Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg
IOC code GRE
NOC Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website www.hoc.gr  (in Greek and English)
in Munich
Competitors60 (58 men and 2 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Khristos Papanikolaou
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
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.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ilias Khatzipavlis Sailing Finn September 8
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Petros Galaktopoulos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg September 10

Athletics

Men's 400 metres hurdles

  • Final 49.66 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400 metres

  • Quarterfinals 47.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat 3:43.8
  • Semifinals 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying Round 2.15m
  • Final 2.15m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification Round 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight ( 71 kg)

Fencing

Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre

Sailing

Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567
Ilias Hatzipavlis Finn 298104DNF971.0 Silver medal.svg
Anastasios Batistas
Antonios Bonas
Khristos Bonas
Flying Dutchman 172010DNFDNF179137.022
loannis Giapalakis
Panayotis Michail
loannis Kioussis
Dragon 13710181714N/A91.017

Shooting

Five male shooters represented Greece in 1972.

Open
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Lakis Georgiou Skeet 1928
Dimitrios Kotronis 50 m pistol 53938
Lambis Manthos 50 metre rifle prone 59327
Ioannis Skarafingas 59326
Panagiotis Xanthakos Skeet 19021

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dimitrios Karydis 100 metre butterfly 1:00.067Did not advance
Theodoros Koutoumanis 100 metre breaststroke 1:12.057Did not advance
Dimitrios Theodoropoulos 400 metre freestyle 4:30.547Did not advance
1500 metre freestyle 16:17.61DQDid not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eleni Avlonitou 400 metre freestyle 4:52.107Did not advance
800 metre freestyle 10:10.887Did not advance
200 metre medley 2:39.106Did not advance
400 metre medley 5:32.497Did not advance
Mairi Ioannidou 100 metre breaststroke 1:21.7057Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:53.5331Did not advance

Water polo

Pool B

Nation PldWDLGFGA
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4310226
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 42202113
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 42111411
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 40131427
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 40131327
27 August1st2nd3rd4th
Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg7-7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3-32-11-21-1
29 August1st2nd3rd4th
Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg1-6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0-30-00-21-1
30 August1st2nd3rd4th
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg8-3Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 3-13-11-11-0
31 August1st2nd3rd4th
Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg2-6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1-00-21-30-1

Weightlifting

Men
AthleteEventMilitary pressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Eleftherios Stefanoudakis 67.5 kg 117.52112011142.51838017
Panagiotis Spyrou 75 kg 14513117.518167.51043012
Khristos Iakovou 82.5 kg 1702137.58187.534905
Nikos Iliadis 90 kg 15511135121801047011

Wrestling

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References

  1. "Greece at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2011-02-13.