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Greece at the Olympics

Summary

Greece has a long presence at the Olympic Games, as they have competed at every Summer Olympic Games, one of only five countries to have done so, and most of the Winter Olympic Games. Greece has hosted the Games twice, both in Athens. As the home of the Ancient Olympic Games it was a natural choice as host nation for the revival of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, while Greece has also hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics. During the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Greece always enters the stadium first and leads the parade to honor its status as the birthplace of the Olympics, with the notable exception of 2004 when Greece entered last as the host nation.[a] Before the Games the Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia, the site of the Ancient Olympic Games, in a ceremony that reflects ancient Greek rituals and initiates the Olympic torch relay. The flag of Greece is always hoisted in the closing ceremony, along with the flags of the current and the next host country.

Greece at the
Olympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
35
Silver
45
Bronze
41
Total
121
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greek athletes have won a total of 121 medals in 15 different sports and the country currently ranks 36th in the all-time Summer Olympics medal count. Athletics and weightlifting have been the top medal-producing sports for the nation and in the latter Greece is placed among the top 10 countries overall. Gymnastics, shooting and wrestling are the other sports that have produced ten or more medals for Greece. In the inaugural 1896 Olympics, Greece finished second in the gold medals count, but won the most medals in total, in their best Olympic performance. The Greeks finished third in the 1906 Intercalated Games with 8 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals (35 in total), which were considered Olympic at the time but are not officially recognized by the IOC today.

Greece did not win any medals at the Winter Olympics.

Hosted Games edit

Greece has hosted the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions, the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 and again in 2004. Both were held in Athens, which along with Paris, Los Angeles, and Tokyo are the cities that have hosted the Olympic Games twice, with London being the only city to have hosted them three times. The Greek capital also hosted the 1906 Intercalated Games, which at the time were considered to be Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.[2]

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
1896 Summer Olympics Athens 6 – 15 April 14 241 43
2004 Summer Olympics Athens 13 – 29 August 201 10,625 301

Medal tables edit

*Purple border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by summer sport edit

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Athletics8121030
  Weightlifting65415
  Gymnastics53412
  Shooting44513
  Sailing3238
  Fencing2125
  Swimming1427
  Wrestling13711
  Cycling1304
  Taekwondo1304
  Rowing1124
  Judo1012
  Diving1001
  Tennis0213
  Water polo0202
Totals (15 entries)354541121

Medal tables by athlete edit

List of medalists edit

Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
1   Gold Spyridon Louis 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's marathon
2   Gold Aristidis Konstantinidis 1896 Athens   Cycling Men's road race
3   Gold Leonidas Pyrgos 1896 Athens   Fencing Men's masters foil
4   Gold Ioannis Georgiadis 1896 Athens   Fencing Men's sabre
5   Gold Ioannis Mitropoulos 1896 Athens   Gymnastics Men's rings
6   Gold Nikolaos Andriakopoulos 1896 Athens  Gymnastics Men's rope climbing
7   Gold Pantelis Karasevdas 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 200 m military rifle
8   Gold Georgios Orphanidis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions
9   Gold Ioannis Frangoudis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
10   Gold Ioannis Malokinis 1896 Athens   Swimming Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
11   Silver Charilaos Vasilakos 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's marathon
12   Silver Miltiadis Gouskos 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's shot put
13   Silver Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's discus throw
14   Silver Stamatios Nikolopoulos 1896 Athens   Cycling Men's sprint
15   Silver Stamatios Nikolopoulos 1896 Athens   Cycling Men's time trial
16   Silver Georgios Koletis 1896 Athens   Cycling Men's 100 km
17   Silver Tilemachos Karakalos 1896 Athens   Fencing Men's sabre
18   Silver Thomas Xenakis 1896 Athens   Gymnastics Men's rope climbing
19   Silver
1896 Athens   Gymnastics Men's team parallel bars
20   Silver Panagiotis Pavlidis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 200 m military rifle
21   Silver Ioannis Frangoudis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions
22   Silver Georgios Orphanidis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
23   Silver Antonios Pepanos 1896 Athens   Swimming Men's 500 m freestyle
24   Silver Ioannis Andreou 1896 Athens   Swimming Men's 1200 m freestyle
25   Silver Spyridon Chazapis 1896 Athens   Swimming Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
26   Silver Dimitrios Kasdaglis 1896 Athens   Tennis Men's singles
27   Silver Dimitrios Kasdaglis - Demetrios Petrokokkinos[30] 1896 Athens   Tennis Men's doubles
28   Silver Georgios Tsitas 1896 Athens   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman
29   Bronze Dimitrios Golemis 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's 800 m
30   Bronze Evangelos Damaskos 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's pole vault
31   Bronze Ioannis Theodoropoulos 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's pole vault
32   Bronze Ioannis Persakis 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's triple jump
33   Bronze Georgios Papasideris 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's shot put
34   Bronze Sotirios Versis 1896 Athens   Athletics Men's discus throw
35   Bronze Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis 1896 Athens   Fencing Men's foil
36   Bronze Athanasios Vouros[31] 1896 Athens   Fencing Men's foil
37   Bronze Petros Persakis 1896 Athens   Gymnastics Men's rings
38   Bronze
1896 Athens   Gymnastics Men's team parallel bars
39   Bronze Nikolaos Trikoupis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 200 m military rifle
40   Bronze Nikolaos Morakis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 25 m military pistol
41   Bronze Ioannis Frangoudis 1896 Athens   Shooting Men's 30 m free pistol
42   Bronze Efstathios Chorafas 1896 Athens   Swimming Men's 500 m freestyle
43   Bronze Dimitrios Drivas 1896 Athens   Swimming Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
44   Bronze Konstantinos Paspatis 1896 Athens   Tennis Men's singles
45   Bronze Alexandros Nikolopoulos 1896 Athens   Weightlifting Men's one hand lift
46   Bronze Sotirios Versis 1896 Athens   Weightlifting Men's two hand lift
47   Bronze Stephanos Christopoulos 1896 Athens   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman
48   Gold Periklis Kakousis 1904 St. Louis   Weightlifting Men's two hand lift
49   Bronze Nikolaos Georgantas 1904 St. Louis   Athletics Men's discus throw
50   Silver Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 1908 London   Athletics Men's standing high jump
51   Silver Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 1908 London   Athletics Men's standing long jump
52   Silver Michalis Dorizas 1908 London   Athletics Men's freestyle javelin
53   Bronze Anastasios Metaxas 1908 London   Shooting Men's individual trap shooting
54   Gold Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 1912 Stockholm  Athletics Men's standing long jump
55   Bronze Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 1912 Stockholm  Athletics Men's standing high jump
56   Silver Georgios Moraitinis
Iason Sappas
Alexandros Theofilakis
Ioannis Theofilakis
Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos		 1920 Antwerp   Shooting Men's 30 m team military pistol
57   Bronze Georgios Roubanis 1956 Melbourne   Athletics Men's pole vault
58   Gold Crown Prince Constantine
Odysseus Eskitzoglou
Georgios Zaimis		 1960 Rome   Sailing Dragon
59   Bronze Petros Galaktopoulos 1968 Mexico City   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg
60   Silver Ilias Hatzipavlis 1972 Munich   Sailing Finn
61   Silver Petros Galaktopoulos 1972 Munich   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
62   Gold Stelios Mygiakis 1980 Moscow   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
63   Bronze Georgios Hatziioannidis 1980 Moscow   Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg
64   Bronze Aristidis Rapanakis
Anastasios Gavrilis
Anastasios Bountouris		 1980 Moscow   Sailing Soling
65   Silver Dimitrios Thanopoulos 1984 Los Angeles   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
66   Bronze Charalambos Cholidis 1984 Los Angeles   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
67   Bronze Charalambos Cholidis 1988 Seoul   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
68   Gold Voula Patoulidou 1992 Barcelona   Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles
69   Gold Pyrros Dimas 1992 Barcelona   Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg
70   Gold Ioannis Melissanidis 1996 Atlanta   Gymnastics Men's floor
71   Gold Nikolaos Kaklamanakis 1996 Atlanta   Sailing Men's Mistral One Design
72   Gold Pyrros Dimas 1996 Atlanta   Weightlifting Men's 83 kg
73   Gold Kakhi Kakhiashvili 1996 Atlanta   Weightlifting Men's 99 kg
74   Silver Niki Bakoyianni 1996 Atlanta   Athletics Women's high jump
75   Silver Leonidas Sabanis 1996 Atlanta   Weightlifting Men's 59 kg
76   Silver Valerios Leonidis 1996 Atlanta  Weightlifting Men's 64 kg
77   Silver Leonidas Kokas 1996 Atlanta   Weightlifting Men's 91 kg
78   Gold Konstantinos Kenteris 2000 Sydney   Athletics Men's 200 metres
79   Gold Michalis Mouroutsos 2000 Sydney   Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
80   Gold Pyrros Dimas 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
81   Gold Kakhi Kakhiashvili 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
82   Silver Ekaterini Thanou 2000 Sydney   Athletics Women's 100 metres
83   Silver Anastasia Kelesidou 2000 Sydney   Athletics Women's discus throw
84   Silver Mirela Maniani 2000 Sydney   Athletics Women's javelin throw
85   Silver Dimosthenis Tampakos 2000 Sydney   Gymnastics Men's rings
86   Silver Leonidas Sabanis 2000 Sydney  Weightlifting Men's 62 kg
87   Silver Viktor Mitrou 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
88   Bronze Ioanna Chatziioannou 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Women's 63 kg
89   Bronze Amiran Kardanov 2000 Sydney   Wrestling Men's freestyle 54 kg
90   Bronze Eirini Aindili
Evangelia Christodoulou
Maria Georgatou
Zacharoula Karyami
Charikleia Pantazi
Anna Pollatou		 2000 Sydney   Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around
91   Gold Thomas Bimis
Nikolaos Siranidis		 2004 Athens   Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard
92   Gold Ilias Iliadis 2004 Athens   Judo Men's -81 kg
93   Gold Sofia Bekatorou
Emilia Tsoulfa		 2004 Athens   Sailing Women's 470
94   Gold Dimosthenis Tampakos 2004 Athens   Gymnastics Men's rings
95   Gold Athanasia Tsoumeleka 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's 20 km walk
96   Gold Fani Chalkia 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles
97   Silver Anastasia Kelesidou 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's discus throw
98   Silver Nikolaos Kaklamanakis 2004 Athens   Sailing Men's mistral
99   Silver Hrysopiyi Devetzi 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's triple jump
100   Silver
2004 Athens   Water polo Women's tournament
101   Silver Elisavet Mystakidou 2004 Athens   Taekwondo Women's -67 kg
102   Silver Alexandros Nikolaidis 2004 Athens   Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
103   Bronze Pyrros Dimas 2004 Athens   Weightlifting Men's -85 kg
104   Bronze Vasileios Polymeros
Nikolaos Skiathitis		 2004 Athens   Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls
105   Bronze Artiom Kiouregkian 2004 Athens   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman -55 kg
106   Bronze Mirela Maniani 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's javelin throw
107   Silver Dimitrios Mouyios
Vasileios Polymeros		 2008 Beijing   Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls
108   Silver Alexandros Nikolaidis 2008 Beijing   Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
109   Bronze Sofia Bekatorou
Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou		 2008 Beijing   Sailing Women's yngling class
110   Bronze Ilias Iliadis 2012 London   Judo Men's 90 kg
111   Bronze Christina Giazitzidou
Alexandra Tsiavou		 2012 London   Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls
112   Gold Anna Korakaki 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Shooting Women's 25 m pistol
113   Gold Eleftherios Petrounias 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Gymnastics Men's rings
114   Gold Katerina Stefanidi 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Athletics Women's pole vault
115   Silver Spyridon Gianniotis 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Swimming Men's 10 km open water
116   Bronze Anna Korakaki 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol
117   Bronze Pavlos Kagialis
Panagiotis Mantis		 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Sailing Men's 470
118   Gold Stefanos Ntouskos 2020 Tokyo   Rowing Men's single sculls
119   Gold Miltiadis Tentoglou 2020 Tokyo   Athletics Men's long jump
120   Silver
2020 Tokyo   Water polo Men's tournament
121   Bronze Eleftherios Petrounias 2020 Tokyo   Gymnastics Men's rings

Athletes with most medals edit

The table below lists the athletes that have won more than one Olympic medal while competing for Greece. It does not include medals won for other nations and mixed teams. The athletes are shown in order by the number of total medals won; in case of the same number of total medals they are sorted by gold, silver and then bronze medals.

 
Pyrros Dimas is the top Greek Olympic medalist having won three gold and one bronze medal in weightlifting.
 
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras has won four Olympic medals in athletics and ties Pyrros Dimas for the Greek athlete with the most Olympic medals won in total.
 
Sofia Bekatorou, with a gold (2004) and a bronze medal (2008) in sailing.
 
Voula Patoulidou was the first Greek female athlete to win a gold Olympic medal in 1992.
Athlete Sport Games       Total
Pyrros Dimas   Weightlifting 1992–1996–2000–2004 3 0 1 4
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras   Athletics 1908–1912 1 2 1 4
Ioannis Frangoudis   Shooting 1896 1 1 1 3
Kakhi Kakhiashvili   Weightlifting 1996–2000 2 0 0 2
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos   Gymnastics 1896 1 1 0 2
Georgios Orphanidis   Shooting 1896 1 1 0 2
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis   Sailing 1996–2004 1 1 0 2
Dimosthenis Tampakos   Gymnastics 2000–2004 1 1 0 2
Ioannis Mitropoulos   Gymnastics 1896 1 0 1 2
Sofia Bekatorou   Sailing 2004–2008 1 0 1 2
Ilias Iliadis   Judo 2004–2012 1 0 1 2
Anna Korakaki   Shooting 2016 1 0 1 2
Eleftherios Petrounias   Gymnastics 2016–2020 1 0 1 2
Dimitrios Kasdaglis   Tennis 1896 0 2 0 2
Stamatios Nikolopoulos   Cycling 1896 0 2 0 2
Thomas Xenakis   Gymnastics 1896 0 2 0 2
Leonidas Sabanis   Weightlifting 1996–2000 0 2 0 2
Anastasia Kelesidou   Athletics 2000–2004 0 2 0 2
Alexandros Nikolaidis   Taekwondo 2004–2008 0 2 0 2
Petros Persakis   Gymnastics 1896 0 1 1 2
Petros Galaktopoulos   Wrestling 1968–1972 0 1 1 2
Mirela Maniani   Athletics 2000–2004 0 1 1 2
Vasileios Polymeros   Rowing 2004–2008 0 1 1 2
Sotirios Versis   Athletics   Weightlifting 1896 0 0 2 2
Charalambos Cholidis   Wrestling 1984–1988 0 0 2 2

Top medalists edit

The tables below list the top Olympic medalists for Greece, sorted by gold, silver and then bronze medals.

Men
Athlete Sport Games       Total
Pyrros Dimas   Weightlifting 1992–1996–2000–2004 3 0 1 4
Akakios Kakiasvilis   Weightlifting 1996–2000 2 0 0 2
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras   Athletics 1908–1912 1 2 1 4
Ioannis Frangoudis   Shooting 1896 1 1 1 3
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos   Gymnastics 1896 1 1 0 2
Georgios Orphanidis   Shooting 1896 1 1 0 2
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis   Sailing 1996–2004 1 1 0 2
Dimosthenis Tampakos   Gymnastics 2000–2004 1 1 0 2
Ioannis Mitropoulos   Gymnastics 1896 1 0 1 2
Ilias Iliadis   Judo 2004–2012 1 0 1 2
Eleftherios Petrounias   Gymnastics 2016–2020 1 0 1 2
Women
Athlete Sport Games       Total
Sofia Bekatorou   Sailing 2004–2008 1 0 1 2
Anna Korakaki   Shooting 2016 1 0 1 2
Voula Patoulidou   Athletics 1992 1 0 0 1
Fani Chalkia   Athletics 2004 1 0 0 1
Emilia Tsoulfa   Sailing 2004 1 0 0 1
Athanasia Tsoumeleka   Athletics 2004 1 0 0 1
Ekaterini Stefanidi   Athletics 2016 1 0 0 1
Anastasia Kelesidou   Athletics 2000–2004 0 2 0 2
Mirela Maniani   Athletics 2000–2004 0 1 1 2

Additional disputed medals of 1896 edit

There is confusion about certain results and medals in the first Summer Olympics of 1896. The Hellenic Olympic Committee, claiming different sources, cites in its website some different results for certain events and some additional medals for Greece, which are contradictory to those appearing in the IOC website. They are cited here separately and are not included in any of the other tables.

Table of additional medals and medalists recognised by the HOC
Athlete Sport Event Medal according to HOC Position according to IOC Medalist according to IOC
Efstathios Chorafas[32][33][34][35]   Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Silver Unknown (3 to 6)[36] Otto Herschmann
Konstantinos Akratopoulos[37] - Aristidis Akratopoulos[38]   Tennis Men's doubles Bronze 4[39] Edwin Flack - George Stuart Robertson
Aristovoulos Petmezas[40]   Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Bronze Did not participate[41] None
Efstathios Chorafas[32]   Swimming Men's 1200 m freestyle Bronze Unknown (3 to 5)[42] None
Georgios Paraskevopoulos[43][44]   Cycling 12 hour race Bronze Did not finish[45] None

Summary by sport edit

Aquatics edit

Swimming edit

Greece first competed in swimming at the inaugural 1896 Games, sweeping the top three spots in one event open only to Greek sailors and winning two silver and one bronze medal in international events. Greek swimmers have won only one silver medal since then at the 2016 Games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 1 3 2 6
Rio 2016 0 1 0 1
Total 1 4 2 7

Diving edit

Greece won a gold medal in Diving at the 2004 Games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 2004 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

Water Polo edit

Greece has won silver medals at the 2004 Games (women's) and 2020 Games (men's).

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 2004 0 1 0 1
Tokyo 2020 0 1 0 1
Total 0 2 0 2

Athletics edit

Greece first competed in athletics at the first Games in 1896, winning the men's marathon. Since then, Greece have won numerous medals in athletics especially from the 1992 Games through to the 2020 Games, in what is Greece's most successful sport at the Olympic Games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 1 3 6 10
St. Louis 1904 0 0 1 1
London 1908 0 3 0 3
Stockholm 1912 1 0 1 2
Melbourne 1956 0 0 1 1
Barcelona 1992 1 0 0 1
Atlanta 1996 0 1 0 1
Sydney 2000 1 3 0 4
Athens 2004 2 2 1 5
Rio 2016 1 0 0 1
Tokyo 2020 1 0 0 1
Total 8 12 10 30

Cycling edit

Greece competed in all six of the cycling events at the first Games in 1896, winning one event and taking three second-place finishes. As of 2020, those were still the only cycling medals earned by Greek competitors.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 1 3 0 4
Total 1 3 0 4

Fencing edit

Greece competed in all three fencing events at the inaugural 1896 Games, winning two (the men's master's foil and the men's sabre) and adding a second-place finish in the men's sabre and third-place in the men's foil. However another bronze medal is considered nowadays in the same event.[31] Those remain the only fencing medals Greece has won to date (through the 2020 Olympics).

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 2 1 2 5
Total 2 1 2 5

Gymnastics edit

Greece sent 52 gymnasts to the first Games in 1896 (when team events featured very large teams), winning six medals including two of each color. Since then, Greece have won many medals in Gymnastics from the 1996 Games through to the 2020 Games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 2 2 2 6
Atlanta 1996 1 0 0 1
Sydney 2000 0 1 1 2
Athens 2004 1 0 0 1
Rio 2016 1 0 0 1
Tokyo 2020 0 0 1 1
Total 5 3 4 12

Judo edit

Greece first competed in judo at the 2004 Games and has won two medals since, both won by the same judoka, Ilias Iliadis.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 2004 1 0 0 1
London 2012 0 0 1 1
Total 1 0 1 2

Rowing edit

Greece first won a rowing medal at the 2004 Games and has won more medals since then.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 2004 0 0 1 1
Beijing 2008 0 1 0 1
London 2012 0 0 1 1
Tokyo 2020 1 0 0 1
Total 1 1 2 4

Sailing edit

Greece first competed in the sailing events in 1948 and won its first medal at the 1960 Games and has won numerous medals since then.

Games No. Sailors Events Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1896 Athens Event Cancelled
1900 Paris 0 0/13 0 0 0 0
1916 St Louis Not Scheduled
1908 London 0 0/4 0 0 0 0
1912 Stockholm 0 0/4 0 0 0 0
1916 Games Cancelled
1920 Antwerp 0 0/14 0 0 0 0
1924 Paris 0 0/3 0 0 0 0
1928 Amsterdam 0 0/3 0 0 0 0
1932 Los Angeles 0 0/4 0 0 0 0
1936 Berlin 0 0/4 0 0 0 0
1940 Games Cancelled
1944 Games Cancelled
1948 London 4 1/5 0 0 0 0
1952 Helsinki 3 2/5 0 0 0 0
1956 Melbourne 2 1/5 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 8 4/5 1 0 0 1 4
1964 Tokyo 4 2/5 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 6 3/5 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 6 3/6 0 1 0 1 7=
1976 Montreal 6 3/6 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 4 2/6 0 0 1 1 9=
1984 Los Angeles 7 4/7 0 0 0 0
1988 Busan 8 4/8 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 9 5/10 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 14 9/10 1 0 0 1 4=
2000 Sydney 11 8/11 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 18 11/11 1 1 0 2 4=
2008 Qingdoa 12 8/11 0 0 1 1 14=
2012 Weymouth 11 8/10 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio 7 5/10 0 0 1 1 13=
2020 Tokyo 8 6/10 0 0 0 0
Total 205 3 2 3 8 17

Shooting edit

Greece competed in all five shooting events at the inaugural 1896 Games, winning three and medaling in the other two (earning a total of 9 medals) and has won shooting medals again from the 2016 Games onwards.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 3 3 3 9
London 1908 0 0 1 1
Antwerp 1920 0 1 0 1
Rio 2016 1 0 1 2
Total 4 4 5 13

Tae Kwon Do edit

Greece first competed in tae kwon do at the 2000 Games and had a notable success during the 2000s decade, winning medals in 3 consecutive Olympic Games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sydney 2000 1 0 0 1
Athens 2004 0 2 0 2
Beijing 2008 0 1 0 1
Total 1 3 0 4

Tennis edit

Greece first competed in tennis at the inaugural 1896 Games, with seven players competing in men's singles and doubles. Greek players won the silver and bronze medals in the singles; a pair of Greek players combined to win the silver in the doubles, nowadays considered a Greek team and therefore a Greek medal.[30] The 1896 medals remain (through the 2020 Games) the only tennis medals won by Greek players.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 0 2 1 3
Total 0 2 1 3

Weightlifting edit

Greece first competed in weightlifting at the inaugural 1896 Games, with three lifters competing. Greek lifters won the bronze medals in both events. Since then, Greek lifters won numerous medals from the 1992 Games through to the 2004 Games, including from Greece's top Olympic medalist Pyrros Dimas.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 0 0 2 2
St. Louis 1904 1 0 0 1
Barcelona 1992 1 0 0 1
Atlanta 1996 2 3 0 5
Sydney 2000 2 2 1 5
Athens 2004 0 0 1 1
Total 6 5 4 15

Wrestling edit

Greece first competed in wrestling at the inaugural 1896 Games, with two wrestlers competing in the open weight class event and taking the silver and bronze medals. Since then, Greek wrestlers have won medals from the 1968 Games onwards.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 0 1 1 2
Mexico 1968 0 0 1 1
Munich 1972 0 1 0 1
Moscow 1980 1 0 1 2
Los Angeles 1984 0 1 1 2
Seoul 1988 0 0 1 1
Sydney 2000 0 0 1 1
Athens 2004 0 0 1 1
Total 1 3 7 11

Hosted Olympic logos and mottos edit

1896 Summer Olympics edit

In 1896 the first modern Olympic Games were hosted in Athens, the capital of Greece. The Games were a revival of the ancient Games held every four years in Olympia, in which participants from all Greek city-states were taking part, during antiquity.

By tradition, Greece is since then the first country to enter the stadium, during opening ceremonies.

2004 Summer Olympics edit

The 2004 Summer Olympics witnessed the returning of the Olympic Games to Greece, where they were born. They were held, for the second time, in Athens, while a few events were hosted in a small number of other cities including Thessaloniki, Patras, Volos and Heraklion.

The Games' motto was Welcome Home (Καλώς ήρθατε σπίτι). The 2004 logo consisted of an olive tree branch (κότινος), with the colors of the modern Greek flag. The olive tree was a symbol of the city of Athens, while "kotinos" represented the Olympic spirit, as it was the only reward that the athletes were receiving in Olympia, during the ancient Games. The logo was revealed in 1999.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ In the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, the Greek flag-bearer entered first, honoring the traditional role of Greece in the Parade of Nations, while the whole Greek delegation entered last as the host nation.[1]
^α One gold medal of Greece listed in the IOC website for the 1924 Paris summer Olympics is not about a sport but for an artistic competition (sculpture) won by Konstantinos Dimitriadis.[46]

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External links edit

  • "Greece". International Olympic Committee. 28 September 2021.
  • "Greece". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/GRE". olympanalyt.com.

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