Greece at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Greece at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Greece at the; 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	GRE
National federation	Hellenic Swimming Federation
Website	koe.org.gr (in Greek)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	49 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 18th	Gold0Silver1Bronze0Total1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Last updated November 25, 2025

Greece competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Kristian Golomeev	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle	July 27

Artistic swimming

Greece's artistic swimming team consisted of 12 athletes (12 female).^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo technical routine	86.1571	7 Q	86.2921	7
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo free routine	88.4333	7 Q	88.6667	7
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet technical routine	85.6252	10 Q	86.4975	9
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet free routine	87.8667	8 Q	87.3333	9
Eleni Fragaki Krystalenia Gialama Maria Karapanagiotou Anastasia Koutselini Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Violeta Zouzouni Vasiliki Kofidi (R) Olga Kourgiantaki (R)	Team technical routine	86.0075	8 Q	87.0863	8
Eleni Fragaki Krystalenia Gialama Maria Karapanagiotou Anastasia Koutselini Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Violeta Zouzouni Vasiliki Kofidi (R) Olga Kourgiantaki (R)	Team free routine	87.8000	8 Q	88.333	8
Eleni Fragaki Krystalenia Gialama Danai Kariori Vasiliki Kofidi Olga Kourgiantaki Anastasia Koutselini Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Violeta Zouzouni Maria Karapanagiotou (R) Pinelopi Karamesiou (R)	Free routine combination	88.1333	6 Q	87.6000	6

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

Greek divers qualified for the individual spots at the World Championships.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikolaos Molvalis	10 m platform	346.70	23	did not advance
Athanasios Tsirikos	10 m platform	286.20	43	did not advance
Nikolaos Molvalis Athanasios Tsirikos	Synchronized 10 m platform	332.64	14	—		did not advance

Open water swimming

Greece qualified one male and one female open water swimmers.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Athanasios Kynigakis	Men's 10 km	1:48:15.4	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kalliopi Araouzou	Women's 5 km	58:17.2	19
Kalliopi Araouzou	Women's 10 km	2:00:30.3	37

Swimming

Greek swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Apostolos Christou	50 m backstroke	25.00	9 Q	24.86	8 Q	24.75	8
	100 m backstroke	53.82	12 Q	53.56	10	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.42	24	did not advance
Ioannis Georgarakis	100 m freestyle	50.48	55	did not advance
Kristian Golomeev	50 m freestyle	21.80	6 Q	21.60	4 Q	21.45
Kristian Golomeev	50 m butterfly	23.51	13 Q	23.29	9	did not advance
Dimitrios Negris	400 m freestyle	3:50.81	16	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:58.99	22	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:25.71	27	—		did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	100 m butterfly	53.41	29	did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	200 m individual medley	1:59.80	17	did not advance
Andreas Vazaios Kristian Golomeev Ioannis Georgarakis Apostolos Christou	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.44	10	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Theodora Drakou	50 m freestyle	25.19	21	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.50	30	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	28.48	21	did not advance
Anna Ntountounaki	50 m butterfly	26.26	15 Q	26.31	15	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.88	9 Q	57.99	15	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:13.83	25	did not advance

Water polo

Greece qualified both a men's and women's teams.

Men's tournament

Team roster^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	41	15	+26	5	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	1	2	0	44	26	+18	4	Playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	39	22	+17	3	Playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	3	11	72	−61	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

15 July 2019 09:50	Report	South Korea	3–26	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–7, 1–3, 2–9
		Dong-hyeok 2	Goals	three players 4

17 July 2019 19:10	Report	Greece	10–10	Montenegro	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 4–4, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Janović 3

19 July 2019 16:30	Report	Serbia	9–3	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 3–2, 0–0, 3–0
		Mandić 4	Goals	three players 1

Playoffs

21 July 2019 15:30	Report	Greece	11–9	United States	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–2, 2–2, 3–1
		Genidounias 4	Goals	three players 2

Quarterfinals

23 July 2019 18:30	Report	Italy	7–6	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2–1, 2–3, 1–0
		Di Fulvio, Luongo 2	Goals	Genidounias, Gounas 2

5th–8th place semifinals

25 July 2019 15:30	Report	Australia	9–8	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 3–3, 1–0
		Kayes 3	Goals	Kapotsis, Kolomvos 2

Seventh place game

27 July 2019 14:00	Report	Germany	6–11	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–3, 0–2, 2–5
		Stamm 2	Goals	Dervisis 3

Women's tournament

Team roster^[6]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	51	16	+35	6	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	1	37	25	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	22	37	−15	2	Playoffs
4	Cuba	3	0	3	16	48	−32	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 July 2019 17:50	Report	Greece	4–14	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–2, 0–3, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Tarragó 6

16 July 2019 12:30	Report	Cuba	4–20	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0-5, 3-6, 0-5, 1-4
		Carrasco 2	Goals	Avramidou 6

18 July 2019 09:50	Report	Greece	13–7	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 4–1, 1–3, 4–2
		Xenaki 3	Goals	Zakirova 3

Playoffs

20 July 2019 17:00	Report	Greece	12–8	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 2–2, 4–4, 2–1
		Plevritou 3	Goals	Zhao 4

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019 14:00	Report	United States	15–5	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 4–2, 2–2, 5–1
		Musselman 4	Goals	Eleftheriadou, Xenaki 2

5th–8th place semifinals

24 July 2019 14:00	Report	Greece	4–13	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 2–4, 1–5
		Plevritou 2	Goals	Bersneva, Karimova 3

Seventh place game

26 July 2019 14:00	Report	Greece	9–11	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–5, 6–4, 0–1
		Kotsia 3	Goals	Megens, Keuning 3

References

↑ "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
↑ "Diving Entry List by NAT" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
↑ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
↑ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
↑ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
↑ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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[1] "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[2] "Diving Entry List by NAT" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[3] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[4] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[5] "Men's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[6] "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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