Greece at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Greece at the 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr  (in Greek and English)
in Salt Lake City   United States
Competitors	10 (6 men, 4 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Lefteris Fafalis (cross-country skiing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Greece competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Cindy Ninos finished 13th in the women's skeleton event, which is the best result for Greece at the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Vasilios Dimitriadis	Super-G			DNF	–
Vasilios Dimitriadis	Giant Slalom	1:19.30	1:16.85	2:36.15	43
Vasilios Dimitriadis	Slalom	55.24	DSQ	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Konstantina Koutra	Slalom	1:09.19	1:09.41	2:18.60	37

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Stavros Khristoforidis	2	31:51.4	85

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 3	Rank
20 km	Stavros Khristoforidis	1'03:09.5	5	1'08:09.5	85

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Despoina Vavatsi	2	27:11.3	70

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 3	Rank
15 km	Despoina Vavatsi	57:39.4	7	1'04:39.4	68

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

³ One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GRE-1	John-Andrew Kambanis Ioannis Leivaditis	Two-man	49.03	31	49.06	31	49.60	32	48.97	30	3:16.66	31

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Lefteris Fafalis	3:01.98	41	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit1
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Lefteris Fafalis	31:11.7	68	did not advance

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Lefteris Fafalis	46:17.9	65

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Katerina Balkaba	4:06.99	57	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit2
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Katerina Balkaba	18:48.9	71	did not advance

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Voudouris	54.11	24	54.33	23	1:48.44	23

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cindy Ninos	54.54	13	54.74	13	1:49.28	13

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com