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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.
The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia[ 1 ]), or the ancient Olympics, were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held at the Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia, in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a ...
An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. The granting of awards is laid out in detail in the Olympic protocols. Medal designs have varied considerably since the Games in 1896 ...
The olive wreath, also known as kotinos (Greek: κότινος), [1] was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree [2] Kallistefanos Elea[3] (also referred to as Elaia Kallistephanos) [4] that grew at Olympia, [5] intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe. The branches of the sacred wild ...
Greece was the host country for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. As the progenitor nation and in keeping with tradition, Greek athletes have competed at every Summer Olympics in the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland. The Hellenic Olympic Committee fielded a total of 426 athletes to the ...
The Olympic Laurel is a distinction awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to honour those who have "made significant achievements in education, culture, development and peace through sport". It was introduced in 2016 to implement part of recommendation 26 of Olympic Agenda 2020, [1] and will be presented during the opening ...
Greece competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and ...
Olympic Games: Beijing, China 35 km walk (road) 2:47:48 Antigoni Ntrismpioti: 23 January 2022 Megara, Greece 2:41:58 Antigoni Ntrismpioti: 22 July 2022 World Championships: Eugene, United States [23] 50 km walk (road) 4:56:00 Aggelikí Makrí: 14 January 2018 Greek Race Walk Championships Marathon, Greece 4 × 100 m relay: 43.07 Greece Maria ...