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 22nd place

• Tonia Makhaira

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 25th place

• Dimitrios Manganas

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 36th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

• Zambia Melakhroinou

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 34th place

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: 31st place

• Thanasis Oikonomou

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

• Katia Sarakatsani

  Women, 200 meter medley: 30th place

sailing

• Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

  Men, windsurfing: 6th place

• Emilios Papathanasiou

  Men, Finn Dinghy: 12th place

• Andreas Kosmatopoulos & Kostas Tringonis

  Men, 470s: 8th place

• Antonios Bougiouris

  Laser: 15th place

• Dimitrios Boukis & Leonidas Pelekanakis

  Star: 11th place

• Gelly Skarlatou

  Women, windsurfing: 21st place

• Maria Vlakhou

  Women, Europe: 18th place

• Sofia Bekatorou & Emilia Tsoulfa

  Women, 470s: 14th place

Synchronized swimming

• Khristina Thalassinidou & Despoina Theodoridou

  Duet: 13th place

Taekwondo

• Areti Athanasopoulou

  Women, featherweight: 8th place

• Michalis Mouroutsos

  Men, flyweight: gold

• Alexandros Nikolaidis

  Men, heavyweight: 9th place

tennis

• Eleni Daniilidou

  Women, singles: 33rd place

Table tennis

• Kalinikos Kreanga

  Men, singles: 17th place

  Men, doubles: 17th place

• Daniel Tsiokas

  Men, singles: 33rd place

  Men, doubles: 17th place

Triathlon

• Vasilios Krommydas

  Men: 33rd place

do gymnastics

• Katerina Khristoforidou

  Women, individual all-around: 61st place in qualification

  Women, floor: 68th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 57th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 81st place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 74th place in qualification

• Ioannis Melissanidis

  Men, individual all-around: 95th place in qualification

  Men, horse jump: 7th place

• Vasiliki Millousi

  Women, individual all-around: 55th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 60th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 67th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 70th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 71st place in qualification

• Dimosthenis Tambakos

  Men, individual all-around: 91st place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 68th place in qualification

  Men, rings: silver

Volleyball (beach)

• Vaso Karadasiou & Efi Sfyri

  Women's tournament: 17th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  10th place

• Squad

  Georgios Afroudakis

  Nikolaos Deligiannis

  Filippos Kaiafas

  Thomas Khatzis

  Theodoros Khatzitheodorou

  Theodoros Lorantos

  Konstantinos Loudis

  Georgios Mavrotas

  Dimitrios Mazis

  Georgios Psykhos

  Georgios Reppas

  Ioannis Thomakos

  Antonios Vlontakis

Diving

• Thomas Bimis

  Men, jumping: 32nd place

• Maria Konstantatou

  Women, diving: 38th place

• Sotiria Koutsopetrou

  Women, jumping: 21st place

• Evtykhia Pappa-Papavasilopoulou

  Women, diving: 29th place

• Nikolaos Siranidis

  Men, jumping: 36th place

Web links

• Greek Olympic team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )