Greece at the 2022 World Games explained

Noc:GRE
Country:Greece
Year:2022
Games:World Games
Nocname:Hellenic Olympic Committee
Location:Birmingham, United States
Competitors:15
Competitors Men:10
Competitors Women:5
Sports:6
Rank:34
Gold:1
Silver:3
Bronze:4

Greece competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022.[1] Athletes representing Greece won one gold medal, three silver medals and four bronze medals. The country finished in 34th place in the medal table.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Finswimming6 2 8
Ju-jitsu0 2 2
Karate1 1 2
Muaythai1 0 1
Parkour1 0 1
Water skiing1 0 1
Total 10 5 15

Finswimming

See main article: Finswimming at the 2022 World Games.

Eight swimmers represented Greece in finswimming; in total, they won four medals.[2] [3] [4]

Men

AthleteEventTimeRank
Anastasios MylonakisMen's 50 m apnoea14.757
Anastasios MylonakisMen's 100 m surface36.39
Antonios TsourounakisMen's 400 m surface3:06.578
Christos Boniasalign=left rowspan=2Men's 50 m bi-fins18.99
Stylianos Chatziiliadis18.74
Christos Boniasalign=left rowspan=2Men's 100 m bi-fins42.59
Stylianos Chatziiliadis42.684
Georgios Kaltsoukalas
Anastasios Mylonakis
Georgios Panagoitidis
Antonios Tsourounakis
Men's 4 × 50 m surface relay1:02.874
Georgios Kaltsoukalas
Anastasios Mylonakis
Georgios Panagoitidis
Antonios Tsourounakis
Men's 4 × 100 m surface relay2:23.684

Women

AthleteEventTimeRank
Eirini DeligianniWomen's 200 m surface1:32.965
Aikaterini ManiatiWomen's 100 m bi-fins49.908

Ju-jitsu

See main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2022 World Games.

Greece won two medals in ju-jitsu.[5]

AthleteEventElimination roundSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Athanasia ZariopiWomen's fighting 48 kg
L 0–14

W 8–0
2 Q
W 14–0

L 0–14
Christina KoutoulakiWomen's fighting 57 kg
L 2–10

W 14–0
2 Q
W 16–10

L

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2022 World Games.

Greece won one medal in karate.[6]

Men
Women

Muaythai

See main article: Muaythai at the 2022 World Games.

Greece competed in muaythai.[7]

Parkour

See main article: Parkour at the 2022 World Games.

Greece won one gold medal in parkour.[8] [9]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Ioakeim TheodoridisMen's speedrun24.686 Q28.706
Ioakeim TheodoridisMen's freestyle23.51 Q26.0

Water skiing

See main article: Water skiing at the 2022 World Games.

Filippos Kyprios was scheduled to represent Greece in water skiing. He did not start in the event.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA). 26 March 2022. International World Games Association.
  2. News: 8 July 2022 . Colombia top medals table after first day of Birmingham 2022 World Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 19 July 2022.
  3. News: 11 March 2022 . Greek Finswimming Team for World Games 2022 . finswimmer.com . 9 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Finswimming Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710011305/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Finswimming.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  5. Web site: Ju-jitsu Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220717113819/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Ju-Jitsu.pdf . 17 July 2022 . 17 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  6. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  7. Web site: Muaythai Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220718093542/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Muaythai.pdf . 18 July 2022 . 18 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  8. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 10 July 2022 . Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship" . . 12 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Parkour Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712171649/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Parkour.pdf . 12 July 2022 . 12 July 2022 . 202 World Games.
  10. Web site: Waterski & Wakeboard Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220717140126/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Waterski+%26+Wakeboard.pdf . 17 July 2022 . 18 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.