Greece at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men Women Men 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
Olympic Games in the opening ceremony. Though the flame has been an Olympic symbol since 1928, the torch relay was only introduced at the 1936 Summer Games to promote the Third Reich. The Olympic mascot, an animal or human figure representing the cultural heritage of the host country, was introduced in 1968. It has played an important part of the Games' identity promotion since the 1980 Summer Olympics, when the Russian bear cub Misha reached international stardom. The mascot of the Summer Olympics in London was named Wenlock after the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire. Much Wenlock still hosts the Wenlock