Greece at the 1896 Summer Olympics

	Greece at the Olympics
IOC Code	GRE
NOC	Greek Olympic Committee
	Athens Olympics
Athletes	168 in 9 sports
	Participation in the Summer Olympics
	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
	Participation in the Winter Olympics
	1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2014 • 2018

Greece participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics for the first time and was the host country. The team was represented by 168 athletes in all sports. She won first place in the overall medal standings (46) and second in the number of gold awards (11).

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Medalists

Gold

Gold
No	Athletes	Sport (discipline)
one	Aristidis Konstantinidis	Cycling (road race)
2	Spiridon Louis	Athletics (marathon)
3	Ioannis Malokinis	Swimming (100 meters freestyle among sailors)
four	Ioannis Mitropoulos	Gymnastics (rings)
five	Nikolaos Andriakopoulos	Gymnastics (rope climbing)
6	Pantelis Karasevdas	Shooting (army rifle, 200 meters)
7	Georgios Orfanidis	Shooting (army rifle, 300 meters)
eight	Ioannis frangudis	Shooting (speed gun, 25 meters)
9	Leonidas Pyrgos	Fencing (rapier among the maestro)
ten	Ioannis Georgiadis	Fencing (saber)

Silver

Silver
No	Athletes	Sport (discipline)
one	Georgios Tsitas	Wrestling
2	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	Cycling (sprint)
3	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	Cycling (gig on 333.3 meters)
four	Georgios Colettis	Cycling (100 kilometers)
five	Charilaos Vasilakos	Athletics (marathon)
6	Miltiades Guskos	Athletics (shot put)
7	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos	Athletics (throwing disc)
eight	Antonios Pepanos	Swimming (500 meters freestyle)
9	Ioannis Andreu	Swimming (1200 meters freestyle)
ten	Spiridon Hasapis	Swimming (100 meters freestyle among sailors)
eleven	Nikolaos Andriakopoulos , Sotirios Atanasopoulos , Thomas Xenakis , Petros Persakis , 29 more unknown athletes	Gymnastics (command bars)
12	Thomas Xenakis	Gymnastics (rope climbing)
13	Pavlos Pavlidis	Shooting (army rifle, 200 m)
14	Ioannis frangudis	Shooting (army rifle, 300 m)
15	Georgios Orfanidis	Shooting (high-speed pistol, 25 m)
sixteen	Dionysios Kasdaglis	Tennis (singles)
17	Telemachos Caracalos	Fencing (saber)

Bronze

Bronze
No	Athletes	Sport (discipline)
one	Stefanos Christopoulos	Wrestling
five	Dimitrios Golemis	Athletics (800 meters run)
five	Ioannis Persacis	Athletics (triple jump)
five	Evangelos Damascos	Athletics (pole vaulting)
five	Ioannis Theodoropoulos	Athletics (pole vaulting)
6	Georgios Papacideris	Athletics (shot put)
7	Sotirios Versis	Athletics (throwing disc)
eight	Efstathios Horafas	Swimming (500 meters freestyle)
eight	Efstathios Horafas	Swimming (1200 meters freestyle)
ten	Dimitrios Drivas	Swimming (100 meters freestyle among sailors)
eleven	Filippos Karvelas , Dimitrios Lundras , Ioannis Mitropoulos , Ioannis Chrysafis , 17 more unknown athletes	Gymnastics (command bars)
12	Petros Persakis	Gymnastics (rings)
13	Nikolaos Trikupis	Shooting (army rifle, 200 m)
15	Nikolaos Dorakis	Shooting (army pistol, 25 m)
14	Ioannis frangudis	Shooting (pistol, 30 m)
sixteen	Konstantinos Paspatis	Tennis (singles)
five	Sotirios Versis	Weightlifting (push with both hands)
five	Alexandros Nikolopulos	Weightlifting (push with one hand)
17	Pericles Pierakos-Mavromichalis	Fencing (rapier)

Competition Results

Fight

Karl Schumann and Georgios Tsitas shake hands before a duel

Athletes	Quarter finals	Semi final	The final
Athletes	Rival Result	Rival Result	Rival Result
Georgios Tsitas		Stefanos Christopoulos ( GRE ) won	Karl Schumann ( GER ) lost
Stefanos Christopoulos	Momchilo Tapavitsa ( HUN ) won	Georgios Tsitas ( GRE ) lost	I failed

Cycling

Athletes in italics are not mentioned in all sources.

Competition	Athletes	The final
Competition	Athletes	Result	A place
Sprint	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	5:00 am	2
Git at 333.3 meters	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	26.0 25.4	2-3 2 after check in for second place
10 kilometers	Aristidis Konstantinidis	unknown	five
10 kilometers	Georgios Colettis	DNF	-
100 kilometers	Georgios Colettis	unknown	2
100 kilometers	Aristidis Konstantinidis	DNF	-
12 hour race	Konstantinos Konstantin	DNF	-
	Lovedos	DNF	-
	A. Trifiatis-Tripiaris	DNF	-
	Georgios Paraskevopoulos	DNF	-
Road race	Aristidis Konstantinidis	3:22:31	one
	Georgios Aspiotis	unknown	4-7
	Konstantinos Konstantin	unknown	4-7
	Georgios Paraskevopoulos	unknown	4-7
	Miltiades Yatru	unknown	4-7

Athletics

Spiridon Louis runs into the stadium after the marathon

Competition	Athletes	Preliminary round		The final
Competition	Athletes	Result	A place	Result	A place
100 meters	Alexandros Khalkokondilis	12.75 seconds	2	12.6 s	five
100 meters	Georgios Gennimatas	unknown	4-5	I failed
800 meters	Dimitrios Golemis	2: 16.8	2	unknown	3
	Dimitrios Tomprof	unknown	4-5	I failed
	Angelos Fezis	unknown	4-5	I failed
1500 meters	Dimitrios Golemis			unknown	5-8
	Konstantinos Karakatsanis			unknown	5-8
	Dimitrios Tomprof			unknown	5-8
	Angelos Fezis			unknown	5-8
Marathon	Spiridon Louis			2:58:50 OR	one
	Charilaos Vasilakos			3:06:03	2
	Ioannis vrettos			unknown	four
	Eletherios Papacimeon			unknown	five
	Dimitrios Deligiannis			unknown	6
	Evangelos Gerakeris			unknown	7
	Stamathios Masuris			unknown	eight
	Sokratis Logudakis			unknown	9
	Georgios Grigorou			DNF	-
	Illias cafezis			DNF	-
	Ioannis Lavrentis			DNF	-
	Dimitrios Christopoulos			DNF	-
	Spiridon Belokas			DSQ	-
110 meters hurdles	Anastasios Andreul	unknown	3-4	I failed
110 meters hurdles	Athanasios Skaltsogiannis	unknown	3-4	I failed
Long jump	Alexandros Khalkokondilis			5.74 m	four
Long jump	Athanasios Skaltsogiannis			unknown	5-9
Triple jump	Ioannis Persacis			12.52 m	3
Triple jump	Christ Zumis			unknown	6-7
Pole vaulting	Evangelos Damascos			2.60 m	3
	Ioannis Theodoropoulos			2.60 m	3
	Vasilios Xidas			2.40 m	five
Shot put	Miltiades Guskos			11.03 m	2
Shot put	Georgios Papacideris			10.36 and	3
Discus throw	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos			28.955 m	2
	Sotirios Versis			27.78 and	3
	Georgios Papacideris			unknown	5-9

Swimming

Competition	Sportsman	The final
Competition	Sportsman	Result	A place
100 meters freestyle	Georgius Anninos	unknown	3-13
	Efstathios Horafas	unknown	3-13
	Alexandros Hrisafos	unknown	3-13
	5 unknown Greeks	unknown	3-13
500 meters freestyle	Antonios Pepanos	9: 57.6	2
500 meters freestyle	Efstathios Horafas	unknown	3
1200 meters freestyle	Ioannis Andreu	21: 03,4	2
	Efstathios Horafas	unknown	3
	N. Kartavas	unknown	4-8
100 meters freestyle among sailors	Ioannis Malokinis	2: 20.4	one
	Spiridon Hasapis	unknown	2
	Dimitrios Drivas	unknown	3

Gymnastics

Competition	Athletes	The final	Result
Command bars	Nikolaos Andriakopoulos , Sotirios Atanasopoulos , Thomas Xenakis , Petros Persakis , 29 more unknown athletes	2
Command bars	Filippos Karvelas , Dimitrios Lundras , Ioannis Mitropoulos , Ioannis Chrysafis , 17 more unknown athletes	3
Horse	Aristovulos Petmazas	3-14
Rings	Ioannis Mitropoulos	one
Rings	Petros Persakis	3
Crossbar	Antonios Papaigannu	3-15
Crossbar	Leonidas Tsiklitiras	3-15
Parallel bars	Filippos Karvelas	3-18
	Ioannis Mitropoulos	3-18
	Antonios Papaigannu	3-18
Rope climbing	Nikolaos Andriakopoulos	one	14 m
Rope climbing	Thomas Xenakis	2	14 m

Shooting

Competition	Sportsman	The final
Competition	Sportsman	Result	A place
Army rifle, 200 meters	Pantelis Karasevdas	2350	one
	Pavlos Pavlidis	1978	2
	Nikolaos Trikupis	1713	3
	Anastasios Metaxas	1701	four
	Georgios Orfanidis	1698	five
	Georgios Diamantis	1456	7
	Ioannis Teofilakis	1261	9
	Alexios Fetzios	894	eleven
	Spiridon Stais	845	12
	G. Karagiannopoulos	unknown	14-41
	Aristovulos Petmezas	unknown	14-41
	22 unknown Greeks	unknown	14-41
Army rifle, 300 meters	Georgios Orfanidis	1583	one
	Ioannis frangudis	1312	2
	Anastasios Metaxas	unknown	four
	Pantelis Karasevdas	unknown	five
	Antelotanasis	unknown	6-18
	Georgios Diamantis	unknown	6-18
	Karakatsanis	unknown	6-18
	Nikolaos Levidis	unknown	6-18
	Zenon Michaelides	unknown	6-18
	Mustakopulos	unknown	6-18
	Pavlos Pavlidis	unknown	6-18
	Alexandros Teofilakis	unknown	6-18
	Ioannis Teofilakis	unknown	6-18
	Nikolaos Trikupis	unknown	6-18
	Alexis Fethios	unknown	6-18
	Hatsidakis	unknown	6-18
	Ioannis vourakis	DNF	-
	Leonidas Langakis	DNF	-
Army pistol, 25 meters	Nikolaos Dorakis	205	3
	Ioannis frangudis	unknown	four
	Wavis	unknown	6-13
	Zenon Michaelides	unknown	6-13
	Georgios Orfanidis	unknown	6-13
	Pavlos Pavlidis	unknown	6-13
	Pantasidis	unknown	6-13
	Patzuris	unknown	6-13
	Aristovulos Petmezas	unknown	6-13
	Platys	unknown	6-13
	Pantelis Karasevdas	DNF	-
	Sanidis	DNF	-
Speed gun, 25 meters	Ioannis frangudis	344	01!
Speed gun, 25 meters	Georgios Orfanidis	249	02!
Pistol, 50 meters	Ioannis frangudis	unknown	3
	Leonidas Morakis	unknown	four
	Georgios Orfanidis	unknown	five

Tennis

Tennis final match between John Piyam Boland and Dionysios Kasdaglis

Italicized couples whose results were considered a mixed team.

Competition	Athletes	First round	Second round	Semi final	The final
Competition	Athletes	Rival Result	Rival Result	Rival Result	Rival Result
Singles	Dionysios Kasdaglis	J. Defert ( FRA ) won	Konstantinos Akratopoulos ( GRE ) won	Momchilo Tapavitsa ( HUN ) won	John Pius Boland ( GBR ) lost; 2-6, 2-6
	Konstantinos Paspatis	George Robertson ( GBR ) won	Aristidis Akratopoulos ( GRE ) won	John Pius Boland ( GBR ) lost	I failed
	Aristidis Akratopoulos	Teddy Flack ( AUS ) won	Konstantinos Paspatis ( GRE ) lost	I failed
	Konstantinos Akratopoulos		Dionysios Kasdaglis ( GRE ) lost	I failed
	Evangelos Rallis	Demetrios Petrocquinos ( GRE ) won	John Pius Boland ( GBR ) lost; 0-6, 6-2, 2-6	I failed
	Demetrios Petrocquinos	Evangelos Rallis ( GRE ) lost	I failed
	D. Frangopoulos	Momchilo Tapavitsa ( HUN ) lost	I failed
Double discharge	Dionysios Kasdaglis Demetrios Petrocquinos	Konstantinos Paspatis ( GRE ) Evangelos Rallis ( GRE ) won		George Robertson ( GBR ) Teddy Flack ( AUS ) won	John Pius Boland ( GBR ) Frederick Thrawn ( GER ) lost; 7-5, 3-6, 3-6
	Aristidis Akratopoulos Konstantinos Akratopoulos	John Pius Boland ( GBR ) Frederick Thrawn ( GER ) lost		not passed
	Konstantinos Paspatis Evangelos Rallis	Dionysios Kasdaglis ( GRE ) Demetrios Petrocquinos ( GRE ) lost		not passed

Weightlifting

Competition	Athletes	The final
Competition	Athletes	Result	A place
Push with two hands	Sotirios Versis	90.0 kg	3
Push with two hands	Georgios Papacideris	90.0 kg	four
Push with one hand	Alexandros Nikolopulos	40.0 kg / 57.0 kg	3
Push with one hand	Sotirios Versis	40.0 kg	four

Fencing

Competition	Sportsman	Group stage					The final	Summary a place
Competition	Sportsman	Have	PU	AT	P	A place	The final	Summary a place
Rapier	Pericles Pierakos-Mavromichalis	7	four	2	one	2 group A	I failed	3
	Athanasios Vouros	eight	four	2	one	2 group B	I failed
	Konstantinos Komninos-Milios	five	7	one	2	3 group B	I failed
	Ioannis Poulos	one	9	0	3	four group A	I failed
	Georgios Balakakis	3	9	0	3	four group B	I failed

Group A results
Duel	Winner	Score	Loser
one	Pericles Pierakos-Mavromichalis ( GRE )	3-1	Henri Delabord ( FRA )
2	Henri Callot ( FRA )	3-2	Ioannis Poulos ( GRE )
3	Pericles Pierakos-Mavromichalis ( GRE )	3-0	Ioannis Poulos ( GRE )
five	Henri Callot ( FRA )	3-1	Pericles Pierakos-Mavromichalis ( GRE )
6	Henri Delabord ( FRA )	3-1	Ioannis Poulos ( GRE )

Group B results
Duel	Winner	Score	Loser
one	Konstantinos Komninos-Milios ( GRE )	3-1	Georgios Balakakis ( GRE )
2	Eugène-Henri Gravlot ( FRA )	3-2	Athanasios Vouros ( GRE )
3	Athanasios Vouros ( GRE )	3-1	Georgios Balakakis ( GRE )
four	Eugène-Henri Gravlot ( FRA )	3-2	Konstantinos Komninos-Milios ( GRE )
five	Eugène-Henri Gravlot ( FRA )	3-1	Georgios Balakakis ( GRE )
6	Athanasios Vouros ( GRE )	3-0 ^[1]	Konstantinos Komninos-Milios ( GRE )

↑ The match was not held, as the winner was already known in the group. The winner was Vouros

Competition	Sportsman	Score	Rival	A place
The rapier among the maestro	Leonidas Pyrgos	3-1	Jean Perrone ( FRA )	one

Competition	Sportsman	Have	PU	AT	P	A place
Saber	Ioannis Georgiadis	12	6	four	0	one
	Telemachos Caracalos	eleven	five	3	one	2
	Georgios Jatridis	3	12	0	four	five

Duel	Winner	Score	Loser
one	Telemachos Caracalos ( GRE )	3-0	Adolf Schmal ( AUT )
2	Ioannis Georgiadis ( GRE )	3-0	Georgios Yathridis ( GRE )
3	Telemachos Caracalos ( GRE )	3-2	Holger Nielsen ( DEN )
four	Ioannis Georgiadis ( GRE )	3-2	Adolf Schmal ( AUT )
five	Holger Nielsen ( DEN )	3-1	Georgios Yathridis ( GRE )
6	Ioannis Georgiadis ( GRE )	3-1	Telemachos Caracalos ( GRE )
7	Adolf Schmal ( AUT )	3-2	Georgios Yathridis ( GRE )
eight	Ioannis Georgiadis ( GRE )	3-2	Holger Nielsen ( DEN )
9	Telemachos Caracalos ( GRE )	3-0	Georgios Yathridis ( GRE )

Links

Competition medalists on the IOC website (English)
Competition Results (Polish)
Official game protocol (eng.)

[1] The match was not held, as the winner was already known in the group. The winner was Vouros

Greece at the Olympics

IOC Code	GRE
NOC	Greek Olympic Committee
Athens Olympics
Athletes	168 in 9 sports
Medals Place 2	Gold ten	Silver 17	Bronze nineteen	Total 46
Participation in the Summer Olympics
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
Participation in the Winter Olympics
1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2014 • 2018