| 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) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 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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