2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)

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Greece took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the 27th participation in the Summer Olympics. The Elliniki Olympiaki Epitropi nominated a total of 103 athletes in 16 sports. The triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was banned from the Games on July 25th by the person in charge of the Greek Olympic team, Isidoros Kouvelos , because of an offensive comment on Twitter about African immigrants living in Greece. The high jumper Dimitrios Chondrokoukis was excluded one day before the start of the games after a positive doping test.

Participants by sport

beach volleyball

Athletes	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
	opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Vasiliki Arvaniti Maria Tsiartsiani	S. Kuhn / N. Zumkehr A. Wassina / A. Wosakowa Zhang X. / Xue C.	0: 2 (13:21, 19:21) 2: 1 (18:21, 21:13, 15:12) 0: 2 (17:21, 16:21)	4th	4th	eliminated								19th

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Evangelia Psarra	singles	636	43	B. Laishram	4: 6	eliminated										33

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Vassiliki Vougiouka	Saber single	Louise Bond-Williams	15: 8	-		Aleksandra Socha	15: 7	Kim Ji-yeon	12:15	eliminated				5

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Men
David Kavelashvili	Class up to 94 kg	170 kg	11	200 kg	13	370 kg	13	13

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Hope round semifinals		Semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Ioulieta Boukouvala	Class up to 57 kg	Yurisleydis Lupetey	0001-0011	eliminated												17th
Men
Iliad Iliadis	Class up to 90 kg	Milan Randl	0111-0002	Karolis Bauža	010-0003	Kirill Denisov	000-002	Mark Anthony	100-000	eliminated		Tiago Camilo	0011-0002	eliminated		bronze

canoe

Canoe slalom

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Christos Tsakmakis	C-1	105.22 s	15th	eliminated				15th

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Maria Belimbasaki	100 m	11.63 s	6th	eliminated				46
Maria Belimbasaki	200 m	23.36 s	4th	eliminated				32
Eleni Filandra	800 m	2: 02.29 min	3	2: 04.42 min	8th	eliminated		23
Konstadina Kefala	marathon	-		-		3:01:18 h	104	104
Despina Zapounidou	20 km walking	-		-		1:35:19 h	44	44
Men
Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	200 m	20.56 s	4th	20.52 s	5	eliminated		12
Konstadinos Poulios	marathon	-		-		2:33:17 h	80	80
Konstandinos Douvalidis	110 m hurdles	13.40 s	2	13.77 s	7th	eliminated		23
Periklis Iakovakis	400 m hurdles	50.27 s	5	eliminated				32
Alexandros Papamichail	20 km walking	-		-		1:21:12 h	15th	15th
Alexandros Papamichail	50 km of walking	-		-		3:49:56 h	25th	25th

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Athanasia Perra	Triple jump	11.93 m	33	eliminated		33
Niki Paneta	Triple jump	13.66 m	24	eliminated		24
Antonia Stergiou	high jump	1.93 m	13	eliminated		13
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Pole vault	4.25 m	19th	eliminated		19th
Ekaterini Stefanidi	Pole vault	4.25 m	24	eliminated		24
Stella-Iro Ledaki	Pole vault	4.50 m	13	eliminated		13
Savva Lika	Javelin	57.06 m	27	eliminated		27
Men
Louis Tsatoumas	Long jump	7.53 m	29	eliminated		29
Konstandinos Baniotis	high jump	2.21 m	25th	eliminated		25th
Konstandinos Filippidis	Pole vault	5.60 m	3	5.65 m	7th	7th
Alexandros Papadimitriou	Hammer throwing	67.10 m	37	eliminated		37
Spyridon Lebesis	Javelin	82.40 m	5	81.91 m	7th	7th
Michalis Stamatogiannis	Shot put	19.24 m	25th	eliminated		25th

All-around

Athletes	100 m hurdles		high jump		Shot put		200 m		Long jump		Javelin		800 m		Points	rank
	time	Points	height	Points	Expanse	Points	time	Points	Expanse	Points	Expanse	Points	time	Points
Heptathlon women
Sofia Yfandidou	13.82 s	1004			12.96 m	725	25.91 s	805	5.81 m	792	56.96 m	995	2: 22.03 min	796	5947	24

Cycling

train

Athletes	competition	qualification		Finals		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Christos Volikakis	sprint	10.663 s	17th	eliminated

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Ioannis Tamouridis	Road racing	5:58:24 h	110

Mountain bike

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Periclis Iliad	Cross country	1:38:51 h	33

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Eleni Doika Alexia Kyriazi Marianthi Zafeiriou Evdokia Loukagou Stavroula Samara Vasileia Zachou	All-around group	51.875	9	eliminated		9

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Freestyle women
Maria Prevolaraki	Class up to 55 kg	bye		Yulia Ratkevich	0: 3	eliminated												15th
Freestyle men
Oleg Mocalin	Class up to 74 kg	bye		Soslan Tigiev	0: 3	eliminated												17th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader		Reunion		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou	Lightweight double scull	7: 03.66 min	1	-		-		7: 09.01 min	2	7: 12.09 min	3	bronze
Men
Apostolos Gountoulas Nikolaos Gountoulas	two	6: 21.46 min	3	-		-		7:07:15 min	5	6: 53.69 min	9	9
Ioannis Christou Stergios Papachristos Giannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas	four	5: 57.71 min	3	-		-		6: 02.61 min	2	6: 11.43 min	4th	4th
Eleftherios Konsolas Panagiotis Magdanis	Lightweight double scull	6: 42.13 min	5	6: 31.13 min	1	-		6: 40.89 min	4th	6: 31.71 min	8th	8th

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings	rank
		Rings	rank	Rings	rank
Women
Athina Douka	Air pistol 10 m	369	42	eliminated		369	42
Men
Efthimios Mitas	Skeet	114	25th	eliminated		114	25th
Nikolaos Mauromatis	Skeet	119	9	eliminated		119	9

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Theodora Drakou	50 m freestyle	25.13 s	13	25.28 s	16	eliminated		16
Nery Mantey Niangkouara	50 m freestyle	25.40 s	21st	eliminated				21st
Nery Mantey Niangkouara	100 m freestyle	56.63 s	32	eliminated				32
Kristel Vourna	100 m butterfly	58.74 s	16	58.31 s	12	eliminated		12
Kristel Vourna Theodora Drakou Nery Mantey Niangkouara Theodora Yiareni Martha Matsa	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3: 45.55 min	16	-		eliminated		16
Marianna Lymperta	10 km of open water	-		-		2: 04: 26.5 h	22nd	22nd
Men
Ioannis Kalargaris	50 m freestyle	22.80 s	30th	eliminated				30th
Kristian Golomeev	100 m freestyle	50.08 s	31	eliminated				31
Stefanos Dimitriadis	100 m butterfly	54.20 s	40	eliminated				40
Ioannis Drymonakos	200 m butterfly	1: 56.97 min	16	1: 58.05 min	15th	eliminated		15th
Stefanos Dimitriadis	200 butterfly	1: 58.79 min	23	eliminated				23
Panagiotis Samilidis	100 m chest	1: 01.20 min	22nd	eliminated				22nd
Panagiotis Samilidis	200 m chest	2: 14.82 min	27	eliminated				27
Aristeidis Grigoriadis	100 m back	54.52 s	17th	54.20 s	14th	eliminated		14th
Andreas Vazeos	200 m layers	2: 01.23 min	26th	eliminated				26th
Ioannis Drymonakos	400 m layers	4: 17.04 min	17th	-		eliminated		17th
Spyros Gianniotis	10 km of open water	-		-		1: 50: 05.3 h	4th	4th

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Angeliki Skarlatou	Windsurfing RS: X	134	16	eliminated		134	16
Anna Agrafioti	Laser Radial	257	33	eliminated		257	33
Men
Byron Kokkalanis	Windsurfing RS: X	65	5	12	6th	77	6th
Evangelos Cheimonas	laser	206	26th	eliminated		206	26th
Panagiotis Kampouridis Efstathios Papadopoulos	470s	148	19th	eliminated		148	19th
Ioannis Mitakis	Finn dinghy	108	14th	eliminated		108	14th
Dionisios Dimou Michail Pateniotis	49er	242	20th	eliminated		242	20th
Emilios Papathanasiou Antonios Tsotras	Star boat	106	14th	eliminated		106	14th

Synchronized swimming

Athletes	competition	qualification						final
		Technical freestyle TK		Free freestyle FK-Q		total		Free freestyle FK-F		Total TK + FK-F
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Evangelia Platanioti Despina Solomou	duet	89,200	8th	88.840	8th	178.040	8th	89.360	8th	178.560	8th

Taekwondo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Alexandros Nikolaidis	Class over 80 kg	Bahri Tanrıkulu	3: 7	eliminated										11

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Panagiotis Gionis	singles	-		Omar Assar	4 - 0	Seiya Kishikawa	3 - 4	eliminated
Kalinikos Kreanga	singles	-		Jean-Michel Saive	4 - 1	Michael Maze	1 - 4	eliminated

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Vasiliki Millousi	All-around single	53,524	34	eliminated
Vasiliki Millousi	Leap	12,800	74	eliminated
Vasiliki Millousi	Uneven bars	13,425	42	eliminated
Vasiliki Millousi	Balance beam	14.366	18th	eliminated
Vasiliki Millousi	ground	12,933	58	eliminated
Men
Vasileios Tsolakidis	Ingots	15,466	7th	15,300	6th	6th
Vlasis Maras	Horizontal bar	14.300	35	eliminated

Water polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Nikolaos Deligiannis Emmanouil Mylonakis Andreas Miralis Konstantinos Kokkinakis Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Argyris Theodoropoulos Christos Afroudakis Georgios Afroudakis Evangelos Delakas Ioannis Fountoulis Konstantinos Mourikis Manthos Voulgarakis Filippos Karampetsos
Trainer	Dragan Andrić
Group stage	Croatia (6: 8) Italy (7: 7) Kazakhstan (11: 4) Spain (9:11) Australia (8:13)
Quarter finals	eliminated
Placement games
Semifinals
final
placement	9

Diving

Athletes	competition	Pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Stefanos Paparounas	Jump 3 m	366.10	26th	eliminated				26th

Web links

• Greece - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed November 29, 2012 . 
• GREECE. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed November 29, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Hellenic Olympic Committee is announcing the Greek team for London Olympics. There are 105 athletes, who will compete in 20 sports. Retrieved July 20, 2012 (English). 
2. ↑ Racist tweet. Greece excludes athlete from the Olympics , article on spiegel.de from July 25, 2012, accessed on July 25, 2012.
3. ↑ Olympia: Greek high jump indoor world champion Dimitrios Chondrokoukis convicted of doping. Retrieved July 26, 2012 .