Nikolaos Georgantas
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s athletics | |||
| Gold | 1906 Athens | Stone Throw | |
| Silver | 1906 Athens | Discus throw | |
| Silver | 1906 Athens | Discus throw - greek style | |
| Bronze | 1904 St Louis | Discus throw | |
Nikolaos Georgantas (March 12, 1880 - January 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.
He competed for a Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, in the discus throw where he won the Bronze medal.
Two years later in Athens in his home country of Greece he won the golfd medal in the Stone Throw competition in the 1906 Summer Olympics. He added two silvers to this to compete his collection. He was second in the Greek style Discus throw behind Finland’s Verner Jarvinen who he pushed into third when finishing second in the Discus again behind America's Martin Sheridan who won for the second Olympics running.
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