| Greece at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GRE |
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
in Antwerp  Belgium | |
| Competitors | 47 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Vasilios Zarkadis |
| Medals Ranked 19th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Greece competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 47 competitors, all men, took part in 34 events in 8 sports. [1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Silver | Georgios Moraitinis Iason Sappas Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos | Shooting | Men's 30 m team military pistol | August 3 |
Greece competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the first time in 1920. The Bergvall System was in use at the time. Greece was shut out by the United States in the quarterfinals. It is unclear why the Greeks received a place in the third-place tournament, as the Americans had not won either gold or silver, but Greece beat Italy in the quarterfinals of the bronze medal tournament before losing again to the United States in the bronze semifinals.
United States  | 7–0 |  Greece | Antwerp |
| Greece | 5–1 |  Italy | Antwerp |
| United States | 7–0 | Greece | Antwerp |
Nine athletes represented Greece in 1920. It was the nation's sixth appearance in athletics, having competed in the sport at every Olympics. The Stockholm Games were only the second time that no Greek won a medal in athletics.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Dimitrios Andromidas | 110 m hurdles | N/A | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| High jump | 1.65 | 16 | N/A | did not advance | |||||
| Pentathlon | N/A | did not finish | |||||||
| Decathlon | N/A | did not finish | |||||||
| Dimitrios Karambatis | 100 m | Unknown | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 24.2 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
| Alexandros Kranis | 5000 m | N/A | Unknown | 6 | did not advance | ||||
| 10000 m | N/A | Unknown | 7 | did not advance | |||||
| Cross country | N/A | Unknown | 38 | ||||||
| Apostolos Nikolaidis | Decathlon | N/A | did not finish | ||||||
| Menelaos Ponireas | Triple jump | 12.60 | 18 | N/A | did not advance | ||||
| Panagiotis Retelas | 5000 m | N/A | did not finish | did not advance | |||||
| Konstantinos Roubesis | Pentathlon | N/A | did not finish | ||||||
| Iraklis Sakellaropoulos | Marathon | N/A | 3:14:25.0 | 32 | |||||
| Panagiotis Trivoulidas | Marathon | N/A | did not finish | ||||||
| Cross country | N/A | Unknown | 39 | ||||||
Three fencers represented Greece in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport.
Ranks given are within the group.
| Fencer | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| S. Antonidas | Épée | 4–5 | 5 Q | 3–8 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| Evangelos Skotidas | Épée | 4–3 | 2 Q | 5–6 | 7 | did not advance | |||
| Sabre | N/A | 3–4 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
| Vasilios Zarkadis | Épée | 1–7 | 8 | did not advance | |||||
| Sabre | N/A | 4–4 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
Greece competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time. The country was defeated in the first round by Sweden.
Nine shooters represented Greece in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Greece took a silver medal in the team military pistol, its first medal in shooting since 1896.
| Shooter | Event | Final | |
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| Result | Rank | ||
| Konstantinos Kefalas | 50 m small-bore rifle | Unknown | |
| Georgios Moraitinis | 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. | Unknown | |
| Emmanouil Peristerakis | 50 m small-bore rifle | Unknown | |
| Iason Sappas | 50 m free pistol | 464 | 8 |
| 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. | Unknown | ||
| Alexandros Theofilakis | 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. | Unknown | |
| Ioannis Theofilakis | 50 m free pistol | 462 | 10 |
| 50 m small-bore rifle | Unknown | ||
| 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. | Unknown | ||
| 600 m military rifle, prone | 59 | 4 | |
| Andreas Vikhos | 50 m small-bore rifle | Unknown | |
| Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos | 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. | Unknown | |
| Vasileios Xylinakis | 50 m small-bore rifle | Unknown | |
| Konstantinos Kefalas Emmanouil Peristerakis Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Andreas Vikhos | 300 m team military rifle, prone | 270 | 11 |
| 600 m team military rifle, prone | 270 | 7 | |
| Konstantinos Kefalas Emmanouil Peristerakis Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Vasileios Xylinakis | 300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone | 553 | 7 |
| Konstantinos Kefalas Emmanouil Peristerakis Ioannis Theofilakis Andreas Vikhos Vasileios Xylinakis | 50 m team small-bore rifle | 1727 | 10 |
| 300 m team military rifle, standing | 209 | 13 | |
| Georgios Moraitinis Iason Sappas Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Alexandros Vrasivanopoulos | 30 m team military pistol | 1285 | |
| 50 m team free pistol | 2240 | 4 | |
| Team free rifle | 3910 | 13 | |
A single tennis player, in the men's singles, competed for Greece in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, and first since 1896. Zerlentis lost his first match, though that single match took 66 games over 4 sets to complete.
| Player | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
| Athanasios Zerlentis | Men's singles | Bye |  Lowe (GBR)L 14–12, 8–10, 7–5, 6–4 | did not advance | 17 | |||
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A single weightlifter represented Greece in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport, in which Greece was the only country to have competed at both prior appearances in 1896 and 1900.
| Weightlifter | Event | Final | |
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| Result | Rank | ||
| Evangelos Menexis | 67.5 kg | 205.0 | 10 |
Five wrestlers competed for Greece in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Notaris was the only one to win a match. Both Dialetis and Vergos competed in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.
| Wrestler | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals / Bronze match | Rank |
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| Ioannis Dialetis | Featherweight | N/A |  Ackerly (USA) (L) | did not advance | 9 | ||
| Dimitrios Vergos | Middleweight | Bye |  Borgström (SWE) (L) | did not advance | 9 | ||
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| Wrestler | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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| Ioannis Dialetis | Featherweight | Brian (USA) (L) | did not advance | did not advance | 17 | ||
| N/A | did not advance | ||||||
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| Sotirios Notaris | Middleweight |  Müller (EST) (W) |  Stensrud (NOR) (L) | did not advance | 13 | ||
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| Vasilios Pavlidis | Lightweight |  Frisenfeldt (DEN) (L) | did not advance | did not advance | 18 | ||
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| Dimitrios Vergos | Heavyweight | Bye |  Sjouwerman (NED) (L) | did not advance | 12 | ||
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| Vasilios Vouyoukos | Lightweight | Bye | Metropoulos (USA) (L) | did not advance | 12 | ||
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France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 255 competitors, 219 men and 36 women, took part in 112 events in 17 sports. At the beginning of the games there was an incident where a French coach was physically assaulted by a Stadium gatekeeper who refused him entry. It boiled over to a point where the entire French team did not participate in the Parade of Nations, and conversations were made to pull out of the games completely. However, the issue was resolved and France went on to compete.
France competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 304 competitors, 296 men and 8 women, took part in 113 events in 23 sports.
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 234 competitors, 218 men and 16 women, took part in 84 events in 21 sports. British athletes won fourteen gold medals and 43 medals overall, finishing third. It would be the last Olympic Games in which Irish athletes participated for Great Britain, after foundation of Irish Free State in 1922.
Sweden competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 260 competitors, 247 men and 13 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.
Sweden competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 159 competitors, 146 men and 13 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.
The United States competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 288 competitors, 274 men and 14 women, took part in 113 events in 18 sports.
Norway competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 194 competitors, 188 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports.
Austria competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. 85 competitors, 76 men and 6 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports.
Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 174 competitors, 173 men and 1 woman, took part in 79 events in 18 sports.
Switzerland competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 77 competitors, all men, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.
Finland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 69 competitors took part in 48 events in 11 sports.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games, after the republic was founded in 1918. Previously, Bohemia had competed at the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1912.
The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 177 competitors, 168 men and 9 women, took part in 81 events in 17 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Belgium was the host nation for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. 336 competitors, 326 men and 10 women, took part in 121 events in 23 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 154 competitors, 150 men and 4 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.
The Union of South Africa competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 39 competitors, 38 men and 1 woman, took part in 34 events in 7 sports.
Spain competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was only the second appearance of the nation at the Summer Games, after competing in the 1900 Summer Olympics, but missing the Games in 1904, 1908, and 1912. 58 competitors, all men, took part in 29 events in 7 sports.
Luxembourg competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
