Greece at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 61 competitors, 60 men and 1 woman, took part in 44 events in 10 sports.[2]

Greece at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in London
Competitors61 in 10 sports
Flag bearerGeorgios Kalambokidis[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Athletics

Cycling

Three cyclists, all men, represented Greece in 1948.

Individual road race
  • Manthos Kaloudis
  • Evangelos Kouvelis
  • Petros Leonidis
Team road race
  • Manthos Kaloudis
  • Evangelos Kouvelis
  • Petros Leonidis
Sprint
  • Manthos Kaloudis

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Greece in 1948.

Men's foil
  • Ioannis Karamazakis
  • Konstantinos Bembis
  • Stefanos Zintzos
Men's team foil
  • Athanasios Nanopoulos, Stefanos Zintzos, Ioannis Karamazakis, Konstantinos Bembis
Men's épée
  • Andreas Skotidas
  • Ioannis Karamazakis
  • Athanasios Nanopoulos
Men's team épée
  • Athanasios Nanopoulos, Andreas Skotidas, Stefanos Zintzos, Konstantinos Bembis, Ioannis Karamazakis
Men's sabre
  • Nikolaos Khristogiannopoulos
  • Athanasios Nanopoulos
  • Ioannis Karamazakis
Men's team sabre
  • Nikolaos Khristogiannopoulos, Athanasios Nanopoulos, Ioannis Karamazakis, Andreas Skotidas

Rowing

Greece had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1948.[3]

Men's single sculls
  • Faidon Matthaiou
Men's coxed pair
  • Iakovidis Diakoumakos
  • Georgios Venieris
  • Grigorios Emmanouil (cox)
Men's coxed four
  • Filas Paraskevaidis
  • Nikos Filippidis
  • Iraklis Klangas
  • Nikos Nikolaou
  • Grigorios Emmanouil (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Seven shooters represented Greece in 1948.

25 metre pistol
  • Konstantinos Mylonas
  • Georgios Vikhos
  • Vangelis Khrysafis
50 metre pistol
  • Vangelis Khrysafis
  • Nikolaos Tzovlas
  • Georgios Stathis
50 metre rifle
  • Ilias Valatas
  • Georgios Vikhos
  • Athanasios Aravositas

Swimming

Water polo

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

  1. "Flagbearers for Greece". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. "Greece at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greece Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.


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