Greece at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Greece at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	56
Flag bearer	Kharalambos Kholidis
Medals Rank: 46	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Intercalated Games
1906

Greece competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Bronze

• Kharalambos Kholidis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Results by event

Athletics

Women's Javelin Throw

• Anna Verouli

• Qualification – 58.52m (→ did not advance)

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Helias Malamas
  1. Heat – 59.24 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Nikolaos Fokianos
  1. Heat – 1:06.30 (→ did not advance, 47th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Nikolaos Fokianos
  1. Heat – 2:28.91 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Theodoras Griniazakis
  1. Heat – 57.56 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – 2:05.53
  2. B-Final – 2:06.61 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – 4:26.72
  2. B-Final – 4:27.95 (→ 16th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Helias Malamas, Nikolaos Fokianos, Theodoros Griniazakis, and Charalambos Papanikolaou
  1. Heat – 4:07.71 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Olga Tsarbopoulou
  1. First Round – Lost to Mercedes Paz (Argentina) 6-7, 3-6

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Hungary (10-12)
• Defeated China (10-7)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (7-17)
• Lost to United States (9-18)
• Lost to Spain (9-12)

• Classification Round (Group E)

• Defeated South Korea (17-7)
• Defeated France (10-7) → 9th place

• Team Roster

• Nikolaos Christoforidis
• Filippos Kaiafas
• Epaminondas Samartzidis
• Anastasios Tsikaris
• Kyriakos Giannopoulos
• Aristidis Kefalogiannis
• Nikolaos Venetopoulos
• Dimitrios Seletopoulos
• Antonios Aronis
• Evangelos Pateros
• George Mavrotas
• Evangelos Patras

• Head Coach: Losifidis Koulis

References

• sports-reference