Greece competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 121 competitors, 87 men and 34 women, took part in 94 events in 18 sports.
Medalists Greece finished in 16th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and four silver medals.
Gold Ioannis Melissanidis — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises Nikolaos Kaklamanakis — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral) Pyrros Dimas — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg) Kakhi Kakhiashvili — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (99 kg)
Silver Niki Bakogianni — Athletics, Women's High Jump Leonidas Sampanis — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg) Valerios Leonidis — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (64 kg) Leonidas Kokas — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg)
Athletics
Men's Long Jump Spyridon Vasdekis Qualification — 7.98m (→ did not advance)
Kostas Koukodimos Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Spyros Andriopoulos — 2:19.41 (→ 36th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Alexandros Papadimitriou Qualification — 74.46m (→ did not advance)
Hristos Polihroniou Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Niki Bakogianni Qualification — 1.93m Final — 2.03m (→ Silver Medal)
Women's Long Jump Niki Xanthou Qualification — 6.60m Final — 6.97m (→ 4th place)
Voula Patoulidou Qualification — 6.58m Final — 6.37m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw Styliani Tsikouna Qualification — 56.66m (→ did not advance)
Anastasia Kelesidou Qualification — 59.60m (→ did not advance)
Ekaterini Voggoli Qualification — 58.70m (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump Olga Vasdeki Qualification — 14.48m Final — 14.44m (→ 6th place)
Women's Marathon Maria Polizou — 2:41.33 (→ 42nd place)
Basketball
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
5–8th Place classification match
5th Place match
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Agathagelos Tsiripidis First Round — Lost to Abdelaziz Boulehia (Algeria) on points (6-10)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Tigran Ouzlian First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 2-27
Cycling
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Nikolaos Siranidis Preliminary Heat — 316.50 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Fencing
One female fencer represented Greece in 1996.
Women's épée Niki-Katerina Sidiropoulou
Gymnastics
Judo
Charalampos PapaioannouCharalampos Papaioannou 7th place, heavy weight
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Nikolaos KaklamanakisMistral51261911DNFcolspan=2 17Aimilios PapathanasiouFinn2621DNF27PMS16212329DNF19527Andreas KosmatopoulosKonstantinos Trigkonis47011191813521518510249711
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Angeliki SkarlatouMistral232124222224212119 colspan=2 14923 Maria MylonaEurope132220222413111119212415222 Aikaterini KaloudiEmilia Tsoulfa470920619186161717181312017
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Dimitrios TheodorakisLaser212816183326282025252420327Anastasios BountourisDimitrios BoukisStar6814366116411454 Stavros AlevrasPanagiotis AlevrasStefanos ChandakasSoling141218PMS3162111201310718
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle George Giziotis Heat – 23.56 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle George Giziotis Heat – 52.04 (→ did not advance, 46th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle Dimitris Manganas Heat – 1:53.84 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle Dimitris Manganas Heat – 3:54.85 B-Final – 3:57.39 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke Panagiotis Adamidis Heat – 58.12 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly Georgios Popotas Heat – 56.16 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Butterfly Georgios Popotas Heat – 2:06.00 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle Antonia Mahaira Heat – 57.92 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200m Freestyle Antonia Mahaira Heat – 2:03.21 B-Final – 2:03.19 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle Antonia Mahaira Heat – 4:24.05 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke Katerina Klepkou Heat – 1:05.94 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke Katerina Klepkou Heat – 2:22.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 100m Butterfly Marina Karystinou Heat – 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly Marina Karystinou Heat – 2:20.57 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Katerina Sarakatsani Heat – 2:19.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Katerina Sarakatsani Heat – 4:56.32 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Katerina Klepkou, Katerina Sarakatsani, Marina Karystinou, and Antonia Mahaira Heat – 4:24.80 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition Christina Papadáki First round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 1-6 6-3 2-6
Water polo
Men's team competition Preliminary Round (Group B) – 5-8 – 7-9 – 8-5 – 8-10 – 9-6 Quarter Finals – 8-12 Classification Matches 5th/8th place: – 7-6 5th/6th place: – 8-10 (→ Sixth place)
Team Roster George Mavrotas Anastasios Papanastasiou Filippos Kaiafas Evangelos Patras Gerasimos Voltirakis Theodoros Lorantos Konstantinos Loudis Georgios Afroudakis Thomas Khatzis Theodoros Khatzitheodorou Georgios Psykhos Simeon Georgaras Theodoros Kalakonas
Weightlifting
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg) Pyrros Dimas Final — 180.0 + 212.5 = 392.5 (→ Gold Medal)
Wrestling
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