Greece competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first at the New National Stadium during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Like the other closing ceremonies before, the Greek flag was also raised during the closing ceremony alongside the Japanese and French flags.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Stefanos Ntouskos Rowing Men's single sculls Miltiadis Tentoglou Athletics Men's long jump Water polo Men's tournament Eleftherios Petrounias Gymnastics Men's rings
| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by genderGender TotalMale2114Female0000Total 2 1 1 4
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Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 24 July000 0 Day 2 25 July000 0 Day 3 26 July0 00 0 Day 4 27 July000 0 Day 5 28 July0 0 0 0 Day 6 29 July000 0 Day 7 30 July10 0 1 Day 8 31 July000 0 Day 9 1 August000 0 Day 10 2 August1 0 1 2 Day 11 3 August000 0 Day 12 4 August000 0 Day 13 5 August000 0 Day 14 6 August000 0 Day 15 7 August000 0 Day 16 8 August010 1Total211 4
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Artistic swimming 0 9 9Athletics 8 12 20Cycling 3 0 3Fencing 0 1 1Gymnastics 1 0 1Judo 1 1 2Rowing 1 3 4Sailing 4 4 8Shooting 1 1 2Swimming 10 2 12Table tennis 1 0 1Taekwondo 0 1 1Tennis 1 1 2Water polo 13 0 13Weightlifting 1 0 1Wrestling 1 1 2 Total 46 37 83
Archery
Greece has qualified one female archer, after Evangelia Psarra finished in the top 5 in the Final Qualification Tournament.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEvangelia PsarraWomen's individual63044L 4–6did not advance
Artistic swimming
With a top 3 finish in the team event at FINA Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Greece qualified for both events.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankEvangelia PapazoglouEvangelia PlataniotiDuet88.1667 —Eleni FragkakiKrystalenia GialamaPinelopi KaramesiouMaria Alzigkouzi KomineaAndriana MisikevychEvangelia PapazoglouEvangelia PlataniotiGeorgia VasilopoulouDanai Kariori (R)TeamWithdrew after testing positive for COVID-19
Athletics
Greek athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankKonstantinos Douvalidis110 m hurdles13.6327Did not advanceAlexandros Papamichail50 km walk colspan=4 4:12:4936
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga100 mcolspan="2" 11.4535Did not advance200 mrowspan=3 colspan=2 23.16 22 q23.3823Did not advanceIrini Vasiliou400 m53.1635Did not advanceElisavet Pesiridou100 m hurdlesDid not advanceAntigoni Drisbioti20 km walk rowspan="3" colspan="6" 1:31:24 SB8Kiriaki Filtisakou1:36:5129Panagiota Tsinopoulou1:47:1953
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMiltiadis TentoglouLong jump8.222 Q8.41Dimitrios TsiamisTriple jump—Did not advanceKonstantinos FilippidisPole vault5.5022Did not advanceEmmanouil Karalis5.758 q5.80=4Mihail AnastasakisHammer throw73.5222Did not advanceChristos Frantzeskakis72.1925Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionParaskevi PapachristouTriple jump12.2332Did not advanceNikoleta KyriakopoulouPole vault4.55=1 q4.55=8Eleni-Klaoudia Polak4.4019Did not advanceKaterina Stefanidi4.55=8 q4.80 =SB4Chrysoula AnagnostopoulouDiscus throw59.1819Did not advanceStamatia ScarvelisHammer throw69.0118Did not advance
Cycling
Road Greece entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRankPolychronis TzortzakisMen's road race6:16:5363
Track Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Greece entered one rider to compete in the men's omnium based on his final individual UCI Olympic rankings.
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotalRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsPointsRankChristos VolikakisMen's omnium1781781414−20
Mountain bike Greece qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's nineteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.
AthleteEventTimeRankPeriklis IliasMen's cross-country (3 laps)35
Fencing
Greece entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2019 world bronze medalist Theodora Gkountoura claimed a spot in the women's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankTheodora GkountouraWomen's sabreL 8–15Did not advance
Gymnastics
Artistic On 25 June 2021, Eleftherios Petrounias secured a position in men's rings at the 2020 Summer Olympics, by winning a gold medal with 15.500 points at the 2020–2021 FIG World Cup in Doha, Qatar.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankEleftherios PetrouniasRingscolspan=2 15.333colspan=3 15.3331 Qcolspan=3 15.200colspan=2 15.200
Judo
Alexios Ntanatsidis secured a position in his category by virtue of his world ranking. Elisavet Teltsidou secured a position in her category through a continental quota.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAlexios NtanatsidisMen's −81 kgL 00–10 Did not advanceElisavet TeltsidouWomen's −70 kgW 01–00W 10–00L 00–01Did not advanceL 00–10 Did not advance7
Rowing
Greece qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. The women's coxless pair confirmed an Olympic place by finishing fifth in the B-final and secured the last of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria, while the men's single sculls rower added one boat for the Greek roster with a top finish at the 2021 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy. Another Greek rower scored a gold-medal triumph to book one of the remaining boats available in the women's single sculls at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
AthleteEventHeatRepechageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStefanos NtouskosMen's single sculls6:59.491 QFcolspan=2 7:12.772 SA/B6:41.611 FA6:40.45 Anneta KyridouWomen's single sculls7:54.283 QFcolspan=2 8:02.193 SA/B7:40.81 6 FB7:36.7910Christina BourmpouMaria KyridouWomen's pair7:33.945 R7:28.001 SA/Bcolspan=2 6:48.70 1 FA 6:57.115 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Greek sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Byron KokkalanisRS:X817105818196784EL11011Ioannis MitakisFinn413136111011816colspan=2 EL9212Pavlos KagialisPanagiotis Mantis47056315128746colspan=2 9848
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Aikaterini DivariRS:X191919202023151813191923EL20419Vasileia KarachaliouLaser Radial2196121219198colspan=2 61129Ariadne Paraskevi SpanakiEmilia Tsoulfa4701481718132129colspan=2 EL11415 M = Medal race, EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race, DNF= Did not finish the race, BFD = Black Flag Disqualification – False start, DSQ = Disqualification, UFD = "U" Flag Disqualification
Shooting
Greek shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNikolaos MavrommatisMen's skeet11920Did not advanceAnna KorakakiWomen's 10 m air pistol5852 Q157.46Women's 25 m pistol5846 Q186
Swimming
Greek swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankApostolos Christou100 m backstroke53.77=15 Q53.4111Did not advance100 m freestyle48.5018Did not advanceKonstantinos Englezakis800 m freestylecolspan=2 Did not advanceKristian Gkolomeev50 m freestyle21.663 Q21.60=3 Q21.72=5Athanasios Kynigakis10 km open watercolspan=4 1:49:29.25Dimitrios Markos200 m freestyle1:49.1631Did not advance800 m freestyle7:58.6826colspan=2 did not advanceApostolos Papastamos200 m individual medley2:00.3835Did not advance400 m individual medley4:12.5014colspan=2 Did not advanceAndreas Vazaios200 m individual medley1:58.8424Did not advanceApostolos ChristouKristian GkolomeevOdysseas MeladinisAndreas Vazaios4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:15.2915colspan=2 Did not advanceApostolos ChristouEvangelos MakrygiannisKonstantinos MeretsoliasAndreas Vazaios4 × 100 m medley relay3:36.2814colspan=2 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnna Ntountounaki100 m butterfly57.7513 Q57.25 NR9Did not advance
Mixed AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankApostolos ChristouTheodora DrakouKonstantinos MeretsoliasAnna Ntountounaki4 × 100 m medley relay3:44.77 NR11Did not advance
Table tennis
Greece entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Panagiotis Gionis scored a third-stage semifinal triumph to book his fifth consecutive trip to the Games in the men's singles at the European Qualification Tournament in Odivelas, Portugal.
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPanagiotis GionisMen's singlesW 4–0W 4–1L 3–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
Greece entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time since 2012. 2018 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Fani Tzeli secured a spot in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFani TzeliWomen's −57 kgL 7–15Did not advanceL 0–2 Did not advance7
Tennis
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari secured a position in the Men's and Women's singles respectively by virtue of their world rankings on 14 June 2021. In addition, their combined ranking made them available to play together in the Mixed doubles tournament.