Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Greece at the
2008 Summer Paralympics

IPC code

GRE

NPC

Hellenic Paralympic Committee

Website

www.paralympic.gr

in Beijing

Competitors

69 in 11 sports

Flag bearer

Charalampos Taiganidis

Medals
Ranked 20th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
5	9	10	24

Summer Paralympics appearances

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

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ioannis Kalaitzakis	Men's time trial LC1	41:13.72	16
Ioannis Kalaitzakis	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CPA	2:02.21	29
Stamatios Kotzias	Mixed time trial CP1/CP2	27:02.61	10
Stamatios Kotzias	Mixed road race CP1/CP2	50.09	6

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ioannis Kalaitzakis	Individual pursuit (LC 1)	5:20.026	15			Did not advance
Ioannis Kalaitzakis	1 km time trial (LC 1)					1:16.450	12

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

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

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Anastasia Kazantzidou	-67.50 kg	87.5 kg	7

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Georgios Delikouras	1P keelboat (2.4MR)	15	13	9	3	13	14	7	14	12	8		79	13
Vasileios Christoforou Theodoros Alexas Nikolaos Paterakis	3P keelboat (Sonar)	2	5	7	5	8	2	4	9	2	6	8	41	7

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Konstantinos Fykas	S8 100 m freestyle	1:00.96	6 Q	1:01.40	7
Konstantinos Fykas	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
Christos Tampaxis	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

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	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

Tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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

References

↑ Ξεκινούν οι Αγώνες των δυνατών (in Greek). www.sport-fm.gr. 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

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