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Greece at the Olympics

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Greece at the
Olympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold
36
Silver
46
Bronze
47
Total
129
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece has competed at every Summer Olympic Games, one of five countries to have done so, and most of the Winter Olympic Games. Greece has hosted the modern Olympic Games twice, both in Athens for the Summer Olympic Games, in 1896 and 2004.

In recognition as the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, Greece always enters the stadium first to lead the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony, with the notable exception of 2004 when Greece entered last as the host nation.[a] Before each 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.

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. Greece finished third in the 1906 Intercalated Games with 8 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals (35 in total), which were considered Olympic Games at the time but are not officially recognized by the IOC today.

Greece has not won any medals at the Winter Olympics.

Hosted Games

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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 Los Angeles and Tokyo are the cities that have hosted the Olympic Games twice, with London and Paris being the only two cities to have hosted them three times.

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

Athens also hosted the 1906 Intercalated Games, which at the time were considered to be Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.[2]

Medal tables

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See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table
*Purple border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by summer sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Athletics9121132
 Weightlifting65415
 Gymnastics53513
 Shooting44513
 Sailing3238
 Fencing2125
 Swimming1528
 Wrestling13812
 Cycling1304
 Taekwondo1304
 Rowing1146
 Judo1023
 Diving1001
 Tennis0213
 Water polo0202
Totals (15 entries)364647129

Medal tables by athlete

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List of medalists

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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[31] 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[32] 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
122  Gold Miltiadis Tentoglou 2024 Paris Athletics Men's long jump
123  Silver Apostolos Christou 2024 Paris Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke
124  Bronze Theodoros Tselidis 2024 Paris Judo Men's –90 kg
125  Bronze Antonios Papakonstantinou
Petros Gkaidatzis		 2024 Paris Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls
126  Bronze Zoi Fitsiou
Milena Kontou		 2024 Paris Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls
127  Bronze Eleftherios Petrounias 2024 Paris Gymnastics Men's rings
128  Bronze Emmanouil Karalis 2024 Paris Athletics Men's pole vault
129  Bronze Dauren Kurugliev 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle –86 kg

Athletes with most medals

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See also: List of multiple Olympic medalists

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
Eleftherios Petrounias  Gymnastics 2016–2020-2024 1 0 2 3
Kakhi Kakhiashvili  Weightlifting 1996–2000 2 0 0 2
Miltiadis Tentoglou  Athletics 2020–2024 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
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

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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
Miltiadis Tentoglou  Athletics 2020–2024 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
Eleftherios Petrounias  Gymnastics 2016–2020-2024 1 0 2 3
Ioannis Mitropoulos  Gymnastics 1896 1 0 1 2
Ilias Iliadis  Judo 2004–2012 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

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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[33][34][35][36] Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Silver Unknown (3 to 6)[37] Otto Herschmann
Konstantinos Akratopoulos[38] - Aristidis Akratopoulos[39] Tennis Men's doubles Bronze 4[40] Edwin Flack - George Stuart Robertson
Aristovoulos Petmezas[41] Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Bronze Did not participate[42] None
Efstathios Chorafas[33] Swimming Men's 1200 m freestyle Bronze Unknown (3 to 5)[43] None
Georgios Paraskevopoulos[44][45] Cycling 12 hour race Bronze Did not finish[46] None

Summary by sport

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Aquatics

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Swimming

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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 two silver medals since then at the 2016 and 2024 Games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 1896 1 3 2 6
Rio 2016 0 1 0 1
Paris 2024 0 1 0 1
Total 1 5 2 8

Diving

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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

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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

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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
Paris 2024 1 0 1 2
Total 9 12 11 32

Cycling

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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

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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.[32] 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

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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
Paris 2024 0 0 1 1
Total 5 3 5 13

Judo

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Greece first competed in judo at the 2004 Games and has won three medals since.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athens 2004 1 0 0 1
London 2012 0 0 1 1
Paris 2024 0 0 1 1
Total 1 0 2 3

Rowing

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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
Paris 2024 0 0 2 2
Total 1 1 4 6

Sailing

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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 Gold Silver Bronze Total
1960 Rome 1 0 0 1
1972 Munich 0 1 0 1
1980 Moscow 0 0 1 1
1996 Atlanta 1 0 0 1
2004 Athens 1 1 0 2
2008 Beijing 0 0 1 1
2016 Rio 0 0 1 1
Total 3 2 3 8

Shooting

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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

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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

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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.[31] 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

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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

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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
Paris 2024 0 0 1 1
Total 1 3 8 12

Hosted Olympic logos and mottos

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1896 Summer Olympics

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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

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The 2004 Summer Olympics were hosted predominately in Athens, with a few events in other Greek 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

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Notes

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  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.[47]

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