Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Greece
games=2004 Summer
competitors=441 (223 men, 218 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Pyrros Dimas
gold=6
silver=6
bronze=4
total=16
rank=15

Greece was the host nation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The delegation of 441 athletes, 223 men and 218 women, was represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee. It was the largest Greek Olympic team since the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896, where 176 Greek athletes competed.

Medalists

Greece finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 16 medals overall.

Results by event

=Archery=

Men's individual:
* Alexandros Karageorgiou - men's individual, 29th place
* Georgios Kalogiannidis - men's individual, 54th place
* Apostolos Nanos - men's individual, 57th place

Women's individual:
* Evangelia Psarra - women's individual, 7th place
* Elpida Romantzi - women's individual, 31st place
* Fotini Vavatsi - women's individual, 35th place

Men's team:
* Georgios Kalogiannidis, Alexandros Karageorgiou, and Apostolos Nanos - men's team, 13th place

Women's team:
* Evangelia Psarra, Elpida Romantzi, and Fotini Vavatsi - women's team, 5th place

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres:
* Yeoryios Theodoridis - Round 1, 10.32 s (did not advance)
* Hristoforos Hoidis - Round 1, DNS

Women's 100 metre hurdles:
* Flora Redoumi - Round 1, 13.14 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:
* Anastasios Gousis - Semifinal, 20.68 s (did not advance)
* Panayiotis Sarris - Round 2, 20.92 s (did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:
* Olga Kaidantzi - Round 1: 23.11 s, Round 2: 23.15 s, Semifinal: 23.30 s

Men's 400 metres:
* Stilianos Dimotsios - Round 1, 46.51 s (did not advance)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:
* Periklis Iakovakis - Semifinal, 48.47 s (did not advance)

Women's 400 metre hurdles:
* Fani Halkia - Round 1: 53.85 s (NR), Semifinal: 52.77 s (OR, NR), Final: 52.82 s (gold medal)

Men's 800 metres:
* Panayiotis Stroubakos - Round 1, 1:47.7 (did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres:
* Konstadina Efedaki - Round 1: 4:06.73, Semifinal: 4:09.37

Women's 5000 metres:
* Maria Protopappa - Round 1: 15:35.07

Women's 4x100 metre relay:
* Maria Karastamati, Marina Vasarmidou, Effrosini Patsou, and Yeoryia Kokloni - Round 1: 44.45 s (14th place)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:
* Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panayiotis Sarris, and Periklis Iakovakis - Round 1, 3:04.27 (did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metre relay:
* Hariklia Bouda, Hrisoula Goudenoudi, Dimitra Dova, and Fani Halkia - Round 1: 3:26.70, Final: 3:45.70 (8th place)

Men's decathlon:
* Prodromos Korkizoglou - 7573 points (26th place)

Women's heptathlon:
* Aryiro Strataki - 6117 points (15th place)

Men's marathon:
* Nikolaos Polias – 2:17:56 (24th place)

Women's marathon:
* Yeoryia Abatzidou - 2:50:01 (50th place)

Men's 20 km walk:
* Eleftherios Thanopoulos – 1:30:15 (36th place)

Women's 20 km walk:
* Athanasia Tsoumeleka - 1:29:12 (gold medal)
* Athina Papayianni - 1:30:37 (10th place)
* Hristina Kokotou - 1:35:43 (31st place)

Men's 50 km walk:
* Yeoryios Aryiropoulos – 4:17:25 (39th place)
* Spiridon Kastanis - DNF
* Theodoros Stamatopoulos - DNF

Men's long jump:
* Louis Tsatoumas - Round 1, 7.81 metres (did not advance)
* Dimitrios Filindras - Round 1, 7.45 metres (did not advance)
* Dimitrios Serelis - Round 1, NM (did not advance)

Women's long jump:
* Ioanna Kafetzi - Round 1: 6.49 metres
* Stiliani Pilatou - Round 1: 6.42 metres
* Niki Xanthou - Round 1: 6.31 metres

Men's triple jump:
* Hristos Meletoglou - Final, 17.13 metres (6th place)

Women's triple jump:
* Hrysopiyi Devetzi - Round 1: 15.32 metres (NR), Final: 15.25 metres (silver medal)
* Olga Vasdeki - Round 1: 14.54 metres, Final: 14.34 metres (11th place)
* Athanasia Perra - Round 1: 13.19 metres

Women's high jump:
* Nikolia Mitropoulou - Round 1: 1.85 metres

Men's pole vault:
* Marios Evaggelou - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:
* Yeoryia Tsiliggiri - Round 1: 4.30 metres
* Afroditi Skafida - Round 1: No mark

Women's shot put:
* Kalliopi Ouzouni - Round 1: 18.03 metres
* Irini Terzoglou - Round 1: 17.34 metres

Men's discus:
* Savvas Panavoglou - Round 1, 58.47 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:
* Anastasia Kelesidou - Round 1: 64.13 metres, Final: 66.68 metres (silver medal)
* Ekaterini Voggoli - Round 1: 63.39 metres, Final: 62.37 metres (8th place)
* Styliani Tsikouna - Round 1: 61.72 metres, Final: 59.48 metres (11th place)

Women's javelin:
* Mirela Manjani - Round 1: 61.04 metres, Final: 64.29 metres (bronze medal)
* Savva Lika - Round 1: 62.22 metres, Final: 60.91 metres (9th place)
* Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi - Round 1: 59.64 metres

Men's hammer:
* Alexandros Papadimitriou - Round 1, 75.55 metres (did not advance)

Women's hammer:
* Alexandra Papayeoryiou - Round 1: 68.58 metres, Final: 66.83 metres (12th place)
* Evdokia Tsamoglou - Round 1: 62.76 metres
* Stiliani Papadopoulou - Round 1: 61.61 metres

=Badminton=

Men's doubles:
* Theodoros Velkos and George Patis - defeated in round of 32

=Baseball=

The Greek baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

* Players: Clayton Bellinger, Alexander Cremidans, Chris Demetral, Dimitrios Douros, Laurence Heisler, James Kavourias, Robert Kingsbury, Georgios Kottaras, Michael Koutsantonakis, Cory Antony Harris, Peter Maestrales, Nick Markakis, Meleti Ross Melehes, Erik Pappas, Peter Rasmusen, Christoforos Rompinson, Panagiotis Sikaras, Vasili Spanos, Peter Soteropoulos, Sean Spencer, Jared Theodorakos, Nicholas Theodorou, Clint Zavaras
* Manager: Jack Rhodes
* Coaches: Scott Demetral, Ioannis Kazanas, Mike Riskas

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round:* 3-2
* Quarterfinals:* Lost to Argentina (64-69)
* Classification Match:* 5th/6h place: Defeated Puerto Rico (85-75) → Fifth place
*Team Roster:*Frangiskos Alvertis :*Dimitrios Diamantidis :*Dimos Dikoudis :*Antonios Fotsis :*Mikhalis Kakiouzis :*Nikos Khatzivrettas :*Lazaros Papadopoulos :*Theodoros Papaloukas :*Dimitrios Papanikolaou :*Vasileios Spanoulis :*Kostas Tsartsaris :*Nikos Zisis

Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round:* 2-3
* Quarterfinals:* Lost to United States (72-100)
* Classification Match:* 7th/8th place: Defeated New Zealand (87-83)
*Team Roster:*Katerina Deli:*Dimitra Kalentzou :*Tatiana Kavvadia :*Athina Khristoforaki :*Sofia Klingopoulou:*Anastasia Kostaki :*Evanthia Maltsi :*Maria Samoroukova :*Polymnia Sarengou :*Eirini Stakhtiari :*Atalanti Tasouli :*Eleni Vasileiou

=Boxing=

Greece had six boxers competing in Athens. Elias Pavlidis was the only one to make it through the first bout, winning both of the Greek team's two victories in their 2-6 record.

Lightweight (– 60kg)
* Marios Kaperonis:* Round of 32 — Lost to Amir Khan of Great Britain, outscored

Light Welterweight (– 64kg)
* Spyridon Ioannidis:* Round of 32 — Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 28-16

Welterweight (– 69kg)
* Theodoros Kotakos:* Round of 32 — Lost to Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros of Cuba, outscored

Middleweight (– 75kg)
* Georgios Gazis:* Round of 32 — Lost to Taghiyev Javid of Azerbaijan, 32-31

Light Heavyweight (– 81kg)
* Elias Pavlidis:* Round of 32 — Defeated Taylor Mabika of Gabon, 32-17:* Round of 16 — Defeated Ali Ismayilov of Azerbaijan, 31-16:* Quarterfinal — Lost to Ahmed Ismail of Egypt, injury

Heavyweight (– 91kg)
* Spyridon Kladouchas:* Round of 16 — Lost to Vugar Alakbarov of Azerbaijan, 18-14

=Canoeing=

Flatwater

Men's C1 500 metres:
* Andreas Kiligkaridis - semifinal, 16th place

Men's C2 1000 metres:
* Andreas Kiligkaridis - semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 500 metres:
* Apostolos Papandreou - semifinal, 26th place

Women's K1 500 metres:
* Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou - semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 1000 metres:
* Apostolos Papandreou - preliminary heats, 23rd place

lalom

Men's C1 slalom:
* Christos Tsakmakis - preliminary heats, 15th place

Men's K1 slalom:
* Alexandros Dimitriou - preliminary heats, 24th place

Women's K1 slalom:
* Maria Ferekidi - preliminary heats, 17th place

=Cycling=

Track cycling

Men's team sprint:
* Georgios Cheimonetos, Dimitrios Georgalis, and Labros Vasilopoulos - first round, 8th place

Men's time trial:
* Dimitrios Georgalis - 15th place, 1:04.204

Women's points race:
* Kyriaki Konstantinidou - 15th place, -18 points

Men's Keirin:
* Labros Vasilopoulos - classification 7-12, 9th place

Mountain biking

Men's cross country:
* Emmanouil Kotoulas - 45th place, -3 laps

=Diving=

Men's 3 metre springboard:
* Nikolaos Siranidis - Prelim: 363.75 (28th place)

Women's 3 metre springboard:
* Sotiria Koutsopetrou - Prelim: 250.59 (22nd place)
* Diamantina Georgatou - Prelim: 157.56 (33rd place)

Men's 10 metre platform:
* Ioannis Gavriilidis - preliminary, 22nd place
* Sotirios Trakas - preliminary, 26th place

Women's 10 metre platform:
* Eftychia Pappa-Papavolou - semifinal, 17th place

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:
* Thomas Bimis and Nikolaos Siranidis - gold medal, 353.34 points

Women's syncrhonized 3 metre springboard:
* Diamantina Georgatou and Sotiria Koutsopetrou - 8th place, 270.33 points

Men's synchronized 10 metre platform:
* Sotirios Trakas and Ioannis Gavriilidis - 7th place, 331.44 points

Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:
* Eftychia Pappa-Papavolou and Florentia Sfakianou - 8th place, 272.40

=Equestrian=

Individual dressage:
* Alexandra Sourla riding Gregory - first round, 47th place
* Gerta Lehmann riding Louis - first round, 51st place
* Alaia Demiropoulou riding Heros - disqualified in inspection

Individual eventing:
* Heidi Antikatzides riding Michaelmas - third round, 60th place

Individual jumping:
* Antonis Petris riding Gredo la Daviere - final round A, 37th place
* Hannah Mytilinaiou riding Santana - qualifier, 60th place
* Emmanouela Athanassiades riding Rimini Z - qualifier, 66th place
* Danae Tsatsou riding Roble Z - qualifier, 71st place

Team jumping:
* Athanassiades, Mytilinaiou, Petris, and Tsatsou - first round, 14th place

=Fencing=

Men's épée individual:
* Georges Ambalof - defeated in round of 64

Women's épée individual:
* Jeanne Hristou - defeated in quarterfinals
* Dimitra Magkandaki - defeated in round of 32
* Niki Sidiropoulou - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:
* Maria Rentoumi - defeated in round of 32

Men's sabre individual:
* Constantine Manetas - defeated in round of 32
* Marios Basmatzian - defeated in round of 64
* Jason Dourakos - defeated in round of 64

Women's épée team:
* Niki Sidiropoulou, Jeanne Hristou, and Dimitra Magkandaki - 8th place

Men's sabre team:
* Constantine Manetas, Dimitris Costakos, and Marios Basmatzian - 8th place

=Football (Soccer)=

Men's: 15th place
* Preliminary round: 0-1-2
* Quarterfinal: did not qualify

Women's: 10th place
* Preliminary round: 0-0-3
* Quarterfinal: did not qualify

=Gymnastics=

Men's artistic:
* Dimosthenis Tampakos - advanced in one exercise
** Rings - gold medal
* Vlasios Maras - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:
* Stefani Bismpikou - advanced in one exercise
** All-around - 15th place
* Maria Apostolidi - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:
* Individual
** Eleni Andriola - 9th place
** Theodora Pallidou - 11th place
* Team - 5th place
** Styliani Christidou
** Eleni Chronopoulou
** Ilektra Efthymiou
** Maria Kakiou (hoops and balls)
** Varvara Magnisali (ribbons)
** Stergiani Pantazi

Men's trampoline:
* Michail Pelivanidis - 12th place

=Handball=

Men's: 6th place
* Preliminary round: 2-0-3
* Quarterfinal: lost to Croatia, 33-27
* Classification (5-8): defeated Korea, 29-24
* Classification (5/6): lost to France, 33-15

Women's: 10th place
* Preliminary round: 0-0-4
* Classification (9/10): lost to Angola, 38-23

=Judo=

Men's 69 kg:
* Revazi Zintiridis - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 66 kg:
* Georgios Vazagkasvili - defeated in round of 32

Men's 73 kg:
* Lavrenti Alexanidis - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's 81 kg:
* Ilias Iliadis - gold medal; won final

Men's 90 kg:
* Dionysios Iliadis - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Men's 100 kg:
* Vasileios Iliadis - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's 100+ kg:
* Charalampos Papaioannou - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Women's 48 kg:
* Maria Karagiannopoulou - defeated in round of 16; repechage semifinals

Women's 52 kg:
* Maria Tselaridou - defeated in round of 16

Women's 57 kg:
* Ioulieta Boukouvala - defeated in round of 16

Women's 63 kg:
* Eleni Tampasi - defeated in round of 16

Women's 70 kg:
* Alexia Kourtelesi - defeated in round of 16

Women's 78 kg:
* Varvara Akiritidou - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Women's 78+ kg:
* Eleni Patsiou - defeated in round of 32

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's
* Vasileios Floros - 4848pts (28th place)

Women's
* Katalin Beat Partits - 5028pts (16th place)

=Softball=

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round Robin:* Lost to PR China (0:5):* Defeatd Canada (2:0):* Defeated Italy (2:1):* Lost to Taipei (0:2):* Lost to Japan (0:6):* Lost to United States (0:7):* Lost to Australia (2:3)
*Semifinals:* Did not advance (→ 7th place)
*Team Roster:*Lindsey Bashor:*Stacey Farnworth:*Katina Kramos:*Stephanie Skegas Maxwell:*Jamie Farnworth:*Chloe Kloezeman:*Ginny Georgantas:*Sarah Farnworth:*Kristen Karanzias:*Joanna Gail:*Vanessa Czarnecki:*Lindsay James:*Joanna Bouziou:*Jessica Bashor :*Aikaterini Koutougkou

=Triathlon=

The same triathlete that had competed for Greece in the 2000 triathlon returned in 2004. He did not finish the competition this time.

Men's:
* Vassilis Krommidas - DNF

=Volleyball=

Men's Indoor Competition

* Prelims: 3-2
* Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-2 by United States

Women's Indoor Competition

* Prelims: 1-4
* Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

Men's Beach Competition

* Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos - Prelims: 0-3 (did not advance)

Women's Beach Competition

* Vasso Karadassiou and Effrosyni Sfyri
** Prelims: 2-1
** Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by Ana Paula Connelly and Sandra Pires, Brazil
* Vassiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou
** Prelims: 1-2
** Round of 16: Defeated 2-1 by Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl, Germany

=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A):* Lost to Germany (4:5):* Defeated Spain (8:5):* Defeated Egypt (15:4):* Defeated Australia (10:9):* Defeated Italy (6:4)
* Semifinals:* Lost to Serbia and Montenegro (3:7)
* Bronze Medal Match:* Lost to Russia (5:6) → Fourth place
*Team Roster:*Christos Afroudakis:*Nikolaos Trikoypis:*Georgios Afroudakis:*Theodoros Chatzitheodorou:*Nikolaos Deligiannis:*Theodoros Kalakonas:*Konstantinos Loudis:*Dimitrios Mazis:*Georgios Reppas:*Stefanos Santa:*Anastasios Schizas:*Argyris Theodoropoulos:*Ioannis Thomakos:*Antonios Vlontakis
*Head Coach: Alessandro Campagna

Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated Kazakhstan (8:6) :* Lost to Italy (2:7) :* Tied with Australia (7:7)
* Quarterfinals:*Defeated Russia (7:4)
* Semifinals:*Defeated Australia (6:2)
* Final:*Lost to Italy (9:10) → Silver Medal
*Team Roster:*Georgia Ellinaki:*Dimitra Asilian:*Aniopi Melidoni:*Angeliki Karapataki:*Kyriaki Liosi:*Stavroula Kozompoli:*Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou:*Antigoni Roumpesi:*Evangelia Moraitidou:*Eftychia Karagianni:*Georgia Lara:*Antonia Moraiti:*Anthoula Mylonaki
*Head Coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis

Officials

*President: Lambis V. Nikolaou
*Secretary General: Dimitris Diathessopoulos

ee also

* Greece at the 2005 Mediterranean Games