Greece at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Greece at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr  (in Greek and English)
in Los Angeles   United States
Competitors	63 (59 men and 4 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Stelios Mygiakis
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Greece competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 63 competitors, 59 men and 4 women, took part in 49 events in 11 sports. ^[1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Dimitrios Thanopoulos	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg	3 August
Bronze	Babis Kholidis	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg	3 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Three male and one female athletes represented Greece. ^[2]

Men's Marathon

• Michail Koussis

• Final — 2:17:38 (→ 26th place)

Men's High Jump

• Dimitrios Kattis

• Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Dimitrios Koutsoukis

• Qualifying Round — 18.74 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Anna Verouli

• Qualification — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Greece was represented by one boxer. ^[3]

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Georgios Stefanopoulos

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Defeated Douglas Young (GBR), KO-2
• Quarterfinals – Lost to Arnold Vanderlyde (HOL), 0:5

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists represented Greece in 1984. ^[4]

Individual road race

• Kanellos Kanellopoulos – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Ilias Kelesidis – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Greece in 1984. ^[5]

Men's sabre

• Zisis Babanasis

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Greece was represented by one rower. ^[6]

• Single sculls - Kostas Kontomanolis (6th place)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Greece was represented by six male competitors. ^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Stelios Georgousopoulos	Windglider	22	28	32	32	31	25	DNF	206.0	31

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Armanto Ortolano	Finn	14	3	14	13	15	17	DNF	108.7	16
Ilias Hatzipavlis Leonidas Pelekanakis	Star	2	1	11	13	11	10	8	67.0	6
Tassos Boudouris Dimitrios Deligiannis Georgios Spyridis	Soling	8	5	4	1	6	DNF	9	59.2	6

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Greece was represented in five events by four men and one woman. ^[8]

• 10 metres air rifle, men - Ignatios Psyllakis (9th place); Pelopidas Iliadis (32nd place)
• 50 metres rifle three positions, men - Ignatios Psyllakis (=26th place); Pelopidas Iliadis (=41st place)
• 50 metres rifle prone, men - Ignatios Psyllakis (=23rd place)
• Skeet, open - Panagiotis Xanthakos (=38th place); Rodolfos Georgios Alexakos (45th place) ^[9]
• 25 metres pistol, women - Agi Kasoumi (=21st place)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Ggreece was represented in 8 events by two male swimmers and one female swimmer. ^[10]

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Ilias Malamas

• Heat — 58.69 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

• Kristofer Stivenson

• Heat — 58.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Kristofer Stivenson

• Heat — 2:08.38 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Kristofer Stivenson

• Heat — 55.46
• B-Final — 55.61 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Kristofer Stivenson

• Heat — 2:02.94 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Sofia Dara

• Heat — 59.25 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Sofia Dara

• Heat — 2:09.42 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Sofia Dara

• Heat — 4:31.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Sofia Dara

• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to United States (5-12)
• Lost to Spain (9-12)
• Drew with Brazil (9-9)

• Final Round (Group E)

• Defeated Canada (11-8)
• Defeated Japan (14-7)
• Drew with Italy (8-8)
• Defeated China (10-9) → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Ioannis Vossos
• Spyros Capralos
• Sotirios Stathakis
• Andreas Gounas
• Kiriakos Giannopoulos
• Aristidis Kefalogiannis
• Anastasios Papanastasiou
• Dimitrios Seletopoulos
• Antonios Aronis
• Markellos Sitarenios
• George Mavrotas
• Xenofon Moudatsios
• Stavros Giannopoulos

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Greece at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
2. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Athletics pp. 255–292
3. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Boxing pp. 329–360
4. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Cycling pp. 373–380
5. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Fencing pp. 387–416
6. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Rowing pp. 517–530
7. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Yachting pp. 633–654
8. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Shooting pp. 531–538
9. also competed at the 1980 Olympics
10. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984, v. 2: Swimming pp. 539–584