2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)

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Greece hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with 426 athletes, 211 women and 215 men.

Never before in the history of the Olympic Games did Greece have a bigger team. The Greek athletes took part in all the disciplines on offer , except for the hockey competitions.

Since 1896 it was the 25th participation of Greece in the Summer Olympics . This made Greece, along with Australia , France , Switzerland and the United Kingdom, one of the five nations that had taken part in all the Summer Olympics up to then.

Flag bearer

Weightlifter Pyrros Dimas carried the flag of Greece during both the opening and closing ceremonies in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With six won gold, six silver and four bronze medals, the Greek team finished 15th in the medals table .

Participants by sport

badminton

Men's: Georgios Patis Theodoros Velkos

baseball

Clayton Balinger , Bradley Buras , Andreas James Brack , James Dimitrelis , Dimitrios Douros , Cory Harris , Laurence Heisler , Dimitrios Karbougiaris , Jim Kavourias , Robert Kingsbury , George Kottaras , Michail Koutsantonakis , Alexandros Kremmidas , Petros Maistrallis , Nikolaos Markakis , Ross Meleches , Derek Nicholson , Erik Daniel Pappas , Peter Rasmusen , Christoforos Robinson , Vasilios Spanos , Shawn James Spencer , Panagiotis Sikaras , Panagiotis Sotiropoulos , Jared Theodorakos , Nikolaos Theodorou , Cory Antonios Theochakis , Clinton Zabaras

basketball

Gentlemen:
Fragiskos Alvertis , Nikolaos Chatzivrettas , Dimosthenis Dikoudis , Antonios Fotsis , Dimitrios Diamantidis , Michalis Kakiouzis , Lazaros Papadopoulos , Theodoros Papaloukas , Dimitris Papanikolaou , Vasilis Spanoulis , Konstantinos Tsartsaris , Nikolaos Zisis

Ladies:
Athina Christoforaki , Katerina Delli , Dimitra Kalentzou , Tatjana Kavadia , Sofia Kligopoulou , Anastasia Kostaki , Evanthia Maltzi , Maria Samorukova , Polimnia Sarengou , Irini Stachtiari , Atalanti Tasouli , Eleni Vasiliou

beach volleyball

Men's: Pavlos Beligratis Thanassis Michalopoulos

Women: Vasiliki Arvaniti Vassiliki Karadassiou Efthalia Koutroumanidou Effrosyni Sfyri

Archery

Men's: Giorgos Kalogiannidis Alexandros Karageorgiou Apostolos Nanos

Women: Evangelia Psarra Elpida Romantzi Fotini Vavatzi

Boxing

• Mario's caperonis

  Light weight (- 60 kg)

• Spyros Ioannidis

  Light welter weight (- 64 kg)

• Theodoris Kotakos

  Welter weight (- 69 kg)

• Georgios Gazis

  Middle weight (- 75 kg)

• Iliad Pavlidis

  Light heavyweight (- 81 kg)

• Spyros Kladouchas

  Heavy weight (- 91 kg)

fencing

Men's: Georgios Abalof Marinos Basmatzian Jason Michael Dourakos Konstantinos Manetas

Women: Dimitra Baganoudaki Ioanna Christou Maria Rentoumi Niki Sidiropoulou

Soccer

Men:
anestis agritis , Giorgos Ambaris , Giorgos Fotakis , Aristidis Galanopoulos , Kleopas Giannou , Fanouris Goundoulakis , Christos Karypidis , Panagiotis Lagos , Dimosthenis Manousakis , Nikolaos Mitrou , Evangelos Moras , Konstantinos Nempegleras , Dimitrios Papadopoulos , Dimitris Salpingidis , Miltos Sapanis , Ieroklis Stoltidis , Ioannis Taralidis , Spyros Vallas , Loukas Vyntra

Women:
Eleni Benson , Natalia Chatzigiannidou , Maria Giatraki , Alexandra Kavvada , Tanja Kaliva , Konstantina Katsaiti , Angeliki Lagoumtzi , Maria Lazarou , Amalia Loseno , Eftichia Michailidou , Ileana Moschou , Dimitra Panteleiadou , Anastasia Papadopoulou , Athanasia Pouridou , Sofia Smith , Viki Soupiadou , Kalliopi Stratakis , Angeliki Tefani

Weightlifting

Men's: Leonidas Sampanis up to 62 kg Viktor Mitrou up to 77 kg Pyrros Dimas (bronze) up to 85 kg Georgios Markoulas up to 85 kg Akakios Kachiasvilis up to 94 kg Nikolaos Kourtidis up to 94 kg

Women: Chariklia Kastritsi up to 58 kg Natasa Tsakiri up to 63 kg Christina Ioannidi up to 75 kg Vasiliki Kasapi over 75 kg

Handball

Men:
Alexandros Alvanos , Spyros Balomenos , Georgios Chalkidis , Grigoris Chatsatourian , Ioannis Chrisopoulos , Nikolaos Grammatikos , Dimitrios Kafatos , Savas Karipidis , Nikolaos Kokolodimitrakis , Andreas Troupis , Konstantinos Tsilimparis , Dimitrios Tzimourtos , Alexandros Vasilakis , Evangelos Voglis , Georgios Zaravinas , Sasa Zivoulovic

Women:
Georgia Dorotheou , Ioanna Fotadou , Stella Gioupi , Grigoria Golia , Eleftheria Mavrogeni , Michaela Michalopoulou , Eleni Nikoli , Anastasia Patsiou , Eleni Poimenidou , Eleni Potari , Anna Psatha , Vasiliki Skara , Tatjana Sousa , Vasiliki Theodoridou. , Pegi Vemidou. , Pegi Vemidou

Judo

Men's: Revazi Zintiridis up to 60 kg Georgy Vazagasvilli up to 66 kg Lavrentios Alexanidis up to 73 kg Iliad Iliadis (gold) up to 81 kg Dionisis Iliadis up to 90 kg Vasilios Iliadis up to 100 kg Charalambos Papaioannou over 100 kg

Women: Maria Karagiannopoulou up to 48 kg Maria Tselaridou up to 52 kg Ioulieta Boukouvala up to 57 kg Elina Tampasi up to 63 kg Alexia Kourtelesi up to 70 kg Barbara Akritidou up to 78 kg Eleni Ioannou (walk over) over 78 kg

canoe

Men's: Alexandros Dimitriou Canoe slalom (kayak single) Andreas Kilingaridis Canoe race (single kayak 500 m) Apostolos Papandreou Canoe race (single canoe 500 m) Christos Tsakmakis Canoe Slalom (Canadier One)

Women: Athina Theodora Alexopoulou Canoe race (single kayak 500 m) Maria Ferekidi Canoe slalom (kayak single)

athletics

Men's: Georgios Argiropoulos 50 km of walking Christoforos Choidis ( walk over ) 100 m Stelios Dimotsios 400 m, 4 × 400 m relay Marios Evangelou Pole vault Dimitrios Filindras Long jump Anastasios Gousis 200 m, 400 m, 4 × 400 m relay Dimitrios Gravalos ( walk over ) 4 × 400 m relay Periklis Iakovakis 400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m relay Georgios Ikonomidis ( walk over ) 4 × 400 m relay Spyros Kastanis 50 km of walking Konstantinos Kenteris (not stepped) 200 m Prodromos Korkizoglou Decathlon Christos Meletoglou Triple jump Georgios Ntoumis ( walk over ) 4 × 400 m relay Savvas Panavoglou Discus throwing Alexandros Papadimitriou Hammer throw Dimitrios Pietris ( walk over ) 110 m hurdles Nikolaos Pollias marathon Panagiotis Sarris 200 m, 4 × 400 m relay Dimitrios Serelis Long jump Theodoros Stamatopoulos 50 km of walking Panagiotis Stroumpakos 800 m, 1500 m Eleftherios Thanopoulos 20 km walking Georgios Theodoridis 100 m Louis Tsatoumas Long jump

Women: Georgia Ampatzidou marathon Chrysopigi Devetzi (silver) Triple jump Konstantina Efentaki 1500 m Chrysoula Ngoundenoudi 400 m, 4 × 400 m relay Fani Chalkia (gold) 400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m relay Olga Kaidantzi 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay Maria Karastamati 4 × 100 m relay Ioanna Kafetzi Long jump Anastasia Kelesidou (silver) Discus throwing Georgia Kokloni 4 × 100 m relay Christina Kokotou 20 km walking Georgia Koumnaki ( walk over ) 4 × 400 m relay Savva Lika Javelin Mirela Maniani (bronze) Javelin Niki Mitropoulou high jump Chariklia Bounda 4 × 400 m relay Dimitra Ntova 4 × 400 m relay Kalliopi Ouzouni Shot put Stella Papadopoulou Hammer throwing Alexandra Papageorgiou Hammer throwing Athina Papagianni 20 km walking Paraskevi Patoulidou (walk over) 4 × 100 m relay Efrosini Patsou 4 × 100 m relay Athanasia Perra Triple jump Stella Pilatou Long jump Maria Protopapa 5000 m Flora Rentoumi 100 m hurdles Afroditi Skafida Pole vault Argyro Strataki Heptathlon Irini Terzoglou Shot put Evdokia Tsamoglou Hammer throwing Ekaterini Thanou (walk over) 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay Styliani Tsikouna Discus throwing Georgia Tsiligiri Pole vault Angeliki Tsiolakoudi Javelin Athanasia Tsoumeleka (gold) 20 km walking Marina Vasarmidou 4 × 100 m relay Olga Vasdeki Triple jump Ekaterini Vongoli Discus throwing Niki Xanthou Long jump

Modern pentathlon

Men's: Vasilis Floros

Women: Katerina Partic

Cycling

Men's: Georgios Cheimonetos Olympic sprint Dimitrios Georgalis Olympic sprint, 1000 m time trial Manolis Kotoulas Mountain bike Lampros Vasilopoulos Olympic sprint, keirin

Women: Kiriaki Konstantinidou Points run (train)

horse riding

Men's: Antonis Petris Show jumping

Women: Emanuela Athanasiadi Show jumping Heidi Antikatzidi versatility Alaia Demiropoulou dressage Gerta Leman dressage Chana Mitilineou Show jumping Alexandra Sourla dressage Danai Tsatsou Show jumping

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Team ranking :
Styliani Christidou , Eleni Chronopoulou , Ilektra Elli Efthymiou , Maria Kakiou , Varvara Magnisali , Stergiani Pantazi

Individual all-around :
Elina Andriola , Theodora Pallidou

Wrestling

Men's: Freestyle Amiran Kartanov up to 55 kg Aslanasvili district up to 60 kg Apostolos Taskoudis up to 66 kg Emzarios Bentinidis up to 74 kg Lazaros Loizidis up to 84 kg Alexandros Laliotis up to 96 kg Nestoras Mpatzelas up to 120 kg Greco-Roman Artiom Kiourengian (bronze) up to 55 kg Christos Gikas up to 60 kg Konstantinos Arkoudeas up to 66 kg Alexios Kolitsopoulos up to 74 kg Dimitrios Avramis up to 84 kg Georgios Koutsioumpas up to 96 kg Xenofon Koutsioumpas up to 120 kg

Women: Freestyle Fani Psatha up to 48 kg Sofia Poumpouridou up to 55 kg Stavroula Zigouri up to 63 kg Maria-Luisa Vironi up to 72 kg

rowing

Men's: Vasileios Polymeros (bronze) Lightweight men - double sculls Nikolaos Skiathitis (bronze) Lightweight men - double sculls

Women: Chrisa Biskitsi Lightweight women - double sculls Maria Sakellaridou Lightweight women - double sculls

shoot

Men's: Nikolaos Antoniadis Trap Dionisios Georgakopoulos Free pistol 50 m, air pistol 10 m Evangelos Liorgis Small caliber three-position fight 50 m, running target 10 m Georgios Petsanis Air rifle 10 m Georgios Salavantakis Skeet Konstantinos Savorgiannakis Air rifle 10 m Angelos Spyropoulos Double trap

Women: Maria Faka Air rifle 10 m Marina Karaflou Air pistol 10 m Agathi Kasoumi Sports pistol 25 m Alexia Smirli Air rifle 10 m

swim

Men's: Iasonas Alifantis 200 m chest Apostolos Antonopoulos 4 × 200 m freestyle Georgios Diamantidis 1500 m freestyle Ioannis Drymonakos 200 m butterfly, 400 m medley Spyros Gianniotis 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle Andonios Ngioulmbas 200 m back Aristeidis Grigoriadis 100 m freestyle, 100 m back, 4 × 100 m freestyle Ioannis Kokodis 200 m layers, 400 m layers Dimitrios Maganas 400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle Spyros Mpitsakis 4 × 100 m freestyle Christos Papadopoulos 100 m chest Sotirios Pastras 100 m butterfly Apostolos Tsagarakis 50 m freestyle Alexandros Tsoltos 4 × 100 m freestyle Nikolaos Xilouris 4 × 200 m freestyle Andreas Zisimos 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle

Women: Vasiliki Agelopoulou 200 m butterfly, 400 m medley Zoi Dimoshaki 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle Irini Karastergiou 100 m back, 200 m back Irini Kavarnou 100 m butterfly Irini Kosta (walk over) 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle Eleni Kosti 4 × 100 m freestyle Mariana Limperta 800 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle Zeta Manoli 4 × 200 m freestyle Martha Matsa 50 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle Nery Mantey Niangkouara 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle Katja Sarakatsani 100 m chest Athina Tsavela 200 m chest, 200 m medley Evagelia Tsaga 4 × 200 m freestyle

Softball

Jessica Basor , Lindsay Basor , Cloe Closeman , Jamy Farngworth , Sarah Farngworth , Stacy Farngworth , Gini Georganta , Joanna Gail , Lindsay James , Vanessa Jarneski , Christina Karantza , Katerina Koutoungou , Katina Kramos , Ioanna Mpouziou , Stefanie Skiga-Maxwell

Synchronized swimming

Aglaia Anastasiou , Maria Christodoulou , Eleftheria Ftouli (also started in a duet), Eleni Georgiou , Effrosyni Gouda , Apostolia Ioannou , Evgenia Koutsoudi , Olga Pelekanou , Christina Thalassinidou (also started in a duet)

sailing

Men's: Evangelos Chimonas laser Christos Garefis tornado Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (silver) Windsurfing Georgios account tourists star Andreas Kosmatopoulos 470s Emilios Papathanasiou Finn dinghy Iordanidis Paschalidis tornado Athanasios Pachoumas 49er Leonidas Pelekanakis star Vasilios Portosalte 49er Konstantinos Trigonis 470s

Women: Sofia Bekatorou (gold) 470s Eleni Dimitrakopoulou Yngling Katerina Giagoumi Yngling Virginia Kravarioti Europe Eftichia Mantzaraki Yngling Aimilia Tsoulfa (gold) 470s Antonia-Athina Frey Windsurfing

Taekwondo

Men's: Michalis Mouroutsos up to 58 kg Alexandros Nikolaidis (silver) over 80 kg

Women: Areti Athanasopoulou up to 57 kg Elisavet Mystakidou (silver) up to 67 kg

tennis

Men's: Konstantinos Economidis Double, single Vasilis Mazarakis Double

Women: Eleni Daniilidou Double, single Christina Zachariadou Double

Table tennis

Men's: Panagiotis Gionis Double, single Kalinikos Kreanga Double; singles

Women: Maria Mirou Double Archondoula Volakaki Double, single

Trampoline exercise

Men's: Michalis Pelivanidis

Triathlon

Men's: Vasilis Krommidas

do gymnastics

Men's: Vlasis Maras Individual all-around, horizontal bar Dimosthenis Tampakos (gold) Rings

Women: Maria Apostolidi Individual all-around Stefani Bismpikou Individual all-around

volleyball

Gentlemen:
Theodoros Baef , Theodoros Chatziantoniou , Konstantinos Christofidelis , Marios Giourdas , Vasilis Kournetas , Andrej Kravárik , Ilias Lappas , Sotirios Pantaleon , Konstantinos Prousalis , Nikolaos Roumeliotis , Georgios Stefanou , Antonios Tsakiropoulos

Ladies:
Eleftheria Chatzinikou , Maria Garangouni , Niki Garangouni , Sofia Iordanidou , Eleni Kiosi , Eleni Memetzi , Rouxantra Ntoumitreskou , Viki Papazoglou , Zana Proniadou , Charikleia Sakoula , Georgia Tzanakaki , Ioanna Vlachou

Water polo

Gentlemen:
Christos Afroudakis , Georgios Afroudakis , Theodoros Chatzitheodorou , Nikolaos Deligiannis , Theodoris Kalakonas , Konstandinos Loudis , Dimitrios Mazis , Georgios Reppas , Stefanos Sanda , Anastasios Schizas , Argyris Theodoropoulos , Ioannis Thomakos , Manthos Voulgarak

Women (silver):
Dimitra Asilian , Georgia Ellinaki , Eftychia Karagianni , Angeliki Karapataki , Stavroula Kozompoli , Georgia Lara , Kyriaki Liosi , Antiopi Melidoni , Antonia Moraiti , Evangelia Moraitidou , Anthoula Mylonaki , Aikaterina Oikonomopoulou , Antigoni Roubessi

Diving

Men's: Thomas Bimis (Gold) Artistic jumping 3 m, synchronized jumping 3 m Ioannis Gavrilidis Tower diving 10 m, synchronized diving 10 m Nikolaos Siranidis (gold) Artistic jumping 3 m, synchronized jumping 3 m Sotirios Trakas Tower diving 10 m, synchronized diving 10 m

Women: Diamantina Georgatou Artistic jumping 3 m, synchronized jumping 3 m Sotiria Koutsopetrou Artistic jumping 3 m, synchronized jumping 3 m Eftychia Pappa-Papavasilopoulou Tower diving 10 m, synchronized diving 10 m Florentia Sfakianou Synchronized jumping 10 m

Web links

• Greek Olympic Team 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )