Greece at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Greece at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Greece at the; 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	GRE
National federation	Hellenic Swimming Federation
Website	koe.org.gr (in Greek)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	49 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 18th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Greece competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Kristian Golomeev	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle	July 27

Artistic swimming[edit]

Greece's artistic swimming team consisted of 12 athletes (12 female).^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo technical routine	86.1571	7 Q	86.2921	7
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo free routine	88.4333	7 Q	88.6667	7
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet technical routine	85.6252	10 Q	86.4975	9
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet free routine	87.8667	8 Q	87.3333	9
Eleni Fragaki Krystalenia Gialama Maria Karapanagiotou Anastasia Koutselini Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Violeta Zouzouni Vasiliki Kofidi (R) Olga Kourgiantaki (R)	Team technical routine	86.0075	8 Q	87.0863	8
Eleni Fragaki Krystalenia Gialama Maria Karapanagiotou Anastasia Koutselini Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Violeta Zouzouni Vasiliki Kofidi (R) Olga Kourgiantaki (R)	Team free routine	87.8000	8 Q	88.333	8
Eleni Fragaki Krystalenia Gialama Danai Kariori Vasiliki Kofidi Olga Kourgiantaki Anastasia Koutselini Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Violeta Zouzouni Maria Karapanagiotou (R) Pinelopi Karamesiou (R)	Free routine combination	88.1333	6 Q	87.6000	6

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving[edit]

Greek divers qualified for the individual spots at the World Championships.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikolaos Molvalis	10 m platform	346.70	23	did not advance
Athanasios Tsirikos	10 m platform	286.20	43	did not advance
Nikolaos Molvalis Athanasios Tsirikos	Synchronized 10 m platform	332.64	14	—		did not advance

Open water swimming[edit]

Greece qualified one male and one female open water swimmers.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Athanasios Kynigakis	Men's 10 km	1:48:15.4	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kalliopi Araouzou	Women's 5 km	58:17.2	19
Kalliopi Araouzou	Women's 10 km	2:00:30.3	37

Swimming[edit]

Greek swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Apostolos Christou	50 m backstroke	25.00	9 Q	24.86	8 Q	24.75	8
	100 m backstroke	53.82	12 Q	53.56	10	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.42	24	did not advance
Ioannis Georgarakis	100 m freestyle	50.48	55	did not advance
Kristian Golomeev	50 m freestyle	21.80	6 Q	21.60	4 Q	21.45
Kristian Golomeev	50 m butterfly	23.51	13 Q	23.29	9	did not advance
Dimitrios Negris	400 m freestyle	3:50.81	16	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:58.99	22	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:25.71	27	—		did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	100 m butterfly	53.41	29	did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	200 m individual medley	1:59.80	17	did not advance
Andreas Vazaios Kristian Golomeev Ioannis Georgarakis Apostolos Christou	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.44	10	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Theodora Drakou	50 m freestyle	25.19	21	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.50	30	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	28.48	21	did not advance
Anna Ntountounaki	50 m butterfly	26.26	15 Q	26.31	15	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.88	9 Q	57.99	15	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:13.83	25	did not advance

Water polo[edit]

Greece qualified both a men's and women's teams.

Men's tournament[edit]

Team roster^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	41	15	+26	5	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	1	2	0	44	26	+18	4	Playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	39	22	+17	3	Playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	3	11	72	−61	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

15 July 2019 09:50	Report	South Korea	3–26	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–7, 1–3, 2–9
		Dong-hyeok 2	Goals	three players 4

17 July 2019 19:10	Report	Greece	10–10	Montenegro	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 4–4, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Janović 3

19 July 2019 16:30	Report	Serbia	9–3	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 0–0, 3–0
		Mandić 4	Goals	three players 1

Playoffs

21 July 2019 15:30	Report	Greece	11–9	United States	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–2, 2–2, 3–1
		Genidounias 4	Goals	three players 2

Quarterfinals

23 July 2019 18:30	Report	Italy	7–6	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2–1, 2–3, 1–0
		Di Fulvio, Luongo 2	Goals	Genidounias, Gounas 2

5th–8th place semifinals

25 July 2019 15:30	Report	Australia	9–8	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–3, 1–0
		Kayes 3	Goals	Kapotsis, Kolomvos 2

Seventh place game

27 July 2019 14:00	Report	Germany	6–11	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 0–2, 2–5
		Stamm 2	Goals	Dervisis 3

Women's tournament[edit]

Team roster^[6]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	51	16	+35	6	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	1	37	25	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	22	37	−15	2	Playoffs
4	Cuba	3	0	3	16	48	−32	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 July 2019 17:50	Report	Greece	4–14	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–2, 0–3, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Tarragó 6

16 July 2019 12:30	Report	Cuba	4–20	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0-5, 3-6, 0-5, 1-4
		Carrasco 2	Goals	Avramidou 6

18 July 2019 09:50	Report	Greece	13–7	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 1–3, 4–2
		Xenaki 3	Goals	Zakirova 3

Playoffs

20 July 2019 17:00	Report	Greece	12–8	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–4, 2–1
		Plevritou 3	Goals	Zhao 4

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019 14:00	Report	United States	15–5	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–2, 2–2, 5–1
		Musselman 4	Goals	Eleftheriadou, Xenaki 2

5th–8th place semifinals

24 July 2019 14:00	Report	Greece	4–13	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 2–4, 1–5
		Plevritou 2	Goals	Bersneva, Karimova 3

Seventh place game

26 July 2019 14:00	Report	Greece	9–11	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–5, 6–4, 0–1
		Kotsia 3	Goals	Megens, Keuning 3

References[edit]

^ "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ "Diving Entry List by NAT" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[1] "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[2] "Diving Entry List by NAT" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[3] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[4] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[5] "Men's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[6] "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Greece" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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