Greece at the Olympics

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.