Greece at the Paralympics
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| Greece at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | GRE |
| NPC | Hellenic Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 44th |
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| Winter appearances | |
Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games that hosted the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, did not compete in the Summer Paralympics until 1976 and in the Winter Paralympics until 2002, but since then the Greeks have taken part in every edition of both events. Although the Greek delegation traditionally enters first during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, this tradition does not apply to the Paralympics, where Greece enters within alphabetical order. The National Paralympic Committee for Greece is the Hellenic Paralympic Committee.
Greek competitors have won 117 medals, 23 of which gold, and Greece currently ranks 44th in the all-time Summer Paralympic Games. Greece's participation in the Winter Paralympics has been essentially symbolic; it was represented by a single athlete in 2002 and 2006, and by two competitors in 2010. The nation hosted the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The best Paralympic performance of Greece was in the 2008 Summer Games, when the nation finished 20th with 5 gold medals and 24 in total. The top medal-producing sports have been swimming and athletics, while boccia, powerlifting and wheelchair fencing are the other sports that Greece has also won medals in.
In the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, the Greek won an overall of 13 medals. They were 3 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. Another achievement was Athanasios Ghavelas became the first ever Greek paralympic athlete to won a back-to-back gold.[1] Furthermore, Grigoris Polychronidis won his 7th medal in the BC3 category of boccia.[2]
Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1976 Toronto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –[3] |
 1980 Arnhem | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35[4] |
 1984 New York/ Stoke Mandeville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −[5] |
 1988 Seoul | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 43[6] |
 1992 Barcelona-Madrid | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 48[7] |
| 1996 Atlanta | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 45[8] |
 2000 Sydney | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 33[9] |
 2004 Athens | 124 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 34[10] |
 2008 Beijing | 69 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 20[11] |
| 2012 London | 61 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 44[12] |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 60 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24[13] |
 2020 Tokyo | 43 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 51[14] |
 2024 Paris | 37 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 2028 Los Angeles | Future event | |||||
| Total | 23 | 43 | 51 | 117 | 42 | |
Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Swimming | 11 | 18 | 14 | 43 |
 Athletics | 10 | 20 | 27 | 57 |
 Boccia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
 Powerlifting | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
 Wheelchair fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 23 | 43 | 51 | 117 |
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