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  competitors 441 (223 men, 218 women)
  flagbearer Pyrros Dimas
  gold 6
  silver 6
  bronze 4
  total 16
  rank 15


Greece was the host nation for the ''' 2004 Summer Olympics ''' in Athens . The delegation of 441 athletes, 223 men and 218 women, was represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). It was the largest Greek Olympic team since the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. At those games, 240 Greek athletes competed, most notably Spiridon Louis who won the Marathon .


MEDALS

Greece finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 16 medals overall.


Gold


  • Diving ( and Nikolaos Siranidis with a score of 353.34 (16 August)

  • Judo ( (17 August)

  • Sailing ( and Aimilia Tsoulfa (21 August)

  • Gymnastics ( with a score of 9.862 (22 August)

  • Athletics ( (23 August)

  • Athletics ( (25 August)



Silver




Bronze


  • Rowing ( and Nikolaos Skiathitis (15 August)

  • Weightlifting ( with a score of 377.5 (21 August)

  • Wrestling ( (25 August)

  • Athletics ( (28 Aug)



RESULTS BY EVENT



Archery


Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Men's team:
  • Georgios Kalogiannidis, Alexandros Karageorgiou, and Apostolos Nanos - men's team, 13th place


Women's team:
  • Evangelia Psarra, Elpida Romantzi, and Fotini Vavatsi - women's team, 5th place



Athletics


Men's 100 metres:

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Men's 200 metres:

Women's 200 metres:
  • Olga Kaidantzi - Round 1: 23.11 s, Round 2: 23.15 s, Semifinal: 23.30 s


Men's 400 metres:

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

Women's 400 metre hurdles:
  • Fani Halkia - Round 1: 53.85 s (NR), Semifinal: 52.77 s (OR, NR), Final: 52.82 s (gold medal)


Men's 800 metres:

Women's 1500 metres:

Women's 5000 metres:

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

Men's 4x400 metre relay:
  • Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panayiotis Sarris, and Periklis Iakovakis - Round 1, 3:04.27 (did not advance)


Women's 4x400 metre relay:

Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

Men's marathon:

Women's marathon:

Men's 20 km walk:

Women's 20 km walk:

Men's 50 km walk:

Men's long jump:

Women's long jump:

Men's triple jump:

Women's triple jump:

Women's high jump:

Men's pole vault:

Women's pole vault:

Women's shot put:

Men's discus:

Women's discus:

Women's javelin:

Men's hammer:

Women's hammer:


Badminton


Men's doubles:


Baseball


The Greek baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

  • Players: Clayton Bellinger , Alexander Cremidans, Chris Demetral, Dimitrios Douros, Laurence Heisler, James Kavourias, Robert Kingsbury, Georgios Kottaras, Michael Koutsantonakis, Cory Antony Harris, Peter Maestrales, Nick Markakis , Meleti Ross Melehes, Erik Pappas , Peter Rasmusen, Christoforos Rompinson, Panagiotis Sikaras, Vasili Spanos, Peter Soteropoulos, Sean Spencer, Jared Theodorakos, Nicholas Theodorou, Clint Zavaras

  • Manager: Jack Rhodes

  • Coaches: Scott Demetral, Ioannis Kazanas, Mike Riskas



Basketball


Men's: 5th place
  • Preliminary round: 3-2

  • Quarterfinal: lost to Argentina , 69-64

  • Classification (5/6): defeated Puerto Rico, 85-75


Women's: 7th place
  • Preliminary round: 2-3

  • Quarterfinal: lost to United States , 100-72

  • Classification (7/8): defeated New Zealand, 87-83



Boxing

Greece had six boxers competing in Athens. Elias Pavlidis was the only one to make it through the first bout, winning both of the Greek team's two victories in their 2-6 record.

Lightweight (60kg)

Light Welterweight (64kg)

Welterweight (69kg)

Middleweight (75kg)

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

Heavyweight (91kg)


Canoeing



Flatwater


Men's C1 500 metres:

Men's C2 1000 metres:
  • Andreas Kiligkaridis - semifinal, 11th place


Men's K1 500 metres:

Women's K1 500 metres:

Men's K1 1000 metres:
  • Apostolos Papandreou - preliminary heats, 23rd place



Slalom


Men's C1 slalom:

Men's K1 slalom:

Women's K1 slalom:


Cycling



Track cycling


Men's team sprint:

Men's time trial:
  • Dimitrios Georgalis - 15th place, 1:04.204


Women's points race:

Men's Keirin:
  • Labros Vasilopoulos - classification 7-12, 9th place



Mountain biking


Men's cross country:


Diving


Men's 3 metre springboard:

Women's 3 metre springboard:

Men's 10 metre platform:

Women's 10 metre platform:

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:
  • Thomas Bimis and Nikolaos Siranidis - gold medal, 353.34 points


Women's syncrhonized 3 metre springboard:
  • Diamantina Georgatou and Sotiria Koutsopetrou - 8th place, 270.33 points


Men's synchronized 10 metre platform:
  • Sotirios Trakas and Ioannis Gavriilidis - 7th place, 331.44 points


Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:


Equestrian


Individual dressage:

Individual eventing:

Individual jumping:

Team jumping:
  • Athanassiades, Mytilinaiou, Petris, and Tsatsou - first round, 14th place



Fencing


Men's épée individual:

Women's épée individual:

Women's foil individual:

Men's sabre individual:

Women's épée team:
  • Niki Sidiropoulou, Jeanne Hristou, and Dimitra Magkandaki - 8th place


Men's sabre team:


Football (Soccer)


Men's: 15th place
  • Preliminary round: 0-1-2

  • Quarterfinal: did not qualify


Women's: 10th place
  • Preliminary round: 0-0-3

  • Quarterfinal: did not qualify



Gymnastics


Men's artistic:

Women's artistic:

Women's rhythmic:

Men's trampoline:


Handball


Men's: 6th place
  • Preliminary round: 2-0-3

  • Quarterfinal: lost to Croatia , 33-27

  • Classification (5-8): defeated Korea , 29-24

  • Classification (5/6): lost to France , 33-15


Women's: 10th place
  • Preliminary round: 0-0-4

  • Classification (9/10): lost to Angola , 38-23



Judo


Men's 69 kg:

Men's 66 kg:

Men's 73 kg:

Men's 81 kg:

Men's 90 kg:

Men's 100 kg:

Men's 100+ kg:

Women's 48 kg:

Women's 52 kg:

Women's 57 kg:

Women's 63 kg:

Women's 70 kg:

Women's 78 kg:

Women's 78+ kg:


Modern Pentathlon

Men's

Women's


Softball


Women's Team Competition



Triathlon

The same triathlete that had competed for Greece in the 2000 triathlon returned in 2004. He did not finish the competition this time.

Men's:


Volleyball


Men's beach:

Women's beach:

Men's:

Women's:
  • Prelims: 1-4

  • Quarterfinal: Did not qualify



Water Polo


Men's Team Competition



Women's Team Competition



OFFICIALS

  • President: Lambis V. Nikolaou

  • Secretary General: Dimitris Diathessopoulos