Greece, host country of the 2004 Summer Olympics, is represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (abbreviated HOC). 441 athletes, 223 men and 218 women, consist the biggest Greek Olympic delegation ever since the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. At those games, 240 Greek athletes competed, most notably Spiridon Louis who won the marathon.
File:Olympic-rings.png | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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File:Greece flag large.png Greece | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
Gold:
- Diving (Men's 3 m synchronised springboard): Thomas Bimis and Nikolaos Siranidis with a score of 353.34 (16 August)
- Judo (Men's 81 kg division): Ilias Iliadis (17 August)
- Sailing (Women's 470): Sofia Bekatorou and Aimilia Tsoulfa (21 August)
- Gymnastics (Men's rings): Dimosthenis Tampakos with a score of 9.862 (22 August)
- Athletics (Women's 20 km walk): Athanasia Tsoumeleka (23 August)
- Athletics (Women's 400 metres Hurdles): Fani Halkia (25 August)
Silver:
- Athletics (Women's discus throw): Anastasia Kelesidou with 66.68 m (21 August)
- Athletics (Women's triple jump): Hrysopiyi Devetzi (23 August)
- Sailing (Men's windsurfing Mistral): Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (25 August)
- Water Polo (Women's water polo): Georgia Ellinaki, Dimitra Asilian, Antiopi Melidoni, Angeliki Karapataki, Kyriaki Liosi, Stavroula Kozompoli, Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou, Antigoni Roumpesi, Evangelia Moraitidou, Eftychia Karagianni, Georgia Lara, Antonia Moraiti, Anthoula Mylonaki (26 August)
- Taekwondo (Men's over 80 kg division): Alexandros Nikolaidis (28 Aug)
- Taekwondo (Women's 67 kg division): Elisavet Mystakidou (28 Aug)
Bronze:
- Rowing (Men's lightweight double sculls): Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis (15 August)
- Weightlifting (Men's 85 kg division): Pyrros Dimas with a score of 377.5 (21 August)
- Wrestling (Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg division): Artiom Kiouregkian (25 August)
- Athletics (Women's javelin): Mirela Manjani (28 Aug)
Results by event
Men's individual:
- Alexandros Karageorgiou - men's individual, 29th place
- Georgios Kalogiannidis - men's individual, 54th place
- Apostolos Nanos - men's individual, 57th place
Women's individual:
- Evangelia Psarra - women's individual, 7th place
- Elpida Romantzi - women's individual, 31st place
- Fotini Vavatsi - women's individual, 35th place
Men's team:
- Georgios Kalogiannidis, Alexandros Karageorgiou, and Apostolos Nanos - men's team, 13th place
Women's team:
- Evangelia Psarra, Elpida Romantzi, and Fotini Vavatsi - women's team, 5th place
Men's 100 metres:
- Yeoryios Theodoridis - Round 1, 10.32 s (did not advance)
- Hristoforos Hoidis - Round 1, DNS
Women's 100 metre hurdles:
- Flora Redoumi - Round 1, 13.14 s (did not advance)
Men's 200 metres:
- Anastasios Gousis - Semifinal, 20.68 s (did not advance)
- Panayiotis Sarris - Round 2, 20.92 s (did not advance)
Men's 400 metres:
- Stilianos Dimotsios - Round 1, 46.51 s (did not advance)
Men's 400 metre hurdles:
- Periklis Iakovakis - Semifinal, 48.47 s (did not advance)
Men's 800 metres:
- Panayiotis Stroubakos - Round 1, 1:47.7 (did not advance)
Men's 4x400 metre relay:
- Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panayiotis Sarris, and Periklis Iakovakis - Round 1, 3:04.27 (did not advance)
Men's decathlon:
- Prodromos Korkizoglou - 7573 points (26th place)
Men's marathon:
- Nikolaos Polias – 2:17:56 (24th place)
Men's 20 km walk:
- Eleftherios Thanopoulos – 1:30:15 (36th place)
Men's 50 km walk:
- Yeoryios Aryiropoulos – 4:17:25 (39th place)
- Spiridon Kastanis - DNF
- Theodoros Stamatopoulos - DNF
Men's long jump:
- Louis Tsatoumas - Round 1, 7.81 metres (did not advance)
- Dimitrios Filindras - Round 1, 7.45 metres (did not advance)
- Dimitrios Serelis - Round 1, NM (did not advance)
Men's triple jump:
- Hristos Meletoglou - Final, 17.13 metres (6th place)
Men's pole vault:
- Marios Evaggelou - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)
Men's discus:
- Savvas Panavoglou - Round 1, 58.47 metres (did not advance)
Men's hammer:
- Alexandros Papadimitriou - Round 1, 75.55 metres (did not advance)
Men's doubles:
- Theodoros Velkos and George Patis - defeated in round of 32
The Greek baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.
- Players: Clayton Bellinger, Alexander Cremidans, Chris Demetral, Dimitrios Douros, Laurence Heisler, James Kavourias, Robert Kingsbury, Georgios Kottaras, Michael Koutsantonakis, Cory Antony Harris, Peter Maestrales, Nicholas Markakis, Meleti Ross Melehes, Erik Daniel Pappas, Peter Rasmusen, Christoforos Rompinson, Panagiotis Sikaras, Vasili Spanos, Peter Soteropoulos, Sean Spencer, Jared Theodorakos, Nicholas Theodorou, Clinton Zavaras
- Manager: Jack Rhodes
- Coaches: Scott Demetral, Ioannis Kazanas, Mike Riskas
Men's: 5th place
- Preliminary round: 3-2
- Quarterfinal: lost to Argentina, 69-64
- Classification (5/6): defeated Puerto Rico, 85-75
Women's: 7th place
- Preliminary round: 2-3
- Quarterfinal: lost to United States, 100-72
- Classification (7/8): defeated New Zealand, 87-83
Men's 3 metre springboard:
- Nikolaos Siranidis - Prelim: 363.75 (28th place)
Men's épée individual:
- Georges Ambalof - defeated in round of 64
Women's épée individual:
- Jeanne Hristou - defeated in quarterfinals
- Dimitra Magkandaki - defeated in round of 32
- Niki Sidiropoulou - defeated in round of 32
Women's foil individual:
- Maria Rentoumi - defeated in round of 32
Men's sabre individual:
- Constantine Manetas - defeated in round of 32
- Marios Basmatzian - defeated in round of 64
- Jason Dourakos - defeated in round of 64
Women's épée team:
- Niki Sidiropoulou, Jeanne Hristou, and Dimitra Magkandaki - 8th place
Men's sabre team:
- Constantine Manetas, Dimitris Costakos, and Marios Basmatzian - 8th place
Football (Soccer)
Men's: 15th place
- Preliminary round: 0-1-2
- Quarterfinal: did not qualify
Women's: 10th place
- Preliminary round: 0-0-3
- Quarterfinal: did not qualify
Men's: 6th place
- Preliminary round: 2-0-3
- Quarterfinal: lost to Croatia, 33-27
- Classification (5-8): defeated Korea, 29-24
- Classification (5/6): lost to France, 33-15
Women's: 10th place
- Preliminary round: 0-0-4
- Classification (9/10): lost to Angola, 38-23
Men's
- Vasileios Floros - 4848pts (28th place)
Women's
- Katalin Beat Partits - 5028pts (16th place)
Officials
- President: Lambis V. Nikolaou
- Secretary General: Dimitris Diathessopoulos