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Greece at the 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in London  United Kingdom
Competitors	61 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Georgios Kalambokidis
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

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.

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.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

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