Finally, Greece’s women’s national water polo team failed to qualify after losing 7-9 to eventual silver medalist Spain in the qualifying tournament. Greece’s men’s national basketball team surprisingly failed to qualify for the Games despite being ranked fourth in the world at the time. Wrestler Ioannis Arzoumanidis, a bronze medalist at both the 20 World Championships, failed to qualify for the men’s 120 kg event. ![]() Lastly, Greece also failed to qualify for three events where they were expected to contend for medals. Triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was kicked off the Greek team after posting a controversial tweet. High jump indoor world champion Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, javelin thrower Gervasios Filippidis, and steeplechase runner Irini Kokkinariou were all disqualified due to doping violations. The two would also go on to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, at ages 32 and 40 respectively.įour Greek athletes were excluded from the Games before they began. Two Greek athletes made their Olympic comebacks after last competing 12 years ago at Sydney 2000, as gymnast Vasiliki Millousi and windsurfer Angeliki Skarlatou made their returns. Four Greek athletes competed in their fifth and final Olympics in London, including water polo player Georgios Afroudakis, table tennis player Kalinikos Kreanga, hammer thrower Alexandros Papadimitriou and sailor Aimilios Papathanasiou. Swimmer Kristel Vourna set a new national record in the women’s 100 m butterfly, finishing 12th overall with a time of 58.31 seconds. Racewalker Alexandros Papamichail set new Greek national records in both the 20 km walk (placing 15th with a time of 1:21:12) and the 50 km walk (placing 25th with a time of 3:49:56). The 27-year-old from Veria recorded a throw of 56.96 meters, and finished 24th overall in the heptathlon. Heptathlete Sofia Ifadidou set a new Olympic record in the javelin event of the heptathlon in London. Greece also had two eighth place finishes at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with rowers Eleftherios Konsolas and Panagiotis Magdanis (in the men’s lightweight double sculls), and synchronized swimmers Evangelia Platanioti and Despoina Solomou (in the duet) coming in eighth place. Javelin thrower Spyridon Lebesis finished seventh in London. Weightlifter David Kavelasvili had initially finished 13th in the men’s 94 kg, but was later promoted to sixth place after seven athletes ranked ahead of him were caught doping. Finishing in sixth place in London were pole vaulter Konstantinos Filippidis, windsurfer Byron Kokkalanis, and gymnast Vasileios Tsolakidis (competing in the men’s parallel bars). Vougiouka held an 8-3 lead in that quarterfinal, but then started struggling to breathe due to an injury which broke two of her front teeth. ![]() ![]() Fencer Vassiliki Vougiouka finished fifth in the women’s sabre, falling 12-15 in the quarterfinals to the eventual gold medalist from South Korea. The Greek men’s four in London consisted of Ioannis Christou, Stergios Papachristos, Ioannis Tsilis, and Georgios Tziallas. In rowing, Greece placed fourth in the men’s four, an event which Greece won silver in at both the 20 World Championships. Swimmer Spyridon Gianniotis finished fourth in the men’s 10 km marathon swim, where he was the reigning world champion and favorite to win gold.
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