Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics

1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

in London

London

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, England

England

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. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

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Athletics

Greece's best results were a trio of silver medal

Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

s, one by Konstantinos Tsiklitiras

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion.Born in Pylos, he moved to Athens to study commerce. Tsiklitiras soon took up sports. He practiced soccer and water polo, but is best remembered for winning four Olympic medals in standing long jump and standing high jump...

 in each of the standing jumps and the third by Mikhail Dorizas in the freestyle javelin.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metres Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres was the shortest of the sprint races at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The competition was held over the course of three days...	Heats	Georgios Skoutarides Georgios Skoutarides Georgios Skoutarides was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens and at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.In 1906 he was eliminated in the first round of the 110 metre hurdles competition....	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance
		Mikhail Paskalides Mikhail Paskalides Mikhail Paskalides was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.In the 100 metres, Paskalides took fourth place in his first round heat and was eliminated from further competition...	Unknown 4th, heat 6
Men's 200 metres Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metre race was held for the third time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The competition was held from July 21, 1908 to July 23, 1908.43 sprinters from 15 nations competed.-Records:...	Heats	Mikhail Paskalides	Unknown 2nd, heat 9	Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres was an Olympic event for the fourth times at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 13, 1908 and on July 14, 1908. The races were held on a track of 536.45 metres= mile in circumference...	Semi- finalist	Stefanos Demitrios	None held	Unknown 4th, heat 4	Did not advance
Men's 110 metre hurdles Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles was the shorter of two hurdling events at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. It was dominated by the American runners. The competition was held from Thursday, July 23, 1908 to Saturday, July 25, 1908....	Heats	Georgios Skoutarides	Unknown 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance
Men's 5 miles Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 5 miles The men's 5 miles race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. It was discontinued after that in favour of the metric races of 5,000 and 10,000 metres. The competition was held on July 15, 1908 and July 18, 1908...	—	Georgios Koulouberdas	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance
Men's marathon Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The men's marathon race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The race was held on July 24, 1908.The distance was the now-standard length of 26 miles, 385 yards . 75 competitors entered. 55 runners from 16 nations began the race, with 27 athletes finishing.The most famous incident of...	—	Georgios Koulouberdas	None held		Did not finish
		Anastasios Koutoulakis			Did not finish

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
Men's triple jump Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump The men's triple jump was one of six jumping events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 25, 1908.Twenty athletes from eight nations competed.-Records:...	10th	Dimitrios Muller	13.09 metres
Men's pole vault Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's pole vault The men's pole vault was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Friday, July 24, 1908.15 pole vaulters from seven nations competed...	6th	Georgios Banikas	3.50 metres
	9th	Stefanos Kountouriotis	3.25 metres
Men's standing high jump Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's standing high jump The men's standing high jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 23, 1908.23 high jumpers from eleven nations competed.-Records:...	2nd	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Konstantinos Tsiklitiras was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion.Born in Pylos, he moved to Athens to study commerce. Tsiklitiras soon took up sports. He practiced soccer and water polo, but is best remembered for winning four Olympic medals in standing long jump and standing high jump...	1.55 metres
Men's standing long jump Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's standing long jump The men's standing long jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Monday, July 20, 1908.Twenty-five long jumpers from eleven nations competed.-Records:...	2nd	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	3.235 metres
Men's shot put Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put The men's shot put was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908.25 shot putters from eight nations competed.-Records:...	9-25	Mikhail Dorizas	Unknown
		Nikolaos Georgantas Nikolaos Georgantas Nikolaos Georgantas /March 12, 1880 – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.He was born in Steno, Arcadia.He competed for a Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St...	Unknown
Men's discus throw Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw The men's discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908.42 throwers from eleven nations competed.-Records:...	12-42	Mikhail Dorizas	Unknown
		Nikolaos Georgantas	Unknown
Men's javelin throw Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw The men's javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin was required to be held in the middle. The competition was held on July 17, 1908.42 throwers from eleven nations competed....	8-16	Kharalambos Zouras	Unknown
Men's Greek discus Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Greek discus The men's Greek-style discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 18, 1908. In the Greek-style event, throwers hurled the discus from atop a rectangular platform raised above the ground. Throwing...	5th	Mikhail Dorizas	33.34 metres
	6th	Nikolaos Georgantas	33.21 metres
Men's freestyle javelin Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle javelin The men's freestyle javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin could be held anywhere. The competition was held on July 15, 1908.33 throwers from nine nations competed....	2nd	Mikhail Dorizas	51.36 metres
	4th	Kharalambos Zouras	48.61 metres
	10-33	Nikolaos Georgantas	Unknown

Cycling

Greece had one long-distance cyclist enter the cycling competitions in 1908. He did not finish either of his races.

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 20 kilometres Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 kilometres The men's 20 kilometres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the second longest of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 40 minutes.-Semifinals:...	—	Ioannis Santorinaios	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 5	Did not advance
Men's 100 kilometres Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 kilometres The men's 100 kilometres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the longest of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 3 hours and 15 minutes. A challenge cup was presented by the Prince of Wales to the...	—	Ioannis Santorinaios	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
Men's 1000 yard free rifle Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 1000 yard free rifle The men's free rifle at 1000 yards was one of 15 events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Each shooter fired 20 shots at the target 1000 yards . A bulls-eye was worth 5 points, so the maximum possible score was 100.-Results:...	45th	Alexandros Theofilakis Alexandros Theofilakis Alexandros Theofilakis was a Greek shooter.-Career:Theofilakis competed at the Summer Olympics in 1896, 1908, 1912 and 1920.At the 1906 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal at 25 m army pistol event....	30
Men's team free rifle Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team free rifle The men's team free rifle at 300 metres was one of 15 events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday, July 9, 1908 and on Friday, July 10, 1908.Fifty-four sport shooters from nine nations competed....	9th	Ioannis Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis was a Greek shooter who competed at five Olympic games, and one unofficial Olympic Games...   Matthias Triantafilladis  Alexandros Theofilakis Georgios Orphanidis Georgios Orphanidis Georgios Orphanidis was a Greek sports shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London....   Deukal. Rediadis  Frangiskos Maurommatis	3789
Men's team military rifle Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team military rifle The men's team military rifle, also referred to as the International, was one of 15 events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Teams consisted of six shooters, with each shooter firing 90 shots at targets at varying distances. 15 shots were fired at each of 6 distances: 200,...	7th	Ioannis Theofilakis Frangiskos Maurommatis  Alexandros Theofilakis Georgios Orphanidis Matthias Triantafilladis Deukal. Rediadis	1999
Men's stationary target small-bore rifle Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's stationary target small-bore rifle The men's stationary target small-bore rifle, also referred to as the miniature rifle competition, was one of 15 events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Regulation of the equipment used in the event was done through proscribing ammunition weighing more than 140 grains, with...	15th	Georgios Orphanidis	357
Men's individual pistol Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual pistol The men's individual revolver and pistol competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, July 10, 1908.Forty-three sport shooters from seven nations competed....	25th	Frangiskos Maurommatis	419
	26th	Alexandros Theofilakis	409
	29th	Ioannis Theofilakis	406
	32nd	Deukal. Rediadis	397
Men's team pistol Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team pistol The men's team revolver and pistol competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Teams consisted of four shooters. 60 shots were fired by each shooter at a distance of 50 yards. Each hit counted between 1 and 10 points, for an individual...	7th	Frangiskos Maurommatis Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Georgios Orphanidis	1576
Men's individual trap shooting Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual trap shooting The men's individual trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Shooting was conducted in three rounds, with each shooter firing at 30 clay birds in the first round, 20 in the second, and 30 in the third. Eliminations took...	4th	Anastasios Metaxas Anastasios Metaxas Anastasios Metaxas was a Greek architect and shooter.Metaxas is best known for being the architect chosen by George Averoff to restore the Panathinaiko Stadium for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the birth of the modern Olympic movement, while the design was from Ernst Ziller. He also competed...	57