Greece at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Christos Afroudakis		Alexandros Gounas
Evangelos Delakas		Christodoulos Kolomvos
Georgios Dervisis		Konstantinos Mourikis
Konstantinos Flegkas		Emmanouil Mylonakis
Ioannis Fountoulis		Kyriakos Pontikeas
Stefanos Galanopoulos		Angelos Vlachopoulos
Konstantinos Genidounias

Water polo

Men's tournament

August 8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Greek divers qualified for the individual spots at the World Championships.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stefanos Paparounas	3 m springboard	340.90	42	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eleni Katsouli	3 m springboard	232.45	37	Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Greece has nominated four swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. Among the official roster featured four-time Olympians Marianna Lymperta and defending World champion Spyridon Gianniotis in the 10 km open water.^[1]^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Antonios Fokaidis	Men's 5 km	55:33.6	27
Antonios Fokaidis	Men's 10 km	1:51:27.3	29
Spyridon Gianniotis	Men's 10 km	1:50:00.7	03 !
Kalliopi Araouzou	Women's 5 km	58:49.8	02 !
Kalliopi Araouzou	Women's 10 km	1:58:30.6	8
Marianna Lymperta	Women's 10 km	2:01:08.5	37
Kalliopi Araouzou Antonios Fokaidis Spyridon Gianniotis	Mixed team	56:18.6	8

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

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):^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Apostolos Christou	50 m backstroke	25.50	24	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	55.10	31	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
Stefanos Dimitriadis	200 m butterfly	1:56.23	10 Q	1:56.31	11	Did not advance
Kristian Gkolomeev	50 m freestyle	21.87	3 Q	21.89	6 Q	21.98	7
	100 m freestyle	49.12	=20	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	23.96	24	Did not advance
Ioannis Karpouzlis	50 m breaststroke	27.85	21	Did not advance
Christos Katranzis	200 m freestyle	1:51.01	48	Did not advance
Odysseus Meladinis	50 m freestyle	22.47	16 Q	22.14	13	Did not advance
Odysseus Meladinis	100 m freestyle	49.47	26	Did not advance
Panagiotis Samilidis	100 m breaststroke	1:02.58	43	Did not advance
Panagiotis Samilidis	200 m breaststroke	2:14.24	28	Did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	100 m butterfly	52.89	=27	Did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	200 m individual medley	1:58.92	5 Q	1:59.53	13	Did not advance
Odysseus Meladinis Kristian Gkolomeev Christos Katranzis Andreas Vazaios	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:16.83	14	N/A		Did not advance
Apostolos Christou Kristian Gkolomeev Panagiotis Samilidis Andreas Vazaios	4×100 m medley relay	3:37.86	14	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Theodora Drakou	50 m freestyle	25.22	=19	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	28.35	12 Q	28.01	8 Q	28.17	8
	100 m backstroke	1:01.15	25	Did not advance
Theodora Giareni	100 m freestyle	56.24	38	Did not advance
Theodora Giareni	200 m freestyle	2:01.00	33	Did not advance
Anna Ntountounaki	50 m butterfly	26.85	25	Did not advance
Anna Ntountounaki	100 m butterfly	58.90	23	Did not advance
Aikaterini Sarakatsani	50 m breaststroke	31.58	25	Did not advance
Aikaterini Sarakatsani	100 m breaststroke	1:10.68	38	Did not advance
Theodora Drakou Theodora Giareni Anna Ntountounaki Aikaterini Sarakatsani	4×100 m medley relay	4:04.29	17	N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Greece fielded a full team of twelve synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo technical routine	84.9694	8 Q	85.3727	8
Evangelia Platanioti	Solo free routine	86.7000	9 Q	86.3333	10
Evangelia Koutidi Evangelia Platanioti	Duet technical routine	84.1564	9 Q	85.3878	8
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet free routine	84.8000	10 Q	85.8333	9
Maria Alzigkouzi Ifigeneia Dipla* Valentina Farantouri* Giana Gkeorgkieva Evangelia Koutidi Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Anna Maria Taxopoulou Athanasia Tsola	Team technical routine	83.6782	11 Q	82.3897	12
	Team free routine	85.5667	10 Q	85.8333	10
Maria Alzigkouzi Maria Eleni Armaou* Ifigeneia Dipla Valentina Farantouri Giana Gkeorgkieva Evangelia Koutidi Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Anna Maria Taxopoulou Anastasia Taxopoulou Athanasia Tsola	Free routine combination	86.6333	8 Q	86.6667	8

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	37	31	+6	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	1	28	26	+2	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Italy	3	1	2	28	28	0	2	Advanced to playoffs
4	Russia	3	0	3	23	31	−8	0

Source: SportResult.com
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.

27 July 2015 12:10	Report	Greece	11–10	Italy	Kazan Attendance: 883 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3
		Afroudakis 3	Goals	four players 2

29 July 2015 09:30	Report	Greece	11–10	United States	Kazan Attendance: 839 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–3, 3–1
		Fountoulis 4	Goals	three players 2

31 July 2015 18:50	Report	Greece	15–11	Russia	Kazan Attendance: 2,285 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–3, 2–4
		Fountoulis 4	Goals	Nagaev 3

Quarterfinals

4 August 2015 18:50	Report	Greece	7–7	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 1,996 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3 PSO: 5–4
		Fountoulis, Genidounias 2	Goals	Younger 3

Semifinals

6 August 2015 20:30	Report	Croatia	10–10	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 2–4 PSO: 5–3
		four players 2	Goals	Vlahopoulos 3

Third place game

8 August 2015 20:30	Report	Greece	7–7	Italy	Kazan Attendance: 2,165 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 4–4, 0–1 PSO: 4–2
		Vlahopoulos 3	Goals	Aicardi, Figlioli 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	35	14	+21	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	38	18	+20	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	2	36	22	+14	2	Advanced to playoffs
4	South Africa	3	0	3	6	61	−55	0

Source: SportResult.com
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.

26 July 2015 12:10	Report	Australia	8–7	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 1,035 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 2–1, 3–2
		Zagame 2	Goals	Tsoukala 4

28 July 2015 09:30	Report	Netherlands	10–9	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 280 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–2, 1–2
		Van der Sloot 4	Goals	Plevritou, Roumpesi 2

30 July 2015 21:30	Report	South Africa	4–20	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–4, 1–5
		Versfeld, White 2	Goals	Asimaki 5

Playoffs

1 August 2015 13:30	Report	Canada	5–8	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 2,055 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 0–2, 1–2
		Valin 2	Goals	Charalampidi 3

Quarterfinals

3 August 2015 21:30	Report	Italy	9–6	Greece	Kazan Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 3–2, 2–1
		Di Mario 4	Goals	Charalampidi 3

5th–8th place semifinals

5 August 2015 17:00	Report	Greece	12–12	Russia	Kazan Attendance: 690 Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 4–3 PSO: 4–3
		Roumpesi 3	Goals	Ivanova 4

Fifth place game

7 August 2015 15:30	Report	China	9–9	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 940 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–3 PSO: 4–3
		Niu Guannan 5	Goals	Asimaki 4

References

1 2 3 ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΚΑΖΑΝ: Οι πρώτες ελληνικές αποστολές [2015 World Championships in Kazan: the first Greek mission] (in Greek). Hellenic Swimming Federation. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ Με 8 αθλητές στο Καζάν! [8 athletes are going to Kazan] (in Greek). Olympiacos. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
↑ Το πρόγραμμα των Ελλήνων στο Καζάν [The schedule of the Greeks in Kazan] (in Greek). Sportsfeed.gr. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

External links

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