Greece_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics
Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Sporting event delegation
Greece competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The national team of Greece was composed of 69 athletes, 53 men and 16 women, who competed in 11 sports, archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, judo, powerlifting, sailing, shooting, swimming, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair tennis.[1] Contrary to the tradition in the Summer Olympic Games, Greece did not enter first during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony but 69th in name order in Chinese, with the swimmer Charalampos Taiganidis being the team's flag bearer.
Quick Facts Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, IPC code ...
| Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
| IPC code | GRE |
| NPC | Hellenic Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 69 in 11 sports |
| Flag bearer | Charalampos Taiganidis |
| Medals Ranked 20th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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Multiple medallists
The following Greek athletes won multiple medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games.
More information Name, Medal ...
| Name | Medal | Sport | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charalampos Taiganidis |  Gold Gold Silver Silver Silver Bronze | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S13 Men's 100 m backstroke S13 Men's 100 m butterfly S13 Men's 200 m individual medley SM13 Men's 50 m freestyle S13 Men's 400 m freestyle S13 |
| Georgios Kapellakis | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S2 Men's 100 m freestyle S2 Men's 200 m freestyle S2 Men's 50 m backstroke S2 |
| Alexandra Dimoglou | Silver Bronze Bronze | Athletics | Women's 400 m T13 Women's 200 m T13 Women's 100 m T13 |
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Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Opposition Result |
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| Romaios Roumeliotis | Individual recurve - Standing | 475 | 24 |  Zarzuela (ESP)L 90-97 |
did not advance | ||||
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- Women
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| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Opposition Result |
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| Anna Tzika | Individual recurve - Standing | 550 | 10 | BYE |  Byambasuren (MGL)W 90-85 |
 Gao (CHN)L 83-106 |
did not advance | ||
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Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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| Athlete | Event | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Rank | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Dimitrios Michos | Individual BC3 | Pesquera (ESP) L 0-14 |
 Kabush (CAN)L 1-6 |
 Raimundo (POR)L 1-5 |
4 | did not advance | |||
| Grigorios Polychronidis | Individual BC3 | Zhu (CHN) W 11-1 |
 Dijkstra (NZL)W 19-0 |
 Sukkarath (THA)W 7-0 |
1 Q | Gauthier (CAN) W 6-3 |
 Jeong (KOR)W 4-1 |
Park (KOR) L 2-3 |
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| Maria Stavropoulou | Individual BC3 | Gauthier (CAN) L 1-9 |
Costa (POR) L 3-5 |
Martin (ESP) L 2-11 |
4 | did not advance | |||
| Dimitrios Michos Grigorios Polychronidis Maria Stavropoulou |
Pairs BC3 | Thailand (THA) L 2-5 |
Portugal (POR) L 2-5 |
New Zealand (NZL) D 2-2 |
4 | did not advance | |||
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Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ioannis Kalaitzakis | Men's time trial LC1 | 41:13.72 | 16 |
| Men's road race LC1/LC2/CPA | 2:02.21 | 29 | |
| Stamatios Kotzias | Mixed time trial CP1/CP2 | 27:02.61 | 10 |
| Mixed road race CP1/CP2 | 50.09 | 6 |
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- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ioannis Kalaitzakis | Individual pursuit (LC 1) | 5:20.026 | 15 | did not advance | |||
| 1 km time trial (LC 1) | 1:16.450 | 12 | |||||
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Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Bronze | Rank |
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| Opposition Result |
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| Theoklitos Papachristos | +100 kg |  Papp (HUN)L 0001-1001 |
did not advance |  Parasyuk (RUS)L 0000-0001 |
did not advance | ||||
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- Women
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| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Bronze | Rank |
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| Opposition Result |
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| Maria Keramida | -57 kg |  Karkar (ALG)L 0000-0010 |
did not advance |  Cete (TUR)W 1000-0010 |
Merenciano (ESP) L 0002-0010 |
Did not advance | 5 | ||
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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
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| Nikolaos Gkountanis | -75 kg | 190.0 kg | 7 |
| Pavlos Mamalos | -82.50 kg | 225.0 kg | |
| Gkremislav Moysiadis | -67.50 kg | 187.5 kg | 5 |
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- Women
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| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
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| Anastasia Kazantzidou | -67.50 kg | 87.5 kg | 7 |
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Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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| Athlete | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Georgios Delikouras | 1P keelboat (2.4MR) | 13 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 79 | 13 | |||
| Vasileios Christoforou Theodoros Alexas Nikolaos Paterakis |
3P keelboat (Sonar) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 7 | ||
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Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Panagiotis Giannoukaris | Mixed R5-10M air rifle prone SH2 | 597 | 16 | did not advance | |
| Evangelos Kakosaios | Mixed R5-10M air rifle prone SH2 | 597 | 14 | did not advance | |
| Eleni Zampoura | Women's P2-10M air pistol SH1 | 360 | 9 | did not advance | |
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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Men
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| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | ||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Konstantinos Fykas | S8 100 m freestyle | 1:00.96 | 6 Q | 1:01.40 | 7 |
| S8 50 m freestyle | DSQ | did not advance | |||
| Georgios Kapellakis | S2 200 m freestyle | 5:12.99 | 2 Q | 5:05.91 |  |
| S2 100 m freestyle | 2:31.97 | 3 Q | 2:23.63 | | |
| S2 50 m freestyle | 1:11.02 | 3 Q | 1:04.85 |  | |
| Konstantinos Karaouzas | SB3 100 m breaststroke | 56.71 | 6 Q | 54.47 | 4 |
| Ioannis Kostakis | S3 100 m freestyle | 1:52.89 | 3 Q | 1:45.72 | 4 |
| S3 200 m freestyle | 3:38.42 | 4 | |||
| S3 50 m freestyle | 49.87 | 2 Q | 49.84 | 5 | |
| Charalampos Taiganidis | S13 100 m butterfly | 1:00.52 | 2 Q | 59.20 | |
| S13 400 m freestyle | 4:31.17 | 6 Q | 4:23.59 | | |
| S13 100 m freestyle | 54.96 | 2 Q | 53.37 | | |
| SM13 200 m individual medley | 2:24.19 | 7 Q | 2:16.95 | | |
| S13 100 m backstroke | 1:03.02 | 1 Q | 59.85 | | |
| Christos Tampaxis | S2 100 m freestyle | 2:53.19 | 10 | did not advance | |
| S2 50 m freestyle | 1:20.84 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Vasileios Tsagkaris | SB3 100 m breaststroke | 56.04 | 5 Q | 55.91 | 6 |
| Stylianos Tsakonas | S4 100 m freestyle | 1:40.63 | 9 | did not advance | |
| S4 50 m backstroke | 51.04 | 6 Q | 51.15 | 6 | |
| S4 200 m freestyle | 3:43.87 | 8 Q | 3:40.20 | 8 | |
| SM4 150 m individual medley | 3:00.27 | 7 Q | 2:57.99 | 7 | |
| Nikolaos Tsotras | S7 100 m freestyle | 1:10.07 | 9 | did not advance | |
| S7 100 m backstroke | 1:21.52 | 10 | did not advance | ||
| S7 50 m freestyle | 31.41 | 7 Q | 31.01 | 5 | |
| Ioannis Kostakis Stylianos Tsakonas Konstantinos Karaouzas Nikolaos Tsotras |
20 pts 4x50 m freestyle | 2:57.98 | 4 | ||
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- Women
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| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Maria Kalpakidou | S3 50 m freestyle | 1:25.39 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Maria Liaskou | S3 50 m freestyle | 1:29.31 | 14 | did not advance | |
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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| Georgios Lazaridis | Singles - Open |  Majdi (FRA)L 0-6 0-6 |
did not advance | |||||
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Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
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| Pylarinos Markantonatos | Épée A |  Alhaddad (KUW)L 3-5  Serafini (ITA)W 5-2 Saengsawang (THA)W 5-1 Sanchez (ESP)W 5-3  Davydenko (UKR)L 4-5 Maillard (FRA)W 5-4 |
2 Q | Betti (ITA) L 12-15 |
did not advance | ||
| Emmanouil Bogdos | Épée B | Alsaedi (KUW) W 5-4 Latreche (FRA)L 3-5  Williams (USA)L 4-5 Poleshchuk (RUS)W 5-2 Komar (UKR)L 2-5 |
5 Q |  Bezyazynchny (BLR)L 7-15 |
did not advance | ||
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- Ξεκινούν οι Αγώνες των δυνατών (in Greek). www.sport-fm.gr. 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-07.