Greece at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors70 (56 men and 14 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Lambros Papakostas
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 70 competitors, 56 men and 14 women, took part in 53 events in 17 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Pyrros Dimas Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg 3 August
 Gold Voula Patoulidou Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 6 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 7 4 11
Boxing 1 – 1
Cycling 1 0 1
Diving 0 1 1
Fencing 1 0 1
Gymnastics 0 2 2
Judo 1 1 2
Modern pentathlon 1 – 1
Rowing 1 1 2
Sailing 9 0 9
Shooting 1 2 3
Swimming 2 0 2
Synchronized swimming – 1 1
Tennis 2 2 4
Water polo 13 – 13
Weightlifting 5 – 5
Wrestling 11 – 11
Total 56 14 70

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 8.22 m
  • Final — 8.04 m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 7.82 m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 74.16 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification — 5.30 m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.83 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 1.88 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One male cyclist represented Greece in 1992.

Men's individual pursuit
Men's points race

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 240.42 points (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Greece in 1992.

Men's sabre

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One male pentathletes represented Greece in 1992.

Individual

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Lechner A-390 2 9 16 DSQ 6 8 5 14 10 6 123.4 9
Armanto Ortolano Finn 18 7 PMS 1 6 9 12 — 81.7 9
Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Thanasis Pakhoumas 		470 21 28 5 12 9 DSQ 27 — 137.0 17
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Iakovos Kiseoglou
Dimitrios Boukis 		Star 18 8 11 21 7 10 1 84.0 8
Tassos Boudouris
Dimitrios Deligiannis
Michael Mitakis 		Soling 20 16 PMS 19 22 9 — 116.0 20

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
  • Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat – 53.47 (→ did not advance, 53rd place)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One synchronized swimmer represented Greece in 1992.

Women's solo

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Doubles Competition

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Lost to Cuba (9-10)
  • Lost to Spain (6-11)
  • Tied with the Netherlands (4-4)
  • Lost to Hungary (7-12)
  • Lost to Italy (6-8)
  • Defeated France (10-6)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (10-8) → 10th place

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Greece at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  2. ^ Greece at the 1992 Summer Olympics


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