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Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
competed at the
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, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with a team of 101 athletes in 17 sports. Greek athletes have appeared in every
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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 entered first at
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during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.


Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.


Artistic swimming

Greece fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the top three highest-ranked nations, eligible for qualification at the
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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): ;Track and road events ;Field events


Basketball


5×5 basketball

Summary


Men's tournament

Greece men's basketball team, qualified by winning a 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal


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
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Equestrian

Greece entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia).


Jumping


Fencing

Greece entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Theodora Gkountoura secured her quota places in women's sabre events, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for European zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.


Gymnastics


Artistic

On 7 October 2023,
Eleftherios Petrounias Eleftherios "Lefteris" Petrounias (, ; born 30 November 1990) is a Greek artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic champion, 2020 and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World champion (2015, 2017, 2018) and a ten-time (2011, 2015–18, 202 ...
secured a position in men's rings at the 2024 Summer Olympics, by winning a silver medal with 15.233 points at the
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. ;Men


Judo

Theodoros Tselidis Theodoros Tselidis (; born 5 August 1996; in Russia known as Fyodor Nikolayevich Tselidi; ) is a Greek judoka. He won a bronze medal in judo while representing Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal for Greece at the 2018 Eur ...
and
Elisavet Teltsidou Elisavet Teltsidou (born 8 November 1995) is a Greek judoka. In 2021, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Teltsidou is the gold medallist of the 2019 Antalya Grand Prix in the 70 kg categ ...
secured a position in their respective category by virtue of their world ranking.


Rowing

Greek rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the
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, Serbia and through the 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in
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, Switzerland. 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


Sailing

Greek sailors qualified three boats to compete at Paris 2024. All of the boats qualified through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in
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, France. ;Elimination events ;Medal race events M = Medal race, EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race/quarterfinals/semifinals/final, DNF= Did not finish the race, BFD = Black Flag Disqualification – False start, DSQ = Disqualification, UFD = "U" Flag Disqualification


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,
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, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.


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)):


Table tennis

Greece entered one athlete into the games.
Panagiotis Gionis Panagiotis Gionis (born 7 January 1980) is a Greek table tennis player and a dentist. He is a member in the Greece National Team and has competed in 6 Olympics and many World and European Championships. He has been playing professionally in Ge ...
secured his spot at the Games via winning the second available places for men's singles event, through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in
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, Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Tennis

Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas (, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved in August 2021 – mak ...
and
Maria Sakkari Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player ...
secured a position in the Men's and Women's singles respectively by virtue of their world rankings on 10 June 2024. In addition, their combined ranking made them available to play together in the Mixed doubles tournament. Also,
Petros Tsitsipas Petros Tsitsipas (, ; born 27 July 2000) is a Greek professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on 10 June 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 727, achieved on 30 August ...
and
Despina Papamichail Despina Papamichail (; born 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 93, achieved on 4 December 2023. Papamichail ...
qualified for their respective doubles event via combined ranking of them with that of Stefanos' and Maria's respectively. During the games, Petros was announced that he will play in the Men's singles due to withdrawal of
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.


Water polo

;Summary


Men's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th–8th place semifinal ;Fifth place game


Women's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by placing third at the
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th–8th place semifinal ;Seventh place game


Wrestling

Greece qualified three wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition.
Georgios Kougioumtsidis Georgios Kougioumtsidis () is a Greek freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He represented Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Care ...
qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in
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, Serbia; meanwhile
Dauren Kurugliev Dauren Khalidovich Kurugliev (, ; born 12 July 1992) is a Russian-born Greek freestyle wrestler, naturalized as a Greek citizen before competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is the 2019 European Games gold medalist, a 3x European champion a ...
qualified for the games through the
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, Turkey.
Maria Prevolaraki Maria Prevolaraki (; born 21 December 1991 in Athens) is a Greek freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Yuliya Ratkevich in the 1/8 finals. That year, she also won a bro ...
earned a spot in the Olympics due to reallocation with the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN). ;Freestyle


See also

* Greece at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics


References

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