Greece at the 1972 Summer Olympics
sporting event delegation
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.
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