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Cross country running at the Summer Olympics was held at the multi-sport event for men only from 1912 to 1924. During its brief tenure as an Olympic event, it featured on the Olympic athletics programme. Medals were awarded on an individual race basis as well as a national team points basis.
Pages in category "Olympic cross-country skiers for Greece" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Greece is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Greece 's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games , having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
Greece at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. 3 languages. ... Cross-country cross: 5:12.73 70 Did not advance Spyridonas Papadopoulos: 10 km classic — DNS: Free sprint:
This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Greece at the Olympics. [1] ... Cross-country skiing: 29: 1988: Summer: Charalambos Cholidis: Wrestling: 30: 1992 ...
Greece has hosted the modern Olympic Games twice, both in Athens for the Summer Olympic Games, in 1896 and 2004. In recognition as the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games , Greece always enters the stadium first to lead the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony, with the notable exception of 2004 when Greece entered last as the host nation.
The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and race walking events. Cross country running was also on the program in earlier editions but it was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics.
A Russian commemorative coin depicting Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems. The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had overly high red blood cell counts indicating the use of darbepoetin , a ...