Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg
IOC code GRE
NOC Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website www.hoc.gr  (in Greek and English)
in London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Competitors20
Flag bearer Nikolaos Georgantas
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Athletics Men's standing high jump August 23
Men's standing long jump August 20
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Michalis Dorizas Athletics Men's freestyle javelin August 15
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anastasios Metaxas [a] Shooting Men's individual trap July 11

Results by event

Athletics

Greece's best results were a trio of silver medals, one by Konstantinos Tsiklitiras in each of the standing jumps and the third by Mikhail Dorizas in the freestyle javelin.

EventPlaceAthleteHeatsSemifinalsFinal
Men's 100 metres Heats Georgios Skoutarides Unknown
2nd, heat 1
Did not advance
Mikhail Paskalides Unknown
4th, heat 6
Men's 200 metres HeatsMikhail PaskalidesUnknown
2nd, heat 9
Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres Semi-
finalist
Stefanos Demitrios None heldUnknown
4th, heat 4
Did not advance
Men's 110 metre hurdles HeatsGeorgios SkoutaridesUnknown
2nd, heat 3
Did not advance
Men's 5 miles Georgios Koulouberdas None heldDid not finish
—, semifinal 2
Did not advance
Men's marathon Georgios KoulouberdasNone heldDid not finish
Anastasios Koutoulakis Did not finish
EventPlaceAthleteHeight/
Distance
Men's triple jump 10th Dimitrios Muller 13.09 metres
Men's pole vault 6th Georgios Banikas 3.50 metres
9th Stefanos Kountouriotis 3.25 metres
Men's standing high jump 2nd Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 1.55 metres
Men's standing long jump 2ndKonstantinos Tsiklitiras3.235 metres
Men's shot put 9-25 Mikhail Dorizas Unknown
Nikolaos Georgantas Unknown
Men's discus throw 12-42Mikhail DorizasUnknown
Nikolaos GeorgantasUnknown
Men's javelin throw 8-16 Kharalambos Zouras Unknown
Men's Greek discus 5thMikhail Dorizas33.34 metres
6thNikolaos Georgantas33.21 metres
Men's freestyle javelin 2ndMikhail Dorizas51.36 metres
4thKharalambos Zouras48.61 metres
10-33Nikolaos GeorgantasUnknown

Cycling

Greece had one long-distance cyclist enter the cycling competitions in 1908. He did not finish either of his races.

EventPlaceCyclistHeatsSemifinalsFinal
Men's 20 kilometres Ioannis Santorinaios None heldDid not finish
—, semifinal 5
Did not advance
Men's 100 kilometres Ioannis SantorinaiosNone heldDid not finish
—, semifinal 2
Did not advance

Shooting

EventPlaceShooterScore
Men's 1000 yard free rifle 45th Alexandros Theofilakis 30
Men's team free rifle 9th Ioannis Theofilakis
Matthias Triantafyllidis
Alexandros Theofilakis
Georgios Orphanidis
Defkalion Rediadis
Frangiskos Maurommatis
3789
Men's team military rifle 7thIoannis Theofilakis
Frangiskos Maurommatis
Alexandros Theofilakis
Georgios Orphanidis
Matthias Triantafilladis
Deukal. Rediadis
1999
Men's stationary target small-bore rifle 15thGeorgios Orphanidis357
Men's individual pistol 25thFrangiskos Maurommatis419
26thAlexandros Theofilakis409
29thIoannis Theofilakis406
32ndDeukal. Rediadis397
Men's team pistol 7thFrangiskos Maurommatis
Alexandros Theofilakis
Ioannis Theofilakis
Georgios Orphanidis
1576
Men's individual trap shooting 3rd Anastasios Metaxas [a] 57

a Anastasios Metaxas (GRE) is generally credited with a bronze medal in men's individual trap shooting; no tie-breaker was held. [1] The 1908 official report lists Metaxas as having tied with Alexander Maunder (GBR) and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist. [2]

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