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 5 Silver 9 Bronze 10 Total 24
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Charalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S13  Gold Georgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S2  Gold Charalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S13  Gold Paschalis Stathelakos Athletics Men's shot put F40  Gold Christos Tampaxis Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S1  Silver Georgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S2  Silver Alexandra Dimoglou Athletics Women's 400 m T13  Silver Anthi Karagianni Athletics Women's long jump F13  Silver Grigorios Polychronidis Boccia Mixed individual BC3  Silver Charalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S13  Silver Charalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM13  Silver Pavlos Mamalos Powerlifting Men's 82.50 kg  Silver Andreas Katsaros Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S1  Silver Charalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S13  Bronze Georgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle S2  Bronze Ioannis Protos Athletics Men's 400 m T13  Bronze Charalampos Taiganidis Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S13  Bronze Anastasios Tsiou Athletics Men's shot put F57/58  Bronze Alexandra Dimoglou Athletics Women's 200 m T13  Bronze Athanasios Barakas Athletics Men's long jump F11  Bronze Maria Stamatoula Athletics Women's shot put F32-34/52/53  Bronze Georgios Kapellakis Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S2  Bronze Che Jon Fernandes Athletics Men's shot put F53/54  Bronze Alexandra Dimoglou Athletics Women's 100 m T13

Medals by sport Sport 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

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

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

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

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

Men

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

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

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

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

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

• Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee