Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Greece was the host country for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. As the progenitor nation and in keeping with tradition, Greek athletes have competed at every Summer Olympics in the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland. The Hellenic Olympic Committee sent a total of 426 athletes to the Games, 215 men and 211 women, and had achieved automatic qualification places in all sports, with the exception of men's and women's field hockey. It was also the nation's largest team ever in Summer Olympic history since the first modern Games were held in 1896.
Greece left the Summer Olympic Games with a total of sixteen medals, finishing within the top fifteen position in the overall medal rankings. At least a single medal was awarded to the Greek team in ten sports; five of them came from the track and field, including two prestigious golds. Greece also topped the medal tally in diving, gymnastics, judo, and sailing. Three Greek athletes added Olympic medals to their career hardware from the previous editions.
Among the nation's medalists were track hurdler Fani Halkia, race walker Athanasia Tsoumeleka, teenage judoka Ilias Iliadis, and diving duo Thomas Bimis and Nikolaos Siranidis, who won Greece's first ever Olympic gold medals in their respective disciplines. Emerging as one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters of all time with three Olympic titles, Pyrros Dimas ended his illustrious sporting career with a bronze medal effort in the men's light heavyweight category on his fourth and final Olympic appearance. Meanwhile, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, who won the gold in Atlanta eight years earlier, and lit the Olympic flame at the conclusion of the opening ceremony, picked up his second medal with a silver in men's Mistral windsurfing.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Diving | Men's 3 m synchronized springboard | |||
| Judo | Men's -81 kg | |||
| Sailing | Women's 470 | |||
| Gymnastics | Men's rings | |||
| Athletics | Women's 20 km walk | |||
| Athletics | Women's 400 m hurdles | |||
| Athletics | Women's discus throw | |||
| Sailing | Men's mistral | |||
| Athletics | Women's triple jump | |||
| Water polo | Women's tournament | |||
| Taekwondo | Women's -67 kg | |||
| Taekwondo | Men's +80 kg | |||
| Weightlifting | Men's -85 kg | |||
| Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls | |||
| Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman -55 kg | |||
| Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
Archery
As the host nation, Greece automatically receives the full allocation of six individual places, alongside entry to both the men's and women's team events.;Men
;Women
Athletics
In athletics, the Greek team did not receive any automatic places for representing the host nation, as they had done in other sports. Greek athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events.;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | 400 m | 1500 m | Final | Rank | |||||||
| Prodromos Korkizoglou | Result | 10.86 | 7.07 | 14.81 | 1.94 | 51.16 | 14.96 | 46.07 | 4.70 | 53.05 | 5:17.00 | 7573 | 26 |
| Prodromos Korkizoglou | Points | 892 | 830 | 778 | 749 | 762 | 854 | 789 | 819 | 634 | 466 | 7573 | 26 |
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Final | Rank | |||||
| Argyro Strataki | Result | 13.65 | 1.79 | 13.52 | 24.57 | 5.97 | 43.87 | 2:17.90 | 6117 | 15 |
| Argyro Strataki | Points | 1028 | 966 | 762 | 927 | 840 | 742 | 852 | 6117 | 15 |
Badminton
As the host nation, the Greek team were entitled to enter only two badminton players regardless of how they fared in the qualifying stages.Baseball
;RosterManager: 27 – Jack Rhodes.
Coaches: 1 – Mike Riskas, 14 – Ioannis Kazanas, 42 – Scott Demtral
;Round robin
Basketball
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;Classification match
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;7th Place Final
Boxing
Greece was guaranteed five male boxers at the Games by virtue of being the host nation, but the special 'host' places for men's boxing therefore became void, as the Greeks claimed places through the World Championships and the AIBA European Qualification Tournament.Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinalCycling
Track
;Sprint;Time trial
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Dimitrios Georgalis | Men's time trial | 1:04.204 | 15 |
;Keirin
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Lampros Vasilopoulos | Men's keirin | 2 Q | 9 |
;Omnium
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Kyriaki Konstantinidou | Women's points race | −18 | −2 | 16 |
Mountain biking
Diving
As the host nation, the Greeks were automatically entitled to places in all four synchronized diving events, but for individual events, they had to qualify through their own performances through the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, and through the 2004 FINA Diving World Cup series.;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Greece automatically received a team and the maximum number of individual competitors in show jumping, and at least a single spot each in dressage and eventing.Dressage
Eventing
Show jumping
Fencing
As the host nation, Greece received ten quota places which can be allocated to any of the fencing events. Additional places can be won in specific disciplines in a series of qualification events.;Men
;Women
Football
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
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Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
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Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men;Women
Rhythmic
Trampoline
Handball
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;5th-8th Place Semifinal
;Fifth Place Final
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;9th-10th Place Final
Judo
Greek judoka receive one place in each of the 14 categories by virtue of hosting the Olympic tournament – the maximum allocation possible.;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
As the host nation, Greece received one automatic qualification place per gender through the European and UIPM World Championships.Rowing
Greece received only two boats in both men's and women's lightweight double sculls at the 2003 World Rowing Championships.;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
As the host nation, Greece received automatic qualification places in each boat class.;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
As the host nation, Greece was awarded a minimum of eleven quota places in ten different events.;Men
;Women
Softball
;Team Roster;Preliminary Round
| Team | W | L | RS | RA | WIN% | Tiebreaker |
| 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1.000 | - | |
| 6 | 1 | 22 | 14 | .857 | - | |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | .571 | - | |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | .429 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0–1 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .286 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 24 | .286 | 0–1 | |
| 1 | 6 | 8 | 24 | .143 | - |
Swimming
Greek swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events :;Men
;Women
Synchronized swimming
As the host nation, Greece had a squad of 9 synchronised swimmers taking part in both the duet and team events.Table tennis
Greece fielded a four-strong table tennis team at the 2004 Olympic Games after being granted permission to use host nation qualification places.Taekwondo
Greece had not taken any formal part in qualification tournaments in taekwondo, as the Greeks already had four guaranteed places at their disposal, two for men, two for women.Tennis
As the host nation, Greece nominated two male and two female tennis players to compete in the tournament through their world rankings.Triathlon
Greece offered a single guaranteed place in the men's triathlon.Volleyball
As the host nation, Greece gained automatic entry for men's and women's teams in both indoor and beach volleyball.Beach
Indoor
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinal
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
Water polo
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
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;Semifinal
;Bronze Medal Final
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold Medal Final
; Won Silver Medal
Weightlifting
As the host nation, Greek weightlifters had already received six men's quota places and four women's places for the Olympics.;Men
;Women
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle