Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GRE
Nocname:	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Competitors:	426
Sports:	27
Flagbearer:	Pyrros Dimas^[1]
Rank:	15
Gold:	6
Silver:	6
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Greece was the host country for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. As the progenitor nation and in keeping with tradition, Greek athletes have competed at every Summer Olympics in the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland. The Hellenic Olympic Committee fielded a total of 426 athletes to the Games, 215 men and 211 women, and had achieved automatic qualification places in all sports, with the exception of men's and women's field hockey. It was also the nation's largest team ever in Summer Olympic history since the first modern Games were held in 1896.

Unlike most of the Olympic opening ceremonies, where the country enters first as a tribute to its history as the birthplace of the ancient Olympics and the host of the first modern Olympics in 1896, the country entered the last in the opening ceremony as the host nation. However, the Greek flag-bearer entered first, honoring the traditional role of Greece in opening the Parade of Nations, and the whole Greek delegation entered at the end, the traditional place for the host nation.^[2]

Greece left the Summer Olympic Games with a total of sixteen medals (six gold, six silver, and four bronze), finishing within the top fifteen position in the overall medal rankings.^[3] At least a single medal was awarded to the Greek team in ten sports; five of them came from the track and field, including two prestigious golds. Greece also topped the medal tally in diving, gymnastics, judo, and sailing. Three Greek athletes added Olympic medals to their career hardware from the previous editions.

Among the nation's medalists were track hurdler Fani Halkia, race walker Athanasia Tsoumeleka, teenage judoka Ilias Iliadis, and diving duo Thomas Bimis and Nikolaos Siranidis, who won Greece's first ever Olympic gold medals in their respective disciplines.^{[4] [5]} Emerging as one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters of all time with three Olympic titles, Pyrros Dimas ended his illustrious sporting career with a bronze medal effort in the men's light heavyweight category on his fourth and final Olympic appearance.^{[6] [7]} Meanwhile, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, who won the gold in Atlanta eight years earlier, and lit the Olympic flame at the conclusion of the opening ceremony, picked up his second medal with a silver in men's Mistral windsurfing.^[8]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	2	2	1	5
	1	1	0	2
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	2	0	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	6	6	4	16

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece automatically receives the full allocation of six individual places, alongside entry to both the men's and women's team events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Georgios Kalogiannidis	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	601	58	L 133–148	Did not advance
Alexandros Karageorgiou	647	33	W 147–143	L 159–171	Did not advance
Apostolos Nanos	585	60	L 131–162	Did not advance
Georgios Kalogiannidis Alexandros Karageorgiou Apostolos Nanos	Team	1833	13	L 225–243	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Evangelia Psarra	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	652	8	W 138–116	W 163–161	W 160–152	L 101–111	Did not advance
Elpida Romantzi	624	34	W 151–143	L 146–166	Did not advance
Fotini Vavatsi	609	51	L 156–160	Did not advance
Evangelia Psarra Elpida Romantzi Fotini Vavatsi	Team	1885	8	W 230–227	L 232–244	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In athletics, the Greek team did not receive any automatic places for representing the host nation, as they had done in other sports. Greek athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[9] [10]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hristoforos Hoidis	align=left rowspan=2	100 m			Did not advance
Georgios Theodoridis	10.32	6 q	10.36	5	Did not advance
Anastasios Gousis	align=left rowspan=2	200 m	20.44	2 Q	20.46	2 Q	20.68	5	Did not advance
Panagiotis Sarris	20.67	3 Q	20.92	7	Did not advance
Stilianos Dimotsios	400 m	46.51	7	Did not advance
Panagiotis Stroubakos	800 m	1:47.69	7	Did not advance
Periklis Iakovakis	400 m hurdles	48.69	2 Q	48.47	4	Did not advance
Stilianos Dimotsios Anastasios Gousis Periklis Iakovakis Panagiotis Sarris	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.27	6	Did not advance
Nikolaos Polias	Marathon	2:17:56	24
Elefthérios Thanópoulos	20 km walk	1:30:15	36
Georgios Argiropoulos	align=left rowspan="3"	50 km walk	4:17:25	39
Spiridon Kastanis
Theodoros Stamatopoulos

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marios Evangelou	Pole vault	5.30	=33	Did not advance
Dimitrios Filindras	align=left rowspan=3	Long jump	7.45	35	Did not advance
Dimítrios Serélis		—	Did not advance
Louis Tsatoumas	7.81	22	Did not advance
Hristos Meletoglou	Triple jump	17.08	8 Q	17.13	6
Savvas Panavoglou	Discus throw	58.47	22	Did not advance
Alexandros Papadimitriou	Hammer throw	75.55	17	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Prodromos Korkizoglou	Result	10.86	7.07	14.81	1.94	51.16	14.96	46.07	4.70	53.05	5:17.00	7573	26
Points	892	830	778	749	762	854	789	819	634	466

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olga Kaidantzi	200 m	23.11	3 Q	23.15	3 Q	23.30	8	Did not advance
Konstadina Efedaki	1500 m	4:06.73	9 q	4:09.37	12	Did not advance
Maria Protopappa	5000 m	15:35.07	12	Did not advance
Flora Redoumi	100 m hurdles	13.14	5	Did not advance
Fani Halkia	400 m hurdles	53.85	1 Q	52.77	1 Q	52.82
Maria Karastamati Georgia Kokloni Effrosíni Patsoú Marina Vasarmidou	4 × 100 m relay	44.45	8	Did not advance
Hariklia Bouda Dimitra Dova Hrisoula Goudenoudi Fani Halkia	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.70	2 Q	3:45.70	8
Georgia Abatzidou	Marathon	2:50:01	50
Hristina Kokotou	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:35:43	31
Athina Papayianni	1:30:37	10
Athanasia Tsoumeleka	1:29.12

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nikolia Mitropoulou	High jump	1.85	31	Did not advance
Afroditi Skafida	align=left rowspan=2	Pole vault		—	Did not advance
Yeoryia Tsiliggiri	Pole vault	4.30	=18	Did not advance
Ioanna Kafetzi	align=left rowspan=3	Long jump	6.49	16	Did not advance
Stiliani Pilatou	6.42	22	Did not advance
Niki Xanthou	6.31	31	Did not advance
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	align=left rowspan=3	Triple jump	15.32 NR	1 Q	15.25
Athanasia Perra	13.19	33	Did not advance
Olga Vasdeki	14.54	13 Q	14.34	11
Kalliopi Ouzouni	align=left rowspan=2	Shot put	18.03	13	Did not advance
Irini Terzoglou	17.34	19	Did not advance
Anastasia Kelesidou	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	64.13	4 Q	66.68
Styliani Tsikouna	61.72	9 q	59.48	11
Ekaterini Voggoli	63.39	6 Q	62.37	7
Stella Papadopoulou	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	61.61	40	Did not advance
Alexandra Papageorgiou	68.58	11 Q	66.83	12
Evdokia Tsamoglou	62.76	36	Did not advance
Savva Lika	align=left rowspan=3	Javelin throw	62.22	4 Q	60.91	9
Mirela Manjani	61.04	11 Q	64.29
Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	59.64	19	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Argyro Strataki	Result	13.65	1.79	13.52	24.57	5.97	43.87	2:17.90	6117	15
Points	1028	966	762	927	840	742	852

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, the Greek team were entitled to enter only two badminton players regardless of how they fared in the qualifying stages.

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

RosterManager: 27 – Jack Rhodes.

Coaches: 1 – Mike Riskas, 14 – Ioannis Kazanas, 42 – Scott Demtral

Round robin

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Qualified for the final round

width=125px	Team	width=30px	W	width=30px	L	width=30px	PCT	width=30px	Tiebreaker
align=left		6	1		1–0
align=left		6	1		0–1
align=left		5	2
align=left		4	3
align=left		3	4
align=left		2	5
align=left		1	6		1–0
align=left		1	6		0–1

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinals

Classification match (5th–6th place)

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinals

7th Place Final

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greece was guaranteed five male boxers at the Games by virtue of being the host nation, but the special 'host' places for men's boxing therefore became void, as the Greeks claimed places through the World Championships and the AIBA European Qualification Tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marios Kaperonis	Lightweight	L	Did not advance
Spyridon Ioannidis	Light welterweight	L 16–28	Did not advance
Theodoros Kotakos	Welterweight	L	Did not advance
Georgios Gazis	Middleweight	L 31–32	Did not advance
Elias Pavlidis	Light heavyweight	W 32–17	W 31–16	L	Did not advance
Spyridon Kladouchas	Heavyweight		L 14–18	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Christos Tsakmakis	Men's C-1	108.22	13	117.32	15	225.54	15	Did not advance
Alexandros Dimitriou	Men's K-1	122.87	24	113.34	25	236.21	24	Did not advance
Maria Ferekidi	Women's K-1	124.85	17	125.43	18	250.28	17	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Andreas Kilingaridis	Men's C-1 500 m	1:53.662	5 q	1:53.793	7	Did not advance
Men's C-1 1000 m	3:53.723	3 q	3:55.608	4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Apostolos Papandreou	Men's K-1 500 m	1:44.217	5 q	1:46.627	8	Did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m	3:41.664	8	Did not advance
Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou	Women's K-1 500 m	1:54.828	3 q	1:54.950	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Track

Sprint

Time trial

Keirin

Omnium

Mountain biking

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, the Greeks were automatically entitled to places in all four synchronized diving events, but for individual events, they had to qualify through their own performances through the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, and through the 2004 FINA Diving World Cup series.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikolaos Siranidis	3 m springboard	363.75	28	Did not advance
Ioannis Gavriilidis	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	395.34	22	Did not advance
Sotirios Trakas	361.56	26	Did not advance
Thomas Bimis Nikolaos Siranidis	3 m synchronized springboard	353.34
Ioannis Gavriilidis Sotirios Trakas	10 m synchronized platform	331.44	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Diamantina Georgatou	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	157.56	33	Did not advance
Sotiria Koutsopetrou	250.59	22	Did not advance
Eftihia Pappa	10 m platform	307.65	15 Q	463.89	17	Did not advance
Diamantina Georgatou Sotiria Koutsopetrou	3 m synchronized springboard	270.33	8
Eftihia Pappa Florentia Sfakianou	10 m synchronized platform	272.40	8

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greece automatically received a team and the maximum number of individual competitors in show jumping, and at least a single spot each in dressage and eventing.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gerta Lehmann	Louis	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	60.000	51	Did not advance
Alexandra Sourla	Gregory	62.833	47	Did not advance

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Emmanouela Athanassiades	Rimini Z	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	Eliminated		Did not advance
Hannah Mytilinaiou	Santana 329	13	=63	26	39	63 Q	26	65	60	Did not advance
Antonis Petris	Gredo la Daviere	0	=1	4	4	=5 Q	8	12	=13 Q	16	=36	Did not advance
Danae Tsatsou	Roble Z	5	=31	39	44	65	Withdrew			Did not advance
Emmanouela Athanassiades Hannah Mytilinaiou Antonis Petris Danae Tsatsou	See above	Team	47	14	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece received ten quota places which can be allocated to any of the fencing events. Additional places can be won in specific disciplines in a series of qualification events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Georges Ambalof	Individual épée	L 6–15	Did not advance
Marios Basmatzian	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre	L 8–15	Did not advance
Jason Dourakos	L 10–15	Did not advance
Constantine Manetas	W 15–10	L 12–15	Did not advance
Marios Basmatzian Jason Dourakos Dimitrios Kostakos Constantine Manetas	Team sabre	L 22–45	Classification semi-final L 39–45	7th place final L 42–45	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jeanne Hristou	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–13	W 15–10	L 13–15	Did not advance
Dimitra Magkandaki	W 15–8	L 5–6	Did not advance
Niki Sidiropoulou	W	L 10–15	Did not advance
Jeanne Hristou Dimitra Magkandaki Niki Sidiropoulou	Team épée	W 34–15	L 32–33	Classification semi-final L 18-29	7th place final L 30-44	8
Maria Rentoumi	Individual foil		L 4–15	Did not advance

Football

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Women's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Vlasios Maras	All-around	8.950	8.650	8.775	9.512	9.087	9.725	54.699	36	Did not advance
Dimosthenis Tampakos	Rings	9.850	9.850	1 Q	9.862	9.862

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Maria Apostolidi	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	9.075	7.712	8.450	8.675	33.912	57	Did not advance
Stefani Bismpikou	9.100	9.387	9.337	8.662	36.486	24 Q	8.887	9.475	8.900	9.237	36.499	15

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Eleni Andriola	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	24.850	25.350	24.500	24.900	99.600	6 Q	24.475	24.800	23.500	24.825	97.600	9
Theodora Pallidou	24.150	24.475	23.200	23.400	95.225	11	Did not advance

Trampoline

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

5th-8th Place Semifinal

Fifth Place Final

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

9th-10th Place Final

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greek judoka receive one place in each of the 14 categories by virtue of hosting the Olympic tournament – the maximum allocation possible.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Revazi Zintiridis	−60 kg	W 1011–0000	W 1010–0110	L 0021–1000	Did not advance		W 1000–0000	L 0100–1000	Did not advance
Giorgi Vazagashvili	−66 kg	L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Lavrentios Alexanidis	−73 kg	L 0000–1000	Did not advance			L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Ilias Iliadis	−81 kg	W 1002–0000	W	W 0001–0000	W 1010–0000	W 1110–0000
Dionysios Iliadis	−90 kg	W 1000–0000	L 0010–1010	Did not advance		L 0000–1021	Did not advance
Vassilios Iliadis	−100 kg	L 0000–1000	Did not advance			L 0010–1000	Did not advance
Charalampos Papaioannou	+100 kg	W 1010–0000	L 0001–1101	Did not advance		L 0000–0200	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maria Karagiannopoulou	−48 kg		L 0001–0220	Did not advance			W 0101–0100	W 1001–0000	L 0000–1000	5
Maria Tselaridou	−52 kg		L 0000–1002	Did not advance
Ioulieta Boukouvala	−57 kg		L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Eleni Tampasi	−63 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Alexia Kourtelesi	−70 kg		L 0000–1021	Did not advance
Varvara Akritidou	−78 kg		L 0000–1100	Did not advance		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Eleni Patsiou	+78 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece received one automatic qualification place per gender through the European and UIPM World Championships.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Vasileios Floros	Men's	174	20	1024	10–21	=31	664	2:04.40	7	1308	100	11	1100	11:02.25	31	752	4848	28
Katalin-Beat Partits	Women's	176	12	1048	17–14	=7	860	2:23.32	16	1252	168	23	1032	11:49.11	27	884	5028	16

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greece received only two boats in both men's and women's lightweight double sculls at the 2003 World Rowing Championships.

Men

Women

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece received automatic qualification places in each boat class.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Mistral	1	4	4	14	6	13	2	3	5	4	10	52
Aimilios Papathanasiou	Finn	1	5	17	13	15	6	RDG	2	1	22	4	72.4	5
Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigkonis	470	9	6	11	9	16	2	23	15	21	20	OCS	132	18
Georgios Kontogouris Leonidas Pelekanakis	Star	16	2	10	17	5	14	10	1	9	16	3	86	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Athina Frai	Mistral	6	18	4	16	11	17	9	16	18	OCS	8	123	15
Virginia Kravarioti	Europe	15	21	5	14	2	12	15	9	16	3	3	94	9
Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	470	1	2	2	13	1	1	14	1	1	2	DNS	38
Eleni Dimitrakopoulou Aikaterini Giakomidou Efychia Mantzaraki	Yngling	12	6	8	4	6	6	16	RDG	8	9	OCS	86	11

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Evangelos Cheimonas	Laser	12	24	36	15	7	17	20	2	6	16	37	155	16
Athanasios Pachoumas Vasileios Portosalte	49er	15	12	8	14	15	13	14	18	8	17	DSQ	12	RDG	15	7	OCS	181.4	17
Christos Garefis Iordanis Paschalidis	Tornado	12	10	2	9	10	7	16	13	15	14	3	95	12

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece was awarded a minimum of eleven quota places in ten different events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikolaos Antoniadis	Trap	110	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Dionissios Georgakopoulos	10 m air pistol	572	=33	Did not advance
50 m pistol	549	=28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Evangelos Liogris	50 m rifle prone	589	=36	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1135	=38	Did not advance
Georgios Petsanis	10 m air rifle	593	=12	Did not advance
Georgios Salavantakis	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance
Konstantinos Savorgiannakis	10 m air rifle	592	=18	Did not advance
Angelos Spiropoulos	Double trap	124	=22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maria Faka	10 m air rifle	388	=33	Did not advance
Marina Karaflou	10 m air pistol	377	=26	Did not advance
Agathi Kassoumi	25 m pistol	574	=21	Did not advance
Alexia Smirli	10 m air rifle	391	=27	Did not advance

Softball

See main article: Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Team Roster

Greece
Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2004
OF	1	Lindsey Bashor	MAY/26/1983	University of Iowa
C	5	Stacey Farnworth	NOV/11/1979	American Pastime (California, USA)
IF	7	Katina Kramos	JUL/12/1972
P	8	Stephanie Skegas-Maxwell	AUG/30/1968	Southern California Sliders (California, USA)
IF	9	Jamie Farnworth	JAN/14/1982
IF	12	Chloe Kloezeman	MAY/29/1986	Sorceres (California, USA)
IF	13	Ginny Georgantas	NOV/28/1979	Whiteford Sharks (Illinois, USA)
P	15	Sarah Farnworth	JAN/07/1979
P	16	Kristen Karanzias	FEB/08/1984	Orange County Batbusters (California, USA)
IF	19	Joanna Gail	APR/11/1986	San Diego Thunder Under 18 Gold (California, USA)
IF	21	Vanessa Czarnecki	DEC/21/1979	Fresno State Bulldogs (California, USA)
OF	25	Lindsay James	APR/26/1980	California Gold Bears (California, USA)
OF	26	Ioanna Bouziou	MAY/14/1973	Tason, Keratsini
OF	31	Jessica Bashor	APR/08/1981
OF	32	Katerina Koutoungou	JUL/21/1976	Marousi 2004
Bench Coaches
Team Manager		Linda Wells	DEC/13/1949
Coach		Christa Dalakis	NOV/17/1975	Marylanders (Maryland, USA)
Coach		Diane Lynn Ninemire	FEB/12/1957

Preliminary Round

width=170	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	RS	width=20	RA	width=20	WIN%	width=40	Tiebreaker
	7	0	41	0	1.000	-
	6	1	22	14	.857	-
	4	3	17	8	.571	-
	3	4	15	20	.429	1–0
	3	4	6	14	.429	0–1
	2	5	3	13	.286	1–0
	2	5	6	24	.286	0–1
	1	6	8	24	.143	-

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greek swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romanos Alyfantis	200 m breaststroke	2:18.18	33	Did not advance
Georgios Diamantidis	1500 m freestyle	16:06.31	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ioannis Drymonakos	200 m butterfly	1:59.42	22	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:16.83	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Spyridon Gianniotis	400 m freestyle	3:48.77	7 Q	3:48.77	7
1500 m freestyle	15:03.87	5 Q	15:03.69	5
Antonios Gkioulmpas	200 m backstroke	2:04.30	28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	100 m freestyle	50.61	32	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	55.85	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ioannis Kokkodis	200 m individual medley	2:02.11	16 Q	2:01.57	12	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:16.56	5 Q	4:18.60	6
Dimitrios Manganas	400 m freestyle	3:54.78	24	Did not advance
Christos Papadopoulos	100 m breaststroke	1:04.43	39	Did not advance
Sotirios Pastras	100 m butterfly	54.20	31	Did not advance
Apostolos Tsagkarakis	50 m freestyle	22.72	24	Did not advance
Andreas Zisimos	200 m freestyle	1:49.60	15 Q	1:49.76	12	Did not advance
Spyridon Bitsakis Aristeidis Grigoriadis Alexandros Tsoltos Andreas Zisimos	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.26	14	Did not advance
Apostolos Antonopoulos Dimitrios Manganas Nikolaos Xylouris Andreas Zisimos	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:19.71	4 Q	7:23.02	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	200 m butterfly	2:13.88	22	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:44.90	7 Q	4:50.85	8
align=left rowspan=2	Zoi Dimoschaki	200 m freestyle	2:03.38	27	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:13.96	20	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Eirini Karastergiou	100 m backstroke	1:05.30	33	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:21.93	30	Did not advance
Eirini Kavarnou	100 m butterfly	1:00.43	19	Did not advance
Marianna Lymperta	800 m freestyle	8:42.65	19	Did not advance
Martha Matsa	50 m freestyle	26.46	33	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nery Mantey Niangkouara	50 m freestyle	25.62	13 Q	25.27	10	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	55.12	6 Q	55.02	7 Q	54.81	6
Aikaterini Sarakatsani	100 m breaststroke	1:12.46	29	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Athina Tzavella	200 m breaststroke	2:40.18	31	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:20.30	23	Did not advance
Zoi Dimoschaki Eleni Kosti Martha Matsa Nery Mantey Niangkouara	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			Did not advance
Zoi Dimoschaki Marianna Lymperta Georgia Manoli Evangelia Tsagka	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:16.69	15	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece had a squad of 9 synchronised swimmers taking part in both the duet and team events.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Eleftheria Ftouli Christina Thalassinidou	Duet	46.334	9	46.584	92.918	9 Q	46.584	92.918	9
Aglaia Anastasiou Maria Christodoulou Eleftheria Ftouli Eleni Georgiou Effrosyni Gouda Apostolia Ioannou Evgenia Koutsoudi Olga Pelekanou	Team	46.250	8	46.500	92.750	8

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greece fielded a four-strong table tennis team at the 2004 Olympic Games after being granted permission to use host nation qualification places.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Panagiotis Gionis	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 1–4	Did not advance
Kalinikos Kreanga	L 0–4	Did not advance
Panagiotis Gionis Kalinikos Kreanga	Men's doubles		W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Archontoula Volakaki	Women's singles	L 0–4	Did not advance
Maria Mirou Archontoula Volakaki	Women's doubles		L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greece had not taken any formal part in qualification tournaments in taekwondo, as the Greeks already had four guaranteed places at their disposal, two for men, two for women.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michail Mouroutsos	Men's −58 kg	W 5–2	L 2–8	Did not advance
Alexandros Nikolaidis	Men's +80 kg	W 7–3	W 5–2	W 6–3	L
Areti Athanasopoulou	Women's −57 kg	L 6–6	Did not advance
Elisavet Mystakidou	Women's −67 kg	W 4–0	W 6–4	W 3–2	L 6–7

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece nominated two male and two female tennis players to compete in the tournament through their world rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Konstantinos Economidis	Men's singles	L 6–7^(2–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Konstantinos Economidis Vasilis Mazarakis	Men's doubles		L 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Eleni Daniilidou	Women's singles	W 6–2, 6–1	W 2–6, 6–4, 6–4	L 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance
Eleni Daniilidou Christina Zachariadou	Women's doubles		L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greece offered a single guaranteed place in the men's triathlon.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greece gained automatic entry for men's and women's teams in both indoor and beach volleyball.

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pavlos Beligratis Athanasios Michalopoulos	Men's	Pool F L 1 – 2 (16–21, 26–24, 10–15) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 19–21) L	4	Did not advance
Vassiliki Arvaniti Efthalia Koutroumanidou	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	Pool C L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–16, 10–15) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 14–21) W 2 – 1 (21–11, 21–23, 15–12)	3 Q	L 1 – 2 (12–21, 21–19, 11–15)	Did not advance
Vasso Karantasiou Effrosyni Sfyri	Pool F W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–13) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–15, 14–16) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–17)	2 Q	L 0 – 2 (16–21, 19–21)	Did not advance

Indoor

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Final

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold Medal Final

Won Silver Medal

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, Greek weightlifters had already received six men's quota places and four women's places for the Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leonidas Sabanis	−62 kg	145	3	167.5	3	302.5
Viktor Mitrou	−77 kg	160	=6	200	=2	360	4
Pyrros Dimas	align=left rowspan=2	−85 kg	175	=3	202.5	4	377.5
Georgios Markoulas	167.5	=6	205	=1	372.5	4
Kakhi Kakhiashvili	align=left rowspan=2	−94 kg	180	=4	220.0		180
Nikolaos Kourtidis	167.5	=14	210	=8	377.5	11

* Leonidas Sabanis originally claimed the bronze medal, but was disqualified after being tested positive for excess testosterone.^[11]

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charikleia Kastritsi	−58 kg	90	=11	110	13	200	13
Anastasia Tsakiri	−63 kg	97.5	4	117.5		97.5
Christina Ioannidi	−75 kg	112.5	=7	142.5	=4	255	5
Vasiliki Kasapi	+75 kg	125	=5	152.5	7	277.5	8

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amiran Kardanov	−55 kg	W 3–1	W 4–0	W 3–1	1 Q		L 1–3	L 0–3	4
Besik Aslanasvili	−60 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3		2	Did not advance			11
Apostolos Taskoudis	−66 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3		1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance	L 1–3	6
Emzarios Bentinidis	−74 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3		2	Did not advance			10
Lazaros Loizidis	−84 kg	W 3–1	W 3–0		1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance	L 0–3	6
Alexandros Laliotis	−96 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3		3	Did not advance			13
Nestoras Batzelas	−120 kg	L 0–4	W 3–0		2	Did not advance			13

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Artiom Kiouregkian	−55 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 5–0	1 Q		L 1–3	W 3–1
Christos Gikas	−60 kg	L 0–3	L 0–3	L 1–3	4	Did not advance			20
Konstantinos Arkoudeas	−66 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1	W 3–1	2	Did not advance			6
Alexios Kolitsopoulos	−74 kg	L 1–3	L 0–3	W 3–1	3	Did not advance			12
Dimitrios Avramis	−84 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1		1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance	W 5–0	5
Georgios Koutsioumpas	−96 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1	W 3–0	2	Did not advance			7
Xenofon Koutsioumpas	−120 kg	L 1–3	W 3–0	W 3–0	2	Did not advance			7

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Classification	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fani Psatha	−48 kg	L 0–4	L 1–3	W 5–0	3	Did not advance			10
Sofia Poumpouridou	−55 kg	L 1–3	L 0–4		3	Did not advance			11
Stavroula Zygouri	−63 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1		1 Q		L 0–3	L 1–3	4
Maria Louiza Vryoni	−72 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1		2	L 0–5	Did not advance		8

See also

• Greece at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Greece at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Hellenic Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. News: Bondy. Filip. Dimas carries weight of host nation. New York Daily News. 11 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
2. Web site: Here's Why Greece Always Goes First in the Olympic Parade of Nations. https://web.archive.org/web/20210723235439/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/heres-why-greece-always-goes-175213141.html. 23 July 2021. dead.
3. Web site: 2004 Athens: Medal Tally. USA Today. 1 April 2014.
4. News: Greece wins walk gold. BBC Sport. 23 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
5. News: Fraser. Andrew. Greek duo revel in golden delight. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
6. News: Greeks stand behind champion weightlifter Dimas. USA Today. 22 August 2004. 7 May 2014.
7. News: Sheridan. Phil. Greeks lift a battered weightlifter Dimas' bronze was golden to his nation. Philadelphia Inquirer. 22 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
8. News: Dempsey earns sailing bronze. BBC Sport. 25 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
9. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
10. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
11. News: Report: Greece's Sampanis Tests Positive for Drugs. Washington Post. 21 August 2004. 18 May 2014.