Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics 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. Greece finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 13 medals overall. Men Greece sent one archer to Sydney. She lost her first match. Men Men's 100 m Men's 200 m Men's 400 m Men's 800 m Men's 400 m Hurdles Men's 4 × 100 m Men's 4 ×
Summer Olympic Games the first athlete to ever win the distance double twice. Following the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, 66 nations, including the United States, Canada, West Germany, and Japan, boycotted the 1980 games held in Moscow. Eighty nations were represented at the Moscow Games – the smallest number since 1956. The boycott contributed to the 1980 Games being a less publicised and less competitive affair, which was dominated by the host country. In 1984 the Soviet Union and 13 Soviet allies reciprocated by boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Romania, notably, was one of the nations in the