Greece at the Olympics

The table below lists the athletes that have won more than one Olympic medal while competing for Greece. It does not include medals won for other nations and mixed teams. The athletes are shown in order by the number of total medals won; in case of the same number of total medals they are sorted by gold, silver and then bronze medals.

Pyrros Dimas is the top Greek Olympic medalist having won three gold and one bronze medal in weightlifting.

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras has won four Olympic medals in athletics and ties Pyrros Dimas for the Greek athlete with the most Olympic medals won in total.

Voula Patoulidou was the first Greek female athlete to win a gold Olympic medal in 1992.

Hrysopiyi Devetzi, with a silver medal in triple jump.

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Pyrros Dimas	Weightlifting	1992–1996–2000–2004	3	0	1	4
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	Athletics	1908–1912	1	2	1	4
Ioannis Frangoudis	Shooting	1896	1	1	1	3
Akakios Kakiasvilis	Weightlifting	1996–2000	2	0	0	2
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos	Gymnastics	1896	1	1	0	2
Georgios Orphanidis	Shooting	1896	1	1	0	2
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Sailing	1996–2004	1	1	0	2
Dimosthenis Tampakos	Gymnastics	2000–2004	1	1	0	2
Ioannis Mitropoulos	Gymnastics	1896	1	0	1	2
Sofia Bekatorou	Sailing	2004–2008	1	0	1	2
Ilias Iliadis	Judo	2004–2012	1	0	1	2
Anna Korakaki	Shooting	2016	1	0	1	2
Stamatios Nikolopoulos	Cycling	1896	0	2	0	2
Thomas Xenakis	Gymnastics	1896	0	2	0	2
Leonidas Sabanis	Weightlifting	1996–2000	0	2	0	2
Anastasia Kelesidou	Athletics	2000–2004	0	2	0	2
Alexandros Nikolaidis	Taekwondo	2004–2008	0	2	0	2
Petros Persakis	Gymnastics	1896	0	1	1	2
Petros Galaktopoulos	Wrestling	1968–1972	0	1	1	2
Mirela Maniani	Athletics	2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Athletics	2004–2008	0	1	0	1
Vasileios Polymeros	Rowing	2004–2008	0	1	1	2
Efstathios Chorafas	Swimming	1896	0	0	2	2
Charalambos Cholidis	Wrestling	1984–1988	0	0	2	2

The tables below list the top Olympic medalists for Greece, sorted by gold, silver and then bronze medals.

Men

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Pyrros Dimas	Weightlifting	1992–1996–2000–2004	3	0	1	4
Akakios Kakiasvilis	Weightlifting	1996–2000	2	0	0	2
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	Athletics	1908–1912	1	2	1	4
Ioannis Frangoudis	Shooting	1896	1	1	1	3
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos	Gymnastics	1896	1	1	0	2
Georgios Orphanidis	Shooting	1896	1	1	0	2
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Sailing	1996–2004	1	1	0	2
Dimosthenis Tampakos	Gymnastics	2000–2004	1	1	0	2
Ioannis Mitropoulos	Gymnastics	1896	1	0	1	2
Ilias Iliadis	Judo	2004–2012	1	0	1	2

Women

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Sofia Bekatorou	Sailing	2004–2008	1	0	1	2
Anna Korakaki	Shooting	2016	1	0	1	2
Voula Patoulidou	Athletics	1992	1	0	0	1
Fani Chalkia	Athletics	2004	1	0	0	1
Emilia Tsoulfa	Sailing	2004	1	0	0	1
Athanasia Tsoumeleka	Athletics	2004	1	0	0	1
Ekaterini Stefanidi	Athletics	2016	1	0	0	1
Anastasia Kelesidou	Athletics	2000–2004	0	2	0	2
Mirela Maniani	Athletics	2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Athletics	2004–2008	0	1	0	1

Greece first competed in swimming at the inaugural 1896 Games, sweeping the top three spots in one event open only to Greek sailors and winning two silver and two bronze medals in international events. Greek swimmers have won only one silver medal since then.

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 100 metre freestyle	12/27	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	3–10 (1896)
Men's 500 metre freestyle	1/1	1896	1896	N/A	0	1	1	2	(1896)
Men's 1200 metre freestyle	1/1	1896	1896	N/A	0	1	1	2	(1896)
Men's 100 metre freestyle for sailors	1/1	1896	1896	1896	1	1	1	3	(1896)

Greece competed in all six of the cycling events at the first Games in 1896, winning one event and taking three second-place finishes. As of 2016, those were still the only cycling medals earned by Greek competitors.

Greece competed in all three fencing events at the inaugural 1896 Games, winning two (the men's master's foil and the men's sabre) and adding a second-place finish in the men's sabre and third-place in the men's foil. Those remain the only fencing medals Greece has won to date (through the 2016 Olympics).

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's foil	7/27	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)
Men's master's foil	1/2	1896	1896	1896	1	0	0	1	(1896)
Men's sabre	9/28	1896	1896	1896	1	1	0	2	(1896)

Greece sent 52 gymnasts to the first Games in 1896 (when team events featured very large teams), winning six medals including two of each color.

Greece competed in all five shooting events at the inaugural 1896 Games, winning three and medaling in the other two (earning a total of 9 medals).

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Current program
Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	11/25	1896	1896	1896	1	1	0	2	(1896)
Past events
Men's 200 metre military rifle	1/1	1896	1896	1896	1	1	1	3	(1896)
Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions	2/12	1896	1896	1896	1	1	0	2	(1896)
Men's 50 metre pistol	13/24	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)
Men's 25 metre military pistol	1/1	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)

Greece first competed in tennis at the inaugural 1896 Games, with seven players competing in men's singles and doubles. Greek players won the silver and bronze medals in the singles; a pair of Greek players combined to win the silver in the doubles, but the IOC credits this win as being for a "mixed team" rather than Greece. The 1896 medals remain (through the 2016 Games) the only tennis medals won by Greek players.

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's singles	5/15	1896	1896	N/A	0	1	1	2	(1896)
Men's doubles	5/15	1896	1896	N/A	0	0[2]	0	0	5th (1896)[2]

Greece first competed in weightlifting at the inaugural 1896 Games, with three lifters competing. Greek lifters won the bronze medals in both events.

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's one hand lift	1/1	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)
Men's two hand lift	2/2	1896	1896	1904	1	0	1	2	(1904)

Greece first competed in wrestling at the inaugural 1896 Games, with two wrestlers competing in the open weight class event and taking the silver and bronze medals.