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Ioannis Poulos was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1]
Poulos competed in the amateur foil event. He placed fourth of four in his preliminary group after losing all of his bouts, to Henri Callot, Henri Delaborde, and Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis. This put him in a tie for seventh overall, with Georgios Balakakis who was fourth in the other preliminary group. [2]
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte was a French fencer. He was the first modern Olympic champion in foil and first French gold medalist, winning the event at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Paris.
Ioannis Persakis was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Athens. Persakis competed in the triple jump, taking third place. His best jump was 12.52 metres.
Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, also known as Mavromichalis-Pierrakos, was a Greek military officer and politician.
Eugène Henri Callot was a French fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in La Rochelle.
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Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. He was also an amateur swordsman, competing in the 1896 Athens Olympics. He also served in the Organizing Committee for the 1906 Intercalated Games.
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Athanasios Vouros was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Athens.
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Georgios D. Orphanidis was an ethnic Greek sports shooter with both pistol and rifle. He competed for Greece at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, at the 1906 Intercalated Games, and at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Ioannis Theofilakis (Theophilakis) (Greek: Ιωάννης Θεοφιλάκης, 1879–1968) was a Greek sport shooter who competed at five Olympic games, and the 1906 Intercalated Games. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He also competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics, the 1920 Summer Olympics where he won silver, and at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Ioannis Frangoudis was a Greek Cypriot soldier, athlete and Hellenic Army officer who reached the rank of Colonel. He also competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens as a shooter, representing the Kingdom of Greece. Frangoudis is the only Greek athlete who has won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in a single Olympic.
Ioannis Malokinis was a Greek swimmer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. His home island was Spetses. Malokinis competed in the 100 metres freestyle for sailors event. He placed first of three swimmers, with a time of 2:20.4. This time was nearly a minute slower than the mark of 1:22.2 set by Alfréd Hajós in the open 100 metres event.
Greece competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Of the five nations that have been to every Summer Games, Greece was the only one to compete under its national flag at Moscow, as the other five and several other nations competed under the Olympic flag in protest of the USSR's involvement in the Afghan Civil War.
Cyprus competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Ten competitors, all men, took part in nine events in four sports.
The men's foil was one of three fencing events on the Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on the second day of competition, 7 April. Eight fencers took part, with the preliminary fencing involving a round-robin held in two groups. The first group was Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Delaborde, Callot, and Poulos. The second was Komninos-Miliotis, Balakakis, Gravelotte, and Vouros. The two fencers that were undefeated in their groups faced each other in the final for gold and silver medals, while Pierrakos-Mavromichalis and Vouros were awarded third place. Vouros's second win came from a forfeit by Komninos-Miliotis.
Fiji sent a delegation to compete at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 17 July to 1 August 1976. This was the nation's fifth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. Their first appearance was at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Fiji's delegation consisted of two competitors. Tony Moore who made it to the quarter-finals of the 200m sprint and round 1 in the 100m sprint. After not starting in the 400m sprint, he only made the qualification stage of the long jump. The other athlete was Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault who competed in the women's pentathlon and long jump. She finished 18th overall in the pentathlon and 27th in qualifying for the long jump. She would not start in the 100m hurdles.
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, People's Republic of China, began on 10 August and lasted until 24 August 2008. All games were held at the Ying Tung Natatorium.
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