Greece at the Olympics

Greece has a long presence at the Olympic Games, as they have competed at every Summer Olympic Games, one of only four 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. 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 code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
Medals	Gold 33 Silver 43 Bronze 40 Total 116
Summer appearances
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greek athletes have won a total of 116 medals in 15 different sports and the country currently ranks 33rd 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 medal counts, 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.

Hosted Games

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 and Los Angeles 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.[1]

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

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

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens 169 10 17 19 46 2 1900 Paris 3 0 0 0 0 – 1904 St. Louis 14 1 0 1 2 8 1908 London 20 0 3 1 4 15 1912 Stockholm 22 1 0 1 2 15 1920 Antwerp 57 0 1 0 1 19 1924 Paris 39 0 0 0 0 – 1928 Amsterdam 23 0 0 0 0 – 1932 Los Angeles 10 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Berlin 41 0 0 0 0 – 1948 London 61 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Helsinki 48 0 0 0 0 – 1956 Melbourne 13 0 0 1 1 35 1960 Rome 48 1 0 0 1 21 1964 Tokyo 18 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 44 0 0 1 1 42 1972 Munich 60 0 2 0 2 29 1976 Montreal 41 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Moscow 43 1 0 2 3 22 1984 Los Angeles 62 0 1 1 2 30 1988 Seoul 56 0 0 1 1 46 1992 Barcelona 70 2 0 0 2 26 1996 Atlanta 121 4 4 0 8 16 2000 Sydney 140 4 6 3 13 17 2004 Athens 426 6 6 4 16 15 2008 Beijing 156 0 2 1 3 49 2012 London 103 0 0 2 2 75 2016 Rio de Janeiro 95 3 1 2 6 26 2020 Tokyo Future event 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles Future event Total 33 43 40 116 33

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 0 0 0 0 – 1948 St. Moritz 1 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Oslo 3 0 0 0 0 – 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Squaw Valley Did not participate 1964 Innsbruck 3 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Grenoble 3 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 3 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Innsbruck 4 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Lake Placid 3 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Sarajevo 6 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 6 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 8 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 9 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 13 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 10 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 5 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 7 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 7 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang 4 0 0 0 0 – 2022 Beijing Future event 2026 Milan–Cortina Future event Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	7	12	10	29
Weightlifting	6	5	4	15
Gymnastics	5	3	3	11
Shooting	4	4	5	13
Sailing	3	2	3	8
Fencing	2	1	1	4
Swimming	1	4	3	8
Wrestling	1	3	7	11
Cycling	1	3	0	4
Taekwondo	1	3	0	4
Judo	1	0	1	2
Diving	1	0	0	1
Rowing	0	1	2	3
Tennis	0	1	1	2
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Totals (15 sports)	33	43	40	116

Medal tables by athlete

List of medalists

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Spyridon Louis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Aristidis Konstantinidis	1896 Athens	Cycling	Men's road race
Gold	Leonidas Pyrgos	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's masters foil
Gold	Ioannis Georgiadis	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's sabre
Gold	Ioannis Mitropoulos	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Gold	Nikolaos Andriakopoulos	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing
Gold	Pantelis Karasevdas	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 200 m military rifle
Gold	Georgios Orphanidis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions
Gold	Ioannis Frangoudis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Gold	Ioannis Malokinis	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
Silver	Charilaos Vasilakos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Miltiadis Gouskos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put
Silver	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	1896 Athens	Cycling	Men's sprint
				Men's time trial
Silver	Georgios Kolettis	1896 Athens	Cycling	Men's 100 km
Silver	Tilemachos Karakalos	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's sabre
Silver	Thomas Xenakis	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing
Silver	Panellinios G.S. Spyridon Athanasopoulos Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Petros Persakis Thomas Xenakis 29 others, names unknown	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's team parallel bars
Silver	Pavlos Pavlidis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 200 m military rifle
Silver	Ioannis Frangoudis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions
Silver	Georgios Orphanidis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Silver	Antonios Pepanos	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's 500 m freestyle
Silver	Ioannis Andreou	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's 1200 m freestyle
Silver	Spyridon Chazapis	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
Silver	Dionysios Kasdaglis	1896 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
Silver	Georgios Tsitas	1896 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman
Bronze	Dimitrios Golemis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's 800 m
Bronze	Evangelos Damaskos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's pole vault
Bronze	Ioannis Theodoropoulos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's pole vault
Bronze	Ioannis Persakis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's triple jump
Bronze	Georgios Papasideris	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put
Bronze	Sotirios Versis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's foil
Bronze	Petros Persakis	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Bronze	Ethnikos G.S. Athens Ioannis Chrysafis Ioannis Mitropoulos Dimitrios Loundras Filippos Karvelas 15 others, names unknown	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's team parallel bars
Bronze	Nikolaos Trikoupis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 200 m military rifle
Bronze	Nikolaos Morakis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 25 m military pistol
Bronze	Ioannis Frangoudis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 30 m free pistol
Bronze	Efstathios Chorafas	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's 500 m freestyle
				Men's 1200 m freestyle
Bronze	Dimitrios Drivas	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
Bronze	Konstantinos Paspatis	1896 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
Bronze	Alexandros Nikolopoulos	1896 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's one hand lift
Bronze	Sotirios Versis	1896 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's two hand lift
Bronze	Stephanos Christopoulos	1896 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman
Gold	Perikles Kakousis	1904 St. Louis	Weightlifting	Men's two hand lift
Bronze	Nikolaos Georgantas	1904 St. Louis	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	1908 London	Athletics	Men's standing high jump
				Men's standing long jump
Silver	Michalis Dorizas	1908 London	Athletics	Men's freestyle javelin
Bronze	Anastasios Metaxas	1908 London	Shooting	Men's individual trap shooting
Gold	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's standing long jump
Bronze	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's standing high jump
Silver	Georgios Moraitinis Iason Sappas Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos	1920 Antwerp	Shooting	Men's 30 m team military pistol
Bronze	Georgios Roubanis	1956 Melbourne	Athletics	Men's pole vault
Gold	Crown Prince Constantine Odysseus Eskitzoglou Georgios Zaïmis	1960 Rome	Sailing	Dragon
Bronze	Petros Galaktopoulos	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg
Silver	Ilias Khatzipavlis	1972 Munich	Sailing	Finn
Silver	Petros Galaktopoulos	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Gold	Stelios Mygiakis	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
Bronze	Georgios Hatziioannidis	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg
Bronze	Aristidis Rapanakis Anastasios Gavrilis Tasos Bountouris	1980 Moscow	Sailing	Soling
Silver	Dimitrios Thanopoulos	1984 Los Angeles	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
Bronze	Charalambos Cholidis	1984 Los Angeles	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
Bronze	Charalambos Cholidis	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
Gold	Voula Patoulidou	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Gold	Pyrros Dimas	1992 Barcelona	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
Gold	Ioannis Melissanidis	1996 Atlanta	Gymnastics	Men's floor
Gold	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Men's Mistral One Design
Gold	Pyrros Dimas	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg
Gold	Kakhi Kakhiashvili	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 99 kg
Silver	Niki Bakoyianni	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's high jump
Silver	Leonidas Sabanis	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 59 kg
Silver	Valerios Leonidis	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg
Silver	Leonidas Kokas	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg
Gold	Konstantinos Kenteris	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Gold	Michail Mouroutsos	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg
Gold	Pyrros Dimas	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg
Gold	Kakhi Kakhiashvili	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg
Silver	Ekaterini Thanou	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Silver	Mirela Maniani	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Silver	Dimosthenis Tampakos	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Silver	Leonidas Sabanis	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
Silver	Viktor Mitrou	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Bronze	Ioanna Chatziioannou	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg
Bronze	Amiran Kardanov	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 54 kg
Bronze	Eirini Aindili Evangelia Christodoulou Maria Georgatou Zacharoula Karyami Charikleia Pantazi Anna Pollatou	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic group all-around
Gold	Thomas Bimis Nikolaos Siranidis	2004 Athens	Diving	Men's 3 m synchronized springboard
Gold	Ilias Iliadis	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's -81 kg
Gold	Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	2004 Athens	Sailing	Women's 470
Gold	Dimosthenis Tampakos	2004 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Gold	Athanasia Tsoumeleka	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 20 km walk
Gold	Fani Halkia	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles
Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Silver	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	2004 Athens	Sailing	Men's mistral
Silver	Hrysopiyi Devetzi	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's triple jump
Silver	Women's water polo team Dimitra Asilian Georgia Ellinaki Eftychia Karagianni Angeliki Karapataki Stavroula Kozompoli Georgia Lara Kyriaki Liosi Antiopi Melidoni Antonia Moraiti Evangelia Moraitidou Anthoula Mylonaki Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou Antigoni Roumpesi	2004 Athens	Water polo	Women's tournament
Silver	Elisavet Mystakidou	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Women's -67 kg
Silver	Alexandros Nikolaidis	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
Bronze	Pyrros Dimas	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's -85 kg
Bronze	Vasileios Polymeros Nikolaos Skiathitis	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
Bronze	Artiom Kiouregkian	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman -55 kg
Bronze	Mirela Manjani	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Silver	Dimitrios Mougios Vasileios Polymeros	2008 Beijing	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
Silver	Alexandros Nikolaidis	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
Bronze	Sofia Bekatorou Virginia Kravarioti Sofia Papadopoulou	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Women's yngling class
Bronze	Ilias Iliadis	2012 London	Judo	Men's 90 kg
Bronze	Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou	2012 London	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls
Gold	Anna Korakaki	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Shooting	Women's 25 m pistol
Gold	Eleftherios Petrounias	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Gold	Ekaterini Stefanidi	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's pole vault
Silver	Spyridon Gianniotis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 10 km open water
Bronze	Anna Korakaki	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol
Bronze	Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sailing	Men's 470

Athletes with most medals

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.

Voula Patoulidou was the first Greek female athlete to win a gold Olympic medal in 1992.

Hrysopiyi Devetzi, with a silver medal in triple jump.

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
Akakios Kakiasvilis	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
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
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Athletics	2004–2008	0	1	0	1
Vasileios Polymeros	Rowing	2004–2008	0	1	1	2
Efstathios Chorafas	Swimming	1896	0	0	2	2
Charalambos Cholidis	Wrestling	1984–1988	0	0	2	2

Top medalists

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

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
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Athletics	2004–2008	0	1	0	1

Summary by sport

Athletics

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	29	10/12	1	3	6	10
Total			7	12	10	29

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 100 metres	17/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	5th (1896)
Men's 800 metres	11/28	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)
Men's 1500 metres	10/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	5th (1896)

See also

• List of flag bearers for Greece at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Greece
• Greece at the Paralympics

References

1. Lennartz, Karl (2001). "The 2nd International Olympic Games in Athens in 1906" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. International Society of Olympic Historians. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

External links

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