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Greece at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Greece at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors44 (44 men and 0 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerKhristos Papanikolaou
Medals
Ranked 42nd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.[1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Petros Galaktopoulos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg 26 October

Athletics

Christos Papanikolaou, pole vault (5,35 m): 4th place

Boxing

Sailing

Shooting

Seven shooters, all men, represented Greece in 1968.

25 m pistol
  • Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos
50 m rifle, prone
  • Lambis Manthos
  • Ioannis Skarafingas
Trap
  • Georgios Pangalos
  • Markos Tzoumaras
Skeet
  • Panagiotis Xanthakos
  • Menelaos Mikhailidis

Water polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Netherlands (5:9)
  • Lost to Japan (7:8)
  • Defeated United Arab Republic (7:6)
  • Lost to East Germany (4:11)
  • Lost to Mexico (8:11)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (1:11)
  • Lost to Italy (2:6)
  • Classification Matches
  • 13th/14th place: Lost to Brazil (2:5) → Fourteenth place
  • Team Roster
  • Andreas Garifallos
  • Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
  • Georgios Palikaris
  • Georgios Theodorakopoulos
  • Ioannis Palios
  • Ioannis Thimaras
  • Kyriakos Iosifidis
  • Nikolaos Tsangas
  • Panagiotis Mathioudakis
  • Panagiotis Mikhalos
  • Thomas Karalogos

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Greece at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

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