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Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas (born 8 March 1990) is a Greek sprinter, specializing in 200 metres.

He made his first international appearance at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics. He participated in the 400 meters event and was eliminated in the first round. In 200 meters he was much more competitive, proving his specialty in the event. He set a personal best of 21.49 seconds to reach the final, in which eventually he failed to finish the race. In 2008 he improved his personal best to 21.20 seconds at Athens Olympic Stadium and later competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics where he reached the 200M semi-finals. At the 2009 European Team Championships he took the fifth place, while at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships he managed to run under 21 seconds for the first time (20.94 s), taking the fourth place. He also represented Greece at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, taking the eighth place.

At the beginning of 2010, he was second at the Greek national indoor championship in 60 metres, setting a personal best of 6.76 seconds. He made an impressive progression in the summer season as well: in 200 meters he ran 20.77 s at the Papaflessia meeting, he won the 200 national title and later took the second place at the 2010 European Team Championships with a performance of 20.69 seconds. At his first major senior competition, the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, he entered the final and finished in the seventh place. At the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships he won the gold medal, setting a Greek U-23 Record of 20.56 seconds to beat Britain's James Alaka (The 2011 U23 champion in 100 metres).

2012 London Olympics At the 2012 London Olympics, Lykourgos alongside newly reigning 100 metres world record holder, Greek sprinter Spyro Ksarxakos, Panayiotis Andreadis, and Hristos Kalamaras competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay finishing fifth in the final, setting a Greek national record with a time of 38.20 seconds.

2013 Season Lykourgos started off his outdoor season at the 2013 European Team Championships in Gateshead, U.K. Lykourgos competed in both the 200 metres, and 4X100 metres relay. In the 200 metres finished fifth in a time of 20.70s. With the same relay team at the London Olympics (Lykourgos, Ksarxakos, Andreadis,) with the exception of Kalamaras who could not compete due to injury, being replaced by 110 metres hurdler Konstadínos Douvalídis, the Greeks finished in second place to Great Britain (38.39s.) timing in at 38.47s.