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In May 2023, the Greek General Secretariat of Sports restored recognition of the Greek Rugby Federation. [9] In February 2024 rugby sevens championships for men and women begun again. [10] From 2016 to 2022 Rugby League was under the aegis of the Hellenic Federation of Modern Pentathlon.
The modern pentathlon, invented by Pierre de Coubertin (father of the Modern Olympics), was a variation on the military aspect of the Ancient pentathlon. It focused on the skills required by a late-19th-century soldier, with competitions in shooting, swimming, fencing , equestrianism , and cross country running .
Greek athletes have competed 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 tradition, Greece entered first at the New National Stadium during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony .
Greek athletes have won a total of 121 medals in 15 different sports and the country currently ranks 36th in the all-time Summer Olympics medal count. Athletics and weightlifting have been the top medal-producing sports for the nation and in the latter Greece is placed among the top 10 countries overall.
In the modern era, however, association football was introduced to the Greeks by expatriate British communities and military personnel. The first Greek football teams were created as part of long-established athletic and gymnastic clubs in the major port cities of Athens and Thessaloniki , as well as among the large Greek communities of the ...
Greece competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with a team of 101 athletes in 17 sports.Greek athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
This category contains information relating to the sport of athletics (including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking) in the modern country of Greece. For athletics and other sports in the historical region, see Category:Sport in ancient Greece .
The Hellenic Athletics Federation (Greek: Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Γυμναστικών Αθλητικών Σωματείων; abbreviated SEGAS) is Greece's governing body for amateur sport. SEGAS was created in 1897 and has been the principal organiser of many international sporting competitions held in Greece.