Panathinaikos Athletics

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

 * [[Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg|20px]] Stylianos Kyriakides
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Hrysopiyi Devetzi
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Rigas Efstathiadis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Aris Karageorgos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Giannis Lambrou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Alexandra Papageorgiou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Christos Papanikolaou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Michalis Papazoglou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Hristos Polihroniou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Konstantinos Poulios
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nikolaos Regoukos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Roubanis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Antonis Tritsis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Pavlos Tzanavaras
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Spilios Zacharopoulos