Greece competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. At the closing ceremony, a Greek segment was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Athens four years later. Two Greek flags were also hoisted in preparation for the handover, with the Greek national anthem played twice. Medalists Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall. These were the most successful Olympic Games for Greece in which it was not the host nation. Archery Athletics Men Men's 100 m Georgios Theodoridis Round 1 – 10.34 Round 2 – 10.29 (did not advance) Angelos Pavlakakis Round 1 – DNS (did not advance) Men's 200 m Konstantinos Kenteris Round 1 – 20.57 Round 2 – 20.14 Semifinal – 20.2 Final – 20.09 (gold medal) Anastasios Gousis Round 1 – 21.1 (did not advance) Alexios Alexopoulos Round 1 – DNS (did not advance) Men's 400 m Anastasios Gousis Round 1 – 46.38 (did not advance) Men's 800 m Panagiotis Stroubakos Round 1 – 01:47.96 (did not advance) Men's 400 m Hurdles Periklis Iakovakis Round 1 – 50.2 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Alexios Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Kenteris, Angelos Pavlakakis, Georgios Theodoridis Round 1 – 39.21 Semifinal – 38.82 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Stylianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Periklis Iakovakis, Georgios Oikonomidis Round 1 – 03:06.50 (did not advance) Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Georgios Giannelis Round 1 – 09:19.14 (did not advance) Men's Shot Put Vaios Tigkas Qualifying – 18.13 (did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw Konstadinos Gatsioudis Qualifying – 88.41 Final – 86.53 (6th place) Men's Hammer Throw Alexandros Papadimitriou Qualifying – 76.61 Final – 73.30 (12th place) Hristos Polihroniou Qualifying – 74.02 (did not advance) Men's Long Jump Konstantinos Koukodimos Qualifying – 7.44 (did not advance) Dimitrios Serelis Qualifying – NM (did not advance) Men's Triple Jump Hristos Meletoglou Qualifying – 16.00 (did not advance) Konstadinos Zalaggitis Qualifying – 14.15 (did not advance) Stamatios Lenis Qualifying – NM (did not advance) Men's High Jump Lambros Papakostas Qualifying – DNS (did not advance) Men's 50 km Walk Spyridon Kastanis Final – DNF Theodoros Stamatopoulos Final – DNF Men's marathon Panayiotis Haramis Final – 2:26:55 (63rd place) Men's Decathlon Prodromos Korkizoglou 100 m – 10.74 Long Jump – 7.16 Shot Put – 13.70 High Jump – 1.97 400