Greece at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Greece at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Seoul  South Korea
Competitors	56 (44 men and 12 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Charalambos "Babis" Cholidis[1]
Medals Ranked 46th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Babis Kholidis	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg	22 September

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	0	6	6
Boxing	1	–	1
Gymnastics	0	3	3
Rowing	6	1	7
Sailing	8	0	8
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	4	0	4
Tennis	2	1	3
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	4	–	4
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	44	12	56

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's Javelin Throw

• Anna Verouli

• Qualification – 58.52m (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Stelios Georgousopoulos	Division II	19	27	RET	27	RET	RET	RET	247.0	36
Armanto Ortolano	Finn	11	15	17	15	DNF	15	10	119.0	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Helias Hadjipavlis Konstantinos Manthos	Star	7	9	3	DSQ	17	5	14	86.7	12
Tassos Boudouris Dimitrios Deligiannis Antonios Bountouris Georgios Prekas	Soling	14	RET	9	18	DSQ	14	RET	133.0	18

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Helias Malamas
  1. Heat – 59.24 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Nikolaos Fokianos
  1. Heat – 1:06.30 (→ did not advance, 47th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Nikolaos Fokianos
  1. Heat – 2:28.91 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Theodoras Griniazakis
  1. Heat – 57.56 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – 2:05.53
  2. B-Final – 2:06.61 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – 4:26.72
  2. B-Final – 4:27.95 (→ 16th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Helias Malamas, Nikolaos Fokianos, Theodoros Griniazakis, and Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – 4:07.71 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

• Olga Tsarbopoulou
  1. First Round – Lost to Mercedes Paz (Argentina) 6-7, 3-6

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group B)

• Lost to Hungary (10-12)
• Defeated China (10-7)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (7-17)
• Lost to United States (9-18)
• Lost to Spain (9-12)

• Classification Round (Group E)

• Defeated South Korea (17-7)
• Defeated France (10-7) → 9th place

• Team roster

• Nikolaos Christoforidis
• Filippos Kaiafas
• Epaminondas Samartzidis
• Anastasios Tsikaris
• Kyriakos Giannopoulos
• Aristidis Kefalogiannis
• Nikolaos Venetopoulos
• Dimitrios Seletopoulos
• Antonios Aronis
• Evangelos Pateros
• George Mavrotas
• Evangelos Patras

• Head coach: Iosifidis Koulis

References

1. "Flagbearers for Greece". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. Greece at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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