Greece at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 (44 men and 0 women) in 7 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Khristos Papanikolaou | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 42 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 1 |
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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
Bronze
- Petros Galaktopoulos — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Christos Papanikolaou, pole vault (5,35 m): 4th place
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Seven shooters, all men, represented Greece in 1968.
Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- 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
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
References
- ↑ "Greece at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
External links
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