Greece at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Greece at the Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 36 46 47 129
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
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. 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

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.

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

Medal tables

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

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens 212 10 18 19 47 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 60 2012 London 103 0 0 2 2 76 2016 Rio de Janeiro 95 3 1 2 6 26 2020 Tokyo 83 2 1 1 4 36 2024 Paris 100 1 1 6 8 51 2028 Los Angeles Total 36 46 47 129 35

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 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 5 0 0 0 0 – 2026 Milan/Cortina future event Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by summer sport

Medal tables by athlete

List of medalists

	Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
1	1 Gold	Spyridon Louis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's marathon
2	1 Gold	Aristidis Konstantinidis	1896 Athens	Cycling	Men's road race
3	1 Gold	Leonidas Pyrgos	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's masters foil
4	1 Gold	Ioannis Georgiadis	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's sabre
5	1 Gold	Ioannis Mitropoulos	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rings
6	1 Gold	Nikolaos Andriakopoulos	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing
7	1 Gold	Pantelis Karasevdas	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 200 m military rifle
8	1 Gold	Georgios Orphanidis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions
9	1 Gold	Ioannis Frangoudis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
10	1 Gold	Ioannis Malokinis	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
11	2 Silver	Charilaos Vasilakos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's marathon
12	2 Silver	Miltiadis Gouskos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put
13	2 Silver	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
14	2 Silver	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	1896 Athens	Cycling	Men's sprint
15	2 Silver	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	1896 Athens	Cycling	Men's time trial
16	2 Silver	Georgios Koletis	1896 Athens	Cycling	Men's 100 km
17	2 Silver	Tilemachos Karakalos	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's sabre
18	2 Silver	Thomas Xenakis	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rope climbing
19	2 Silver	Panellinios G.S. Spyridon Athanasopoulos Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Petros Persakis Thomas Xenakis 29 others, names unknown	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's team parallel bars
20	2 Silver	Panagiotis Pavlidis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 200 m military rifle
21	2 Silver	Ioannis Frangoudis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions
22	2 Silver	Georgios Orphanidis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
23	2 Silver	Antonios Pepanos	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's 500 m freestyle
24	2 Silver	Ioannis Andreou	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's 1200 m freestyle
25	2 Silver	Spyridon Chazapis	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
26	2 Silver	Dimitrios Kasdaglis	1896 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
27	2 Silver	Dimitrios Kasdaglis - Demetrios Petrokokkinos	1896 Athens	Tennis	Men's doubles
28	2 Silver	Georgios Tsitas	1896 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman
29	3 Bronze	Dimitrios Golemis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's 800 m
30	3 Bronze	Evangelos Damaskos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's pole vault
31	3 Bronze	Ioannis Theodoropoulos	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's pole vault
32	3 Bronze	Ioannis Persakis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's triple jump
33	3 Bronze	Georgios Papasideris	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put
34	3 Bronze	Sotirios Versis	1896 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
35	3 Bronze	Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's foil
36	3 Bronze	Athanasios Vouros	1896 Athens	Fencing	Men's foil
37	3 Bronze	Petros Persakis	1896 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rings
38	3 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
39	3 Bronze	Nikolaos Trikoupis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 200 m military rifle
40	3 Bronze	Nikolaos Morakis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 25 m military pistol
41	3 Bronze	Ioannis Frangoudis	1896 Athens	Shooting	Men's 30 m free pistol
42	3 Bronze	Efstathios Chorafas	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's 500 m freestyle
43	3 Bronze	Dimitrios Drivas	1896 Athens	Swimming	Men's sailors 100 m freestyle
44	3 Bronze	Konstantinos Paspatis	1896 Athens	Tennis	Men's singles
45	3 Bronze	Alexandros Nikolopoulos	1896 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's one hand lift
46	3 Bronze	Sotirios Versis	1896 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's two hand lift
47	3 Bronze	Stephanos Christopoulos	1896 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman
48	1 Gold	Periklis Kakousis	1904 St. Louis	Weightlifting	Men's two hand lift
49	3 Bronze	Nikolaos Georgantas	1904 St. Louis	Athletics	Men's discus throw
50	2 Silver	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	1908 London	Athletics	Men's standing high jump
51	2 Silver	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	1908 London	Athletics	Men's standing long jump
52	2 Silver	Michalis Dorizas	1908 London	Athletics	Men's freestyle javelin
53	3 Bronze	Anastasios Metaxas	1908 London	Shooting	Men's individual trap shooting
54	1 Gold	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's standing long jump
55	3 Bronze	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's standing high jump
56	2 Silver	Georgios Moraitinis Iason Sappas Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos	1920 Antwerp	Shooting	Men's 30 m team military pistol
57	3 Bronze	Georgios Roubanis	1956 Melbourne	Athletics	Men's pole vault
58	1 Gold	Crown Prince Constantine Odysseus Eskitzoglou Georgios Zaimis	1960 Rome	Sailing	Dragon
59	3 Bronze	Petros Galaktopoulos	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg
60	2 Silver	Ilias Hatzipavlis	1972 Munich	Sailing	Finn
61	2 Silver	Petros Galaktopoulos	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
62	1 Gold	Stelios Mygiakis	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
63	3 Bronze	Georgios Hatziioannidis	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg
64	3 Bronze	Aristidis Rapanakis Anastasios Gavrilis Anastasios Bountouris	1980 Moscow	Sailing	Soling
65	2 Silver	Dimitrios Thanopoulos	1984 Los Angeles	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
66	3 Bronze	Charalambos Cholidis	1984 Los Angeles	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
67	3 Bronze	Charalambos Cholidis	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
68	1 Gold	Voula Patoulidou	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
69	1 Gold	Pyrros Dimas	1992 Barcelona	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
70	1 Gold	Ioannis Melissanidis	1996 Atlanta	Gymnastics	Men's floor
71	1 Gold	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Men's Mistral One Design
72	1 Gold	Pyrros Dimas	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg
73	1 Gold	Kakhi Kakhiashvili	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 99 kg
74	2 Silver	Niki Bakoyianni	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's high jump
75	2 Silver	Leonidas Sabanis	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 59 kg
76	2 Silver	Valerios Leonidis	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg
77	2 Silver	Leonidas Kokas	1996 Atlanta	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg
78	1 Gold	Konstantinos Kenteris	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
79	1 Gold	Michalis Mouroutsos	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg
80	1 Gold	Pyrros Dimas	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg
81	1 Gold	Kakhi Kakhiashvili	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg
82	2 Silver	Ekaterini Thanou	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
83	2 Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's discus throw
84	2 Silver	Mirela Maniani	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
85	2 Silver	Dimosthenis Tampakos	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics	Men's rings
86	2 Silver	Leonidas Sabanis	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
87	2 Silver	Viktor Mitrou	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
88	3 Bronze	Ioanna Chatziioannou	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg
89	3 Bronze	Amiran Kardanov	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 54 kg
90	3 Bronze	Eirini Aindili Evangelia Christodoulou Maria Georgatou Zacharoula Karyami Charikleia Pantazi Anna Pollatou	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic group all-around
91	1 Gold	Thomas Bimis Nikolaos Siranidis	2004 Athens	Diving	Men's 3 m synchronized springboard
92	1 Gold	Ilias Iliadis	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's -81 kg
93	1 Gold	Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	2004 Athens	Sailing	Women's 470
94	1 Gold	Dimosthenis Tampakos	2004 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's rings
95	1 Gold	Athanasia Tsoumeleka	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 20 km walk
96	1 Gold	Fani Chalkia	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles
97	2 Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's discus throw
98	2 Silver	Kaklamanakis, NikolaosNikolaos Kaklamanakis	2004 Athens	Sailing	Men's mistral
99	2 Silver	Devetzi, HrysopiyiHrysopiyi Devetzi	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's triple jump
100	2 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
101	2 Silver	Elisavet Mystakidou	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Women's -67 kg
102	2 Silver	Alexandros Nikolaidis	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
103	3 Bronze	Pyrros Dimas	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's -85 kg
104	3 Bronze	Vasileios Polymeros Nikolaos Skiathitis	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
105	3 Bronze	Artiom Kiouregkian	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman -55 kg
106	3 Bronze	Mirela Maniani	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
107	2 Silver	Dimitrios Mouyios Vasileios Polymeros	2008 Beijing	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
108	2 Silver	Alexandros Nikolaidis	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
109	3 Bronze	Sofia Bekatorou Virginia Kravarioti Sofia Papadopoulou	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Women's yngling class
110	3 Bronze	Ilias Iliadis	2012 London	Judo	Men's 90 kg
111	3 Bronze	Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou	2012 London	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls
112	1 Gold	Anna Korakaki	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Shooting	Women's 25 m pistol
113	1 Gold	Eleftherios Petrounias	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Gymnastics	Men's rings
114	1 Gold	Katerina Stefanidi	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's pole vault
115	2 Silver	Spyridon Gianniotis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 10 km open water
116	3 Bronze	Anna Korakaki	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol
117	3 Bronze	Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sailing	Men's 470
118	1 Gold	Stefanos Ntouskos	2020 Tokyo	Rowing	Men's single sculls
119	1 Gold	Miltiadis Tentoglou	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's long jump
120	2 Silver	Men's water polo team Emmanouil Zerdevas Konstantinos Genidounias Dimitrios Skoumpakis Marios Kapotsis Ioannis Fountoulis Alexandros Papanastasiou Georgios Dervisis Stylianos Argyropoulos Konstantinos Mourikis Christodoulos Kolomvos Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis Angelos Vlachopoulos Konstantinos Galanidis	2020 Tokyo	Water polo	Men's tournament
121	3 Bronze	Eleftherios Petrounias	2020 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Men's rings
122	1 Gold	Miltiadis Tentoglou	2024 Paris	Athletics	Men's long jump
123	2 Silver	Apostolos Christou	2024 Paris	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
124	3 Bronze	Theodoros Tselidis	2024 Paris	Judo	Men's –90 kg
125	3 Bronze	Antonios Papakonstantinou Petros Gkaidatzis	2024 Paris	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
126	3 Bronze	Zoi Fitsiou Milena Kontou	2024 Paris	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls
127	3 Bronze	Eleftherios Petrounias	2024 Paris	Gymnastics	Men's rings
128	3 Bronze	Emmanouil Karalis	2024 Paris	Athletics	Men's pole vault
129	3 Bronze	Dauren Kurugliev	2024 Paris	Wrestling	Men's freestyle –86 kg

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
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

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

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	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	Silver	Unknown (3 to 6)	Otto Herschmann
Konstantinos Akratopoulos - Aristidis Akratopoulos	Tennis	Men's doubles	Bronze	4	Edwin Flack - George Stuart Robertson
Aristovoulos Petmezas	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	Bronze	Did not participate	None
Efstathios Chorafas	Swimming	Men's 1200 m freestyle	Bronze	Unknown (3 to 5)	None
Georgios Paraskevopoulos	Cycling	12 hour race	Bronze	Did not finish	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 two silver medals since then at the 2016 and 2024 Games.

Diving

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

Water Polo

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

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.

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.

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. Those remain the only fencing medals Greece has won to date (through the 2020 Olympics).

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.

Judo

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

Rowing

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

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.

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.

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.

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. The 1896 medals remain (through the 2020 Games) the only tennis medals won by Greek players.

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.

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.

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 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

In Spanish: Grecia en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

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