Greece at the Paralympics

Greece at the
Paralympics
Greece at the; Paralympics
IPC code	GRE
NPC	Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.gr
Medals; Ranked 44th	Gold 20 Silver 40 Bronze 44 Total 104
Summer appearances
	1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;

Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games that hosted the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, did not compete in the Summer Paralympics until 1976 and in the Winter Paralympics until 2002, but since then the Greeks have taken part in every edition of both events. Although the Greek delegation traditionally enters first during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, this tradition does not apply to the Paralympics, where Greece enters within alphabetical order. The National Paralympic Committee for Greece is the Hellenic Paralympic Committee.

Greek competitors have won 104 medals, 20 of which gold, and Greece currently ranks 44th in the all-time Summer Paralympic Games. Greece's participation in the Winter Paralympics has been essentially symbolic; it was represented by a single athlete in 2002 and 2006, and by two competitors in 2010. The nation hosted the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The best Paralympic performance of Greece was in the 2008 Summer Games, when the nation finished 20th with 5 gold medals and 24 in total. The top medal-producing sports have been swimming and athletics, while boccia, powerlifting and wheelchair fencing are the other sports that Greece has also won medals in.

Medal Tables[]

Medals by Summer Games[]

Total		20	40	44	104	44
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1976 Toronto	3	0	0	0	0	–^[1]
1980 Arnhem	7	0	0	1	1	35^[2]
1984 New York/ Stoke Mandeville	3	0	0	0	0	−^[3]
1988 Seoul	4	0	1	3	4	43^[4]
1992 Barcelona-Madrid	7	0	2	1	3	42^[5]
1996 Atlanta	16	1	1	3	5	45^[6]
2000 Sydney	42	4	4	3	11	33^[7]
2004 Athens	124	3	13	4	20	34^[8]
2008 Beijing	69	5	9	10	24	20^[9]
2012 London	61	1	3	8	12	44^[10]
2016 Rio de Janeiro	60	5	4	4	13	24^[11]
2020 Tokyo	43	1	3	7	11	51^[12]
2024 Paris	Future event
2028 Los Angeles	Future event

Medals by sport[]


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	10	17	14	41
Athletics	8	18	24	50
Boccia	1	3	2	6
Powerlifting	1	1	3	5
Wheelchair fencing	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 sports)	20	40	44	104

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's 60m 1B
Silver		1988 Seoul	Swimming	Men's 25m backstroke 1B
Bronze		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's long jump A6/A8-9/L6
Bronze	Christos Agourakis	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 1B
Bronze		1988 Seoul	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle 1B
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's long jump J4
Silver	Christos Agourakis	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's javelin throw THW3
Bronze	Christos Agourakis	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's shot put THW3
Gold		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's shot put F53
Silver		1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S8
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's shot put F54
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's long jump F45-46
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Men's 50m butterfly S3
Gold	Athanasios Barakas	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's long jump F11
Gold		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's shot put F55
Gold		2000 Sydney	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S8
Gold		2000 Sydney	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S8
Silver		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's high jump F20
Silver		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's shot put F33
Silver		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 200m T36
Silver		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 400m T36
Bronze		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55
Bronze		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F20
Bronze		2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke S2
Gold	Charalampos Taiganidis	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S13
Gold	Charalampos Taiganidis	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S13
Gold	Christos Tampaxis	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S1
Silver	Efthymios Kalaras	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw F54
Silver	Georgios Karaminas	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put F52
Silver	Anthi Karagianni	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 100m T13
Silver	Anthi Karagianni	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 400m T13
Silver	Anthi Karagianni	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's long jump F13
Silver	Christos Tampaxis	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S1
Silver		2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S8
Silver	Charalampos Taiganidis	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S13
Silver	Christos Tampaxis	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S1
Silver		2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S8
Silver		2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S1
Silver		2004 Athens	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S2
Silver		2004 Athens	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke S2
Bronze	Christos Angourakis	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put F53
Bronze	Paraskevi Kantza	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 100m T11
Bronze		2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S2
Bronze		2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S3
Gold	Paschalis Stathelakos	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F40
Gold	Christos Tampaxis	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S1
Gold		2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S2
Gold	Charalampos Taiganidis	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S13
Gold	Charalampos Taiganidis	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S13
Silver	Alexandra Dimoglou	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 400m T13
Silver	Anthi Karagianni	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's long jump F13
Silver	Grigorios Polychronidis	2008 Beijing	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3
Silver	Pavlos Mamalos	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Men's -82.5 kg
Silver		2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S1
Silver	Charalampos Taiganidis	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S13
Silver	Charalampos Taiganidis	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S13
Silver		2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S2
Silver	Charalampos Taiganidis	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 200m individual medley SM13
Bronze	Ioannis Protos	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 400m T13
Bronze		2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's long jump F11
Bronze	Che Jon Fernandes	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F53/54
Bronze	Anastasios Tsiou	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F57/58
Bronze	Alexandra Dimoglou	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 100m T13
Bronze	Alexandra Dimoglou	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 200m T13
Bronze	Maria Stamatoula	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put F32-34/52/53
Bronze		2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S2
Bronze		2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle S2
Bronze	Charalampos Taiganidis	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 400m freestyle S13
Gold	Maria-Eleni Kordali Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis	2012 London	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC3
Silver	Paschalis Stathelakos	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw F40
Silver	Christos Tampaxis	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S1
Silver	Aristeidis Makrodimitris	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S2
Bronze	Manolis Stefanoudakis	2012 London	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F54/55/56
Bronze	Paschalis Stathelakos	2012 London	Athletics	Men's shot put F40
Bronze	Alexandra Dimoglou	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 400m T13
Bronze	Anthi Karagianni	2012 London	Athletics	Women's long jump F13
Bronze	Pavlos Mamalos	2012 London	Powerlifting	Men's -90 kg
Bronze	Aristeidis Makrodimitris	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S2
Bronze	Charalampos Taiganidis	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S13
Bronze	Aristeidis Makrodimitris	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S2
Gold	Manolis Stefanoudakis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F53/54
Gold	Athanasios Konstantinidis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's shot put F32
Gold	Che Jon Fernandes	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's shot put F53
Gold	Pavlos Mamalos	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Men's -107 kg
Gold	Dimosthenis Michalentzakis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S9
Silver	Athanasios Konstantinidis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's club throw F31/32
Silver	Dimitrios Senikidis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's shot put F20
Silver	Grigorios Polychronidis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3
Silver	Panagiotis Triantafyllou	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Wheelchair fencing	Men's individual sabre B
Bronze	Dimitrios Zisidis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's shot put F32
Bronze	Dimitra Korokida	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's shot put F53
Bronze	Anna Ntenta Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC3
Bronze	Dimitrios Bakochristos	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Men's -54 kg
Gold	Athanasios Ghavelas	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T11
Silver	Athanasios Konstantinidis	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's club throw F32
Silver	Grigorios Polychronidis	2020 Tokyo	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3
Silver	Athanasios Prodromou	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's long jump T20
Bronze	Panagiotis Triantafyllou	2020 Tokyo	Wheelchair fencing	Men's individual sabre B
Bronze	Dimosthenis Michalentzakis	2020 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S8
Bronze	Dimitrios Bakochristos	2020 Tokyo	Powerlifting	Men's 54 kg
Bronze	Antonios Tsapatakis	2020 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 100m Breast SB4
Bronze	Efstratios Nikolaidis	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F20
Bronze	Alexandra Stamatopoulou	2020 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50 m. Backstroke S4
Bronze	Grigorios Polychronidis Anna Ntenta	2020 Tokyo	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC3

Top medalists[]

The table below lists the top Paralympic medalists for Greece, sorted by gold, silver and then bronze medals.

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Charalampos Taiganidis	Swimming	2004–2008–2012	4	4	2	10
	Swimming	1996–2000–2004	2	3	0	5
Christos Tampaxis	Swimming	2004–2008–2012	2	3	0	5
Grigorios Polychronidis	Boccia	2008–2012–2016–2020	1	3	2	6
	Swimming	2004–2008	1	1	3	5
Athanasios Konstantinidis	Athletics	2016–2020	1	2	0	3
Paschalis Stathelakos	Athletics	2008–2012	1	1	1	3
Pavlos Mamalos	Powerlifting	2008–2012–2016	1	1	1	3

References[]

^ "Toronto 1976 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Arnhem 1980 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Seoul 1988 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
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^ "Rio 2016 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Medal Standings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-09-05.

[1] "Toronto 1976 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[2] "Arnhem 1980 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

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[4] "Seoul 1988 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[5] "Barcelona 1992 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[6] "Atlanta 1996 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[7] "Sydney 2000 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[8] "Athens 2004 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[9] "Beijing 2008 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[10] "London 2012 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[11] "Rio 2016 - MedalStandings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[12] "Tokyo 2020 Medal Standings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-09-05.

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Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany East West Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel¹ Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Winter Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Other	Independent Paralympic Participants Individual Paralympic Athletes Neutral Paralympic Athletes Refugee Paralympic Team RPC Unified Team
Historical	Czechoslovakia East Germany Rhodesia Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia
¹ Israel has been a member of the European Paralympic Committee (EOC) since 1994.