Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 60 competitors, 58 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 9 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Sailing Finn Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Athletics
Men's 400 metres hurdles Stavros Tziortzis Final — 49.66 (→ 6th place)
Men's 400 metres Kyriakos Onisiforou Quarterfinals — 47.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres Spilios Zacharopoulos Heat — 3:43.8 Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump Vassilios Papadimitriou Qualifying Round — 2.15m Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)
Ioannis Koussoulas Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Evengelos Oikonomakos First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0 Third Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 0:5
Fencing
Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.
Men's foil Andreas Vgenopoulos
Men's épée Panagiotis Dourakos Andreas Vgenopoulos
Men's sabre Ioannis Khatzisarantos
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Ilias HatzipavlisFinn298104DNF971.0Anastasios BatistasAntonios BonasKhristos BonasFlying Dutchman172010DNFDNF179137.022loannis GiapalakisPanayotis Michailloannis KioussisDragon13710181714colspan=1 91.017
Shooting
Five male shooters represented Greece in 1972. Open AthleteEventFinalScoreRankLakis GeorgiouSkeet1928Dimitrios Kotronis50 m pistol53938Lambis Manthos50 metre rifle prone59327Ioannis Skarafingas59326Panagiotis XanthakosSkeet19021
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDimitrios Karydis100 metre butterfly1:00.06 7Did not advanceTheodoros Koutoumanis100 metre breaststroke1:12.05 7Did not advanceDimitrios Theodoropoulos400 metre freestyle4:30.54 7Did not advance1500 metre freestyle16:17.61 DQDid not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEleni Avlonitou400 metre freestyle4:52.10 7Did not advance800 metre freestyle10:10.88 7Did not advance200 metre medley2:39.10 6Did not advance400 metre medley5:32.49 7Did not advanceMairi Ioannidou100 metre breaststroke1:21.705 7Did not advance200 metre breaststroke2:53.53 31Did not advance
Water polo
Pool B Nation PldWDLGFGA431022642202113421114114013142740131327
27 August1st2nd3rd4th7-73-32-11-21-1
29 August1st2nd3rd4th1-60-30-00-21-1
30 August1st2nd3rd4th8-33-13-11-11-0
31 August1st2nd3rd4th2-61-00-21-30-1
Team Roster Dimitrios Konstas Georgios Theodorakopoulos Evangelos Voultsos Kyriakos Iossifidis Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos Periklis Damaskus Thomas Karalogos Ioannis Karalogos Efstathios Sarantos Ioannis Palios Panagiotis Michalos
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventMilitary pressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRankEleftherios Stefanoudakis67.5 kg117.52112011142.51838017Panagiotis Spyrou75 kg14513117.518167.51043012Khristos Iakovou82.5 kg1702137.58187.534905Nikos Iliadis90 kg15511135121801047011
Wrestling
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