Greece at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Munich
Competitors60 (58 men and 2 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Khristos Papanikolaou
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.[1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Further information: 1972 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1972 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Ilias Khatzipavlis Sailing Finn September 8
 Silver Petros Galaktopoulos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg September 10

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 400 metres hurdles

  • Final — 49.66 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400 metres

  • Quarterfinals — 47.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:43.8
  • Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying Round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ilias Hatzipavlis Finn 2 9 8 10 4 DNF 9 71.0
Anastasios Batistas
Antonios Bonas
Khristos Bonas 		Flying Dutchman 17 20 10 DNF DNF 17 9 137.0 22
loannis Giapalakis
Panayotis Michail
loannis Kioussis 		Dragon 13 7 10 18 17 14 — 91.0 17

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five male shooters represented Greece in 1972.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Lakis Georgiou Skeet 192 8
Dimitrios Kotronis 50 m pistol 539 38
Lambis Manthos 50 metre rifle prone 593 27
Ioannis Skarafingas 593 26
Panagiotis Xanthakos Skeet 190 21

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dimitrios Karydis 100 metre butterfly 1:00.06 7 Did not advance
Theodoros Koutoumanis 100 metre breaststroke 1:12.05 7 Did not advance
Dimitrios Theodoropoulos 400 metre freestyle 4:30.54 7 Did not advance
1500 metre freestyle 16:17.61 DQ Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eleni Avlonitou 400 metre freestyle 4:52.10 7 Did not advance
800 metre freestyle 10:10.88 7 Did not advance
200 metre medley 2:39.10 6 Did not advance
400 metre medley 5:32.49 7 Did not advance
Mairi Ioannidou 100 metre breaststroke 1:21.705 7 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:53.53 31 Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Pool B

Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 Hungary 4 3 1 0 22 6
 West Germany 4 2 2 0 21 13
 Netherlands 4 2 1 1 14 11
 Australia 4 0 1 3 14 27
 Greece 4 0 1 3 13 27
27 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Greece  7-7  Australia 3-3 2-1 1-2 1-1
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Greece  1-6  Hungary 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-1
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany  8-3  Greece 3-1 3-1 1-1 1-0
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Greece  2-6  Netherlands 1-0 0-2 1-3 0-1

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Eleftherios Stefanoudakis 67.5 kg 117.5 21 120 11 142.5 18 380 17
Panagiotis Spyrou 75 kg 145 13 117.5 18 167.5 10 430 12
Khristos Iakovou 82.5 kg 170 2 137.5 8 187.5 3 490 5
Nikos Iliadis 90 kg 155 11 135 12 180 10 470 11

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Greece at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
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