Greece competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 27 events in 7 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Medalists Athletics Christos Papanikolaou, pole vault (5,35 m): 4th place Boxing Sailing Shooting Seven shooters, all men, represented Greece in 1968. 25 m pistol Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos 50 m rifle, prone Lambis Manthos Ioannis Skarafingas Trap Georgios Pangalos Markos Tzoumaras Skeet Panagiotis Xanthakos Menelaos Mikhailidis Water polo Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Netherlands (5:9) Lost to Japan (7:8) Defeated United Arab Republic (7:6) Lost to East Germany (4:11) Lost to Mexico (8:11) Lost to Yugoslavia (1:11) Lost to Italy (2:6) Classification Matches 13th/14th place: Lost to Brazil (2:5) → Fourteenth place Team Roster Andreas Garifallos Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos Georgios Palikaris Georgios Theodorakopoulos Ioannis Palios Ioannis Thimaras Kyriakos Iosifidis Nikolaos Tsangas Panagiotis Mathioudakis Panagiotis Mikhalos Thomas Karalogos Weightlifting Wrestling References External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 O