Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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.
| Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | GRE |
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 31 in 8 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Shooting | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Swimming | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Water polo | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 7 | 31 |
Athletics
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race |
Gymnastics
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.[4]
- 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
Greek rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Men's single sculls | |||||||||
| 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
Shooting
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.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Men's skeet | |||||||
| Women's 10 m air pistol | |||||||
| Women's skeet | |||||||
Swimming
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)):[6][7]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Apostolos Christou | Men's 100 m backstroke | ||||||
| Apostolos Siskos | Men's 200 m backstroke | ||||||
| Kristian Gkolomeev | Men's 50 m freestyle | ||||||
| Stergios-Marios Bilas | |||||||
| Anna Ntountounaki | Women's 100 m butterfly | ||||||
Water polo
- Summary
- FT – After full time.
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Greece men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||||
Men's tournament
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.
Wrestling
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.[8][9]
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 | ||||||
References
- "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "Ποδηλασία: Ολυμπιακή πρόκριση για την Ελλάδα στην ποδηλασία δρόμου". Gazzetta.gr. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- Mezos, Soulis (2023-10-07). "Δευτεραθλητησ Κοσμου – και πρόκριση στους Ολυμπιακούς για τον Πετρούνια!" (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Apostolos Christou qualifies for 2024 Olympic Games". Hellenic Olympic Committee. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.