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

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.[lower-alpha 1] 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.

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

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]

GamesHost cityDatesNationsParticipantsEvents
1896 Summer OlympicsAthens6 – 15 April1424143
2004 Summer OlympicsAthens13 – 29 August20110,625301

Medal tables

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

Medals by summer sport

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

List of medalists

Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
1  GoldSpyridon Louis1896 Athens AthleticsMen's marathon
2  GoldAristidis Konstantinidis1896 Athens CyclingMen's road race
3  GoldLeonidas Pyrgos1896 Athens FencingMen's masters foil
4  GoldIoannis Georgiadis1896 Athens FencingMen's sabre
5  GoldIoannis Mitropoulos1896 Athens GymnasticsMen's rings
6  GoldNikolaos Andriakopoulos1896 AthensGymnasticsMen's rope climbing
7  GoldPantelis Karasevdas1896 Athens ShootingMen's 200 m military rifle
8  GoldGeorgios Orphanidis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 300 m free rifle, three positions
9  GoldIoannis Frangoudis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol
10  GoldIoannis Malokinis1896 Athens SwimmingMen's sailors 100 m freestyle
11  SilverCharilaos Vasilakos1896 Athens AthleticsMen's marathon
12  SilverMiltiadis Gouskos1896 Athens AthleticsMen's shot put
13  SilverPanagiotis Paraskevopoulos1896 Athens AthleticsMen'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  SilverGeorgios Koletis1896 Athens CyclingMen's 100 km
17  SilverTilemachos Karakalos1896 Athens FencingMen's sabre
18  SilverThomas Xenakis1896 Athens GymnasticsMen's rope climbing
19  Silver 1896 Athens GymnasticsMen's team parallel bars
20  SilverPanagiotis Pavlidis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 200 m military rifle
21  SilverIoannis Frangoudis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 300 m free rifle, three positions
22  SilverGeorgios Orphanidis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol
23  SilverAntonios Pepanos1896 Athens SwimmingMen's 500 m freestyle
24  SilverIoannis Andreou1896 Athens SwimmingMen's 1200 m freestyle
25  SilverSpyridon Chazapis1896 Athens SwimmingMen's sailors 100 m freestyle
26  SilverDimitrios Kasdaglis 1896 Athens TennisMen's singles
27  Silver Dimitrios Kasdaglis - Demetrios Petrokokkinos[30] 1896 Athens Tennis Men's doubles
28  SilverGeorgios Tsitas1896 Athens WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman
29  BronzeDimitrios Golemis1896 Athens AthleticsMen's 800 m
30  BronzeEvangelos Damaskos1896 Athens AthleticsMen's pole vault
31  BronzeIoannis Theodoropoulos1896 Athens AthleticsMen's pole vault
32  BronzeIoannis Persakis1896 Athens AthleticsMen's triple jump
33  BronzeGeorgios Papasideris1896 Athens AthleticsMen's shot put
34  BronzeSotirios Versis1896 Athens AthleticsMen's discus throw
35  BronzePeriklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis1896 Athens FencingMen's foil
36  Bronze Athanasios Vouros[31] 1896 Athens Fencing Men's foil
37  BronzePetros Persakis1896 Athens GymnasticsMen's rings
38  Bronze 1896 Athens GymnasticsMen's team parallel bars
39  BronzeNikolaos Trikoupis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 200 m military rifle
40  BronzeNikolaos Morakis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 25 m military pistol
41  BronzeIoannis Frangoudis1896 Athens ShootingMen's 30 m free pistol
42  Bronze Efstathios Chorafas 1896 Athens Swimming Men's 500 m freestyle
43  BronzeDimitrios Drivas1896 Athens SwimmingMen's sailors 100 m freestyle
44  BronzeKonstantinos Paspatis1896 Athens TennisMen's singles
45  BronzeAlexandros Nikolopoulos1896 Athens WeightliftingMen's one hand lift
46  BronzeSotirios Versis1896 Athens WeightliftingMen's two hand lift
47  BronzeStephanos Christopoulos1896 Athens WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman
48  GoldPeriklis Kakousis1904 St. Louis WeightliftingMen's two hand lift
49  BronzeNikolaos Georgantas1904 St. Louis AthleticsMen'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  SilverMichalis Dorizas1908 London AthleticsMen's freestyle javelin
53  BronzeAnastasios Metaxas1908 London ShootingMen's individual trap shooting
54  GoldKonstantinos Tsiklitiras1912 StockholmAthleticsMen's standing long jump
55  BronzeKonstantinos Tsiklitiras1912 StockholmAthleticsMen's standing high jump
56  SilverGeorgios Moraitinis
Iason Sappas
Alexandros Theofilakis
Ioannis Theofilakis
Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos		1920 Antwerp ShootingMen's 30 m team military pistol
57  BronzeGeorgios Roubanis1956 Melbourne AthleticsMen's pole vault
58  GoldCrown Prince Constantine
Odysseus Eskitzoglou
Georgios Zaimis		1960 Rome SailingDragon
59  BronzePetros Galaktopoulos1968 Mexico City WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 70 kg
60  SilverIlias Hatzipavlis1972 Munich SailingFinn
61  SilverPetros Galaktopoulos1972 Munich WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg
62  GoldStelios Mygiakis1980 Moscow WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 62 kg
63  BronzeGeorgios Hatziioannidis1980 Moscow WrestlingMen's freestyle 62 kg
64  BronzeAristidis Rapanakis
Anastasios Gavrilis
Anastasios Bountouris		1980 Moscow SailingSoling
65  SilverDimitrios Thanopoulos1984 Los Angeles WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 82 kg
66  BronzeCharalambos Cholidis1984 Los Angeles WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 57 kg
67  BronzeCharalambos Cholidis1988 Seoul WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 57 kg
68  GoldVoula Patoulidou1992 Barcelona AthleticsWomen's 100 metres hurdles
69  GoldPyrros Dimas1992 Barcelona WeightliftingMen's 82.5 kg
70  GoldIoannis Melissanidis1996 Atlanta GymnasticsMen's floor
71  GoldNikolaos Kaklamanakis1996 Atlanta SailingMen's Mistral One Design
72  GoldPyrros Dimas1996 Atlanta WeightliftingMen's 83 kg
73  GoldKakhi Kakhiashvili1996 Atlanta WeightliftingMen's 99 kg
74  SilverNiki Bakoyianni1996 Atlanta AthleticsWomen's high jump
75  SilverLeonidas Sabanis1996 Atlanta WeightliftingMen's 59 kg
76  SilverValerios Leonidis1996 AtlantaWeightliftingMen's 64 kg
77  SilverLeonidas Kokas1996 Atlanta WeightliftingMen's 91 kg
78  GoldKonstantinos Kenteris2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's 200 metres
79  GoldMichalis Mouroutsos2000 Sydney TaekwondoMen's 58 kg
80  GoldPyrros Dimas2000 Sydney WeightliftingMen's 85 kg
81  GoldKakhi Kakhiashvili2000 Sydney WeightliftingMen's 94 kg
82  SilverEkaterini Thanou2000 Sydney AthleticsWomen's 100 metres
83  SilverAnastasia Kelesidou2000 Sydney AthleticsWomen's discus throw
84  SilverMirela Maniani2000 Sydney AthleticsWomen's javelin throw
85  SilverDimosthenis Tampakos2000 Sydney GymnasticsMen's rings
86  SilverLeonidas Sabanis2000 SydneyWeightliftingMen's 62 kg
87  SilverViktor Mitrou2000 Sydney WeightliftingMen's 77 kg
88  BronzeIoanna Chatziioannou2000 Sydney WeightliftingWomen's 63 kg
89  BronzeAmiran Kardanov2000 Sydney WrestlingMen's freestyle 54 kg
90  BronzeEirini Aindili
Evangelia Christodoulou
Maria Georgatou
Zacharoula Karyami
Charikleia Pantazi
Anna Pollatou		2000 Sydney GymnasticsWomen's rhythmic group all-around
91  GoldThomas Bimis
Nikolaos Siranidis		2004 Athens DivingMen's 3 m synchronized springboard
92  GoldIlias Iliadis2004 Athens JudoMen's -81 kg
93  GoldSofia Bekatorou
Emilia Tsoulfa		2004 Athens SailingWomen's 470
94  GoldDimosthenis Tampakos2004 Athens GymnasticsMen's rings
95  GoldAthanasia Tsoumeleka2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's 20 km walk
96  GoldFani Chalkia2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's 400 m hurdles
97  SilverAnastasia Kelesidou2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's discus throw
98  SilverNikolaos Kaklamanakis2004 Athens SailingMen's mistral
99  SilverHrysopiyi Devetzi2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's triple jump
100  Silver 2004 Athens Water poloWomen's tournament
101  SilverElisavet Mystakidou2004 Athens TaekwondoWomen's -67 kg
102  SilverAlexandros Nikolaidis2004 Athens TaekwondoMen's +80 kg
103  BronzePyrros Dimas2004 Athens WeightliftingMen's -85 kg
104  BronzeVasileios Polymeros
Nikolaos Skiathitis		2004 Athens RowingMen's lightweight double sculls
105  BronzeArtiom Kiouregkian2004 Athens WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman -55 kg
106  BronzeMirela Maniani2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's javelin throw
107  SilverDimitrios Mouyios
Vasileios Polymeros		2008 Beijing RowingMen's lightweight double sculls
108  SilverAlexandros Nikolaidis2008 Beijing TaekwondoMen's +80 kg
109  BronzeSofia Bekatorou
Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou		2008 Beijing SailingWomen's yngling class
110  BronzeIlias Iliadis2012 London JudoMen's 90 kg
111  BronzeChristina Giazitzidou
Alexandra Tsiavou		2012 London RowingWomen's lightweight double sculls
112  GoldAnna Korakaki2016 Rio de Janeiro ShootingWomen's 25 m pistol
113  GoldEleftherios Petrounias2016 Rio de Janeiro GymnasticsMen's rings
114  GoldKaterina Stefanidi2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's pole vault
115  SilverSpyridon Gianniotis2016 Rio de Janeiro SwimmingMen's 10 km open water
116  BronzeAnna Korakaki2016 Rio de Janeiro ShootingWomen's 10 m air pistol
117  BronzePavlos Kagialis
Panagiotis Mantis		2016 Rio de Janeiro SailingMen's 470
118  GoldStefanos Ntouskos2020 Tokyo RowingMen's single sculls
119  GoldMiltiadis Tentoglou2020 Tokyo AthleticsMen's long jump
120  Silver 2020 Tokyo Water polo Men's tournament
121  BronzeEleftherios Petrounias2020 Tokyo GymnasticsMen's rings

Athletes with most medals

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

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

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

Aquatics

Swimming

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18961326
Rio 20160101
Total1427

Diving

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

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 20041001
Total1001

Water Polo

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

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 20040101
Tokyo 20200101
Total0202

Athletics

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 189613610
St. Louis 19040011
London 19080303
Stockholm 19121012
Melbourne 19560011
Barcelona 19921001
Atlanta 19960101
Sydney 20001304
Athens 20042215
Rio 20161001
Tokyo 20201001
Total8121030

Cycling

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18961304
Total1304

Fencing

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).

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18962125
Total2125

Gymnastics

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18962226
Atlanta 19961001
Sydney 20000112
Athens 20041001
Rio 20161001
Tokyo 20200011
Total53412

Judo

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

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 20041001
London 20120011
Total1012

Rowing

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

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 20040011
Beijing 20080101
London 20120011
Tokyo 20201001
Total1124

Sailing

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 EventsGoldSilverBronze Total Ranking
1896 AthensEvent Cancelled
1900 Paris00/130000
1916 St LouisNot Scheduled
1908 London00/40000
1912 Stockholm00/40000
1916Games Cancelled
1920 Antwerp00/140000
1924 Paris00/30000
1928 Amsterdam00/30000
1932 Los Angeles00/40000
1936 Berlin00/40000
1940Games Cancelled
1944Games Cancelled
1948 London41/50000
1952 Helsinki32/50000
1956 Melbourne21/50000
1960 Rome84/510014
1964 Tokyo42/50000
1968 Mexico City63/50000
1972 Munich63/601017=
1976 Montreal63/60000
1980 Moscow42/600119=
1984 Los Angeles74/70000
1988 Busan84/80000
1992 Barcelona95/100000
1996 Atlanta149/1010014=
2000 Sydney118/110000
2004 Athens1811/1111024=
2008 Qingdoa128/11001114=
2012 Weymouth118/100000
2016 Rio75/10001113=
2020 Tokyo86/100000
Total205323817

Shooting

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18963339
London 19080011
Antwerp 19200101
Rio 20161012
Total44513

Tae Kwon Do

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Sydney 20001001
Athens 20040202
Beijing 20080101
Total1304

Tennis

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18960213
Total0213

Weightlifting

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18960022
St. Louis 19041001
Barcelona 19921001
Atlanta 19962305
Sydney 20002215
Athens 20040011
Total65415

Wrestling

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.

GamesGoldSilverBronze Total
Athens 18960112
Mexico 19680011
Munich 19720101
Moscow 19801012
Los Angeles 19840112
Seoul 19880011
Sydney 20000011
Athens 20040011
Total13711

Hosted Olympic logos and mottos

1896 Summer Olympics

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

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

Notes

  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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  35. ↑ Newspaper Epitheorisis, 4 April 1896, p. 2. Accessible at the Hellenic Parliament's digital library, p. 172 of the microfilm. Chorafas is cited among the runners up in swimming, although by mistake as of the event of 1200 m., with Andreou cited as runner up in 100 m., while obviously it is vice versa.
  36. ↑ IOC. "Athens 1896 100m freestyle men Results - Olympic swimming". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  37. ↑ "Ακρατόπουλος Κώστας". hoc.gr (in Greek). Hellenic Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  38. ↑ "Ακρατόπουλος Αριστείδης". hoc.gr (in Greek). Hellenic Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  39. ↑ IOC. "Athens 1896 doubles men Results - Olympic tennis". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  40. ↑ "Πετμεζάς Αριστόβουλος". hoc.gr (in Greek). Hellenic Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  41. ↑ IOC. "Athens 1896 horizontal bar men Results - Olympic gymnastics-artistic". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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  43. ↑ "Παρασκευόπουλος Γιώργος". hoc.gr (in Greek). Hellenic Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  44. ↑ Newspaper Epitheorisis, 3 April 1896, p. 2. Accessible at the Hellenic Parliament's digital library, p. 170 of the microfilm.
  45. ↑ IOC. "Athens 1896 12-hour race men Results - Olympic cycling-track". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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