Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr  (in Greek and English)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	59 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Greek athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with the tradition, Greece will enter first at Place du Trocadéro during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	—	2	2
Athletics	2	1	3
Cycling	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	1	1
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Rowing	1	2	3
Sailing	3	1	4
Shooting	2	3	5
Swimming	11	2	13
Water polo	12	12	24
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	34	25	59

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greece fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the top three highest-ranked nations, eligible for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine
		Points	Rank	Points	Routine Rank	Total (Technical + Free)	Overall Rank
Sofia Malkogeorgou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greek track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^[1]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Antigoni Drisbioti	Women's 20 km walk

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Emmanouil Karalis	Men's pole vault
Miltiadis Tentoglou	Men's long jump

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Greece qualified one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of a finish in the top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking ^{[2] [3]}

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Georgios Bouglas	Men's road race

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greece entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia). ^{[4] [5]}

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Ioli Mytilineou		Individual

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greece entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Theodora Gkountoura secured her quota places in women's sabre events, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for European zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Theodora Gkountoura	Women's sabre

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

On 7 October 2023, Eleftherios Petrounias secured a position in men's rings at the 2024 Summer Olympics, by winning a silver medal with 15.233 points at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. ^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Eleftherios Petrounias	Rings	—			—					—			—

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greek rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefanos Ntouskos	Men's single sculls
Evangelia Anastasiadou Christina Bourmpou	Women's pair					—

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greek sailors qualified three boats to compete at Paris 2024. All of the boats qualified through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France. ^[7]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																				Net points	Rank	Race													Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20			QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6
Byron Kokkalanis	Men's IQFoil
Cameron Maramenides	Men's Formula Kite																	—

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Ariadni Spanaki Odysseas Spanakis	Mixed 470

M = Medal race, EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race/quarterfinals/semifinals/final, DNF= Did not finish the race, BFD = Black Flag Disqualification – False start, DSQ = Disqualification, UFD = "U" Flag Disqualification

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greek shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. ^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Efthimios Mitas	Men's skeet
Charalampos Chalkadiakis
Anna Korakaki	Women's 10 m air pistol
Christina Moschi
Emmanouela Katzouraki	Women's skeet

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greek swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): ^{[9] [10]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristian Gkolomeev	Men's 50 m freestyle
Stergios-Marios Bilas
Apostolos Christou	Men's 100 m backstroke
	Men's 200 m backstroke
Apostolos Siskos	Men's 200 m backstroke
Evangelos Makrygiannis	Men's 100 m backstroke
Dimitrios Markos	Men's 800 m freestyle
Kristian Gkolomeev Stergios-Marios Bilas Apostolos Christou Andreas Vazaios	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay			—
Andreas Vazaios Dimitrios Markos Konstantinos Englezakis Konstantinos Stamou	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay			—
Athanasios Kynigakis	Men's 10 km open water	—
Anna Ntountounaki	Women's 100 m butterfly
Anna Ntountounaki Theodora Drakou Apostolos Christou Georgios Aspougalis	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Greece men's	Men's tournament
Greece women's	Women's tournament					—

Men's tournament

Main articles: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Greece men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. ^[11]

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 21:05 v

Romania

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Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 19:30 v

Montenegro

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 10:30 v

Greece

–

United States

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 12:05 v

Croatia

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 15:10 v

Greece

–

Italy

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

Women's tournament

Main articles: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Greece women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by placing third at the 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship. ^[12]

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 15:35 v

Greece

–

United States

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 20:05 v

Spain

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 15:35 v

Greece

–

Italy

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

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4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 20:05 v

France

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greece qualified one wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Georgios Kougioumtsidis qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. ^{[13] [14]}

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgios Kougioumtsidis	Men's −74 kg

See also

• Greece at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

References

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