Greece at the 1980 Summer Olympics
| Greece at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | GRE | ||||||||
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 43 (40 men/3 women) | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ilias Khatzipavlis | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 22nd |
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Greece competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Of the four nations that have been to every Summer Games (the others being Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland), Greece was the only one to compete under its national flag at Moscow despite the Greek government's support of an American-led boycott of the games, as the other three and several other nations competed under the Olympic flag (New Zealand flew the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association) in protest of the USSR's involvement in the Afghan Civil War.
Medalists
Gold
- Stelios Mygiakis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Bronze
- Georgios Khatziioannidis — Wrestling, Men's freestyle Featherweight
- Tasos Boudouris, Tasos Gavrilis and Aristidis Rapanakis — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Heat — 10.70
- Quarterfinals — 10.62 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Heat — 21.98 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Final — 2:18:02 (→ 20th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Aristidis Karageorgos
- Final — 1:36:53.4 (→ 15th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Aristidis Karageorgos
- Final — 4:24:36 (→ 12th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
- Qualifying Round — 6.37 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Netherlands (7-8)
- Lost to Romania (4-6)
- Lost to Hungary (5-8)
- Final Round (Group B)
- Defeated Sweden (9-5)
- Defeated Bulgaria (6-4)
- Lost to Australia (2-4)
- Lost to Italy (3-4)
- Lost to Romania (8-11) → 10th place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
Heavyweight (100–110 kg)
- Dimitrios Zarzavatsidis
Bantamweight (-56 kg)
- Ioannis-Sidiropoulos
Flyweight (-52 kg)
- Ioannis Katsaidonis
Middle Heavyweight (82.5–90 kg)
- Nikos Iliadis
Lightweight (60-67.5 kg)
- Pavlos Lespouridis
Wrestling
Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight (82–90 kg)
- Georgios Pozidis
Greco-Roman Heavyweight (90–100 kg)
- Georgios Pozidis
Greco-Roman Flyweight (48–52 kg)
Freestyle Featherweight (57–62 kg)
- Georgios Khatziioannidis - Bronze Medal
Greco-Roman Featherweight (57–62 kg)
- Stelios Mygiakis - Gold Medal
Sailing
Triplehanded Keelboat
- Aristidis Rapanakis - Bronze Medal
- Anastasios Gavrilis - Bronze Medal
- Tasos Bountouris - Bronze Medal
Singlehanded Dinghy (Finn Class)
Shooting
Mixed Skeet
- Petros Pappas
- Rodolfos Georgios-Alexakos
Mixed 50m Rifle, Prone
- Athanasios Papageorgiou
Rowing
Coxless Pairs
- Georgios Kourkoumbas
- Nikolaos Ioannidi
Single Sculls
- Kostas Kontomanolis