Christos Dimitropoulos

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Christos Dimitropoulos was a Greek athlete who competed in the hammer throw.

Dimitropoulos was born in 1913 in Corinth. He was an athlete of Panellinios Gymnastic Club and competed in the 1936 Olympiad of Berlin.

He broke the Greek record for the hammer throw four times, the last time being on October 1, 1936 in the Balkan Games of Athens (50.22m). His record stood for 21 years.

Among his accomplishments were two gold medals in the Balkan Games of 1936 and 1937 and a bronze in 1940.