Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Beijing  China
Competitors	156 in 22 sports
Flag bearers	Ilias Iliadis (opening) Hrysopiyi Devetzi (closing)
Medals Ranked 58th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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1906 Intercalated Games

Greece, the previous host of the 2004 Olympics at Athens, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. They were represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, which announced on July 28, 2008, the 156 Greek athletes to compete in Beijing, composed of 84 men and 72 women,^[1] the largest Greek Olympic team ever excluding the home team of the Athens 2004 Olympics.^[2] Greece took part in archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, beach volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.

As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games, and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered the Beijing National Stadium first during the opening ceremony, led by the judoka Ilias Iliadis, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

The Greek team was originally awarded two silver and two bronze medals. In all four medal cases there was participation by athletes who were also medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (in the case of groups, at least one of their members was a former medalist).

Alexandros Nikolaidis won a second Olympic silver medal, Vasileios Polymeros was second after his third place in Athens (along with Dimitrios Mougios), while the golden medalist of 2004 Sofia Bekatorou led the yngling class team to the third place. Hrysopiyi Devetzi was third, but eight years later (2016) she was disqualified by IAAF and the IOC and had her Olympic bronze medal annulled^[3] due to stanozol use.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Dimitrios Mougios Vasileios Polymeros	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
Silver	Alexandros Nikolaidis	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
Bronze	Sofia Bekatorou Virginia Kravarioti Sofia Papadopoulou	Sailing	Women's yngling class

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Greece will send archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Elpida Romantzi earned the country its first qualifying spot, in the women's competition, by placing 36th in the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.^[4] Evangelia Psarra placed third at the European qualifying tournament, giving Greece a second spot in the women's individual competition.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Evangelia Psarra	Women's individual	613	50	Chen L (CHN) (15) L 101–110	Did not advance
Elpida Romantzi		614	49	Şatır (TUR) (16) W 105–103	Esebua (GEO) (17) W 102 (10)–102 (9)	Park (KOR) (1) L 103–115	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Konstadinos Douvalidis	110 m hurdles	13.49	1 Q	13.46	4 q	13.55	5	Did not advance
Periklis Iakovakis	400 m hurdles	49.50	2 Q	—		48.69	4 Q	49.96	8
Konstadinos Stefanopoulos	50 km walk	—						4:07:53	37
Konstadinos Anastasiou Stylianos Dimotsios Dimitrios Gravalos Pantelis Melachroinoudis	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.30	7	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Konstadinos Baniotis	High jump	2.10	37	Did not advance
Alexandros Papadimitriou	Hammer throw	74.33	18	Did not advance
Ioannis-Georgios Smalios	Javelin throw	71.87	27	Did not advance
Mihail Stamatoyiannis	Shot put	18.45	36	Did not advance
Louis Tsatoumas	Long jump	8.27	1 Q	NM	—
Dimitrios Tsiamis	Triple jump	16.65	23	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eleni Donta	Marathon	—				2:46:44	60
Dimitra Dova	400 m	52.69	5	Did not advance
Konstadina Efedaki	1500 m	4:15:02	10	—		Did not advance
Irini Kokkinariou	3000 m steeplechase	10:22.39	15	—		Did not advance
Flora Redoumi	100 m hurdles	13.56	7	Did not advance
Athanasia Tsoumeleka	20 km walk	—				1:27:54	DSQ
Evaggelia Xinou		—				1:32:19	25
Despina Zapounidou		—				1:39:11	41

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Long jump	6.57	14	Did not advance
	Triple jump	14.92	2 Q	15.23	DSQ
Dorothea Kalpakidou	Discus throw	53.00	35	Did not advance
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Pole vault	4.15	27	Did not advance
Savva Lika	Javelin throw	59.11	15	Did not advance
Stiliani Papadopoulou	Hammer throw	69.36	12 q	64.97	11
Alexandra Papageorgiou		66.72	28	Did not advance
Athanasia Perra	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Afroditi Skafida	Pole vault	4.30	16	Did not advance
Antonia Stergiou	High jump	1.85	24	Did not advance
Irini Terzoglou	Shot put	16.50	26	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Argyro Strataki	Result	14.05	1.68	13.22	25.47	5.97	45.20	2:14.57	5893	24
	Points	971	830	742	844	840	767	899

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Greece qualified for the men's basketball tournament through the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008.

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greece roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Greece men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Theo Papaloukas (C) 31 – (1977-05-08)May 8, 1977 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Olympiacos B.C. F/C 5 Ioannis Bourousis 24 – (1983-11-17)November 17, 1983 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Olympiacos B.C. PG 6 Nikos Zisis 24 – (1983-08-16)August 16, 1983 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) PBC CSKA Moscow PG 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 26 – (1982-08-07)August 7, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Panathinaikos BC F 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 24 – (1984-02-08)February 8, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Olympiacos B.C. PF 9 Antonis Fotsis 27 – (1981-04-01)April 1, 1981 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Panathinaikos BC F 10 Giorgos Printezis 23 – (1985-02-22)February 22, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Olympiacos B.C. C 11 Andreas Glyniadakis 26 – (1981-08-26)August 26, 1981 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Maroussi BC F/C 12 Kostas Tsartsaris 28 – (1979-10-17)October 17, 1979 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Panathinaikos BC G 13 Dimitris Diamantidis 28 – (1980-05-06)May 6, 1980 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Panathinaikos BC C 14 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 23 – (1985-06-22)June 22, 1985 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Olympiacos B.C. G/F 15 Michalis Pelekanos 27 – (1981-05-25)May 25, 1981 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Olympiacos B.C.	Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
4	China (H)	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
5	Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

10 August 2008 14:30

Report

Spain	81–66	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 15–13, 27–17, 19–20
Pts: Fernández 16 Rebs: P. Gasol 7 Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 2		Pts: Spanoulis 15 Rebs: Tsartsaris 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

12 August 2008 14:30

Report

Greece	87–64	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–10, 25–15, 18–16
Pts: Spanoulis 23 Rebs: Bourousis 8 Asts: Spanoulis 5		Pts: Nowitzki 13 Rebs: Nowitzki 6 Asts: Greene 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

14 August 2008 20:00

Report

United States	92–69	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 31–16, 23–22, 18–15
Pts: Bryant, Bosh 18 Rebs: James, Howard, Anthony 6 Asts: James 6		Pts: Papaloukas 15 Rebs: Fotsis, Papaloukas 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

16 August 2008 09:00

Report

Greece	102–61	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19
Pts: Bourousis 22 Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7 Asts: Fotsis 5		Pts: Mingas 25 Rebs: Geronimo 7 Asts: Costa 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: José Carrión (PUR)

18 August 2008 14:30

Report

Greece	91–77	China
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–9, 23–30, 22–23
Pts: Bourousis, Spanoulis 19 Rebs: Bourousis 19 Asts: Papaloukas, Spanoulis 5		Pts: Yao 16 Rebs: Wang 8 Asts: Sun 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008 22:15

Report

Argentina	80–78	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23
Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38
Pts: Ginobili 24 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 3		Pts: Fotsis 17 Rebs: Fotsis 10 Asts: Papaloukas 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Greece qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Both qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgios Gazis	Middleweight	Biembe (COD) W 7–2	Góngora (ECU) L 1–12	Did not advance
Elias Pavlidis	Heavyweight	Bye	Gajović (MNE) W 7–3	Acosta (CUB) L 4–7	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Christos Tsakmakis	Men's C-1	91.53	10	86.01	5	177.54	8 Q	92.18	6 Q	94.49	7	186.67	7
Maria Ferekidi	Women's K-1	108.37	13	113.60	19	221.97	12 Q	118.99	11	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Kiligkaridis	Men's C-1 500 m	1:54.541	5 QS	1:56.310	5	Did not advance
	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:18.488	5 QS	4:04.627	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Track

Greece will have entries in the men's Keirin and team sprint.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Vasileios Reppas	Men's sprint	10.966 65.657	20	Did not advance
Athanasios Mantzouranis Vasileios Reppas Panagiotis Voukelatos	Men's team sprint	45.645 59.152	10	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Athanasios Mantzouranis	Men's keirin	5 R	3	Did not advance
Christos Volikakis		5 R	2	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eftychia Papavasilopoulou	10 m platform	252.00	26	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Vlasios Maras	Vault	—			15.987	—		15.987	11	Did not advance
	Horizontal bar	—					13.975	13.975	60	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Stefani Bismpikou	All-around	13.575	14.225	14.350	14.475	56.625	39	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Eleni Andriola	Individual	14.750	15.450	14.100	15.400	59.700	21	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Dimitra Kafalidou Vasiliki Maniou Olga-Afroditi Pilaki Paraskevi Pleksida Ioanna Samara Nikoletta Tsagari	Team	15.400	15.600	31.000	9	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lavrentios Alexanidis	Men's −60 kg	Bye	D'Aquino (AUS) W 1000–0000	Houkes (NED) L 0000–0001	Did not advance		Will (CAN) L 0010–1001	Did not advance
Tariel Zintiridis	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Takata (USA) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Ilias Iliadis	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Huizinga (NED) L 0001–1010	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ioannis Christou	Single sculls	7:29.87	3 QF	—		6:58.28	3 SA/B	7:06.02	4 FB	7:06.02	10
Dimitrios Mougios Vasileios Polymeros	Lightweight double sculls	6:16.10	2 SA/B	Bye		—		6:24.61	1 FA	6:11.72

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chrysi Biskitzi Alexandra Tsiavou	Lightweight double sculls	7:05.95	5 R	7:24.55	2 SA/B	7:11.99	3 FA	7:04.61	6

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	RS:X	10	2	12	11	8	10	5	15	10	7	OCS	97	8
Evangelos Cheimonas	Laser	22	21	9	11	DSQ	BFD	9	6	8	CAN	EL	130	15
Andreas Kosmatopoulos Andreas Papadopoulos	470	5	26	11	8	5	5	18	3	20	29	EL	101	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Athina Frai	RS:X	15	15	16	10	19	5	11	9	15	11	EL	107	14
Efi Mantzaraki	Laser Radial	14	18	14	18	16	8	5	22	24	CAN	EL	115	18
Sofia Bekatorou Virginia Kravarioti Sofia Papadopoulou	Yngling	10	12	9	3	2	OCS	3	3	CAN	CAN	6	48

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Aimilios Papathanasiou	Finn	1	DNF	5	DNF	18	15	DNF	8	CAN	CAN	EL	101	15
Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigonis	Tornado	2	5	12	7	2	12	4	10	6	13	DNF	82	9

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Georgios Salavantakis	Skeet	109	33	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romanos Alyfantis	100 m breaststroke	1:03.39	50	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.04	41	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:57.99	26	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:23.41	25	—		Did not advance
Dimitrios Chasiotis	200 m backstroke	2:02.30	36	Did not advance
Vasileios Demetis	400 m individual medley	4:18.40	18	—		Did not advance
Spyridon Gianniotis	400 m freestyle	3:49.34	24	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:53.32	12	—		Did not advance
	10 km open water	—				1:52:20.4	16
Aristeidis Grigoriadis	100 m freestyle	50.62	48	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.71	17	Did not advance
Ioannis Kokkodis	200 m individual medley	2:01.22	23	Did not advance
Sotirios Pastras	100 m butterfly	52.41 NR	25	Did not advance
Apostolos Tsagkarakis	50 m freestyle	22.39	26	Did not advance
Andreas Zisimos	200 m freestyle	1:48.82	29	Did not advance
Vasileios Demetis Ioannis Giannoulis Nikolaos Xylouris Andreas Zisimos	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:18.26	15	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stella Boumi	200 m backstroke	2:14.73	29	Did not advance
Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou	400 m freestyle	4:15.78	27	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:41.65	28	—		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:13.27	29	Did not advance
Angeliki Exarchou	100 m breaststroke	1:10.47	30	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:36.83	39	Did not advance
Eirini Kavarnou	100 m butterfly	1:00.74	41	Did not advance
Eleni Kosti	100 m freestyle	56.44	37	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:04.55	44	Did not advance
Marianna Lymperta	10 km open water	—				1:59:42.3	11
Martha Matsa	50 m freestyle	25.68	33	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Evanthia Makrygianni Despoina Solomou	Duet	45.834	9	45.584	91.418	10	45.667	91.501	10

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Panagiotis Gionis	Men's singles	Bye	Tsuboi (BRA) W 4–0	Lin C K (HKG) L 3–4	Did not advance
Kalinikos Kreanga		Bye		Mizutani (JPN) W 4–1	Ma L (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Panagiotis Gionis Kalinikos Kreanga Ntaniel Tsiokas	Men's team	Group A  China (CHN) L 0 – 3  Austria (AUT) L 0 – 3  Australia (AUS) W 3 – 0	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandros Nikolaidis	Men's +80 kg	Chilmanov (KAZ) W 4–3	Zrouri (MAR) W 5–4	Chukwumerije (NGR) W 3–2	Bye		Cha D-M (KOR) L 4–5
Elisavet Mystakidou	Women's −67 kg	Ocasio (PUR) L 0–1	Did not advance
Kyriaki Kouvari	Women's +67 kg	Falavigna (BRA) L 1–3	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Eleni Daniilidou	Women's singles	Razzano (FRA) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Eleni Daniilidou Anna Gerasimou	Women's doubles	—	Gagliardi / Schnyder (SUI) L 0–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Deniz Dimaki	Women's	21:36	Lapped

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Greece has two teams in the women's Olympic beach volleyball tournament.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vassiliki Arvaniti Vasso Karantasiou	Women's	Pool F  D Schwaiger – S Schwaiger (AUT) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 18–21)  Candelas – García (MEX) L 1 – 2 (17–21, 21–16, 12–15)  Talita – Renata (BRA) L 0 – 2 (20–22, 19–21)	4	Did not advance
Efthalia Koutroumanidou Maria Tsiartsiani		Pool D  Chen X – Zhang X (CHN) L 1 – 2 (18–21, 21–19, 12–15)  Augoustides – Nel (RSA) W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–8)  Goller – Ludwig (GER) L 0 – 2 (22–24, 12–21)	3 Q	Barnett – Cook (AUS) L 1 – 2 (20–22, 21–19, 12–15)	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Greece participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 7th place, while the women's team finished in 8th place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greek roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Nikolaos Deligiannis	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	3 September 1976	Olympiacos
2	Anastasios Schizas	CB	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	18 February 1977	Olympiacos
3	Dimitrios Mazis	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	5 September 1976	Ethnikos Piraeus
4	Konstantinos Kokkinakis	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	9 October 1975	Ethnikos Piraeus
5	Ioannis Thomakos	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	14 March 1977	Panionios
6	Argyris Theodoropoulos	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	13 January 1981	Olympiacos
7	Christos Afroudakis	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	23 May 1984	Olympiacos
8	Georgios Ntoskas	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	11 November 1984	Olympiacos
9	Georgios Afroudakis	CF	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	17 October 1976	Olympiacos
10	Dimitrios Miteloudis	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	11 February 1982	Vouliagmeni
11	Antonios Vlontakis	CF	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	10 October 1975	Ethnikos Piraeus
12	Emmanouil Mylonakis	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	9 April 1985	Ethnikos Piraeus
13	Georgios Reppas	GK	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	11 December 1974	Panionios

Head coach: Alessandro Campagna

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9	Qualified for the semifinals
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5	Will play for places 7–10
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	−17	2	Will play for places 7–12
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	−40	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 14:00	Report	Australia	12–8	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Bock (GER), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 2–0, 1–0
		Figlioli 4, McGregor 3	Goals	Ntoskas 3

12 August 2008 14:00	Report	Greece	6–17	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 2–2, 1–4, 1–4
		Schizas 2	Goals	Biros 4, Benedek 3, Madaras 2, Dá. Varga 2, Molnár 2

14 August 2008 14:00	Report	Montenegro	10–6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Tulga (TUR), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 5–2, 0–2
		M. Janović 2, Zloković 2, Gojković 2, Jokić 2	Goals	Ntoskas 2

16 August 2008 10:50	Report	Canada	7–13	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Hart (AUS), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–5, 2–1, 0–1
		Graham 3, Feltham 3	Goals	Ntoskas 4, Theodoropoulos 3

18 August 2008 15:20	Report	Spain	10–6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 3–5, 2–1
		F. Perrone 7	Goals	Theodoropoulos 2

Classification quarterfinal

20 August 2008 10:50	Report	Greece	13–8	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Knights (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–4, 2–0, 4–3
		Ntoskas 4, G. Afroudakis 3, C. Afroudakis 2	Goals	Xie 3, Wang Yo. 2

Classification semifinal

22 August 2008 17:00	Report	Germany	9–13	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 2–4, 3–3
		Nossek 3, Schertwitis 2, Kreuzmann 2	Goals	Ntoskas 6, Schizas 3, Theodoropoulos 2

Classification 7th–8th

24 August 2008 10:50	Report	Australia	8–9	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Simion (ROU), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–1, 1–3
		Figlioli 3, Campbell 2, Martin 2	Goals	Schizas 2, C. Afroudakis 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Greek roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[9]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Georgia Ellinaki	GK	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	28 February 1974	Ethnikos Piraeus
2	Christina Tsoukala	CB	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	8 July 1991	Vouliagmeni
3	Angeliki Gerolymou	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	22 June 1982	Vouliagmeni
4	Sofia Iosifidou	CB	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	13 January 1981	Ethnikos Piraeus
5	Kyriaki Liosi	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	30 October 1979	Vouliagmeni
6	Stavroula Kozompoli	CF	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	14 January 1974	Nireas Chalandriou
7	Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	16 February 1978	ANO Glyfada
8	Antigoni Roumpesi	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	19 July 1983	Vouliagmeni
9	Evangelia Moraitidou	CB	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	16 March 1975	ANO Glyfada
10	Alexandra Asimaki	CF	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	28 June 1988	Vouliagmeni
11	Stavroula Antonakou	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	2 May 1982	Ethnikos Piraeus
12	Georgia Lara	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	31 May 1980	Vouliagmeni
13	Maria Tsouri	GK	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	25 May 1986	ANO Glyfada

Head coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hungary	3	2	1	0	28	20	+8	5	Qualified for semifinals
Australia	3	2	1	0	25	22	+3	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	27	0	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	16	27	−11	0	Will play for places 7th–8th

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008 15:40	Report	Greece	6–8	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Decio Jr Patelli (BRA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–2, 1–1, 1–0
		Roumpesi 3, Liosi 2	Goals	Beadsworth 4, Gofers 2

13 August 2008 14:20	Report	Greece	6–9	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Shiwei Ni (CHN), Decio Jr Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 1–3, 0–1
		Liosi 2	Goals	Cabout 4, de Bruijn 2, van Belkum 2

15 August 2008 15:40	Report	Hungary	10–4	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Decio Jr Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 3–0, 3–2
		Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Drávucz 2, Pelle 2	Goals	Gerolymou 1, Liosi 1, Roumpesi 1, Asimaki 1

Classification 7th–8th

17 August 2008 13:00	Report	Russia	12–6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Stephen Knights (NZL), Guy Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–2
		Shepelina 3, Konukh 3, Pantyulina 2, Belyaeva 2	Goals	Roumpesi 4

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

11 competitors were banned after testing positive for drugs.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Konstantinos Gkaripis	Men's −94 kg	160	16	200	13	360	14
Anastasios Triantafyllou		155	17	196	15	351	15
Nikolaos Kourtidis	Men's −105 kg	176	12	221	9	397	9
Victoria Mavridou	Women's +75 kg	105	9	126	10	231	9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emzarios Bentinidis	−74 kg	Bye	Gentry (CAN) W 3–1 ^PP	Tigiev (UZB) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Ştefan (ROU) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	9

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Theodoros Tounousidis	−96 kg	Bye	Nozadze (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					=17
Panagiotis Papadopoulos	−120 kg	Liu Dl (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						18

See also

• Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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