Greece competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. As per tradition, the Greek team entered the stadium first during the opening ceremony to honor the birthplace of the Olympics. At the closing ceremony, a Greek segment was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Athens four years later. Two Greek flags were also hoisted in preparation for the handover, with the Greek national anthem played once.
Medalists Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall. These were the most successful Olympic Games for Greece in which it was not the host nation. Medal Name Sport Event Konstantinos Kenteris Athletics Men's 200 metres Michail Mouroutsos Taekwondo Men's -58 kg Pyrros Dimas Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight (-85 kg) Kakhi Kakhiashvili Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight (-94 kg) Ekaterini Thanou Athletics Women's 100 metres Anastasia Kelesidou Athletics Women's discus throw Mirela Maniani Athletics Women's javelin throw Dimosthenis Tampakos Gymnastics Men's rings Leonidas Sampanis Weightlifting Men's featherweight (-62 kg) Viktor Mitrou Weightlifting Men's middleweight (-77 kg) Eirini Aindili Evangelia Christodoulou Maria Georgatou Zacharoula Karyami Charikleia Pantazi Anna Pollatou Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team Ioanna Khatziioannou Weightlifting Women's -63 kg Amiran Kardanov Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight (-54 kg)
Archery
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / Score Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Evangelia Psarra Women's individual 618 =44 (21)L 161–154 Did Not Advance
Athletics
Men Men's 100 m Georgios Theodoridis Round 1 – 10.34 Round 2 – 10.29 (did not advance)
Angelos Pavlakakis Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Konstantinos Kenteris Round 1 – 20.57 Round 2 – 20.14 Semifinal – 20.2 Final – 20.09 (gold medal)
Anastasios Gousis Round 1 – 21.1 (did not advance)
Alexios Alexopoulos Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Anastasios Gousis Round 1 – 46.38 (did not advance)
Men's 800 m Panagiotis Stroubakos Round 1 – 01:47.96 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles Periklis Iakovakis Round 1 – 50.2 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Alexios Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Kenteris, Angelos Pavlakakis, Georgios Theodoridis Round 1 – 39.21 Semifinal – 38.82 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Stylianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Periklis Iakovakis, Georgios Oikonomidis Round 1 – 03:06.50 (did not advance)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Georgios Giannelis Round 1 – 09:19.14 (did not advance)
Men's Shot Put Vaios Tigkas Qualifying – 18.13 (did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Konstadinos Gatsioudis Qualifying – 88.41 Final – 86.53 (6th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Alexandros Papadimitriou Qualifying – 76.61 Final – 73.30 (12th place)
Hristos Polihroniou Qualifying – 74.02 (did not advance)
Men's Long Jump Konstantinos Koukodimos Qualifying – 7.44 (did not advance)
Dimitrios Serelis Qualifying – NM (did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump Hristos Meletoglou Qualifying – 16.00 (did not advance)
Konstadinos Zalaggitis Qualifying – 14.15 (did not advance)
Stamatios Lenis Qualifying – NM (did not advance)
Men's High Jump Lambros Papakostas Qualifying – DNS (did not advance)
Men's 50 km Walk Spyridon Kastanis Final – DNF
Theodoros Stamatopoulos Final – DNF
Men's marathon Panayiotis Haramis Final – 2:26:55 (63rd place)
Men's Decathlon Prodromos Korkizoglou 100 m – 10.74 Long Jump – 7.16 Shot Put – 13.70 High Jump – 1.97 400 m – 53.57 100 m Hurdles – DNS Discus Throw – DNS Pole Vault – DNS
Women's Competition Women's 100 m Ekaterini Thanou Round 1 – 11.10 Round 2 – 10.99 Semifinal – 11.10 Final – 11.12 (silver medal)
Paraskevi Patoulidou Round 1 – 11.65 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Ekaterini Koffa Round 1 – 23.53 (did not advance)
Women's 5,000 m Hrisostomia Iakovou Round 1 – 15:46.48 (did not advance)
Women's 10,000 m Hrisostomia Iakovou Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Hurdles Chrysoula Gountenoudi Round 1 – 01:01.59 (did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Ekaterini Koffa, Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosyni Patsou, Ekaterini Thanou Round 1 – 43.46 Semifinal – 43.53 (did not advance)
Women's Shot Put Kalliopi Ouzouni Qualifying – 18.56 Final – 18.63 (7th place)
Women's Discus Anastasia Kelesidou Qualifying – 63.64 Final – 65.71 (silver medal)
Styliani Tsikouna Qualifying – 61.59 Final – 64.08 (5th place)
Aikaterini Vongoli Qualifying – 61.29 Final – 61.57 (9th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Mirella Maniani-Tzelili Qualifying – 63.34 Final – 67.51 (silver medal)
Angeliki Tsiolakoudi Qualifying – 58.11 (did not advance)
Women's Long Jump Niki Xanthou Qualifying – 6.50 (did not advance)
Despoina Papavasilaki Qualifying – 5.86 (did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump Olga-Anastasia Vasdeki Qualifying – 14.26 Final – 14.15 (7th place)
Women's High Jump Niki Bakogianni Qualifying – 1.80 (did not advance)
Women's Pole Vault Thalia Iakovidou Qualifying – NM (did not advance)
Women's 20 km Walk Athina Papayianni Final – 1:33:14 (11th place)
Christina Kokotou Final – 1:38:52 (36th place)
Women's Heptathlon Asimina Vanakara 100 m Hurdles – 14.19 High Jump – 1.69 Shot Put – 10.74 200 m – 25.78 Long Jump – NM Javelin Throw – DNS
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Artour Mikaelian Round 1 – Lost to George Olteanu of Romania (did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Tigran Ouzlian Round 1 – Bye Round 2 – Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan Quarterfinal – Lost to Mario Kindelán of Cuba (did not advance)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Antonios Giannoulas Round 1 – Defeated Ottavio Barone of Italy Round 2 – Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba (did not advance)
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's competition Men's Canoe Singles 500 m Andreas Kiligkaridis Qualifying Heat – 01:57.858 (did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m Andreas Kiligkaridis Qualifying Heat – 04:01.042 Semifinal – DSQ (did not advance)
Cycling
Track Cycling Men's Sprint Nikolaos Angelidis Qualifying – 10.745 Repechage – 2nd place – Heat 3 First round – Lost to Florian Rousseau of France
Men's 1 km Time Trial Dimitrios Georgalis Final – 01:04.018 (6th place)
Men's Keirin Lampros Vasilopoulos First round – Heat – 1; Place – 4 (did not advance) Repechage – Heat – 3; Place – 2 (did not advance) Second round – Heat – 1; DNF (did not advance)
Men's Olympic Sprint Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas Qualifying – 45.207 Second round – 45.079 Final – 45.332 (4th place)
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard Thomas Bimis Preliminary – 324.72 (32nd place, did not advance)
Men's 3 Metre Springboard Nikolaos Siranidis Preliminary – 317.88 (36th place, did not advance)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard Sotiria Koutsopetrou Preliminary – 258.81 (21st place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform Eftihia Pappa Preliminary – 236.79 (29th place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform Maria Konstantatou Preliminary – 189.57 (38th place, did not advance)
Equestrianism
Gymnastics
Artistic
Rhythmic AthleteEventQualificationFinalRopeHoopBallRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankEvmorfia DonaIndividual9.6759.7259.7259.70838.83310 Q9.7669.7169.7759.72538.9827
AthleteEventQualificationFinal10 clubsRank3 hoops 2 ballsRankTotalRank10 clubsRank3 hoops 2 ballsRankTotalRankEirini AindiliEvangelia ChristodoulouMaria GeorgatouZacharoula KaryamiCharikleia PantaziAnna PollatouTeam19.700119.700 13 Q39.40019.550319.733139.283
Modern pentathlon
Greece sent only one pentathlete to the first Olympic women's competition.
Women's: Katalin Partics – 3700 pts, 22nd place
Rowing
Sailing
Greece sent seven men and four women to the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Nikolaos KaklamanakisMistral201259764DSQ7131646Aimilios PapathanasiouFinn4 1252310121511142499212Andreas KosmatopoulosKonstantinos Trigkonis4701372163824191426788
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Angeliki SkarlatouMistral222015181323241523161715921Maria VlakhouEurope2312104272618518211812918Sofia BekatorouEmilia Tsoulfa47028171291225DSQ1897614
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Antonios BougiourisLaser16188122183267152211115Leonidas PelekanakisDimitrios BoukisStar611151412135119678011
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle Spyridon Bitsakis Preliminary Heat – 51.28 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Dimitrios Manganas Preliminary Heat – 1:54.36 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Spyridon Gianniotis Preliminary Heat – 03:54.96 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Spyridon Gianniotis Preliminary Heat – 15:29.69 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Ioannis Drymonakos Preliminary Heat – 56.36 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Ioannis Drymonakos Preliminary Heat – 02:00.75 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Ioannis Kokkodis Preliminary Heat – 02:04.04 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Ioannis Kokkodis Preliminary Heat – 04:23.19 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Spyridon Bitsakis, Spyridon Gianniotis, Dimitrios Manganas, Athanasios Oikonomou Preliminary Heat – 07:35.77 (did not advance)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Athina Bochori Preliminary Heat – 26.9 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Antonia Machaira Preliminary Heat – 57.24 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Zoi Dimoschaki Preliminary Heat – 02:04.06 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Artemis Dafni Preliminary Heat – 04:16.94 (did not advance)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Marianna Lymperta Preliminary Heat – 08:56.33 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Zampia Melachroinou Preliminary Heat – 01:02.06 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Zampia Melachroinou Preliminary Heat – 02:17.60 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Aikaterini Bliamou Preliminary Heat – 01:05.09 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Aikaterini Bliamou Preliminary Heat – 02:18.07 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Aikaterini Sarakatsani Preliminary Heat – 02:23.05 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Artemis Dafni Preliminary Heat – 04:53.52 (did not advance)
Synchronized swimming
Duet: Christina Thalassinidou and Despoina Theodoridou – 90.363 pts (13th place, did not advance)
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Men's Under 58 kg: Michail Mouroutsos – Gold medal Preminaly 1 – Defeated Talaat Abada of Egypt (5-0) Preminaly 2 – Defeated Huan Chih-Hsiung of Chinese Taipei (2-1) Preminaly 3 – Defeated Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli of Argentina (2-1) Final – Defeated Gabriel Espareza of Spain (4-2)
Men's over 80 kg: Alexandros Nikolaidis Preminaly 1 – Defeated Donald Ravenscroft of South Africa (WDR) Preminaly 2 – Lost to Milton Castro of Colombia (RSC)
Women's Under 57 kg: Areti Athanasopoulou Preminaly 1 – Defeated Shimaa Afifi of Egypt (7-7, SUP) Preminaly 2 – Lost to Virginia Lourens of Netherlands (6-8, PTS)
Tennis
Triathlon
Men's Individual Competition: Vassilis Krommidas – 1:51:28.94 (→ 33rd place)
Volleyball
Vasso Karadassiou and Efi Sfyri – 17th place (tied)
Water polo
Men Team Competition
Group B
Classification 9th-12th TeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts 3 2 0 1 23 18 +5 5 3 1 0 2 24 20 +4 4 3 1 1 1 19 20 -1 3 3 0 3 0 24 32 -8 0
Team Roster George Mavrotas Filippos Kaiafas Theodoros Lorantos Konstantinos Loudis Georgios Afroudakis Thomas Khatzis Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Georgios Psykhos Nikolaos Deligiannis Dimitrios Mazis Georgios Reppas Ioannis Thomakos Antonios Vlontakis
Weightlifting
Men