Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Greece.svg
IOC code GRE
NOC Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website www.hoc.gr  (in Greek and English)
in Beijing
Competitors156 in 22 sports
Flag bearers Ilias Iliadis (opening)
Hrysopiyi Devetzi (closing)
Medals
Ranked 58th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. They were represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, which announced on July 28, 2008, the 156 Greek athletes to compete in Beijing, composed of 84 men and 72 women, [1] the largest Greek Olympic team ever excluding the home team of the Athens 2004 Olympics. [2] Greece took part in archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, beach volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.

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As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games, and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered the Beijing National Stadium first during the opening ceremony, led by the judoka Ilias Iliadis, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

The Greek team was originally awarded two silver and two bronze medals. In all four medal cases there was participation by athletes who were also medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (in the case of groups, at least one of their members was a former medalist).

Alexandros Nikolaidis won a second olympic silver medal, Vasileios Polymeros was second after his third place in Athens (along with Dimitrios Mougios), while the golden medalist of 2004 Sofia Bekatorou led the yngling class team to the third place. Hrysopiyi Devetzi was third, but eight years later (2016) she was disqualified by IAAF and the IOC and had her Olympic bronze medal annulled [3] due to stanozol use.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dimitrios Mougios
Vasileios Polymeros
Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alexandros Nikolaidis Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sofia Bekatorou
Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou
Sailing Women's yngling class

Archery

Greece will send archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Elpida Romantzi earned the country its first qualifying spot, in the women's competition, by placing 36th in the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships. [4] Evangelia Psarra placed third at the European qualifying tournament, giving Greece a second spot in the women's individual competition. [5]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Evangelia Psarra Women's individual 61350Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen L  (CHN) (15)
L 101–110
Did not advance
Elpida Romantzi 61449Flag of Turkey.svg  Şatır  (TUR) (16)
W 105–103
Flag of Georgia.svg  Esebua  (GEO) (17)
W 102 (10)–102 (9)
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Park  (KOR) (1)
L 103–115
Did not advance

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Konstadinos Douvalidis 110 m hurdles 13.491 Q13.464 q13.555Did not advance
Periklis Iakovakis 400 m hurdles 49.502 Q48.694 Q49.968
Konstadinos Stefanopoulos 50 km walk 4:07:5337
Konstadinos Anastasiou
Stylianos Dimotsios
Dimitrios Gravalos
Pantelis Melachroinoudis
4 × 400 m relay 3:04.307Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Konstadinos Baniotis High jump 2.1037Did not advance
Alexandros Papadimitriou Hammer throw 74.3318Did not advance
Ioannis-Georgios Smalios Javelin throw 71.8727Did not advance
Mihail Stamatoyiannis Shot put 18.4536Did not advance
Louis Tsatoumas Long jump 8.271 QNM
Dimitrios Tsiamis Triple jump 16.6523Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Eleni Donta Marathon 2:46:4460
Dimitra Dova 400 m 52.695Did not advance
Konstadina Efedaki 1500 m 4:15:0210Did not advance
Irini Kokkinariou 3000 m steeplechase 10:22.3915Did not advance
Flora Redoumi 100 m hurdles 13.567Did not advance
Athanasia Tsoumeleka 20 km walk 1:27:54DSQ
Evaggelia Xinou 1:32:1925
Despina Zapounidou 1:39:1141
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Hrysopiyi Devetzi Long jump 6.5714Did not advance
Triple jump 14.922 Q15.23DSQ
Dorothea Kalpakidou Discus throw 53.0035Did not advance
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Pole vault 4.1527Did not advance
Savva Lika Javelin throw 59.1115Did not advance
Stiliani Papadopoulou Hammer throw 69.3612 q64.9711
Alexandra Papageorgiou 66.7228Did not advance
Athanasia Perra Triple jump NMDid not advance
Afroditi Skafida Pole vault 4.3016Did not advance
Antonia Stergiou High jump 1.8524Did not advance
Irini Terzoglou Shot put 16.5026Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Argyro Strataki Result14.051.6813.2225.475.9745.202:14.57589324
Points971830742844840767899

Basketball

Greece qualified for the men's basketball tournament through the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greece roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. [6]

Greece men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 4 Theo Papaloukas  (C)31 – (1977-05-08)May 8, 19776 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Olympiacos B.C. Flag of Greece.svg
F/C 5 Ioannis Bourousis 24 – (1983-11-17)November 17, 19837 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Olympiacos B.C. Flag of Greece.svg
PG 6 Nikos Zisis 24 – (1983-08-16)August 16, 19836 ft 6 in (1.98 m) PBC CSKA Moscow Flag of Russia.svg
PG 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 26 – (1982-08-07)August 7, 19826 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Panathinaikos BC Flag of Greece.svg
F 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 24 – (1984-02-08)February 8, 19846 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Olympiacos B.C. Flag of Greece.svg
PF 9 Antonis Fotsis 27 – (1981-04-01)April 1, 19816 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Panathinaikos BC Flag of Greece.svg
F 10 Giorgos Printezis 23 – (1985-02-22)February 22, 19856 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Olympiacos B.C. Flag of Greece.svg
C 11 Andreas Glyniadakis 26 – (1981-08-26)August 26, 19817 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Maroussi BC Flag of Greece.svg
F/C 12 Kostas Tsartsaris 28 – (1979-10-17)October 17, 19796 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Panathinaikos BC Flag of Greece.svg
G 13 Dimitris Diamantidis 28 – (1980-05-06)May 6, 19806 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Panathinaikos BC Flag of Greece.svg
C 14 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 23 – (1985-06-22)June 22, 19856 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Olympiacos B.C. Flag of Greece.svg
G/F 15 Michalis Pelekanos 27 – (1981-05-25)May 25, 19816 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Olympiacos B.C. Flag of Greece.svg
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 550515354+16110 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 541418369+499
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 532415375+408
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (H)523366400347
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 514330390606
6Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 5053214771565
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Host
10 August 2008
14:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8166Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter:20–16, 15–13, 27–17, 19–20
Pts: Fernández 16
Rebs: P. Gasol 7
Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 2
Pts: Spanoulis 15
Rebs: Tsartsaris 8
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)
12 August 2008
14:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8764Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–10, 25–15, 18–16
Pts: Spanoulis 23
Rebs: Bourousis 8
Asts: Spanoulis 5
Pts: Nowitzki 13
Rebs: Nowitzki 6
Asts: Greene 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
14 August 2008
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg9269Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter:20–16, 31–16, 23–22, 18–15
Pts: Bryant, Bosh 18
Rebs: James, Howard, Anthony 6
Asts: James 6
Pts: Papaloukas 15
Rebs: Fotsis, Papaloukas 8
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
16 August 2008
09:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg10261Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by quarter:12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19
Pts: Bourousis 22
Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7
Asts: Fotsis 5
Pts: Mingas 25
Rebs: Geronimo 7
Asts: Costa 4
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: José Carrión (PUR)
18 August 2008
14:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg9177Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:27–15, 19–9, 23–30, 22–23
Pts: Bourousis, Spanoulis 19
Rebs: Bourousis 19
Asts: Papaloukas, Spanoulis 5
Pts: Yao 16
Rebs: Wang 8
Asts: Sun 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)
Quarterfinals
20 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8078Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23
Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38
Pts: Ginobili 24
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni 3
Pts: Fotsis 17
Rebs: Fotsis 10
Asts: Papaloukas 4
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Boxing

Greece qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Both qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Georgios Gazis Middleweight Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Biembe  (COD)
W 7–2
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Góngora  (ECU)
L 1–12
Did not advance
Elias Pavlidis Heavyweight ByeFlag of Montenegro.svg  Gajović  (MNE)
W 7–3
Flag of Cuba.svg  Acosta  (CUB)
L 4–7
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRank
Christos Tsakmakis Men's C-1 91.531086.015177.548 Q92.186 Q94.497186.677
Maria Ferekidi Women's K-1 108.3713113.6019221.9712 Q118.9911Did not advance

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Andreas Kiligkaridis Men's C-1 500 m 1:54.5415 QS1:56.3105Did not advance
Men's C-1 1000 m 4:18.4885 QS4:04.6275Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Track

Greece will have entries in the men's Keirin and team sprint.

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Vasileios Reppas Men's sprint 10.966
65.657
20Did not advance
Athanasios Mantzouranis
Vasileios Reppas
Panagiotis Voukelatos
Men's team sprint 45.645
59.152
10Did not advance
Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinals
RankRankRankRank
Athanasios Mantzouranis Men's keirin 5 R3Did not advance
Christos Volikakis 5 R2Did not advance

Diving

AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Eftychia Papavasilopoulou 10 m platform 252.0026Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Vlasios Maras Vault 15.98715.98711Did not advance
Horizontal bar 13.97513.97560Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Stefani Bismpikou All-around 13.57514.22514.35014.47556.62539Did not advance

Rhythmic

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopRopeClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopRopeClubsRibbonTotalRank
Eleni Andriola Individual 14.75015.45014.10015.40059.70021Did not advance
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
5 ropes3 hoops
2 clubs
TotalRank5 ropes3 hoops
2 clubs
TotalRank
Dimitra Kafalidou
Vasiliki Maniou
Olga-Afroditi Pilaki
Paraskevi Pleksida
Ioanna Samara
Nikoletta Tsagari
Team 15.40015.60031.0009Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lavrentios Alexanidis Men's −60 kg ByeFlag of Australia.svg  D'Aquino  (AUS)
W 1000–0000
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Houkes  (NED)
L 0000–0001
Did not advanceFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Will  (CAN)
L 0010–1001
Did not advance
Tariel Zintiridis Men's −66 kg ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Takata  (USA)
L 0000–0010
Did not advance
Ilias Iliadis Men's −90 kg ByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Huizinga  (NED)
L 0001–1010
Did not advance

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ioannis Christou Single sculls 7:29.873 QF6:58.283 SA/B7:06.024 FB7:06.0210
Dimitrios Mougios
Vasileios Polymeros
Lightweight double sculls 6:16.102 SA/BBye6:24.611 FA6:11.72Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Chrysi Biskitzi
Alexandra Tsiavou
Lightweight double sculls 7:05.955 R7:24.552 SA/B7:11.993 FA7:04.616

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis RS:X 1021211810515107OCS978
Evangelos Cheimonas Laser 2221911DSQBFD968CANEL13015
Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Andreas Papadopoulos
470 526118551832029EL10112
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Athina Frai RS:X 151516101951191511EL10714
Efi Mantzaraki Laser Radial 1418141816852224CANEL11518
Sofia Bekatorou
Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou
Yngling 1012932OCS33CANCAN648Bronze medal icon.svg
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Aimilios Papathanasiou Finn 1DNF5DNF1815DNF8CANCANEL10115
Iordanis Paschalidis
Konstantinos Trigonis
Tornado 25127212410613DNF829

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Georgios Salavantakis Skeet 10933Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Romanos Alyfantis 100 m breaststroke 1:03.3950Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:16.0441Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:57.9926Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:23.4125Did not advance
Dimitrios Chasiotis 200 m backstroke 2:02.3036Did not advance
Vasileios Demetis 400 m individual medley 4:18.4018Did not advance
Spyridon Gianniotis 400 m freestyle 3:49.3424Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 14:53.3212Did not advance
10 km open water 1:52:20.416
Aristeidis Grigoriadis 100 m freestyle 50.6248Did not advance
100 m backstroke 54.7117Did not advance
Ioannis Kokkodis 200 m individual medley 2:01.2223Did not advance
Sotirios Pastras 100 m butterfly 52.41 NR 25Did not advance
Apostolos Tsagkarakis 50 m freestyle 22.3926Did not advance
Andreas Zisimos 200 m freestyle 1:48.8229Did not advance
Vasileios Demetis
Ioannis Giannoulis
Nikolaos Xylouris
Andreas Zisimos
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:18.2615Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stella Boumi 200 m backstroke 2:14.7329Did not advance
Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou 400 m freestyle 4:15.7827Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:41.6528Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:13.2729Did not advance
Angeliki Exarchou 100 m breaststroke 1:10.4730Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:36.8339Did not advance
Eirini Kavarnou 100 m butterfly 1:00.7441Did not advance
Eleni Kosti 100 m freestyle 56.4437Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:04.5544Did not advance
Marianna Lymperta 10 km open water 1:59:42.311
Martha Matsa 50 m freestyle 25.6833Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Evanthia Makrygianni
Despoina Solomou
Duet 45.834945.58491.4181045.66791.50110

Table tennis

Singles
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Panagiotis Gionis Men's singles ByeFlag of Brazil.svg  Tsuboi  (BRA)
W 4–0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lin C K  (HKG)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Kalinikos Kreanga ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Mizutani  (JPN)
W 4–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma L  (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Team
AthleteEventGroup roundSemifinalsBronze playoff 1Bronze playoff 2Bronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Panagiotis Gionis
Kalinikos Kreanga
Ntaniel Tsiokas
Men's team Group A
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 0 – 3
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)
L 0 – 3
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
W 3 – 0
3Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alexandros Nikolaidis Men's +80 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Chilmanov  (KAZ)
W 4–3
Flag of Morocco.svg  Zrouri  (MAR)
W 5–4
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Chukwumerije  (NGR)
W 3–2
ByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cha D-M  (KOR)
L 4–5
Silver medal icon.svg
Elisavet Mystakidou Women's −67 kg Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Ocasio  (PUR)
L 0–1
Did not advance
Kyriaki Kouvari Women's +67 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Falavigna  (BRA)
L 1–3
Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Eleni Daniilidou Women's singles Flag of France.svg  Razzano  (FRA)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Eleni Daniilidou
Anna Gerasimou
Women's doubles Flag of Switzerland.svg  Gagliardi /
Schnyder  (SUI)
L 0–6, 4–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Deniz Dimaki Women's 21:36Lapped

Volleyball

Beach

Greece has two teams in the women's Olympic beach volleyball tournament.

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Vassiliki Arvaniti
Vasso Karantasiou
Women's Pool F
Flag of Austria.svg  D Schwaiger S Schwaiger  (AUT)
L 0 – 2 (18–21, 18–21)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Candelas García  (MEX)
L 1 – 2 (17–21, 21–16, 12–15)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Talita Renata  (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (20–22, 19–21)
4Did not advance
Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Maria Tsiartsiani
Pool D
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen X Zhang X  (CHN)
L 1 – 2 (18–21, 21–19, 12–15)
Flag of South Africa.svg Augoustides – Nel  (RSA)
W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–8)
Flag of Germany.svg  Goller Ludwig  (GER)
L 0 – 2 (22–24, 12–21)
3 QFlag of Australia.svg  Barnett
Cook  (AUS)
L 1 – 2 (20–22, 21–19, 12–15)
Did not advance

Water polo

Greece participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 7th place, while the women's team finished in 8th place.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greek roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. [8]

NamePos.HeightWeightDate of birthClub
1 Nikolaos Deligiannis GK1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)96 kg (212 lb)3 September 1976 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
2 Anastasios Schizas CB1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)91 kg (201 lb)18 February 1977 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
3 Dimitrios Mazis D1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb)5 September 1976 Flag of Greece.svg Ethnikos Piraeus
4 Konstantinos Kokkinakis CB1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)105 kg (231 lb)9 October 1975 Flag of Greece.svg Ethnikos Piraeus
5 Ioannis Thomakos D1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)88 kg (194 lb)14 March 1977 Flag of Greece.svg Panionios
6 Argyris Theodoropoulos D1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)90 kg (200 lb)13 January 1981 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
7 Christos Afroudakis D1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)23 May 1984 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
8 Georgios Ntoskas D1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)99 kg (218 lb)11 November 1984 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
9 Georgios Afroudakis CF1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)105 kg (231 lb)17 October 1976 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
10 Dimitrios Miteloudis CB1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb)11 February 1982 Flag of Greece.svg Vouliagmeni
11 Antonios Vlontakis CF1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)96 kg (212 lb)10 October 1975 Flag of Greece.svg Ethnikos Piraeus
12 Emmanouil Mylonakis D1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)74 kg (163 lb)9 April 1985 Flag of Greece.svg Ethnikos Piraeus
13 Georgios Reppas GK1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)11 December 1974 Flag of Greece.svg Panionios
Head coach: Alessandro Campagna
Group play
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 54106036+249Qualified for the semifinals
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54015234+188Qualified for the quarterfinals
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 52214333+106
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 52124540+55Will play for places 7–10
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 51043956172Will play for places 7–12
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50052161400
Source: [ citation needed ]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008
14:00
Report Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg128Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Bock (GER), Chaney (USA)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 2–0, 1–0
Figlioli  4, McGregor  3Goals Ntoskas  3
12 August 2008
14:00
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg617Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Rak (CRO), Ciric (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–7, 2–2, 1–4, 1–4
Schizas  2Goals Biros  4, Benedek  3, Madaras  2, Dá. Varga  2, Molnár  2
14 August 2008
14:00
Report Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg106Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters:3–1, 2–1, 5–2, 0–2
M. Janović  2, Zloković  2, Gojković  2, Jokić  2Goals Ntoskas  2
16 August 2008
10:50
Report Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg713Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Hart (AUS), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–5, 2–1, 0–1
Graham  3, Feltham  3Goals Ntoskas  4, Theodoropoulos  3
18 August 2008
15:20
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg106Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Rak (CRO), Simion (ROU)
Score by quarters:2–0, 3–0, 3–5, 2–1
F. Perrone  7Goals Theodoropoulos  2
Classification quarterfinal
20 August 2008
10:50
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg138Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Knights (NZL)
Score by quarters:3–1, 4–4, 2–0, 4–3
Ntoskas  4, G. Afroudakis  3, C. Afroudakis  2Goals Xie  3, Wang Yo.  2
Classification semifinal
22 August 2008
17:00
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg913Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 2–4, 3–3
Nossek  3, Schertwitis  2, Kreuzmann  2Goals Ntoskas  6, Schizas  3, Theodoropoulos  2
Classification 7th–8th
24 August 2008
10:50
Report Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg89Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Simion (ROU), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–1, 1–3
Figlioli  3, Campbell  2, Martin  2Goals Schizas  2, C. Afroudakis  2

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greek roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. [8]

NamePos.HeightWeightDate of birthClub
1 Georgia Ellinaki GK1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)64 kg (141 lb)28 February 1974 Flag of Greece.svg Ethnikos Piraeus
2 Christina Tsoukala CB1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb)8 July 1991 Flag of Greece.svg Vouliagmeni
3 Angeliki Gerolymou D1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)70 kg (150 lb)22 June 1982 Flag of Greece.svg Vouliagmeni
4 Sofia Iosifidou CB1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)61 kg (134 lb)13 January 1981 Flag of Greece.svg Ethnikos Piraeus
5 Kyriaki Liosi D1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)63 kg (139 lb)30 October 1979 Flag of Greece.svg Vouliagmeni
6 Stavroula Kozompoli CF1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)73 kg (161 lb)14 January 1974 Flag of Greece.svg Nireas Chalandriou
7 Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou CB1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)60 kg (130 lb)16 February 1978 Flag of Greece.svg ANO Glyfada
8 Antigoni Roumpesi D1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb)19 July 1983 Flag of Greece.svg Vouliagmeni
9 Evangelia Moraitidou CB1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)74 kg (163 lb)16 March 1975 Flag of Greece.svg ANO Glyfada
10 Alexandra Asimaki CF1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)61 kg (134 lb)28 June 1988 Flag of Greece.svg Vouliagmeni
11 Stavroula Antonakou D1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)57 kg (126 lb)2 May 1982 Flag of Greece.svg Ethnikos Piraeus
12 Georgia Lara CF1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)78 kg (172 lb)31 May 1980 Flag of Greece.svg Vouliagmeni
13 Maria Tsouri GK1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)60 kg (130 lb)25 May 1986 Flag of Greece.svg ANO Glyfada
Head coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis
Group play
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 32102820+85Qualified for semifinals
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 32102522+35Qualified for quarterfinals
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3102272702
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 30031627110Will play for places 7th–8th
Source: [ citation needed ]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008
15:40
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg68Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Decio Jr Patelli (BRA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–2, 1–1, 1–0
Roumpesi  3, Liosi  2Goals Beadsworth  4, Gofers  2
13 August 2008
14:20
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg69Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Shiwei Ni (CHN), Decio Jr Patelli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 1–3, 0–1
Liosi  2Goals Cabout  4, de Bruijn  2, van Belkum  2
15 August 2008
15:40
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg104Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Decio Jr Patelli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 3–0, 3–2
Kisteleki  2, Stieber  2, Drávucz  2, Pelle  2Goals Gerolymou  1, Liosi  1, Roumpesi  1, Asimaki  1
Classification 7th–8th
17 August 2008
13:00
Report Russia  Flag of Russia.svg126Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Stephen Knights (NZL), Guy Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters:3–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–2
Shepelina  3, Konukh  3, Pantyulina  2, Belyaeva  2Goals Roumpesi  4

Weightlifting

11 competitors were banned after testing positive for drugs. [9]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Konstantinos Gkaripis Men's −94 kg 160162001336014
Anastasios Triantafyllou 155171961535115
Nikolaos Kourtidis Men's −105 kg 1761222193979
Victoria Mavridou Women's +75 kg 1059126102319

Wrestling

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Emzarios Bentinidis −74 kg ByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gentry  (CAN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Tigiev  (UZB)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advanceByeFlag of Romania.svg  Ştefan  (ROU)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance9
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Theodoros Tounousidis −96 kg ByeFlag of Georgia.svg  Nozadze  (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance=17
Panagiotis Papadopoulos −120 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Dl  (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance18

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