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 117 medals, 23 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.
In the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, the Greek won an overall of 13 medals. They were 3 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. Another achievement was Athanasios Ghavelas became the first ever Greek paralympic athlete to won a back-to-back gold. Furthermore, Grigoris Polychronidis won his 7th medal in the BC3 category of boccia.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1976 Toronto 3 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Arnhem 7 0 0 1 1 35 1984 New York/ Stoke Mandeville 3 0 0 0 0 − 1988 Seoul 4 0 1 3 4 43 1992 Barcelona-Madrid 7 0 2 1 3 48 1996 Atlanta 16 1 1 3 5 45 2000 Sydney 42 4 4 3 11 33 2004 Athens 124 3 13 4 20 34 2008 Beijing 69 5 9 10 24 20 2012 London 61 1 3 8 12 44 2016 Rio de Janeiro 60 5 4 4 13 24 2020 Tokyo 43 1 3 7 11 51 2024 Paris 37 3 3 7 13 32 2028 Los Angeles Future event Total 23 43 51 117 42
Medals by sport
Medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event George Mouzakis 1980 Arnhem Athletics Men's 60m 1B Kyriakos Griveas 1988 Seoul Swimming Men's 25m backstroke 1B Georgios Toptsis 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's long jump A6/A8-9/L6 Christos Agourakis 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's javelin throw 1B Kyriakos Griveas 1988 Seoul Swimming Men's 50m freestyle 1B Georgios Toptsis 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's long jump J4 Christos Agourakis 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's javelin throw THW3 Christos Agourakis 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's shot put THW3 Dimitrios Konstantakas 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's shot put F53 Konstantinos Fykas 1996 Atlanta Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S8 Stefanos Anargyrou 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's shot put F54 Georgios Toptsis 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's long jump F45-46 Antonios Giapoutzis 1996 Atlanta Swimming Men's 50m butterfly S3 Athanasios Barakas 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's long jump F11 Stefanos Anargyrou 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's shot put F55 Konstantinos Fykas 2000 Sydney Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S8 Konstantinos Fykas 2000 Sydney Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S8 Parashos Stogiannidis 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's high jump F20 Evangelos Bakolas 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's shot put F33 Eleni Samaritaki 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 200m T36 Eleni Samaritaki 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 400m T36 Symeon Paltsanitidis 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's discus throw F55 Parashos Stogiannidis 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's javelin throw F20 Maria Kalpakidou 2000 Sydney Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S2 Charalampos Taiganidis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S13 Charalampos Taiganidis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S13 Christos Tampaxis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S1 Efthymios Kalaras 2004 Athens Athletics Men's discus throw F54 Georgios Karaminas 2004 Athens Athletics Men's shot put F52 Anthi Karagianni 2004 Athens Athletics Women's 100m T13 Anthi Karagianni 2004 Athens Athletics Women's 400m T13 Anthi Karagianni 2004 Athens Athletics Women's long jump F13 Christos Tampaxis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S1 Konstantinos Fykas 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S8 Charalampos Taiganidis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S13 Christos Tampaxis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S1 Konstantinos Fykas 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S8 Alexandros Taxildaris 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S1 Maria Kalpakidou 2004 Athens Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S2 Maria Kalpakidou 2004 Athens Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S2 Christos Angourakis 2004 Athens Athletics Men's shot put F53 Paraskevi Kantza 2004 Athens Athletics Women's 100m T11 Georgios Kapellakis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S2 Ioannis Kostakis 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S3 Paschalis Stathelakos 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's shot put F40 Christos Tampaxis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S1 Georgios Kapellakis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S2 Charalampos Taiganidis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S13 Charalampos Taiganidis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S13 Alexandra Dimoglou 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 400m T13 Anthi Karagianni 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's long jump F13 Grigorios Polychronidis 2008 Beijing Boccia Mixed individual BC3 Pavlos Mamalos 2008 Beijing Powerlifting Men's -82.5 kg Andreas Katsaros 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S1 Charalampos Taiganidis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S13 Charalampos Taiganidis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S13 Georgios Kapellakis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S2 Charalampos Taiganidis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM13 Ioannis Protos 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 400m T13 Anthanasios Barakas 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's long jump F11 Che Jon Fernandes 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's shot put F53/54 Anastasios Tsiou 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's shot put F57/58 Alexandra Dimoglou 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 100m T13 Alexandra Dimoglou 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 200m T13 Maria Stamatoula 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's shot put F32-34/52/53 Georgios Kapellakis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S2 Georgios Kapellakis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S2 Charalampos Taiganidis 2008 Beijing Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S13 Maria-Eleni Kordali Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis 2012 London Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 Paschalis Stathelakos 2012 London Athletics Men's discus throw F40 Christos Tampaxis 2012 London Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S1 Aristeidis Makrodimitris 2012 London Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S2 Manolis Stefanoudakis 2012 London Athletics Men's javelin throw F54/55/56 Paschalis Stathelakos 2012 London Athletics Men's shot put F40 Alexandra Dimoglou 2012 London Athletics Women's 400m T13 Anthi Karagianni 2012 London Athletics Women's long jump F13 Pavlos Mamalos 2012 London Powerlifting Men's -90 kg Aristeidis Makrodimitris 2012 London Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S2 Charalampos Taiganidis 2012 London Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S13 Aristeidis Makrodimitris 2012 London Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S2 Manolis Stefanoudakis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's javelin throw F53/54 Athanasios Konstantinidis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's shot put F32 Che Jon Fernandes 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's shot put F53 Pavlos Mamalos 2016 Rio de Janeiro Powerlifting Men's -107 kg Dimosthenis Michalentzakis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S9 Athanasios Konstantinidis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's club throw F31/32 Dimitrios Senikidis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's shot put F20 Grigorios Polychronidis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boccia Mixed individual BC3 Panagiotis Triantafyllou 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wheelchair fencing Men's individual sabre B Dimitrios Zisidis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's shot put F32 Dimitra Korokida 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's shot put F53 Anna Ntenta Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 Dimitrios Bakochristos 2016 Rio de Janeiro Powerlifting Men's -54 kg 2020 TokyoAthleticsMen's 100 metres T11Athanasios Konstantinidis 2020 TokyoAthleticsMen's club throw F32Grigorios Polychronidis 2020 TokyoBocciaMixed individual BC3Athanasios Prodromou 2020 TokyoAthleticsMen's long jump T20 Panagiotis Triantafyllou 2020 Tokyo Wheelchair fencing Men's individual sabre B Dimosthenis Michalentzakis 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S8 Dimitrios Bakochristos 2020 Tokyo Powerlifting Men's 54 kg Antonios Tsapatakis 2020 Tokyo Swimming Men's 100m Breast SB4 Efstratios Nikolaidis 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's Shot Put F20Alexandra Stamatopoulou 2020 TokyoSwimmingWomen's 50 m. Backstroke S4Grigorios Polychronidis Anna Ntenta
Anastasia Pyrgiotis 2020 TokyoBocciaMixed pairs BC3Athanasios Konstantinidis 2024 ParisAthleticsMen's shot put F32 2024 ParisAthleticsMen's 100 metres T11Alexandra Stamatopoulou 2024 ParisSwimmingWomen's 50 m backststroke S4Athanasios Konstantinidis 2024 ParisAthleticsMen's club throw F32Lida-Maria Manthopoulou 2024 ParisAthletics100 metres T38Antonios Tsapatakis 2024 ParisSwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke SB4Christina Gkentzou 2024 ParisTaekwondoWomen's 65 kgEleni Papastamatopoulou 2024 ParisTaekwondoWomen's +65 kgGrigorios Polychronidis 2024 ParisBocciaMen's individual BC3Konstantinos Tzounis 2024 ParisAthleticsMen's discus throw F56Lazaros Stefanidis 2024 ParisAthleticsMen's shot put F32Manolis Stefanoudakis 2024 ParisAthleticsMen's javelin throw F54Theodora Paschalidou 2024 ParisJudoWomen's 70kg J1
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 2004–2008–2012 4 4 2 10 Konstantinos Fykas 1996–2000–2004 2 3 0 5 Christos Tampaxis 2004–2008–2012 2 3 0 5 Athanasios Konstantinidis 2016–2020–2024 2 3 0 5 Athanasios Ghavelas 2020–2024 2 0 0 2 Grigorios Polychronidis 2008–2012–2016–2020–2024 1 3 3 7 Georgios Kapellakis 2004–2008 1 1 3 5 Paschalis Stathelakos 2008–2012 1 1 1 3 Pavlos Mamalos 2008–2012–2016 1 1 1 3 Manolis Stefanoudakis 2012–2016–2024 1 0 2 3
See also Greece at the Olympics
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