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The athletics department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1919 by the football players of the team. Amongst its first athletes were Giorgos Kalafatis, Apostolos Nikolaidis, Loukas Panourgias and Michalis Papazoglou. It is the second oldest department of the club operating continuously since its foundation, only behind the football department.
In the 1928 Summer Olympics the athlete of the team, Antonis Kariofilis, became the first Greek to open the parade of nations.
After World War II, a strong team was created with Giannis Lambrou, Rigas Efstathiadis, Antonis Tritsis and others. In the 1960s the great pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou also joined the team.
Through the next decades Panathinaikos won many Championships, in both men and women, becoming one of the strongest teams in the country. The men's team were Greek champions for 20 seasons in a row from 1955 to 1974, a record for Greek athletics until present day.




Current men's roster


Panayotis Bourikas
Aggelos Deligiannis
Konstantinos Gavalas
Konstantinos Gkelaouzos
Petros Hatziou
Thanasis Kalakos
Spiros Karalis
Christos Kosmidis
Haralabos Lagos
Dimitris Levantinos
Vasilis Mirianthopoulos
Anestis Papoulias
Christos Papoulias
Vaggelis Plavoukos
Stelios Skordilis
Panayotis Trivizas
Vasilis Vlahos




Current women's roster


Artemis Anastasiou
Dimitra Gnafaki
Georgia Despollari
Anthi-Koraini Kiriakopoulou
Anastasia Marinakou
Pinelopi Nika
Konstantina Romaiou
Vasiliki Tachtara
Konstantina Giannopoulou




Honours


Greek Championship, Men: (23): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1990
Greek Indoor Championship, Men: (5): 1986, 1989, 1990, 2023, 2024
Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (27) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2012, 2016, 2021
Greek Championship, Women: (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
Greek Indoor Championship, Women: (2): 2023, 2024
Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (9): 1949, 1950, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2017, 2022, 2024




Notable athletes


Stylianos Kyriakides
Hrysopiyi Devetzi
Rigas Efstathiadis
Aris Karageorgos
Giannis Lambrou
Alexandra Papageorgiou
Christos Papanikolaou
Michalis Papazoglou
Hristos Polihroniou
Konstantinos Poulios
Nikolaos Regoukos
Georgios Roubanis
Antonis Tritsis
Pavlos Tzanavaras
Spilios Zacharopoulos

























Sources


100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
Official website




External links


Official page (in Greek)
"Leoforos Dromeon" (annual 5k and 10k race organised by the club, in Greek)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Panathinaikos Athletics
• Panathinaikos A.O.
• Panathinaikos F.C.
• Panathinaikos B.C.
• Giorgos Kalafatis
• Stylianos Kyriakides
• Olympic Stadium (Athens)
• Michalis Papazoglou
• Dimitrios Theodorakakos
• Dimosthenis Magginas