Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Greece at the Paralympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing
Competitors	69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Charalampos Taiganidis
Medals Rank: 20	Gold 5	Silver 9	Bronze 10	Total 24
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1976–1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event 01 ! Gold Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S13 01 ! Gold Kapellakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S2 01 ! Gold Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S13 01 ! Gold Stathelakos, PaschalisPaschalis Stathelakos Athletics Men's shot put F40 01 ! Gold Tampaxis, ChristosChristos Tampaxis Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S1 02 ! Silver Kapellakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S2 02 ! Silver Dimoglou, AlexandraAlexandra Dimoglou Athletics Women's 400 m T13 02 ! Silver Karagianni, AnthiAnthi Karagianni Athletics Women's long jump F13 02 ! Silver Polychronidis, GrigoriosGrigorios Polychronidis Boccia Mixed individual BC3 02 ! Silver Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S13 02 ! Silver Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM13 02 ! Silver Mamalos, PavlosPavlos Mamalos Powerlifting Men's 82.50 kg 02 ! Silver Katsaros, AndreasAndreas Katsaros Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S1 02 ! Silver Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S13 03 ! Bronze Kapellakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle S2 03 ! Bronze Protos, IoannisIoannis Protos Athletics Men's 400 m T13 03 ! Bronze Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S13 03 ! Bronze Tsiou, AnastasiosAnastasios Tsiou Athletics Men's shot put F57/58 03 ! Bronze Dimoglou, AlexandraAlexandra Dimoglou Athletics Women's 200 m T13 03 ! Bronze Barakas, AthanasiosAthanasios Barakas Athletics Men's long jump F11 03 ! Bronze Stamatoula, MariaMaria Stamatoula Athletics Women's shot put F32-34/52/53 03 ! Bronze Kapellakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 03 ! Bronze Fernandes, Che JonChe Jon Fernandes Athletics Men's shot put F53/54 03 ! Bronze Dimoglou, AlexandraAlexandra Dimoglou Athletics Women's 100 m T13

Medals by sport Sport 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Swimming 4 5 3 12 Athletics 1 2 7 10 Boccia 0 1 0 1 Powerlifting 0 1 0 1 Total 5 9 10 24

Multiple medallists

The following Greek athletes won multiple medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Events
Taiganidis, CharalamposCharalampos Taiganidis	01 ! Gold 01 ! Gold 02 ! Silver 02 ! Silver 02 ! Silver 03 ! 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
Kapellakis, GeorgiosGeorgios Kapellakis	01 ! Gold 02 ! Silver 03 ! Bronze 03 ! 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
Dimoglou, AlexandraAlexandra Dimoglou	02 ! Silver 03 ! Bronze 03 ! Bronze	Athletics	Women's 400 m T13 Women's 200 m T13 Women's 100 m T13

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Romaios Roumeliotis	Individual recurve - Standing	475	24	Zarzuela (ESP) L 90-97	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anna Tzika	Individual recurve - Standing	550	10	BYE	Byambasuren (MGL) W 90-85	Gao (CHN) L 83-106	Did not advance

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Rank	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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
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

Cycling

Road

Track

Men

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Bronze	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Theoklitos Papachristos	+100 kg		Papp (HUN) L 0001-1001	Did not advance		Parasyuk (RUS) L 0000-0001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Bronze	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
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

Women

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		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

Women

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgios Lazaridis	Singles - Open	Majdi (FRA) L 0-6 0-6	Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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

See also

• Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee