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Greece has hosted the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions, the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 and again in 2004. Both were held in Athens, which along with Los Angeles and Tokyo are the cities that have hosted the Olympic Games twice, with London and Paris being the only two cities to have hosted them three times.
Greece competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with a team of 101 athletes in 17 sports.Greek athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
During the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was hosted in Athens, Greece, the Greek flag entered the stadium first, while the Greek delegation entered last. Beginning with the 2020 Summer Olympics , the succeeding hosts of the respective Olympic Games (summer or winter) will enter immediately before the current host in descending order.
The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia [1]), or the ancient Olympics, were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of ancient Greece.
Greece qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2019 World Championships , while an additional license was awarded to the Greek wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle ...
Greece was the host country for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004.As the progenitor nation and in keeping with tradition, Greek athletes have competed at every Summer Olympics in the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
The Greek men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics, after winning the bronze medal in the men's tournament at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. [29] Team roster. The following is the Greek roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [30] Head coach: Thodoris Vlachos №
Greece competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2] As the founding nation of the Olympic games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first during the opening ceremony. [3]