Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 60 competitors, 58 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 9 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 400 metres hurdles

• Stavros Tziortzis

* Final — 49.66 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400 metres

• Kyriakos Onisiforou

* Quarterfinals — 47.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Spilios Zacharopoulos

* Heat — 3:43.8

* Semifinals — 3:43.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Vassilios Papadimitriou

* Qualifying Round — 2.15m

* Final — 2.15m (→ 12th place)

• Ioannis Koussoulas

* Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Evengelos Oikonomakos

* First Round — Bye

* Second Round — Defeated Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0

* Third Round — Lost to Dieter Kottysch (FRG), 0:5

Fencing

Three fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1972.

Men's foil

• Andreas Vgenopoulos

Men's épée

• Panagiotis Dourakos
• Andreas Vgenopoulos

Men's sabre

• Ioannis Khatzisarantos

Sailing

Open

Shooting

Five male shooters represented Greece in 1972.

Open

Swimming

Men

Women

Water polo

Pool B

• Team Roster

* Dimitrios Konstas

* Georgios Theodorakopoulos

* Evangelos Voultsos

* Kyriakos Iossifidis

* Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos

* Periklis Damaskus

* Thomas Karalogos

* Ioannis Karalogos

* Efstathios Sarantos

* Ioannis Palios

* Panagiotis Michalos

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

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