Greece at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first at the New National Stadium during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Like the other closing ceremonies before, the Greek flag was also raised during the closing ceremony alongside the Japanese and French flags.

Greece at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Tokyo,  Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	83 (46 men and 37 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Anna Korakaki Eleftherios Petrounias
Flag bearer (closing)	Ioannis Fountoulis
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Stefanos Ntouskos Rowing Men's single sculls 30 July  Gold Miltiadis Tentoglou Athletics Men's long jump 2 August  Silver Greece men's national water polo team Stylianos Argyropoulos Georgios Dervisis Ioannis Fountoulis Konstantinos Galanidis Konstantinos Genidounias Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis Marios Kapotsis Christodoulos Kolomvos Konstantinos Mourikis Alexandros Papanastasiou Dimitrios Skoumpakis Angelos Vlachopoulos Emmanouil Zerdevas Water polo Men's tournament 8 August  Bronze Eleftherios Petrounias Gymnastics Men's rings 2 August

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 2 1 1 4 Female 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 1 4

Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 24 July 0 0 0 0 Day 2 25 July 0 0 0 0 Day 3 26 July 0 0 0 0 Day 4 27 July 0 0 0 0 Day 5 28 July 0 0 0 0 Day 6 29 July 0 0 0 0 Day 7 30 July 1 0 0 1 Day 8 31 July 0 0 0 0 Day 9 1 August 0 0 0 0 Day 10 2 August 1 0 1 2 Day 11 3 August 0 0 0 0 Day 12 4 August 0 0 0 0 Day 13 5 August 0 0 0 0 Day 14 6 August 0 0 0 0 Day 15 7 August 0 0 0 0 Day 16 8 August 0 1 0 1 Total 2 1 1 4

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Artistic swimming	—	9	9
Athletics	8	12	20
Cycling	3	0	3
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	1	1	2
Rowing	1	3	4
Sailing	4	4	8
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	10	2	12
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	1	1	2
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	46	37	83

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece has qualified one female archer, after Evangelia Psarra finished in the top 5 in the Final Qualification Tournament.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Evangelia Psarra	Women's individual	630	44	Lin C-e (TPE) L 4–6	did not advance

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

With a top 3 finish in the team event at FINA Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Greece qualified for both events.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti	Duet	DNS – COVID-19		88.1667	—	—	DNS – COVID-19
Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama Pinelopi Karamesiou Maria Alzigkouzi Kominea Andriana Misikevych Evangelia Papazoglou Evangelia Platanioti Georgia Vasilopoulou Danai Kariori (R)	Team	Withdrew ‌‌‌‌‌after testing positive for COVID-19

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greek athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[5][6]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• (i) = indoor
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Konstantinos Douvalidis	110 m hurdles	13.63	27	Did not advance
Alexandros Papamichail	50 km walk	—				4:12:49	36

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga	100 m	Bye		11.45	35	Did not advance
	200 m	—		23.16	22 q	23.38	23	Did not advance
Irini Vasiliou	400 m			53.16	35	Did not advance
Elisavet Pesiridou	100 m hurdles			DNF		Did not advance
Antigoni Drisbioti	20 km walk	—						1:31:24 SB	8
Kiriaki Filtisakou								1:36:51	29
Panagiota Tsinopoulou								1:47:19	53

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Miltiadis Tentoglou	Long jump	8.22	2 Q	8.41[a]
Dimitrios Tsiamis	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Konstantinos Filippidis	Pole vault	5.50	22	Did not advance
Emmanouil Karalis		5.75	8 q	5.80	=4
Mihail Anastasakis	Hammer throw	73.52	22	Did not advance
Christos Frantzeskakis		72.19	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Paraskevi Papachristou	Triple jump	12.23	32	Did not advance
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Pole vault	4.55	=1 q	4.55	=8
Eleni-Klaoudia Polak		4.40	19	Did not advance
Katerina Stefanidi		4.55	=8 q	4.80 =SB	4
Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	Discus throw	59.18	19	Did not advance
Stamatia Scarvelis	Hammer throw	69.01	18	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Road

Greece entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Polychronis Tzortzakis	Men's road race	6:16:53	63

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Greece entered one rider to compete in the men's omnium based on his final individual UCI Olympic rankings.^[8]

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Christos Volikakis	Men's omnium	17	8	17	8	14	14	DNF	−20	DNF

Mountain bike

Greece qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's nineteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Periklis Ilias	Men's cross-country	LAP (3 laps)	35

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2019 world bronze medalist Theodora Gkountoura claimed a spot in the women's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Theodora Gkountoura	Women's sabre	Bye	Emura (JPN) L 8–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Artistic

On 25 June 2021, Eleftherios Petrounias secured a position in men's rings at the 2020 Summer Olympics, by winning a gold medal with 15.500 points at the 2020–2021 FIG World Cup in Doha, Qatar.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Eleftherios Petrounias	Rings	—		15.333	—			15.333	1 Q	—			15.200	—		15.200

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Alexios Ntanatsidis secured a position in his category by virtue of his world ranking. Elisavet Teltsidou secured a position in her category through a continental quota.^[12][13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexios Ntanatsidis	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Valois-Fortier (CAN) L 00–10 GS	Did not advance
Elisavet Teltsidou	Women's −70 kg	—	Sun Xq (CHN) W 01–00	Pinot (FRA) W 10–00	Taimazova (ROC) L 00–01	Did not advance	Scoccimarro (GER) L 00–10 GS	Did not advance	7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. The women's coxless pair confirmed an Olympic place by finishing fifth in the B-final and secured the last of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria, while the men's single sculls rower added one boat for the Greek roster with a top finish at the 2021 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[14][15] Another Greek rower scored a gold-medal triumph to book one of the remaining boats available in the women's single sculls at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefanos Ntouskos	Men's single sculls	6:59.49	1 QF	Bye		7:12.77	2 SA/B	6:41.61	1 FA	6:40.45 OR
Anneta Kyridou	Women's single sculls	7:54.28	3 QF	Bye		8:02.19	3 SA/B	7:40.81	6 FB	7:36.79	10
Christina Bourmpou Maria Kyridou	Women's pair	7:33.94	5 R	7:28.00	1 SA/B	—		6:48.70 WR	1 FA	6:57.11	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greek sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[17][18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Byron Kokkalanis	RS:X	8	17	10	5	DNF	8	18	19	6	7	8	4	EL	110	11
Ioannis Mitakis	Finn	4	13	13	6	11	10	11	8	16	18	—		EL	92	12
Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis	470	5	6	3	DSQ	15	12	8	7	4	6	—		9	84	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Aikaterini Divari	RS:X	19	19	19	20	20	23	15	18	13	19	19	23	EL	204	19
Vasileia Karachaliou	Laser Radial	2	19	6	1	21	21	9	26	19	8	—		6	112	9
Ariadne Paraskevi Spanaki Emilia Tsoulfa	470	14	8	BFD	17	18	13	2	12	UFD	9	—		EL	114	15

M = Medal race, EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race, DNF= Did not finish the race, BFD = Black Flag Disqualification – False start, DSQ = Disqualification, UFD = "U" Flag Disqualification

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greek shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikolaos Mavrommatis	Men's skeet	119	20	Did not advance
Anna Korakaki	Women's 10 m air pistol	585	2 Q	157.4	6
	Women's 25 m pistol	584	6 Q	18	6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greek swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[20][21][22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Apostolos Christou	100 m backstroke	53.77	=15 Q	53.41	11	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.50	18	Did not advance
Konstantinos Englezakis	800 m freestyle	DNS		—		Did not advance
Kristian Gkolomeev	50 m freestyle	21.66	3 Q	21.60	=3 Q	21.72	=5
Athanasios Kynigakis	10 km open water	—				1:49:29.2	5
Dimitrios Markos	200 m freestyle	1:49.16	31	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:58.68	26	—		did not advance
Apostolos Papastamos	200 m individual medley	2:00.38	35	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:12.50	14	—		Did not advance
Andreas Vazaios	200 m individual medley	1:58.84	24	Did not advance
Apostolos Christou Kristian Gkolomeev Odysseas Meladinis Andreas Vazaios	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.29	15	—		Did not advance
Apostolos Christou Evangelos Makrygiannis Konstantinos Meretsolias Andreas Vazaios	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.28	14	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Ntountounaki	100 m butterfly	57.75	13 Q	57.25 NR	9	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Apostolos Christou Theodora Drakou Konstantinos Meretsolias Anna Ntountounaki	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.77 NR	11	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Panagiotis Gionis scored a third-stage semifinal triumph to book his fifth consecutive trip to the Games in the men's singles at the European Qualification Tournament in Odivelas, Portugal.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Panagiotis Gionis	Men's singles	Bye	Peto (SRB) W 4–0	Saleh (EGY) W 4–1	Jeoung Y-s (KOR) L 3–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time since 2012. 2018 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Fani Tzeli secured a spot in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fani Tzeli	Women's −57 kg	Bye	Minina (ROC) L 7–15	Did not advance		Ben Yessouf (NIG) L 0–2 GP	Did not advance	7

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari secured a position in the Men's and Women's singles respectively by virtue of their world rankings on 14 June 2021. In addition, their combined ranking made them available to play together in the Mixed doubles tournament.^[25][26]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Men's singles	Kohlschreiber (GER) W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Tiafoe (USA) W 6–3, 6–4	Humbert (FRA) L 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Maria Sakkari	Women's singles	Kontaveit (EST) W 7–5, 6–2	Stojanović (SRB) W 6–1, 6–2	Svitolina (UKR) L 7–5, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Maria Sakkari Stefanos Tsitsipas	Mixed doubles	—		Dabrowski / Auger-Aliassime (CAN) W 6–3, 6–4	Barty / Peers (AUS) L 4–6, 6–4, [6–10]	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Greece men's	Men's tournament	Hungary W 10–9	Italy D 6–6	Japan W 10–9	South Africa W 28–5	United States W 14–5	1 Q	Montenegro W 10–4	Hungary W 9–6	Serbia L 10–13

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Greece men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 World Qualification Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[27][28]

Team roster

Greece's final squad was announced on 3 July 2021.^[29]

Head coach: Thodoris Vlachos^[30]

No.	Player	Pos.	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth (age)	Apps	OG/ Goals	Club	Ref
1	Emmanouil Zerdevas	10GK	2R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1997-08-12)12 August 1997 (aged 23)	84	0/0	Olympiacos	[31]
2	Konstantinos Genidounias	50D	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1993-05-03)3 May 1993 (aged 28)	161	1/4	Olympiacos	[32]
3	Dimitrios Skoumpakis	20CB	2R	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	(1998-12-18)18 December 1998 (aged 22)	70	0/0	Olympiacos	[33]
4	Marios Kapotsis	50D	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1991-09-13)13 September 1991 (aged 29)	108	0/0	Olympiacos	[34]
5	Ioannis Fountoulis (C)	50D	2R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1988-05-25)25 May 1988 (aged 33)	311	2/24	Olympiacos	[35]
6	Alexandros Papanastasiou	50D	2R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1999-02-12)12 February 1999 (aged 22)	58	0/0	Jug Dubrovnik	[36]
7	Georgios Dervisis	20CB	2R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1994-10-30)30 October 1994 (aged 26)	146	1/3	Olympiacos	[37]
8	Stylianos Argyropoulos	20CB	2R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 24)	97	0/0	Olympiacos	[38]
9	Konstantinos Mourikis	40CF	2R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	(1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 33)	272	2/11	Olympiacos	[39]
10	Christodoulos Kolomvos	40CF	2R	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	(1988-10-26)26 October 1988 (aged 32)	239	1/2	Enka	[40]
11	Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis	50D	2R	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1999-11-19)19 November 1999 (aged 21)	28	0/0	Vouliagmeni	[41]
12	Angelos Vlachopoulos	50D	2R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	(1991-09-28)28 September 1991 (aged 29)	183	1/13	Novi Beograd	[42]
13	Konstantinos Galanidis	10GK	2R	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	(1990-09-01)1 September 1990 (aged 30)	103	0/0	Apollon Smyrnis	[43]
Average				1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	27 years, 255 days	143

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Greece Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	4	1	0	68	34	+34	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	0	60	32	+28	8
3	Hungary	5	3	1	1	64	35	+29	7
4	United States	5	2	0	3	59	53	+6	4
5	Japan (H)	5	1	0	4	65	66	−1	2
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	20	116	−96	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 11:30 v	Report	Hungary	9–10	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 2–3, 1–1
		Erdélyi, Varga 3	Goals	Fountoulis 3

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 15:30 v	Report	Italy	6–6	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 0–4, 4–0
		Aicardi, Figlioli 2	Goals	six players 1

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 18:20 v	Report	Greece	10–9	Japan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–1, 3–3
		Kapotsis, Genidounias 3	Goals	Adachi 3

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 19:50 v	Report	South Africa	5–28	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 2–5, 1–7, 1–9
		Stone 2	Goals	Fountoulis 5

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 11:30 v	Report	Greece	14–5	United States	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 5–2, 3–0
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Obert 2

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 15:30 v	Report	Greece	10–4	Montenegro	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 3–1, 4–2
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Ivović 2

Semifinal

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 15:30 v	Report	Greece	9–6	Hungary	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 2–2, 4–2
		Argyropoulos 4	Goals	Manhercz 2

Gold medal game

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 16:30 v	Report	Greece	10–13	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Xevi Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 4–2, 2–2, 1–3
		three players 2	Goals	three players 3

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece has received a letter from IWF to fill a vacancy sending a male weightlifter to the Olympics.^[44]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Theodoros Iakovidis	Men's −96 kg	156	12	182	11	338	11

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Greece qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Greek wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 65 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[45]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgios Pilidis	Men's −65 kg	Gadzhiev (POL) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance				15
Maria Prevolaraki	Women's −53 kg	Valverde (ECU) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				11

Notes

1. Tentoglou tied for silver with Cuba's Juan Miguel Echevarría, but was awarded with a gold on the tie-breaker (second best jump).