Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	GRE
Npcname:	Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	69
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Charalampos Taiganidis
Rank:	20
Gold:	5
Silver:	9
Bronze:	10
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1976

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

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 100 m freestyle S13
			Men's 50 m freestyle S2
			Men's 100 m backstroke S13
			Men's shot put F40
			Men's 50 metre backstroke S1
			Men's 100 m freestyle S2
			Women's 400 m T13
			Women's long jump F13
			Mixed individual BC3
			Men's 100 m butterfly S13
			Men's 200 m individual medley SM13
			Men's 82.50 kg
			Men's 50 metre backstroke S1
			Men's 50 m freestyle S13
			Men's 200 m freestyle S2
			Men's 400 m T13
			Men's 400 m freestyle S13
			Men's shot put F57/58
			Women's 200 m T13
			Men's long jump F11
			Women's shot put F32-34/52/53
			Men's 50 metre backstroke S2
			Men's shot put F53/54
			Women's 100 m T13

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	4	bgcolor=DCE5E5	5	bgcolor=FFDAB9	3	12
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	7	10
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	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
			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
			Men's 50 m freestyle S2 Men's 100 m freestyle S2 Men's 200 m freestyle S2 Men's 50 m backstroke S2
			Women's 400 m T13 Women's 200 m T13 Women's 100 m T13

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Women

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

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	L 0-14	L 1-6	L 1-5	4	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
Grigorios Polychronidis	Individual BC3	W 11-1	W 19-0	W 7-0	1 Q	W 6-3	W 4-1	L 2-3
Maria Stavropoulou	Individual BC3	L 1-9	L 3-5	L 2-11	4	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
Dimitrios Michos Grigorios Polychronidis Maria Stavropoulou	Pairs BC3	L 2-5	L 2-5	D 2-2	4	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Road

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

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ioannis Kalaitzakis	Individual pursuit (LC 1)	5:20.026	15			align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	1 km time trial (LC 1)					1:16.450	12

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Women

Powerlifting

See 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

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
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

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

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

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

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	align=center colspan="2"	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	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	S2 50 m freestyle	1:20.84	9	align=center colspan="2"	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	align=center colspan="2"	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	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	S7 100 m backstroke	1:21.52	10	align=center colspan="2"	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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Kalpakidou	S3 50 m freestyle	1:25.39	12	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
Maria Liaskou	S3 50 m freestyle	1:29.31	14	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

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	L 3-5 W 5-2 W 5-1 W 5-3 L 4-5 W 5-4	2 Q	L 12-15	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Emmanouil Bogdos	Épée B	W 5-4 L 3-5 L 4-5 W 5-2 L 2-5	5 Q	L 7-15	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

See also

• Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/145434#show-thumb . el:Ξεκινούν οι Αγώνες των δυνατών . www.sport-fm.gr . el . 2008-09-06 . 2008-09-07.