Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Greece at the Olympic Games
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	60 (58 men and 2 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Khristos Papanikolaou
Medals Rank: 29	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 2
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Intercalated Games
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Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 60 competitors, 58 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 9 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Silver

• Ilias Khatzipavlis — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
• Petros Galaktopoulos — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 400 metres hurdles

• Stavros Tziortzis

• Final — 49.66 (→ 6th place)

Men's 1500 metres

• Spilios Zacharopoulos

• Heat — 3:43.8
• Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Vassilios Papadimitriou

• Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)

• Ioannis Koussoulas

• Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Evengelos Oikonomakos

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0
• Third Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 0:5

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.

Men's foil

• Andreas Vgenopoulos

Men's épée

• Panagiotis Dourakos
• Andreas Vgenopoulos

Men's sabre

• Ioannis Khatzisarantos

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Drew with Australia (7-7)
• Lost to Hungary (1-6)
• Lost to West Germany (3-8)
• Lost to the Netherlands (2-6) → Did not advance

• Team Roster

• Dimitrios Konstas
• Georgios Theodorakopoulos
• Evangelos Voultsos
• Kyriakos Iossifidis
• Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
• Periklis Damaskus
• Thomas Karalogos
• Ioannis Karalogos
• Efstathios Sarantos
• Ioannis Palios
• Panagiotis Michalos

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 82.5 kg

• Khristos Iakovou: 5th place

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics