# Greece at the Olympics

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.
| Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
| 1896 Summer Olympics | Athens | 6 – 15 April | 14 | 241 | 43 |
| 2004 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

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

### Medals by summer sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| Shooting | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| Sailing | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Fencing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Swimming | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| Cycling | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Water polo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 36 | 46 | 47 | 129 |

## Medal tables by athlete
### List of medalists

| | Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
| 1 | Gold | Spyridon Louis | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| 2 | Gold | Aristidis Konstantinidis | 1896 Athens | Cycling | Men's road race |
| 3 | Gold | Leonidas Pyrgos | 1896 Athens | Fencing | Men's masters foil |
| 4 | Gold | Ioannis Georgiadis | 1896 Athens | Fencing | Men's sabre |
| 5 | Gold | Ioannis Mitropoulos | 1896 Athens | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| 6 | Gold | Nikolaos Andriakopoulos | 1896 Athens | Gymnastics | Men's rope climbing |
| 7 | Gold | Pantelis Karasevdas | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 200 m military rifle |
| 8 | Gold | Georgios Orphanidis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions |
| 9 | Gold | Ioannis Frangoudis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
| 10 | Gold | Ioannis Malokinis | 1896 Athens | Swimming | Men's sailors 100 m freestyle |
| 11 | Silver | Charilaos Vasilakos | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| 12 | Silver | Miltiadis Gouskos | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's shot put |
| 13 | Silver | Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men'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 | Silver | Georgios Koletis | 1896 Athens | Cycling | Men's 100 km |
| 17 | Silver | Tilemachos Karakalos | 1896 Athens | Fencing | Men's sabre |
| 18 | Silver | Thomas Xenakis | 1896 Athens | Gymnastics | Men's rope climbing |
| 19 | 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 | Silver | Panagiotis Pavlidis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 200 m military rifle |
| 21 | Silver | Ioannis Frangoudis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions |
| 22 | Silver | Georgios Orphanidis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
| 23 | Silver | Antonios Pepanos | 1896 Athens | Swimming | Men's 500 m freestyle |
| 24 | Silver | Ioannis Andreou | 1896 Athens | Swimming | Men's 1200 m freestyle |
| 25 | Silver | Spyridon Chazapis | 1896 Athens | Swimming | Men's sailors 100 m freestyle |
| 26 | Silver | Dimitrios Kasdaglis | 1896 Athens | Tennis | Men's singles |
| 27 | Silver | Dimitrios Kasdaglis - Demetrios Petrokokkinos | 1896 Athens | Tennis | Men's doubles |
| 28 | Silver | Georgios Tsitas | 1896 Athens | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman |
| 29 | Bronze | Dimitrios Golemis | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's 800 m |
| 30 | Bronze | Evangelos Damaskos | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's pole vault |
| 31 | Bronze | Ioannis Theodoropoulos | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's pole vault |
| 32 | Bronze | Ioannis Persakis | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
| 33 | Bronze | Georgios Papasideris | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's shot put |
| 34 | Bronze | Sotirios Versis | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| 35 | Bronze | Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis | 1896 Athens | Fencing | Men's foil |
| 36 | Bronze | Athanasios Vouros | 1896 Athens | Fencing | Men's foil |
| 37 | Bronze | Petros Persakis | 1896 Athens | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| 38 | 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 | Bronze | Nikolaos Trikoupis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 200 m military rifle |
| 40 | Bronze | Nikolaos Morakis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 25 m military pistol |
| 41 | Bronze | Ioannis Frangoudis | 1896 Athens | Shooting | Men's 30 m free pistol |
| 42 | Bronze | Efstathios Chorafas | 1896 Athens | Swimming | Men's 500 m freestyle |
| 43 | Bronze | Dimitrios Drivas | 1896 Athens | Swimming | Men's sailors 100 m freestyle |
| 44 | Bronze | Konstantinos Paspatis | 1896 Athens | Tennis | Men's singles |
| 45 | Bronze | Alexandros Nikolopoulos | 1896 Athens | Weightlifting | Men's one hand lift |
| 46 | Bronze | Sotirios Versis | 1896 Athens | Weightlifting | Men's two hand lift |
| 47 | Bronze | Stephanos Christopoulos | 1896 Athens | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman |
| 48 | Gold | Periklis Kakousis | 1904 St. Louis | Weightlifting | Men's two hand lift |
| 49 | Bronze | Nikolaos Georgantas | 1904 St. Louis | Athletics | Men'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 | Silver | Michalis Dorizas | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's freestyle javelin |
| 53 | Bronze | Anastasios Metaxas | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's individual trap shooting |
| 54 | Gold | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras | 1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's standing long jump |
| 55 | Bronze | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras | 1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's standing high jump |
| 56 | Silver | Georgios Moraitinis Iason Sappas Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos | 1920 Antwerp | Shooting | Men's 30 m team military pistol |
| 57 | Bronze | Georgios Roubanis | 1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Men's pole vault |
| 58 | Gold | Crown Prince Constantine Odysseus Eskitzoglou Georgios Zaimis | 1960 Rome | Sailing | Dragon |
| 59 | Bronze | Petros Galaktopoulos | 1968 Mexico City | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg |
| 60 | Silver | Ilias Hatzipavlis | 1972 Munich | Sailing | Finn |
| 61 | Silver | Petros Galaktopoulos | 1972 Munich | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg |
| 62 | Gold | Stelios Mygiakis | 1980 Moscow | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg |
| 63 | Bronze | Georgios Hatziioannidis | 1980 Moscow | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |
| 64 | Bronze | Aristidis Rapanakis Anastasios Gavrilis Anastasios Bountouris | 1980 Moscow | Sailing | Soling |
| 65 | Silver | Dimitrios Thanopoulos | 1984 Los Angeles | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg |
| 66 | Bronze | Charalambos Cholidis | 1984 Los Angeles | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg |
| 67 | Bronze | Charalambos Cholidis | 1988 Seoul | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg |
| 68 | Gold | Voula Patoulidou | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles |
| 69 | Gold | Pyrros Dimas | 1992 Barcelona | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg |
| 70 | Gold | Ioannis Melissanidis | 1996 Atlanta | Gymnastics | Men's floor |
| 71 | Gold | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis | 1996 Atlanta | Sailing | Men's Mistral One Design |
| 72 | Gold | Pyrros Dimas | 1996 Atlanta | Weightlifting | Men's 83 kg |
| 73 | Gold | Kakhi Kakhiashvili | 1996 Atlanta | Weightlifting | Men's 99 kg |
| 74 | Silver | Niki Bakoyianni | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's high jump |
| 75 | Silver | Leonidas Sabanis | 1996 Atlanta | Weightlifting | Men's 59 kg |
| 76 | Silver | Valerios Leonidis | 1996 Atlanta | Weightlifting | Men's 64 kg |
| 77 | Silver | Leonidas Kokas | 1996 Atlanta | Weightlifting | Men's 91 kg |
| 78 | Gold | Konstantinos Kenteris | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
| 79 | Gold | Michalis Mouroutsos | 2000 Sydney | Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg |
| 80 | Gold | Pyrros Dimas | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Men's 85 kg |
| 81 | Gold | Kakhi Kakhiashvili | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Men's 94 kg |
| 82 | Silver | Ekaterini Thanou | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| 83 | Silver | Anastasia Kelesidou | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
| 84 | Silver | Mirela Maniani | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
| 85 | Silver | Dimosthenis Tampakos | 2000 Sydney | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| 86 | Silver | Leonidas Sabanis | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Men's 62 kg |
| 87 | Silver | Viktor Mitrou | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg |
| 88 | Bronze | Ioanna Chatziioannou | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Women's 63 kg |
| 89 | Bronze | Amiran Kardanov | 2000 Sydney | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 54 kg |
| 90 | Bronze | Eirini Aindili Evangelia Christodoulou Maria Georgatou Zacharoula Karyami Charikleia Pantazi Anna Pollatou | 2000 Sydney | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic group all-around |
| 91 | Gold | Thomas Bimis Nikolaos Siranidis | 2004 Athens | Diving | Men's 3 m synchronized springboard |
| 92 | Gold | Ilias Iliadis | 2004 Athens | Judo | Men's -81 kg |
| 93 | Gold | Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa | 2004 Athens | Sailing | Women's 470 |
| 94 | Gold | Dimosthenis Tampakos | 2004 Athens | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| 95 | Gold | Athanasia Tsoumeleka | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 20 km walk |
| 96 | Gold | Fani Chalkia | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 400 m hurdles |
| 97 | Silver | Anastasia Kelesidou | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
| 98 | Silver | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis | 2004 Athens | Sailing | Men's mistral |
| 99 | Silver | Hrysopiyi Devetzi | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's triple jump |
| 100 | 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 | Silver | Elisavet Mystakidou | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Women's -67 kg |
| 102 | Silver | Alexandros Nikolaidis | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Men's +80 kg |
| 103 | Bronze | Pyrros Dimas | 2004 Athens | Weightlifting | Men's -85 kg |
| 104 | Bronze | Vasileios Polymeros Nikolaos Skiathitis | 2004 Athens | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls |
| 105 | Bronze | Artiom Kiouregkian | 2004 Athens | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman -55 kg |
| 106 | Bronze | Mirela Maniani | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
| 107 | Silver | Dimitrios Mouyios Vasileios Polymeros | 2008 Beijing | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls |
| 108 | Silver | Alexandros Nikolaidis | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Men's +80 kg |
| 109 | Bronze | Sofia Bekatorou Virginia Kravarioti Sofia Papadopoulou | 2008 Beijing | Sailing | Women's yngling class |
| 110 | Bronze | Ilias Iliadis | 2012 London | Judo | Men's 90 kg |
| 111 | Bronze | Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou | 2012 London | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls |
| 112 | Gold | Anna Korakaki | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Shooting | Women's 25 m pistol |
| 113 | Gold | Eleftherios Petrounias | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| 114 | Gold | Katerina Stefanidi | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's pole vault |
| 115 | Silver | Spyridon Gianniotis | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | Men's 10 km open water |
| 116 | Bronze | Anna Korakaki | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Shooting | Women's 10 m air pistol |
| 117 | Bronze | Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sailing | Men's 470 |
| 118 | Gold | Stefanos Ntouskos | 2020 Tokyo | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
| 119 | Gold | Miltiadis Tentoglou | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| 120 | 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 | Bronze | Eleftherios Petrounias | 2020 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| 122 | Gold | Miltiadis Tentoglou | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| 123 | Silver | Apostolos Christou | 2024 Paris | Swimming | Men's 200 m backstroke |
| 124 | Bronze | Theodoros Tselidis | 2024 Paris | Judo | Men's –90 kg |
| 125 | Bronze | Antonios Papakonstantinou Petros Gkaidatzis | 2024 Paris | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls |
| 126 | Bronze | Zoi Fitsiou Milena Kontou | 2024 Paris | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls |
| 127 | Bronze | Eleftherios Petrounias | 2024 Paris | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| 128 | Bronze | Emmanouil Karalis | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's pole vault |
| 129 | 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.
| 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Rio 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paris 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |

#### Diving

Greece won a gold medal in Diving at the 2004 Games.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

#### Water Polo

Greece has won silver medals at the 2004 Games (women's) and 2020 Games (men's).
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| St. Louis 1904 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| London 1908 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Stockholm 1912 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Melbourne 1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Barcelona 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlanta 1996 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sydney 2000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Athens 2004 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Rio 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paris 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |

### 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).
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Atlanta 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sydney 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athens 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rio 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paris 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |

### Judo

Greece first competed in judo at the 2004 Games and has won three medals since.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| London 2012 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paris 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |

### Rowing

Greece first won a rowing medal at the 2004 Games and has won more medals since then.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Beijing 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| London 2012 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paris 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |

### 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 | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1960 Rome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1972 Munich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 Moscow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 Athens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 Rio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| London 1908 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Antwerp 1920 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rio 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Sydney 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Athens 2004 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Beijing 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| St. Louis 1904 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barcelona 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlanta 1996 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sydney 2000 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Athens 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |

### 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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athens 1896 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mexico 1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Munich 1972 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Moscow 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Seoul 1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sydney 2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athens 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paris 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |

## 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.