# Greece at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Babis Kholidis | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg | 22 September |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rowing | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Sailing | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | – | 4 |
| Wrestling | 5 | – | 5 |
| Total | 44 | 12 | 56 |

## Athletics

Women's Javelin Throw
* Anna Verouli
   * Qualification – 58.52m (→ did not advance)

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Stelios Georgousopoulos | Division II | 19 | 27 | RET | 27 | RET | RET | RET | 247.0 | 36 |
| Armanto Ortolano | Finn | 11 | 15 | 17 | 15 | DNF | 15 | 10 | 119.0 | 14 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Helias Hadjipavlis Konstantinos Manthos | Star | 7 | 9 | 3 | DSQ | 17 | 5 | 14 | 86.7 | 12 |
| Tassos Boudouris Dimitrios Deligiannis Antonios Bountouris Georgios Prekas | Soling | 14 | RET | 9 | 18 | DSQ | 14 | RET | 133.0 | 18 |

## Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke
* Helias Malamas
** Heat – 59.24 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
* Charalambos Papanikolaou
** Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Nikolaos Fokianos
** Heat – 1:06.30 (→ did not advance, 47th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Nikolaos Fokianos
** Heat – 2:28.91 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* Theodoras Griniazakis
** Heat – 57.56 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Charalambos Papanikolaou
** Heat – 2:05.53
** B-Final – 2:06.61 (→ 14th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Charalambos Papanikolaou
** Heat – 4:26.72
** B-Final – 4:27.95 (→ 16th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Helias Malamas, Nikolaos Fokianos, Theodoros Griniazakis, and Charalambos Papanikolaou
** Heat – 4:07.71 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

## Tennis

Women's Singles Competition
* Olga Tsarbopoulou
** First Round – Lost to Mercedes Paz (Argentina) 6-7, 3-6

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary round (group B)
   * Lost to Hungary (10-12)
   * Defeated China (10-7)
   * Lost to Yugoslavia (7-17)
   * Lost to United States (9-18)
   * Lost to Spain (9-12)
* Classification Round (Group E)
   * Defeated South Korea (17-7)
   * Defeated France (10-7) → 9th place
* Team roster
   * Nikolaos Christoforidis
   * Filippos Kaiafas
   * Epaminondas Samartzidis
   * Anastasios Tsikaris
   * Kyriakos Giannopoulos
   * Aristidis Kefalogiannis
   * Nikolaos Venetopoulos
   * Dimitrios Seletopoulos
   * Antonios Aronis
   * Evangelos Pateros
   * George Mavrotas
   * Evangelos Patras
* Head coach: Iosifidis Koulis