Greece at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Greece at the
2022 World Aquatics Championships
Greece at the; 2022 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	GRE
National federation	Hellenic Swimming Federation
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	59 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 3
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1973; 1975; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1991; 1994; 1998; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2024;

Greece competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July.^[1]

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Evangelia Platanioti	Artistic swimming	Solo technical routine	18 June
Bronze	Evangelia Platanioti	Artistic swimming	Solo free routine	22 June
Bronze	Greece men's national water polo team Emmanouil Zerdevas Konstantinos Genidounias Dimitrios Skoumpakis Efstathios Kalogeropoulos Ioannis Fountoulis Alexandros Papanastasiou Georgios Dervisis Stylianos Argyropoulos Konstantinos Gouvis Konstantinos Kakaris Dimitrios Nikolaidis Angelos Vlachopoulos Panagiotis Tzortzatos	Water polo	Men's tournament	3 July

Artistic swimming[edit]

Greece entered 12 artistic swimmers.^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo technical routine	88.6163	3 Q	89.5110
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo free routine	90.4000	3 Q	91.7667
Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet free routine	89.3667	6 Q	89.7000	6
Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama Zoi Karangelou Danai Kariori Ifigeneia Krommydaki Sofia Malkogeorgou Andriana Misikevych	Team technical routine	86.2755	5 Q	87.2261	5
	Team free routine	88.4000	7 Q	88.1667	8
Zoi Agrafioti Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama Zoi Karangelou Maria Karapanagiotou Danai Kariori Ifigeneia Krommydaki Sofia Malkogeorgou Andriana Misikevych	Free routine combination	86.9333	4 Q	88.2000	4
Zoi Agrafioti Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama Maria Karapanagiotou Danai Kariori Ifigeneia Krommydaki Sofia Malkogeorgou Andriana Misikevych Lydia Papanastasiou	Highlight routine	87.6000	5 Q	87.2333	6

Diving[edit]

Greece entered 2 divers.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Theofilos Afthinos	1 m springboard	308.45	32	—		did not advance
Theofilos Afthinos	3 m springboard	312.20	39	did not advance
Athanasios Tsirikos	1 m springboard	247.05	45	—		did not advance
	3 m springboard	322.85	37	did not advance
	10 m platform	333.70	23	did not advance

Open water swimming[edit]

Greece entered 5 open water swimmers (3 male^[4] and 2 female ^[5])

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Asterios Daldogiannis	10 km	did not finish
Asterios Daldogiannis	25 km	5:09:26.3	15
Athanasios Kynigakis	5 km	54:32.8	12
Athanasios Kynigakis	10 km	did not start
Dimitrios Markos	5 km	56:30.8	26

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dimitrios Markos Ilektra Lebl Afroditi Katsiara Athanasios Kynigakis	Team	Disqualified

Swimming[edit]

Greece entered 15 swimmers.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arkadios Aspougalis	50 m breaststroke	27.88	19	did not advance
Stergios Bilas	50 m butterfly	23.72	28	did not advance
Apostolos Christou	50 m backstroke	24.88	9 Q	24.39 NR	3 Q	24.57	5
Apostolos Christou	100 m backstroke	53.21	3 Q	52.09 CR, NR	1 Q	52.57	5
Kristian Gkolomeev	50 m freestyle	21.90	7 Q	21.80	5 Q	21.89	8
Evangelos Makrygiannis	200 m backstroke	1:59.25	14 Q	1:59.72	15	did not advance
Dimitrios Markos	200 m freestyle	1:48.72	29	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:49.93	17	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:00.08	16	—		did not advance
Odysseus Meladinis	100 m freestyle	49.50	33	did not advance
Konstantinos Meretsolias	100 m breaststroke	1:01.46	25	did not advance
Apostolos Papastamos	200 m individual medley	2:06.14	33	did not advance
Apostolos Papastamos	400 m individual medley	4:26.06	24	—		did not advance
Konstantinos Stamou	100 m butterfly	52.77	24	did not advance
Savvas Thomoglou	200 m breaststroke	2:14.20	26	did not advance
Odysseus Meladinis Stergios Bilas Evangelos Makrygiannis Dimitrios Markos	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.83	13	—		did not advance
Evangelos Makrygiannis Konstantinos Meretsolias Konstantinos Stamou Dimitrios Markos	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.36	14	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgia Damasioti	200 m butterfly	2:13.12	19	did not advance
Theodora Drakou	50 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
	50 m backstroke	28.12	12 Q	27.99	12	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:01.59	20	did not advance
Maria Drasidou	50 m breaststroke	31.83	26	did not advance
Maria Drasidou	100 m breaststroke	1:11.00	35	did not advance
Anna Ntountounaki	50 m butterfly	26.20	11 Q	25.89	10	did not advance
Anna Ntountounaki	100 m butterfly	59.13	14 Q	57.93	9	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stergios Bilas Odysseus Meladinis Maria Drasidou Anna Ntountounaki	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:34.41	14	did not advance
Evangelos Makrygiannis Konstantinos Meretsolias Anna Ntountounaki Theodora Drakou	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:49.13	12	did not advance

Water polo[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Greece	Men's tournament	Croatia D 8–8	Japan W 18–7	Germany W 16–8	1 QF	—	United States W 16–11	Italy L 10–11	Croatia W 9–7
Greece	Women's tournament	Thailand W 28–1	Spain D 10–10	France W 14–4	1 QF	—	Netherlands L 7–12	Australia L 14–16	France W 16–7	7

Men's tournament[edit]

Team roster

The following is Greek roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament.^[7]

Head coach: Thodoris Vlachos

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	42	23	+19	5^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	42	30	+12	5^[a]	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	32	50	−18	2	Playoffs
4	Germany	3	0	0	3	28	41	−13	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Greece 8–8 Croatia

21 June 2022 19:30	Report	Greece	8–8	Croatia	Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–4, 2–1, 1–2
		Vlachopoulos 4	Goals	Kharkov 3

23 June 2022 19:30	Report	Japan	7–18	Greece	Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 2–5, 2–6
		three players 2	Goals	Argyropoulos 6

25 June 2022 19:30	Report	Greece	16–8	Germany	Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUR), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 4–2, 3–4
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Božić 2

Quarterfinal

29 June 2022 13:00	Report	Greece	16–11	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–6, 3–0, 6–4
		Argyropoulos 5	Goals	three players 3

Semifinal

1 July 2022 16:00	Report	Italy	11–10	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 1–1, 4–4
		Dolce 3	Goals	Vlachopoulos 3

Third place game

3 July 2022 14:30	Report	Greece	9–7	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–3, 3–2, 1–2
		Kakaris 3	Goals	Bukić 2

Women's tournament[edit]

Team roster

The following is Greek roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament.^[8]

Head coach: Alexia Kammenou

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	53	15	+38	5^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	58	20	+38	5^[a]	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	2	36	41	−5	2	Playoffs
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	11	82	−71	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spain 10–10 Greece

20 June 2022 18:00	Report	Greece	28–1	Thailand	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 7–0, 9–0, 5–0, 7–1
		Xenaki 5	Goals	Puangtong 1

22 June 2022 18:00	Report	Spain	10–10	Greece	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
		Ruiz 4	Goals	E. Plevritou, V. Plevritou 3

24 June 2022 19:30	Report	France	4–15	Greece	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–4, 1–3, 1–4
		Bouloukbachi 2	Goals	three players 3

Quarterfinals

28 June 2022 19:30	Report	Greece	7–12	Netherlands	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 3–3, 1–3
		Patra, E. Plevritou 2	Goals	Moolhuijzen 4

5th–8tth place semifinal

30 June 2022 19:30	Report	Australia	16–14	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–4, 2–4 PSO: 4–2
		Leeson-Smith, Ridge 3	Goals	Xenaki 4

Seventh place game

2 July 2022 13:00	Report	France	7–16	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 2–5, 2–3
		Millot 3	Goals	Myriokefalitaki 5

References[edit]

^ "19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 - Hungary｜FINA Official". FINA. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Artistic swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water Men Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water Women Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ waterpolo.sportresult.com. "Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ waterpolo.sportresult.com. "Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[table_hth_GRE0.83931546557663-8] Greece 8–8 Croatia

[table_hth_ESP0.85914506244433-10] Spain 10–10 Greece

[1] "19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 - Hungary｜FINA Official". FINA. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

[2] "19th FINA World Championships Artistic swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[3] "19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[4] "19th FINA World Championships Open water Men Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[5] "19th FINA World Championships Open water Women Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[6] "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[7] waterpolo.sportresult.com. "Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[9] waterpolo.sportresult.com. "Greece" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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Others	FINA Independent Athletes Suspended Member Federation