Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GRE |
NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Munich West Germany | |
Competitors | 60 (58 men and 2 women) in 9 sports |
Flag bearer | Khristos Papanikolaou |
Medals Ranked 29th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 60 competitors, 58 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 9 sports. [1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Ilias Khatzipavlis | Sailing | Finn | September 8 |
Silver | Petros Galaktopoulos | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | September 10 |
Men's 1500 metres
Men's High Jump
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ilias Hatzipavlis | Finn | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 71.0 | ||
Anastasios Batistas Antonios Bonas Khristos Bonas | Flying Dutchman | 17 | 20 | 10 | DNF | 17 | 9 | 137.0 | 22 | |
loannis Giapalakis Panayotis Michail loannis Kioussis | Dragon | 13 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | — | 91.0 | 17 |
Five male shooters represented Greece in 1972.
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Score | Rank | ||
Lakis Georgiou | Skeet | 192 | 8 |
Dimitrios Kotronis | 50 m pistol | 539 | 38 |
Lambis Manthos | 50 metre rifle prone | 593 | 27 |
Ioannis Skarafingas | 593 | 26 | |
Panagiotis Xanthakos | Skeet | 190 | 21 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dimitrios Karydis | 100 metre butterfly | 1:00.06 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Theodoros Koutoumanis | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:12.05 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | 400 metre freestyle | 4:30.54 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
1500 metre freestyle | 16:17.61 | DQ | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Eleni Avlonitou | 400 metre freestyle | 4:52.10 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
800 metre freestyle | 10:10.88 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
200 metre medley | 2:39.10 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
400 metre medley | 5:32.49 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
Mairi Ioannidou | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:21.705 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
200 metre breaststroke | 2:53.53 | 31 | Did not advance |
Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
West Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 |
Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
Australia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
Greece | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 27 |
27 August | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Greece | 7-7 | Australia | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
29 August | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Greece | 1-6 | Hungary | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
30 August | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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West Germany | 8-3 | Greece | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
31 August | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Greece | 2-6 | Netherlands | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 |
Athlete | Event | Military press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Eleftherios Stefanoudakis | 67.5 kg | 117.5 | 21 | 120 | 11 | 142.5 | 18 | 380 | 17 |
Panagiotis Spyrou | 75 kg | 145 | 13 | 117.5 | 18 | 167.5 | 10 | 430 | 12 |
Khristos Iakovou | 82.5 kg | 170 | 2 | 137.5 | 8 | 187.5 | 3 | 490 | 5 |
Nikos Iliadis | 90 kg | 155 | 11 | 135 | 12 | 180 | 10 | 470 | 11 |
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