olympics

THE OLYMPICS
Medical Care
ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ
Edited by
CHRISTOS LOLAS
ODYSSEAS PUBLICATIONS
Την Πέµπτη, 3 ∆εκεµβρίου 2009, στις 19:00, σας προσκαλούµε
στην παρουσίαση του βιβλίου του Χρήστου Λόλα
«THE OLYMPICS – Medical Care» (εκδόσεις Οδυσσέας 2009)
Οµιλητές:
Σπύρος Καπράλος – Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Ολυµπιακής Επιτροπής
Αλέκος Παπαδόπουλος – τέως Υπουργός
Πέτρος Συναδινός – Αρχιτέκτων
Αργύρης Μήτσου – Καθηγητής Ιατρικής.
Συντονιστής: Σεραφείµ Κοτρώτσος – ∆ηµοσιογράφος
Κτήριο Ελληνικής Ολυµπιακής Επιτροπής (Ε.Ο.Ε.)
∆ηµητρίου Βικέλα 52 (πάροδος Κηφισίας στο ύψος του ΟΑΚΑ)
Πληροφορίες: Εκδόσεις Οδυσσέας, τηλ. 210 36 25 575 • www.christoslolas.com
Χορηγός Φιλοξενίας: Ελληνική Ολυµπιακή Επιτροπή

Beginning in antiquity, the Olympic Games have
always been influenced and marked by political,
social, economic and scientific developments,
including advances in medicine. The implementation of
the Olympic Health Services and Medical Care is a field
of organization on a grand scale and a vital element in
the hosting of a successful Olympic Games. In this artistically
illustrated edition written by some of the most authorative
medical people in the field are reviewed:
• the Ancient Olympiads
• the role of Greece in the revival of the Modern
Olympics
• the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games
• a brief history of the Ancient Greek Medicine and
the Medicine of the 20th Century
• the Special Event Medical Care (“Mass Gathering”
Medicine)
• the organization of the Olympic Health Services
• the Doping and Doping Control
In the epilogue the editor expresses some very interesting
ideas for the future, suggesting a new concept for
a Spiritual Renaissance of the Olympic Games emphasizing
the religious element of the Ancient Games.
This edition is a very useful tool to people who are
directly involved with the organization of the Olympic
Health Services, to the medical volunteers and to the
general reader who is interested in the Olympic Games,
past and present.

Volunteers of Medical Services of the Athoc 2004 Olympic Games
ADAMOS IOANNIS • ALMPANAKI CHARALAMPIA ROZA • ANGELOPOULOU ISIDORA • APOSTOLOU AIKATERINI • APOSTOLOU ANASTASIOS • ARABATZOGLOU MARIA • ARAVANTINOU FATOROU ELENI •
ASIMAKOPOULOU EVANTHIA • AVGERINOU MARIA • BAKIRTSOGLOU VARVARA • BEZATIS ATHANASIOS • CHARANA AIKATERINI • CHATZIELEFTERIOU IOANNA • CHATZIELEFTHERIOU SONIA • CHIOS
POLYDOROS • CHRISSANTHOPOULOS KONSTANTINOS • DALLIDOU STELLA • DIMOPOULOU SOULTANA • DIMOS PANAGIOTIS • DIONYSAKOPOULOU CHRISTINA • ROBERTSON DONNA • EFSTATHOPOULOS
EFSTATHIOS • ELEFTHERIADOU SOFIA • ELENI EVANGELIA • FITLERA VASILIKI • FORTOMA MARGARITA • FOTOPOULOU GEORGIA • FRAGKISKOS DIMITRIOS • FRINK LOLAS CLAUDIA CAROL • GALANIS
MICHALIS • GALANOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS • GENERALIS IOANNIS • TOENGES FRED • GEORGIADI EVANGELIA • GEORGITSOPOULOU PARASKEVI • GIAKALIS ATHANASIOS • GIANNIKOURIS THEODOROS •
GKATSOU AIKATERINI • GKOUDINOGLOU ANNA • CAYDRON JULIA MARTHA • KAGIOULI PARASKEVI • KALOGERAKI MATINA • KAMOUZI ANASTASIA • KARAMPETSOU DESPOINA • KARLI GEORGIA •
KARPOUZA ANNA • KARVOUNI ANASTASIA • KATSAMPERI CHARIKLEIA • KATSAPI ANGELIKI • KATSAROU VARVARA • KATSIAMPOULA GEORGIA • PATSOURAKOU PANAGIOTA • KOLIOPOULOU MARIA •
KOMZIAS DIMITRIOS • KOTSAKI ANTIGONI • KOUFOGIANNI ANDRIANA • KOUNTOURIOTOU GEORGIA • KOUTROUMPI GEORGIA • KRANI EVDOXIA • KRANIA EFSTATHIA • KYRITSI FIORINA-EIRINI •
LAMPROPOULOU ELENI • LIASKA MARIANTHI • LOGOTHETI AIKATERINH • LOLI ZOI • LYKOUDI THEONI • LYSANDROPOULOS ANDREAS • MAKRIS GRIGORIS • MARKELLOU SOFIA • MARKOPOULOU VASILIKI •
MAVRAKI EFSTATHIA • MITSELOU VASILIKI NIKI • MPESSAS ZACHARIAS • MPOUKOUVALA MARIA • MPRILAKI ALIKI • MYLONA AIKATERINI • NANOU KONSTANTINA • NIAKA ANTONIA • NIKOLOPOULOU
GEORGIA • OIKONOMIDIS DIMITRIOS • ORFANIDOU ELENI • PALAMIDAKIS FOTIOS • PANAGOPOULOS GEORGIOS • PANAGOPOULOS VASILEIOS • PANAGOPOULOU DESPOINA • PAOLINELI ALEXIA • PAPANIKOU
EFTYCHIA • PAPAPOSTOLOU GEORGIA • PLITA DIMITRA • PROKAKI MARIA • SIAKAVELLAS SPYRIDON • SKINDILIA ELENI • SOFOKLEOUS MARIA • STROUMPOU EFSTATHIA • TALANTZI EVANGELIA • TAMPAKI
ATHANASIA • TZIMA AIKATERINI • VLAMAKIS DIMITRIOS • VOURONIKOU AIKATERINI • ZARKALI OURANIA • SMYRNIOTI ANASTASIA • MASTORAKI FOTEINI • RAMNALI ANGELIKI • KAKIAS NIKOLAOS •
KADDA ANASTASIA • SEVASTIDOU ELINA • KORODIMA VASILIKI • KATERELOS ADAMANTIOS • KOUVARA PINELOPI • MOUROUTSOU CHRISTINA • VELLINIATI DIMITRA • FOUGIA AGELIKI • KALLITSI FIORETTA
IOANNA • KIRMITZAKI PAVLINA • MAMOURAS ILIAS • MITROPOULOS PANAGIOTIS • NOMIKOS NIKOLAOS • PAPAGRIGORAKIS GEORGIOS • PATSOURI AIKATERINI • SAVVOULIDIS EFSTATHIOS • SOTIRIOU
DESPO • SOUMPASAKI EVANGELIA • STOUMPIS CHRISTOS • THRASYVOULOU CHRYSTALLA • VACHLIOTI PANAGIOTA GRIGORIA • VOULGARI ELENI • KAKALETRI ZAFEIRIA • MPEZERIANOU IOANNA • MELA
EIRINI • VLACHOGIANNIS THEODOROS • MUSLEH WESAM • GEORGOPOULOS NIKOLAOS • MARTZELOS PANAGIOTIS • PAOULINO ELEFTHERIOS • PAPATHEODOROU EMMANOUIL • VARELAS DIONYSIOS •
KANTZOS GEORGIOS • LAZARIDIS GEORGIOS • DAVITIDIS KONSTANTINOS • FARMAKIS ELEFTHERIOS TERRY • GKROUS ALEXANDROS • KAPETANAKOU DESPOINA • MITSEA ANASTASIA • SPANAKI VOREADI
ARISTEA • ALTAE HELME • ALEXANDRIDIS KONSTANTINOS • ANAGNOSTOU MARIA • GYFTOPOULOS DIMITRIOS • DAMASKOS SPYRIDON • DOUKOUDAKIS ASTERIOS • KALANTZIS CHRISTOS • KONTAKIOTIS
EVANGELOS • MADIANOS FOIVOS • PANIS VASILEIOS • PAPADAKIS EVANGELOS • STAVROU EMMANOUIL • SOTIRIOU MICHAIL • TSICHLAKIS KONSTANTINOS • FOURMOUZIS IOANNIS • CHRISTOPOULOS
PANAGIOTIS • MANTAS DIONYSIOS • VROTSOS IOANNIS • TZOUTZAS IOANNIS • ANTONIADOU MARIA • ARGYRATOS THEODOROS • CHRYSOULIDOU KYRIAKI • DAMASKOS DIMITRIOS • KAGKOU ELENI •
KOULOUSIOS KONSTANTINOS • KOUTSOMYTIS GEORGIOS • PIPILI PANAGOULA • STEFANIDIS EVANGELOS • FRAGKOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS • ELEFTHERIOU GEORGIA • GAVRIIL ATHANASIA • NINOU
MOSCHOULA • PELOPIDA DIMITRA • ZYGOGIANNI ANGELIKI • STORM SUSAN • MARAKI MARIA • ARRANZ POVEDANO MARIA JOSE • CHALASTANI PATRA • CHEILARIS SPYRIDON • DIONYSOPOULOS
KONSTANTINOS • DRAKOU MARIA • EXARCHOU AGATHI • FILIPPIDI VERA • GKANARA ELISAVET • KAMPITSI ANTZOULETTA • KASTANI KONSTANTIA • KOTSIOUMPA IOANNA • KOUFAKIS NIKOLAOS •
KOUTELEKOS IOANNIS • KRANIA ELLI • KROUSTALLI DIMITRA • LAKKA THEOGNOSIA • LEVENTELIS CHRISTONIKOS • LIOLIOU MARIA • LUCE DAPHNE JOAN • VARSAMIDOU MARY • LYMPERI MARIA •
NTANAS IOANNIS • PANAGIOTOU ASPASIA • PATIDOU EIRINI • REKLEITOU TASSOPOULOU ADAMANTIA • TERSISOGLOU CHRISTINA • THEOFANIDIS DIMITRIOS • KONSTANTINIDIS IOANNIS • GLAROS
STEFANOS • KARAMPATZAKIS ANGELOS • ZAFEIRAKIS GEORGIOS • MARKETOS GEORGIOS • LIOTSOU ANDROMACHI • KOTOULAS ANDREAS • TSIAKALOS KONSTANTINOS • MARGETIS IOANNIS • KONTES
APOSTOLOS • SINAPI VASILIKI • DIMISIANOS MICHAIL • TZENI ZOI • ANGELOU PANAGIOTIS • CHAIBALOGLOU MARIA • PALAISTIS SAVVAS • PETMEZA ASIMINA • ROUMELIANAKI ATHANASIA • SOULIOTI ZOI
• TSONAS SPYRIDON • VERYKOKIDIS ANASTASIOS • XYNOS NIKOLAOS • ΠΑΠΑΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΑΡΑΝΤΟΣ • PASCHIDI MARINA • KANNI CHARIKLEIA • CHAITA ELIZA • KOUNADI STAMATINA • MOUZAKI •
PODARA ANGELIKI • TSIOUMANI ELENI • TSITOMENEAS ALEXANDROS • OIKONOMOPOULOU ANGELIKI • MPALTSAVIAS ATHANASIOS • MANDILA ELENI • ZERDELI EVA • IOANNIDIS THEMISTOKLIS •
ANDRIOPOULOU MARIA • ATHANASOPOULOS IOANNIS • BIRKETT EMMA JAYNE • BUTTRESS SUSAN • CALLAGHAN MICHAEL JAMES • CHARALAMPIDIS MICHALIS • CHRISTIAN SCHWAB • CHRISTOPHE
LAVOUE • CONSTANTINOU MARIA • DERHAM CATHERINE • DIAMANTOPOULOS KONSTANTINOS • DIMOS CHRISTOS • FLOROU GEORGIA • FOUTSIS CHRISTOS • GEORGOPOULOU OLGA • GIANNEAS IOANNIS •
GOERING MARY ALICE • GOUDEVENOS GEORGIOS • GRANTHAM MATTHEW • KAKAVELAKIS KYRIAKOS • KALAMPAKAS KONSTANTINOS • KAPRELI ELENI • KARAGIANNOPOULOS CHRISTOS • KARATSOLIS
KONSTANTINOS • KASIOURIS GEORGIOS • KEFALAS CHRISTOS • KLIRODETIS IOANNIS • KOMESARIOS DIMITRIOS • KOUFOS AIMILIOS • KOUGIAS NIKOLAOS • KOUMANTAKIS GEORGIOS • KOURAKOS
VASILEIOS • LAMPROS MICHAIL • LIOUDAKI GEORGIA • LYKOTRAFITIS THEODOROS • MPARDAVILIA MAGDALINI • NAGARAJU MANTINA • PANOPOULOU EIRINI • PAPADOPOULOS EMMANOUIL • PAPPAS
ANGELOS • PETROUTSOS STYLIANOS • POCHEIM SARAH • PROIMAKI DESPOINA • PSYLOGLOU EMMANOUEL • SERENTELOS NIKOLAOS • SERRAS PHILIP • STAVROULAKIS PETROS • STONE BELINDA •
STRIMPAKOS NIKOLAOS • TAFT GEORGINA • THEODOSOPOULOS EVANGELOS • TRANAKAS KONSTANTINOS • TSAKONITI AIKATERINI • VYTHOULKA IOANNA • ZAFEIROPOULOS NIKOLAOS • ZERVAKAKI ELENI
• ZOURIDAKIS GEORGIOS • THOMAS ALAN • SUSOR KIM • ANAGNOSTIS KATHERINE • PILOTTE GORDON GERALD • TOMMY TOTH • MENGISOGLOU PANAGIOTIS • BRAMAH JOHN • FALLON WENDY • GROD
STANLEY • WOOD LEWIS GEORGE • DIXON MARK • BAILEY TAMMY • LIPSCOMB PETER • LUNKINS ANDREA • PFANNERSTILL PETE • FORRESTER DIANE • FAY CLARE • BRUNO COSIMO • BLACKBURN
CAROLLINE • TINIAKOS GEORGIOS ANTONIOS • NIKOLIC ALETCANDAR • BARBOUR SCOTTY • HALE TERREL • SHELLEY LAUREN • BREEN TURNER JANE • KURZ KIMBERLY • BROOKER SUSAN • CRONIN KATE •
CALDWELL LUKE • STANLEY ANDREA • HOLOHAN VANESSA • THEOFILAS PANAGIOTIS • GIANNOPOULOS ATHANASIOS • CHATZIIOANNOU ILIAS • THORSTEINSEN JON • HENE MARK • SCHNEIDER JAN •
EADIE SHARLENE • SPYROPOULOS CHRISTOS • KIRTON ELAINE • AKTYPIS ANASTASIOS • ALEXOPOULOS STAVROS • ARVANITAKIS EMMANOUIL • BARTOLD SIMON • BILLINGS BRYAN • BORGEAS ALEXANDER
• CARDILLO DAVID • CHURCHILL KENNINGHAM RUSSELL • COOK JASON PETER • FLEET PAUL JOSEPH • KOUTSIOFITIS GEORGE • LAFONTSEE DAN E • MAVROU MARIA PINELOPI • MIRONES STEVEN •
PAPAZOGLOU KYRIAKOS • PETROPOULOS CHRIS • POULIOU ELENI • ROMANSKY NICHOLAS • SARGANT DARRYN • TAMLIN RENEE • THEIASPRAS LOUKAS • ANDROULAKIS GEORGIOS • ATHANASOPOULOS
SPYRIDON • BADEKAS ATHANASIOS • FEREKYDIS ELEFTHERIOS • KATSAMPAS ANDREAS • KREATSAS GEORGIOS • LEGAKIS NIKOLAOS • MOSCHOS MICHAIL • MPERGIANNAKI DERMITZAKI IOANNA
DESPOINA • PAPAMICHOS ATHANASIOS • SKOUROLIAKOU MARIA • STEFANADIS CHRISTODOULOS • VOUGIOUKLAKIS GEORGIOS • SOUKAKOS PANAGIOTIS • KELEKIS DIMITRIOS • ANASTASAKIS ARIS •
BROUNTZOS ELIAS • CHATZIGIANNIS VASILEIOS • CRAWFORD IAN • DORAS KONSTANTINOS • FORGRAVE MIKE • GEORGIADIS GEORGIOS • GIANNIKAS KONSTANTINOS • GIANNIKOURIS GEORGIOS •
GOULIAMOS ATHANASIOS • HANS JORG TRNKA • KAGIAVIDIS DIMITRIS • KAMPANAROU STAMATINA • KAMPAS ILIAS • KARAGIANNOPOULOS GIORGOS • KARAVOLIAS CHRISTOS • KEDIKOGLOU SIMEON •
KELEKIS CHRYSOSTOMOS ALEXIOS • KINDYNIS PHILIPPE • TZANETEA REVEKKA • LAZAROU SPYRIDON • LELEDAKIS GEORGIOS • MAGKANARIS STYLIANOS • MAKRAKIS EVANGELOS • MANI VASILIKI •
MANIATIS PETROS • MANIATIS VASILEIOS • MARMARA ELENI • MASTROKALOS DIMITRIOS • MEANWELL WILLIAM • MIKELLIDIS GEORGIOS • MOEBIUS ULF • NAOUMI DIMITRAKOUDI KONSTANTO • NIKITA
ALEXANDRA • NTOUNTAS LEONIDAS • PALIOBEI VASSILIKI • PANOSKALTSIS THEODORE • PANOUSOPOULOU ANGELIKI • PAPADOPOULOU KANARA THEODORA • PAPAGIANNI VASILIKI • PAPATHANASIOU
MATTHILDI ANNA • POLYDOROU DOROTHEA MARIA • PROTOPAPA ELISAVET • PSIMARAS DIMITRIOS • REGENSBURGER HARALD • SALAKOS NIKOLAOS • SANCHEZ JESSICA • SEISOPOULOS ATHANASIOS •
SIAPKARA ANGELIKI • SOULTANIS KONSTANTINOS • STAMOU KONSTANTINOS • THEODOROU DIMITRIOS • TOUNTAS APOSTOLOS • TZOUTZOPOULOS APOSTOLOS SPYRIDON • VERGADOS IOANNIS •
VLACHOMITROS IOANNIS • ZACHOS KONSTANTINOS • ZERVOS NIKOLAOS • KONSTANTINIDOU KALOMOIRA • THEOPISTOU ARTEMISIA • PRAPPA EFSTATHIA • RIGOPOULOS ANGELOS • MAMALIS NIKOLAOS
• TOUTOUZAS KONSTANTINOS • OIKONOMOU GEORGIA • BETSOU AFRODITE • PAPADIMITRIOU NIKOLAOS • VASILEIOU PANTELIS • GERANIOS AGGELOS • TSIPAS VASILIOS • KONSTANTAKAKIS EVANGELOS •
CAPPS ANTHONY • TZIAROU KANELLA • ALEXANDROU ANDREAS • ZOUMPOS ARISTEIDIS • MPAMPIS GEORGIOS • STAMATOUKOU ANNA • CHATZISTEFANOU KLEIO • DROUTSAS DIMITRIOS • EKATOMATIS
PANTELIS • PANAGAKIS EFTHYMIOS • LADAS IOANNIS • DAMANAKIS ALEXANDROS • KOKOLAKIS STEFANOS • MPROUZAS DIMITRIOS • MALAGARI AIKATERINI • KELEKIS NIKOLAOS • MASTROKALOU NASI
ILEKTRA • CHRISTOPOULOS CHRISTOS • STIVAKTAKIS IOANNIS • CHRYSAGI ARETI MARKELLA • TSIRONIS KONSTANTINOS • SAGIAKOS IOANNIS • KORRES DIMITRIOS • KOKKALIS ZINON • KOUTSANDREA
CHRYSANTHI • THEODOSIADIADIS PANAGIOTIS • GKOTSIS STYLIANOS • ARGENTOS STYLIANOS • KATSARAGAKIS STYLIANOS • MANIKIS PANAGIOTIS • STERGIOPOULOS SPYRIDON • PAPANIKOLAOU
SPYRIDON • ALEXANDROU ANDREAS • TSAKRIS ATHANASIOS • CHATZIMICHAIL AIKATERINI • SIATRAS GEORGIOS • LEONARDOU POLYTIMI • OIKONOMOU GAROUFALIA • MPELTAOU MARIA • SAKKAS
IOANNIS • DIAGOURTAS ANDREAS • KARAGEORGOU KATERINA • POULOPOULOS CHRISTOS • TSAKRIS ATHANASIOS • NIKOLOPOULOS KONSTANTINOS • PAPAGGELOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS • MPALANIKA
ALEXIA • SPYROU KONSTANTINA • ANASTASIOU ATHANASSIOS • LAZAROU LAZAROS • DIMITROPOULOS SPYRIDON • PSICHARIS IOANNIS • MOUSTAKA AIKATERINI • KOULAKIS DIMITRIS • KASETA MARIA
KYRIAKI • SAPKAS GEORGIOS • PATOULIS GEORGIOS • APOSTOLOPOULOS MICHAIL • PAPADIMITRIOU SPYRIDON • DRIVAS ANTONY • GIAMMARELOS-BOURBOULIS EVANGELOS • MENENAKOS EVANGELOS
• ALEXOPOULOU EFTHYMIA • TSOMPANLIOTI CHRYSI • MESSOLOGITI THALEIA • STAVROPOULOS PANAGIOTIS • KALODIKI EVA • ILIAKIS EVANGELOS • ΤΑΚΟΥΔΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ • CHARTOFYLAKIDIS GEORGIOS •
TENTAS PANAGIOTA • ORFANIDOU MARIA • MPALANIKA ALEXIA • CHARALAMPIDOU PARTHENA • SPYROU KONSTANTIA • CHINOFOTI IOANNA • CHRYSOULIDIS PETROS • KREMMYDAS • KALOGERAKI
KALLIOPI • CHALDEZOU GLYKERIA • ACHEIMASTOU ELENI • KOLLIOPOULOU GEORGIA • KATSIOTIS EVANGELOS • KOPALI IOULIA • LIAKOS IOANNIS • KOUTSOUKOS PETROS • KYRIAZIS STAVROS • ANTONIOU
ANASTASIOS • LIANOPOULOU AMALIA • MALAMATENIOU CHRISTINA • MARKAKIS DIMITRIOS • PAPASTERGIOU SOFIA • MENEGAKOU MARGARITA • METAXAS ANDREAS DIONYSIOS • MITSIKOUDIS
CHARALAMPOS • MPENOS IOANNIS • MPOUSDRI ELENI • PASCHALI PARASKEVI • POLENIS EMMANOUIL • SPILIOTAKOPOULOU PANAGIOTA • TSOUROUFLIS GEORGIOS • ZOLIOU STYLIANI • SARANTEAS
IOANNIS • VASILIADIS SILVESTROS • ANGELOPOULOS KYRIAKOS • ASTERI EVGENIA • GIOTI EIRINI • GRIGORIOU THEODORA • KOUSOUNADI MARIA • VERGOU ANASTASIA • ZELOU OLGA • PASSALIS ANESTIS
• SKLAVENITIS SPYRIDON • GKOUMA EVANGELIA • DELIMANIS DIMITRIOS • KOSMA AGATHI • TZIMA MARIA • ANDRONIS CHARALAMPOS...
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