Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics
| Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | GRE |
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
in London  United Kingdom | |
| Competitors | 20 |
| Flag bearer | Nikolaos Georgantas |
| Medals Ranked 15th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Greece competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Medalists
[edit]| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver
|
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras | Athletics | Men's standing high jump | August 23 |
| Men's standing long jump | August 20 | |||
| Silver
|
Michalis Dorizas | Athletics | Men's freestyle javelin | August 15 |
 Bronze
|
Anastasios Metaxas[a] | Shooting | Men's individual trap | July 11 |
Results by event
[edit]Athletics
[edit]Greece's best results were a trio of silver medals, one by Konstantinos Tsiklitiras 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 | Heats | Georgios Skoutarides | Unknown 2nd, heat 1 |
Did not advance | |
| Mikhail Paskalides | Unknown 4th, heat 6 | ||||
| Men's 200 metres | Heats | Mikhail Paskalides | Unknown 2nd, heat 9 |
Did not advance | |
| Men's 1500 metres | Semi- finalist |
Stefanos Demitrios | None held | Unknown 4th, heat 4 |
Did not advance |
| Men's 110 metre hurdles | Heats | Georgios Skoutarides | Unknown 2nd, heat 3 |
Did not advance | |
| Men's 5 miles | — | Georgios Koulouberdas | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance |
| Men's marathon | — | Georgios Koulouberdas | None held | Did not finish | |
| Anastasios Koutoulakis | Did not finish | ||||
| Event | Place | Athlete | Height/ Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's triple jump | 10th | Dimitrios Muller | 13.09 metres |
| Men's pole vault | 6th | Georgios Banikas | 3.50 metres |
| 9th | Stefanos Kountouriotis | 3.25 metres | |
| Men's standing high jump | 2nd | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras | 1.55 metres |
| Men's standing long jump | 2nd | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras | 3.235 metres |
| Men's shot put | 9-25 | Mikhail Dorizas | Unknown |
| Nikolaos Georgantas | Unknown | ||
| Men's discus throw | 12-42 | Mikhail Dorizas | Unknown |
| Nikolaos Georgantas | Unknown | ||
| Men's javelin throw | 8-16 | Kharalambos Zouras | Unknown |
| Men's Greek discus | 5th | Mikhail Dorizas | 33.34 metres |
| 6th | Nikolaos Georgantas | 33.21 metres | |
| Men's freestyle javelin | 2nd | Mikhail Dorizas | 51.36 metres |
| 4th | Kharalambos Zouras | 48.61 metres | |
| 10-33 | Nikolaos Georgantas | Unknown | |
Cycling
[edit]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 | — | Ioannis Santorinaios | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 5 |
Did not advance |
| Men's 100 kilometres | — | Ioannis Santorinaios | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance |
Shooting
[edit]| Event | Place | Shooter | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1000 yard free rifle | 45th | Alexandros Theofilakis | 30 |
| Men's team free rifle | 9th | Ioannis Theofilakis Matthias Triantafyllidis Alexandros Theofilakis Georgios Orphanidis Defkalion Rediadis Frangiskos Maurommatis |
3789 |
| Men's team military rifle | 7th | Ioannis Theofilakis Frangiskos Maurommatis Alexandros Theofilakis Georgios Orphanidis Matthias Triantafilladis Deukal. Rediadis |
1999 |
| Men's stationary target small-bore rifle | 15th | Georgios Orphanidis | 357 |
| Men's individual pistol | 25th | Frangiskos Maurommatis | 419 |
| 26th | Alexandros Theofilakis | 409 | |
| 29th | Ioannis Theofilakis | 406 | |
| 32nd | Deukal. Rediadis | 397 | |
| Men's team pistol | 7th | Frangiskos Maurommatis Alexandros Theofilakis Ioannis Theofilakis Georgios Orphanidis |
1576 |
| Men's individual trap shooting | 3rd | Anastasios Metaxas[a] | 57 |
a Anastasios Metaxas (GRE) is generally credited with a bronze medal in men's individual trap shooting; no tie-breaker was held.[1] The 1908 official report lists Metaxas as having tied with Alexander Maunder (GBR) and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist.[2]
Sources
[edit]- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2006.