Greece at the Paralympics

Greece at the Paralympic Games
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Paralympic history
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1976–1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

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 80 medals, 14 of which gold, and Greece currently ranks 47th 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 and powerlifting are the other sports that Greece has also won medals in.

Medal Tables

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

      Host nation

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1960 Rome	did not participate
1964 Tokyo
1968 Tel Aviv
1972 Heidelberg
1976 Toronto	0	0	0	0	-
1980 Arnhem	0	0	1	1	38
1984 Stoke Mandeville	0	0	0	0	-
1988 Seoul	0	1	3	4	44
1992 Barcelona	0	2	1	3	44
1996 Atlanta	1	1	3	5	46
2000 Sydney	4	4	3	11	33
2004 Athens	3	13	4	20	34
2008 Beijing	5	9	10	24	20
2012 London	1	3	8	12	44
Total	14	33	33	80	47

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	9	17	11	37
Athletics	4	14	21	39
Boccia	1	1	0	2
Powerlifting	0	1	1	2
Total	14	33	33	80

See also

• Greece at the Olympics