Greece at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GRE
Nocname:	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2020
Website:
Location:	Tokyo,
Competitors:	83
Competitors Men:	46
Competitors Women:	37
Sports:	17
Flagbearer Close:	Ioannis Fountoulis
Rank:	36
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first at the New National Stadium during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Like the other closing ceremonies before, the Greek flag was also raised during the closing ceremony alongside the Japanese and French flags.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Stefanos Ntouskos	Rowing	Men's single sculls
	Miltiadis Tentoglou	Athletics	Men's long jump
	Eleftherios Petrounias	Gymnastics	Men's rings

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Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	1	1	4
Female	0	0	0	0
Total	2	1	1	4

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Medals by date
Day	Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Day 1	24 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 2	25 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 3	26 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 4	27 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 5	28 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 6	29 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 7	30 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 8	31 July	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 9	1 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 10	2 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	2
Day 11	3 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 12	4 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 13	5 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 14	6 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 15	7 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 16	8 August	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Total		2	1	1	4

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Artistic swimming		9	9
Athletics	8	12	20
Cycling	3	0	3
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	1	1	2
Rowing	1	3	4
Sailing	4	4	8
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	10	2	12
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	1	1	2
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	46	37	83

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greece has qualified one female archer, after Evangelia Psarra finished in the top 5 in the Final Qualification Tournament.^[3]

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics. With a top 3 finish in the team event at FINA Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Greece qualified for both events.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet			88.1667		—
Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama Pinelopi Karamesiou Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea Andriana Misikevych Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Danai Kariori (R)	Team	Withdrew ‌‌‌‌‌after testing positive for COVID-19

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greek athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^{[5] [6]}

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Konstantinos Douvalidis	110 m hurdles	13.63	27	Did not advance
Alexandros Papamichail	50 km walk	4:12:49	36

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Rafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga	100 m	11.45		35	Did not advance
200 m	23.16	22 q	23.38	23	Did not advance
Irini Vasiliou	400 m	53.16	35	Did not advance
Elisavet Pesiridou	100 m hurdles			Did not advance
Antigoni Drisbioti	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:31:24 SB						8
Kiriaki Filtisakou	1:36:51	29
Panagiota Tsinopoulou	1:47:19	53

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Miltiadis Tentoglou	Long jump	8.22	2 Q	8.41
Dimitrios Tsiamis	Triple jump		—	Did not advance
Konstantinos Filippidis	Pole vault	5.50	22	Did not advance
Emmanouil Karalis		5.75	8 q	5.80	=4
Mihail Anastasakis	Hammer throw	73.52	22	Did not advance
Christos Frantzeskakis		72.19	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Paraskevi Papachristou	Triple jump	12.23	32	Did not advance
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Pole vault	4.55	=1 q	4.55	=8
Eleni-Klaoudia Polak		4.40	19	Did not advance
Katerina Stefanidi		4.55	=8 q	4.80 =SB	4
Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	Discus throw	59.18	19	Did not advance
Stamatia Scarvelis	Hammer throw	69.01	18	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Road

Greece entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.^[7]

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Greece entered one rider to compete in the men's omnium based on his final individual UCI Olympic rankings.^[8]

Omnium

Mountain bike

Greece qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's nineteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.^[9]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greece entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2019 world bronze medalist Theodora Gkountoura claimed a spot in the women's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[10]

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

On 25 June 2021, Eleftherios Petrounias secured a position in men's rings at the 2020 Summer Olympics, by winning a gold medal with 15.500 points at the 2020–2021 FIG World Cup in Doha, Qatar.^[11]

Men

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Alexios Ntanatsidis secured a position in his category by virtue of his world ranking. Elisavet Teltsidou secured a position in her category through a continental quota.^{[12] [13]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexios Ntanatsidis	Men's −81 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Elisavet Teltsidou	Women's −70 kg		W 01–00	W 10–00	L 00–01	Did not advance	L 00–10	Did not advance	7

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greece qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. The women's coxless pair confirmed an Olympic place by finishing fifth in the B-final and secured the last of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria, while the men's single sculls rower added one boat for the Greek roster with a top finish at the 2021 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^{[14] [15]} Another Greek rower scored a gold-medal triumph to book one of the remaining boats available in the women's single sculls at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefanos Ntouskos	Men's single sculls	6:59.49	1 QF	7:12.77	2 SA/B	6:41.61	1 FA	6:40.45
Anneta Kyridou	Women's single sculls	7:54.28	3 QF	8:02.19	3 SA/B	7:40.81	6 FB	7:36.79	10
Christina Bourmpou Maria Kyridou	Women's pair	7:33.94	5 R	7:28.00	1 SA/B	6:48.70	1 FA	6:57.11	5

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

See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greek sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^{[17] [18]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Byron Kokkalanis	RS:X	8	17	10	5		8	18	19	6	7	8	4	EL	110	11
Ioannis Mitakis	Finn	4	13	13	6	11	10	11	8	16		EL	92	12
Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis	470	5	6	3		15	12	8	7	4	6	9	84	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Aikaterini Divari	RS:X	19	19	19	20	20	23	15	18	13	19	19	23	EL	204	19
Vasileia Karachaliou	Laser Radial	2	19	6	1	21	21	9		19	8	6	112	9
Ariadne Paraskevi Spanaki Emilia Tsoulfa	470	14	8		17	18	13	2	12		9	EL	114	15

M = Medal race, EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race, DNF= Did not finish the race, BFD = Black Flag Disqualification – False start, DSQ = Disqualification, UFD = "U" Flag Disqualification

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greek shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikolaos Mavrommatis	Men's skeet	119	20	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Anna Korakaki	Women's 10 m air pistol	585	2 Q	157.4	6
Women's 25 m pistol	584	6 Q	18	6

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greek swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^{[20] [21] [22]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Apostolos Christou	100 m backstroke	53.77	=15 Q	53.41	11	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	48.50	18	Did not advance
Konstantinos Englezakis	800 m freestyle			Did not advance
Kristian Gkolomeev	50 m freestyle	21.66	3 Q	21.60	=3 Q	21.72	=5
Athanasios Kynigakis	10 km open water	1:49:29.2	5
align=left rowspan=2	Dimitrios Markos	200 m freestyle	1:49.16	31	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	7:58.68	26	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Apostolos Papastamos	200 m individual medley	2:00.38	35	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:12.50	14	Did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	200 m individual medley	1:58.84	24	Did not advance
Apostolos Christou Kristian Gkolomeev Odysseas Meladinis Andreas Vazaios	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.29	15	Did not advance
Apostolos Christou Evangelos Makrygiannis Konstantinos Meretsolias Andreas Vazaios	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.28	14	Did not advance

Women

Mixed

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greece entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Panagiotis Gionis scored a third-stage semifinal triumph to book his fifth consecutive trip to the Games in the men's singles at the European Qualification Tournament in Odivelas, Portugal.^[23]

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greece entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time since 2012. 2018 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Fani Tzeli secured a spot in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[24]

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari secured a position in the Men's and Women's singles respectively by virtue of their world rankings on 14 June 2021. In addition, their combined ranking made them available to play together in the Mixed doubles tournament.^{[25] [26]}

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
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Men's singles	W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	W 6–3, 6–4	L 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Maria Sakkari	Women's singles	W 7–5, 6–2	W 6–1, 6–2	L 7–5, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Maria Sakkari Stefanos Tsitsipas	Mixed doubles	W 6–3, 6–4	L 4–6, 6–4, [6–10]	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Greece men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 World Qualification Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^{[27] [28]}

Team roster

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

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greece has received a letter from IWF to fill a vacancy sending a male weightlifter to the Olympics.^[29]

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Greece qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Greek wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 65 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[30]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgios Pilidis	Men's −65 kg	L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance				15
Maria Prevolaraki	Women's −53 kg	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				11

Notes and References

1. News: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. 28 March 2020. Olympics. 24 March 2020.
2. Web site: Team Hellas – Tokyo 2020. Hellenic Olympic Committee. 17 July 2021. 24 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210724055243/https://hoc.gr/sites/default/files/%CE%A4eam%20Hellas%20Tokyo%202020.pdf. dead.
3. News: Τοξοβολία: Προκρίθηκε στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες η Ευαγγελία Ψάρρα για έκτη φορά στην καριέρα της. Sport.gr. 21 June 2021.
4. Web site: Italy, Spain and Greece fly to Tokyo!. FINA. 11 June 2021.
5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 8 April 2019.
6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards. IAAF. 8 April 2019. 8 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408160334/https://cdn.dosb.de/user_upload/Olympische_Spiele/Tokio_2020/internationale_Qualifikationskriterien/IAAF_-_Athletics_20180806.pdf. dead.
7. News: Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. UCI. 18 November 2019. 23 November 2019.
8. News: Track Cycling Rankings. UCI. 1 March 2020. 14 June 2021.
9. News: MTB Olympic Qualification Men Ranking. UCI. 18 May 2021. 14 June 2021.
10. News: Τόκιο 2021: Η Γκουντούρα προκρίθηκε στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες. Gazzetta.gr. 13 March 2021.
11. News: Στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες ο Λευτέρης Πετρούνιας!. Gazzetta.gr. 25 June 2021.
12. Web site: Men's −81kg World Ranking. IJF. 21 June 2021.
13. Web site: Women's −70kg World Ranking. IJF. 21 June 2021.
14. News: B-finals take on new meaning when Tokyo 2020 spots are available. International Rowing Federation. 31 August 2019. 31 August 2019.
15. News: European rowing gain Olympic and Paralympic qualification places. International Rowing Federation. 16 April 2021. 8 May 2021.
16. News: Final spots for the Olympics determined on the Rotsee. International Rowing Federation. 16 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
17. News: Eight nations book Tokyo 2020 spot in the Women's 470. World Sailing. 8 August 2018. 10 August 2018.
18. News: First Laser, Radial and 49erFX nations confirmed for Tokyo 2020. World Sailing. 10 August 2018. 10 August 2018.
19. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 2 September 2018.
20. Web site: FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification. FINA. 23 March 2019.
21. News: Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. PDF. Tokyo 2020. FINA. 6 March 2021.
22. News: Στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες με απίθανη κούρσα ο Κυνηγάκης!. Gazzetta.gr. 20 June 2021.
23. News: Places booked new names join Olympic order. 26 April 2021. International Table Tennis Federation. 24 April 2021.
24. News: European Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 concludes. World Taekwondo. 8 May 2021. 9 May 2021.
25. Web site: ATP Rankings. ATP. 14 June 2021.
26. Web site: WTA rankings. WTA. 14 June 2021.
27. News: Shefferd. Neil. Montenegro and Greece reach Tokyo 2020 after making final of men’s Olympic water polo qualification tournament. Inside the Games. 20 February 2021. 21 February 2021.
28. News: Csurka. Gergely. Montenegrins, Greeks sit on the clouds, flying to Tokyo. FINA. 20 February 2021. 21 February 2021.
29. News: Στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του Τόκιο ο Θοδωρής Ιακωβίδης. 2 July 2021. Gazzetta.gr. 3 July 2021.
30. News: Ken. Marantz. Russia Completes Olympic Freestyle Lineup as Kozyrev Qualifies at 125kg; US falls short. 6 May 2021. 6 May 2021. United World Wrestling.