Paraskevi Patoulidou wins 100m hurdles 1992 Olympics

Paraskevi (Voula) Patoulidou, running in lane 5, on 8.6.1992, wins the first Greek track and field Gold Olympic medal, in the 1992 games, in Barcelona Spain, since Spyridon Louis won the Gold in the marathon, in the first Olympics in Athens on 4.10.1896. Voula was also the first Greek female athlete, ever, to reach an Olympic track and field final. When she realized she won the race, she screamed the immortal: "Gia tin Ellada, gamoto" meaning "For Greece's sake, damn it". Spyridon Louis won the 40 Km race in 2hours 58min 50sec. Fellow Greek and favorite for the race Harilaos Vassilakos came second and Gyula Kellner from Hungary was third.


















