Greece at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Greece competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Hellenic Olympic Committee sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games in London, 65 men and 38 women, to compete in 19 sports. Men's water polo was the only team event in which Greece was represented at these Olympic Games.
As the progenitor nation of the Olympic games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first during the opening ceremony, led by taekwondo jin Alexandros Nikolaidis, two-time Olympic silver medalist in men's super heavyweight division.
Greece failed to win a gold or a silver medal for the first time since 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Only two bronze medals were awarded to the team: one in judo, by Ilias Iliadis, an Olympic gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the other in rowing, by Alexandra Tsiavou, and Christina Giazitzidou.
Several athletes missed out of the medal standings in the finals, including swimmer Spyridon Gianniotis, the Men's coxless four team, Vassiliki Vougiouka, sailor Byron Kokkalanis, and gymnast Vasileios Tsolakidis.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Judo	Men's 90 kg	1 August
		Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls	4 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games and selected biographies.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	11	12	23
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	4	0	4
Diving	1	0	1
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	2	7	9
Judo	1	1	2
Rowing	8	2	10
Sailing	9	2	11
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	8	6	14
Synchronized swimming	0	2	2
Table tennis	2	0	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	2	2
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	65	38	103

Archery

Greece qualified one archer.

Athletics

Greek athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events :
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Sofia Ifantidou	Result	13.82	1.68	12.96	25.91	5.81	56.96	2:22.03	5947	24
Sofia Ifantidou	Points	1004	830	725	805	792	995	796	5947	24

Canoeing

Slalom

Greece has qualified boats for the following events

Cycling

Track

;Sprint
;Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Christos Volikakis	Men's keirin	6 R	1 Q	6	9

Fencing

Greece qualified 1 fencer.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Greece qualified three athletes.
;Men
;Women

Judo

Greece qualified 2 judokas.

Rowing

Greece qualified the following boats.
;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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Greece qualified 1 boat for each of the following events
;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Greece qualified for three quota places in shooting;

Swimming

Greek swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ):
;Men
;Women

Synchronized swimming

Greece qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Table tennis

Greece qualified two athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Kalinikos Kreanga and Panagiotis Gionis qualified for the men's event.

Taekwondo

Alexandros Nikolaidis had ensured a quota place for Greece in the men's +80 kg by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.

Water polo

Greece has qualified a men's team.

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play

Wrestling

Greece qualified in the following events.
;Men's freestyle
;Women's freestyle