Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the Olympic Games

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IOC code:   GRE
1908 Summer Olympics in London
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
3		 Bronze
0		 Total
3
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Greece competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

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[edit] Results by event

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[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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

[edit] Shooting

Event Place Shooter Score
Men's 1000 yard free rifle 45th Alexandros Theofilakis 30
Men's team free rifle 9th Ioannis Theofilakis
Matthias Triantafilladis
Alexandros Theofilakis
Georgios Orphanidis
Deukal. 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 Mauromatis
Alexandros Theofilakis
Ioannis Theofilakis
Georgios Orphanidis		 1576
Men's individual trap shooting 4th Anastasios Metaxas 57

[edit] Sources

  • 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. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.


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