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 exceptions of 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1960 when Greece did not participate and 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 129 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.
Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 1896 Summer Olympics Athens 6 – 15 April 14 241 432004 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.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
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Medal tables by athlete
List of medalists Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event1 Spyridon Louis Athletics Men's marathon2 Aristidis Konstantinidis Cycling Men's road race3 Leonidas Pyrgos Fencing Men's masters foil4 Ioannis Georgiadis Fencing Men's sabre5 Ioannis Mitropoulos Gymnastics Men's rings6 Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Gymnastics Men's rope climbing7 Pantelis Karasevdas Shooting Men's 200 m military rifle8 Georgios Orphanidis Shooting Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions9 Ioannis Frangoudis Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol10 Ioannis Malokinis Swimming Men's sailors 100 m freestyle11 Charilaos Vasilakos Athletics Men's marathon12 Miltiadis Gouskos Athletics Men's shot put13 Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos Athletics Men's discus throw14Stamatios Nikolopoulos Cycling Men's sprint15Stamatios Nikolopoulos CyclingMen's time trial16 Georgios Koletis Cycling Men's 100 km17 Tilemachos Karakalos Fencing Men's sabre18 Thomas Xenakis Gymnastics Men's rope climbing19 Gymnastics Men's team parallel bars20 Panagiotis Pavlidis Shooting Men's 200 m military rifle21 Ioannis Frangoudis Shooting Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions22 Georgios Orphanidis Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol23 Antonios Pepanos Swimming Men's 500 m freestyle24 Ioannis Andreou Swimming Men's 1200 m freestyle25 Spyridon Chazapis Swimming Men's sailors 100 m freestyle26 Dimitrios Kasdaglis Tennis Men's singles27Dimitrios Kasdaglis - Demetrios Petrokokkinos TennisMen's doubles28 Georgios Tsitas Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman29 Dimitrios Golemis Athletics Men's 800 m30 Evangelos Damaskos Athletics Men's pole vault31 Ioannis Theodoropoulos Athletics Men's pole vault32 Ioannis Persakis Athletics Men's triple jump33 Georgios Papasideris Athletics Men's shot put34 Sotirios Versis Athletics Men's discus throw35 Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis Fencing Men's foil36Athanasios Vouros FencingMen's foil37 Petros Persakis Gymnastics Men's rings38 Gymnastics Men's team parallel bars39 Nikolaos Trikoupis Shooting Men's 200 m military rifle40 Nikolaos Morakis Shooting Men's 25 m military pistol41 Ioannis Frangoudis Shooting Men's 30 m free pistol42Efstathios Chorafas Swimming Men's 500 m freestyle43 Dimitrios Drivas Swimming Men's sailors 100 m freestyle44 Konstantinos Paspatis Tennis Men's singles45 Alexandros Nikolopoulos Weightlifting Men's one hand lift46 Sotirios Versis Weightlifting Men's two hand lift47 Stephanos Christopoulos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman48 Periklis Kakousis Weightlifting Men's two hand lift49 Nikolaos Georgantas Athletics Men's discus throw50Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Athletics Men's standing high jump51Konstantinos Tsiklitiras AthleticsMen's standing long jump52 Michalis Dorizas Athletics Men's freestyle javelin53 Anastasios Metaxas Shooting Men's individual trap shooting54 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Athletics Men's standing long jump55 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Athletics Men's standing high jump56 Georgios MoraitinisIason SappasAlexandros TheofilakisIoannis TheofilakisAlexandros Vrasivanopoulos Shooting Men's 30 m team military pistol57 Georgios Roubanis Athletics Men's pole vault58 Crown Prince ConstantineOdysseus EskitzoglouGeorgios Zaimis Sailing Dragon59 Petros Galaktopoulos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg60 Ilias Hatzipavlis Sailing Finn61 Petros Galaktopoulos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg62 Stelios Mygiakis Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg63 Georgios Hatziioannidis Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg64 Aristidis RapanakisAnastasios GavrilisAnastasios Bountouris Sailing Soling65 Dimitrios Thanopoulos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg66 Charalambos Cholidis Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg67 Charalambos Cholidis Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg68 Voula Patoulidou Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles69 Pyrros Dimas Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg70 Ioannis Melissanidis Gymnastics Men's floor71 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Sailing Men's Mistral One Design72 Pyrros Dimas Weightlifting Men's 83 kg73 Kakhi Kakhiashvili Weightlifting Men's 99 kg74 Niki Bakoyianni Athletics Women's high jump75 Leonidas Sabanis Weightlifting Men's 59 kg76 Valerios Leonidis Weightlifting Men's 64 kg77 Leonidas Kokas Weightlifting Men's 91 kg78 Konstantinos Kenteris Athletics Men's 200 metres79 Michalis Mouroutsos Taekwondo Men's 58 kg80 Pyrros Dimas Weightlifting Men's 85 kg81 Kakhi Kakhiashvili Weightlifting Men's 94 kg82 Ekaterini Thanou Athletics Women's 100 metres83 Anastasia Kelesidou Athletics Women's discus throw84 Mirela Maniani Athletics Women's javelin throw85 Dimosthenis Tampakos Gymnastics Men's rings86 Leonidas Sabanis Weightlifting Men's 62 kg87 Viktor Mitrou Weightlifting Men's 77 kg88 Ioanna Chatziioannou Weightlifting Women's 63 kg89 Amiran Kardanov Wrestling Men's freestyle 54 kg90 Eirini AindiliEvangelia ChristodoulouMaria GeorgatouZacharoula KaryamiCharikleia PantaziAnna Pollatou Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around91 Thomas BimisNikolaos Siranidis Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard92 Ilias Iliadis Judo Men's -81 kg93 Sofia BekatorouEmilia Tsoulfa Sailing Women's 47094 Dimosthenis Tampakos Gymnastics Men's rings95 Athanasia Tsoumeleka Athletics Women's 20 km walk96 Fani Chalkia Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles97 Anastasia Kelesidou Athletics Women's discus throw98 Sailing Men's mistral99 Athletics Women's triple jump100 Water polo Women's tournament101 Elisavet Mystakidou Taekwondo Women's -67 kg102 Alexandros Nikolaidis Taekwondo Men's +80 kg103 Pyrros Dimas Weightlifting Men's -85 kg104 Vasileios PolymerosNikolaos Skiathitis Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls105 Artiom Kiouregkian Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman -55 kg106 Mirela Maniani Athletics Women's javelin throw107 Dimitrios MouyiosVasileios Polymeros Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls108 Alexandros Nikolaidis Taekwondo Men's +80 kg109 Sofia BekatorouVirginia KravariotiSofia Papadopoulou Sailing Women's yngling class110 Ilias Iliadis Judo Men's 90 kg111 Christina GiazitzidouAlexandra Tsiavou Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls112 Anna Korakaki Shooting Women's 25 m pistol113 Eleftherios Petrounias Gymnastics Men's rings114 Katerina Stefanidi Athletics Women's pole vault115 Spyridon Gianniotis Swimming Men's 10 km open water116 Anna Korakaki Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol117 Pavlos KagialisPanagiotis Mantis Sailing Men's 470118 Stefanos Ntouskos Rowing Men's single sculls119 Miltiadis Tentoglou Athletics Men's long jump120 Water poloMen's tournament121 Eleftherios Petrounias Gymnastics Men's rings122 Miltiadis Tentoglou Athletics Men's long jump123 Apostolos Christou Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke124 Theodoros Tselidis Judo Men's –90 kg 125 Antonios Papakonstantinou Petros Gkaidatzis Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls 126 Zoi Fitsiou Milena Kontou Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls127 Eleftherios Petrounias Gymnastics Men's rings128 Emmanouil Karalis Athletics Men's pole vault129 Dauren Kurugliev 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.
Athlete Sport Games Total Pyrros Dimas 1992–1996–2000–2004 3 0 1 4 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 1908–1912 1 2 1 4 Ioannis Frangoudis 1896 1 1 1 3 Eleftherios Petrounias 2016–2020-2024 1 0 2 3 Kakhi Kakhiashvili 1996–2000 2 0 0 2 Miltiadis Tentoglou 2020–2024 2 0 0 2 Nikolaos Andriakopoulos 1896 1 1 0 2 Georgios Orphanidis 1896 1 1 0 2 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis 1996–2004 1 1 0 2 Dimosthenis Tampakos 2000–2004 1 1 0 2 Ioannis Mitropoulos 1896 1 0 1 2 Sofia Bekatorou 2004–2008 1 0 1 2 Ilias Iliadis 2004–2012 1 0 1 2 Anna Korakaki 2016 1 0 1 2 Dimitrios Kasdaglis 1896 0 2 0 2 Stamatios Nikolopoulos 1896 0 2 0 2 Thomas Xenakis 1896 0 2 0 2 Leonidas Sabanis 1996–2000 0 2 0 2 Anastasia Kelesidou 2000–2004 0 2 0 2 Alexandros Nikolaidis 2004–2008 0 2 0 2 Petros Persakis 1896 0 1 1 2 Petros Galaktopoulos 1968–1972 0 1 1 2 Mirela Maniani 2000–2004 0 1 1 2 Vasileios Polymeros 2004–2008 0 1 1 2 Sotirios Versis 1896 0 0 2 2 Charalambos Cholidis 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 1992–1996–2000–2004 3 0 1 4 Akakios Kakiasvilis 1996–2000 2 0 0 2 Miltiadis Tentoglou 2020–2024 2 0 0 2 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 1908–1912 1 2 1 4 Ioannis Frangoudis 1896 1 1 1 3 Nikolaos Andriakopoulos 1896 1 1 0 2 Georgios Orphanidis 1896 1 1 0 2 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis 1996–2004 1 1 0 2 Dimosthenis Tampakos 2000–2004 1 1 0 2 Eleftherios Petrounias 2016–2020-2024 1 0 2 3 Ioannis Mitropoulos 1896 1 0 1 2 Ilias Iliadis 2004–2012 1 0 1 2
Women Athlete Sport Games Total Sofia Bekatorou 2004–2008 1 0 1 2 Anna Korakaki 2016 1 0 1 2 Voula Patoulidou 1992 1 0 0 1 Fani Chalkia 2004 1 0 0 1 Emilia Tsoulfa 2004 1 0 0 1 Athanasia Tsoumeleka 2004 1 0 0 1 Ekaterini Stefanidi 2016 1 0 0 1 Anastasia Kelesidou 2000–2004 0 2 0 2 Mirela Maniani 2000–2004 0 1 1 2
Additional disputed medals of 1896