| Greece at the 2010 European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| WA code | GRE |
| National federation | Hellenic Athletics Federation |
| Website | www |
in  Barcelona | |
| Competitors | 33 |
| Medals |
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| European Athletics Championships appearances (overview) | |
Greece was represented by 33 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain. The Greek team did not win a medal at the championships, for the first time in two decades, after the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, Yugoslavia.
| Event | Men | Women | Place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Georgia Kokloni | |||
| 200 m | Lykourgos-Stefanos Sakonas | 7th | 20.90 sec | |
| 400 m | Dimitrios Gravalos Petros Kyriakidis | Agni Derveni | ||
| 800 m | Eleni Filandra | |||
| 10000 m | Konstantina Kefala | |||
| 110 m hurdles | Konstadinos Douvalidis | |||
| 400 m hurdles | Periklis Iakovakis Sotirios Iakovakis Spyridon Papadopoulos | 5th | 49.38 sec | |
| 3000 st. | Irini Kokkinariou | |||
| High Jump | Konstadinos Baniotis 8th | Antonia Stergiou | 8th | 1.92 m |
| Pole Vault | Konstadinos Filippidis | Nikolia Kyriakopoulou Afroditi Skafida | 13th | |
| Long Jump | Savvas Diakonikolas Michail Mertzanidis-Despoteris Georgios Tsakonas Louis Tsatoumas | 6th | 8.09 m | |
| Triple Jump | Nikolaos Frangos Dimitrios Tsiamis | Athanasia Perra | 10th | |
| Shot Put | Michail Stamatogiannis | |||
| Hammer Throw | Alexandra Papageorgiou | 14th | ||
| Javelin Throw | Spiridon Lebesis Ioannis Smalios | Savva Lika | ||
| Heptathlon | Sofia Ifadidou Argyro Strataki | 15th | ||
| 4x400 m relay | Dimitrios Gravalos Sotirios Iakovakis Petros Kyriakidis Georgios Oikonomidis Pantelis Melachroinoudis | 10th | ||
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