Greece competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Hellenic Olympic Committee sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games in London, 65 men and 38 women, to compete in 19 sports. Men's water polo was the only team event in which Greece was represented at these Olympic Games.
As the progenitor nation of the Olympic games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first during the opening ceremony, led by taekwondo jin Alexandros Nikolaidis, two-time Olympic silver medalist in men's super heavyweight division.
Greece failed to win a gold or a silver medal for the first time since 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Only two bronze medals were awarded to the team: one in judo, by Ilias Iliadis, an Olympic gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the other in rowing, by Alexandra Tsiavou (sixth in Beijing), and Christina Giazitzidou.
Several athletes missed out of the medal standings in the finals, including swimmer Spyridon Gianniotis (fourth in the open water marathon), the Men's coxless four team (finished in the fourth place), Vassiliki Vougiouka (missed out the semi-finals in fencing), sailor Byron Kokkalanis, (sixth in men's windsurfing) and gymnast Vasileios Tsolakidis (sixth in men's parallel bars).
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Judo Men's 90 kg 1 August Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls 4 August
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Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games and selected biographies. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 11 12 23Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 4 0 4Diving 1 0 1Fencing 0 1 1Gymnastics 2 7 9Judo 1 1 2Rowing 8 2 10Sailing 9 2 11Shooting 2 1 3Swimming 8 6 14Synchronized swimming 0 2 2Table tennis 2 0 2Taekwondo 1 0 1Volleyball 0 2 2Water polo 13 0 13Weightlifting 1 0 1Wrestling 1 1 2 Total 65 38 103
Archery
Greece qualified one archer.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Evangelia PsarraWomen's individual63643 (22)L 4–6 did not advance
Athletics
Greek athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankKonstadinos Douvalidis110 m hurdles13.402 Q13.777Did not advancePeriklis Iakovakis400 m hurdles50.275Did not advanceAlexandros Papamichail20 km walkcolspan=4 1:21:12 NR1550 km walkcolspan=4 3:49:56 NR25Konstantinos PouliosMarathoncolspan=4 2:33:1780Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas200 m20.564 q20.52=PB5Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionKonstadinos BaniotisHigh jump2.2125Did not advanceKonstadinos FilippidisPole vault5.603 q5.656Spyridon LebesisJavelin throw82.405 Q81.917Alexandros PapadimitriouHammer throw67.1937Did not advanceMichalis StamatogiannisShot put19.2425Did not advanceLouis TsatoumasLong jump7.5329Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMaría Belibasáki100 mcolspan=2 11.636Did not advance200 m23.364colspan=2 Did not advanceEléni Filándra800 m2:02.293 Qcolspan=2 2:04.428Did not advanceKonstadina KefalaMarathoncolspan=6 3:01.18104Déspina Zapounídou20 km walkcolspan=6 1.35.1944
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionNikoleta KyriakopoulouPole vault4.2519Did not advanceStélla-Iró Ledáki4.50 =PB13Did not advanceSavva LikaJavelin throw57.0627Did not advanceNiki PanetaTriple jump13.6624Did not advanceAthanasia Perra11.9333Did not advanceKaterina StefanidiPole vault4.2524Did not advanceAntonia StergiouHigh jump1.93 SB13Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankSofia IfantidouResult13.821.6812.9625.915.8156.96 2:22.03594724Points1004830725805792995796
Canoeing
Slalom Greece has qualified boats for the following events AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankChristos TsakmakisMen's C-1165.7917105.2213105.2215Did not advance
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankIoannis TamouridisMen's road race5:58:24110
Track Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankZafeiris VolikakisMen's sprint10.66367.52317Did not advance
Keirin AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinalRankRankRankRankChristos VolikakisMen's keirin6 R1 Q69
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankPeriklis IliasMen's cross-country1:38:5133
Diving
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankStefanos PaparounasMen's 3 m springboard366.1026Did not advance
Fencing
Greece qualified 1 fencer.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankVassiliki VougioukaWomen's sabreW 15–8W 15–7L 12–15Did not advance
Gymnastics
Artistic Greece qualified three athletes. Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankVlasios MarasParallel barscolspan=4 13.40013.40064Did not advanceHorizontal barcolspan=5 14.30014.30035Did not advanceVasileios TsolakidisParallel barscolspan=4 15.46615.4667 Qcolspan=4 15.30015.3006
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankVasiliki MillousiAll-around12.93312.80013.42514.36653.52434Did not advance
Rhythmic AthleteEventQualificationFinal5 balls3 ribbons 2 hoopsTotalRank5 balls3 ribbons 2 hoopsTotalRankEleni Doika Alexia Kyriazi Evdokia LoukagkouStavroula Samara Vasileia Zachou Marianthi ZafeiriouTeam25.87526.00051.8759Did not advance
Judo
Greece qualified 2 judokas.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIlias IliadisMen's −90 kgW 0111–0002W 0100–0003L 0000–0020Did not advanceW 1000–0000W 0011–0002Ioulieta BoukouvalaWomen's −57 kgL 0001–0011Did not advance
Rowing
Greece qualified the following boats.
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankApostolos GkountoulasNikolaos GkountoulasPair6:21.463 SA/Bcolspan=2 7:07.155 FB6:53.699Eleftherios KonsolasPanagiotis MagdanisLightweight double sculls6:42.135 R6:31.131 SA/B6:40.894 FB6:31.718Ioannis ChristouStergios Papachristos Ioannis Tsilis Georgios TziallasFour5:57.713 SA/Bcolspan=2 6:02.612 FA6:11.434
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChristina Giazitzidou Alexandra TsiavouLightweight double sculls7:03.661 SA/Bcolspan=2 7:09.012 FA7:12.09 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
Greece qualified 1 boat for each of the following events
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Byron KokkalanisRS:X4116216153114912776Evangelos CheimonasLaser1319214150DSQ3315301519EL20626Ioannis MitakisFinn42110825OCS10201979EL10814Panagiotis Kampouridis Efstathios Papadopoulos47014720151828DSQ2719820EL14819Aimilios Papathanasiou Antonis TsotrasStar31671271517BFD17DSQ17OCS12EL10614
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M* Angeliki SkarlatouRS:X1412211119161927OCS157EL13416 Anna AgrafiotiLaser Radial28293032343415342332EL25733
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112131415M* Dionisios Dimou Michail Pateniotis49er18201916192019172019181616205EL24220 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Greece qualified for three quota places in shooting;
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNikolaos MavrommatisMen's skeet1199Did not advanceEfthimios Mitas11425Did not advance Athina DoukaWomen's 10 m air pistol36942Did not advance
Swimming
Greek swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStefanos Dimitriadis100 m butterfly54.2040Did not advance200 m butterfly1:58.7923Did not advanceIoannis Drymonakos200 m butterfly1:56.9716 Q1:58.0515Did not advance400 m individual medley4:17.0417colspan=2 Did not advanceKristian Golomeev100 m freestyle50.0831Did not advanceSpyridon Gianniotis10 km open watercolspan=4 1:50:05.34Aristeidis Grigoriadis100 m backstroke54.5217 Q54.2014Did not advanceIoannis Kalargaris50 m freestyle22.8030Did not advancePanagiotis Samilidis100 m breaststroke1:01.2022Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:14.8227Did not advanceAndreas Vazaios200 m individual medley2:01.2326Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTheodora Drakou50 m freestyle25.1313 Q25.2816Did not advanceMarianna Lymperta10 km open watercolspan=4 2:04:26.522Nery Mantey Niangkouara50 m freestyle25.4021Did not advance100 m freestyle56.6332Did not advanceKristel Vourna100 m butterfly58.7416 Q58.31 NR12Did not advanceTheodora DrakouTheodora GiareniMartha MatsaNery Mantey NiangkouaraKristel Vourna4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:45.5516colspan=2 Did not advance
Synchronized swimming
Greece qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankEvangelia PlataniotiDespoina SolomouDuet89.200888.840178.0408 Q89.360178.5608
Table tennis
Greece qualified two athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Kalinikos Kreanga and Panagiotis Gionis qualified for the men's event.
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPanagiotis GionisMen's singlescolspan=2 W 4–0L 3–4Did not advanceKalinikos Kreangacolspan=2 W 4–1L 1–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
Alexandros Nikolaidis had ensured a quota place for Greece in the men's +80 kg by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze medalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAlexandros NikolaidisMen's +80 kgL 3–7Did not advance
Volleyball
Beach
AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMaria TsiartsianiVassiliki ArvanitiWomen'sPool BL 0 – 2 (13–21, 19–21)W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–13, 15–12)L 0 – 2 (17–21, 16–21)4Did not advance19
Water polo
Greece has qualified a men's team.
Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Weightlifting
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRank David KavelasviliMen's −94 kg170112001337013
Wrestling
Greece qualified in the following events.
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Olegk Motsalin−74 kgL 0–3 Did not advance11
Women's freestyle