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Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with the tradition, Greece entered first at Place du Trocadéro during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ==Artistic swimming==
Artistic swimming
Greece fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the top three highest-ranked nations, eligible for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. ==Athletics==
Athletics
Greek track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ;Track and road events ;Field events ==Basketball==
Basketball
5×5 basketball Summary Men's tournament Greece men's basketball team, qualified by winning a 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ==Cycling==
Cycling
Road Greece qualified one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of a finish in the top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking ==Equestrian==
Equestrian
Greece entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia). Jumping ==Fencing==
Fencing
Greece entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Theodora Gkountoura secured her quota places in women's sabre events, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for European zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024. ==Gymnastics==
Gymnastics
Artistic On 7 October 2023, Eleftherios Petrounias secured a position in men's rings at the 2024 Summer Olympics, by winning a silver medal with 15.233 points at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. ;Men ==Judo==
Judo
Theodoros Tselidis and Elisavet Teltsidou secured a position in their respective category by virtue of their world ranking. ==Rowing==
Rowing
Greek rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and through the 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage ==Sailing==
Sailing
Greek sailors qualified three boats to compete at Paris 2024. All of the boats qualified through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France. ;Elimination events ;Medal race events M = Medal race, EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race/quarterfinals/semifinals/final, DNF= Did not finish the race, BFD = Black Flag Disqualification – False start, DSQ = Disqualification, UFD = "U" Flag Disqualification ==Shooting==
Shooting
Greek shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. ==Swimming ==
Swimming
Greek swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): ==Table tennis==
Table tennis
Greece entered one athlete into the games. Panagiotis Gionis secured his spot at the Games via winning the second available places for men's singles event, through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ==Tennis==
Tennis
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari secured a position in the Men's and Women's singles respectively by virtue of their world rankings on 10 June 2024. In addition, their combined ranking made them available to play together in the Mixed doubles tournament. Also, Petros Tsitsipas and Despina Papamichail qualified for their respective doubles event via combined ranking of them with that of Stefanos' and Maria's respectively. During the games, Petros was announced that he will play in the Men's singles due to withdrawal of Cameron Norrie. ==Water polo ==
Water polo
;Summary Men's tournament Greece men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th–8th place semifinal ;Fifth place game Women's tournament Greece women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by placing third at the 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th–8th place semifinal ;Seventh place game ==Wrestling==
Wrestling
Greece qualified three wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Georgios Kougioumtsidis qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; meanwhile Dauren Kurugliev qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Maria Prevolaraki earned a spot in the Olympics due to reallocation with the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN). ;Freestyle ==See also==
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