Greece at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:GRE
Country:Greece
Year:2024
Games:Summer Paralympics
Games Link:2024 Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:Flag of Greece
Npcname:Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:37[1]
Sports:10
Flagbearer Open:Theodora Paschalidou
Manolis Stefanoudakis
Flagbearer Close:Alexandra Stamatopoulou
Antonios Tsapatakis
Rank:33
Gold:3
Silver:3
Bronze:7
Appearances:auto

Greece competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, that took place from 28 August to 8 September. The Greek team won 13 medals all together. Three of them gold medals, three silver and seven bronze medals. Another notable achievement were the back-to-back win by Nasos Gavelas, the first Greek to do it and Grigoris Polychronidis who won his 7th medal in the BC3 category of boccia .[2] [3]

Medalists

See main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Athanasios KonstantinidisAthleticsMen's shot put F32
Athanasios Ghavelas
Guide: Ioannis Nyfantopoulos		AthleticsMen's 100 m T115 September
Alexandra StamatopoulouSwimmingWomen's 50 m backststroke S47 September
Lazaros StefanidisAthleticsMen's shot put F32

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Archery0 1 1
Athletics11 3 14
Boccia1 2 3
Cycling1 0 1
Equestrian1 0 1
Judo0 2 2
Powerlifting2 0 2
Shooting2 0 2
Swimming6 3 9
Taekwondo0 2 2
Total 24 13 37

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Greek track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Men's track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Athanasios Ghavelas
Guide: Ioannis Nyfantopoulos		Men's 100 m T1111.161 Q11.081 Q11.02 SB
Michail SeitisMen's 200 m T6423.32 7 q23.155
Stylianos MalakopoulosMen's 400 m T6252.76 PB7
Men's field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Athanasios ProdromouMen's long jump T206.957
Efstratios NikolaidisMen's shot put F2015.66 SB7
Grigorios NtislisMen's discus throw F5211.8910 [4]
Athanasios KonstantinidisMen's shot put F3211.92 AR
Men's club throw F3238.65 PB
Dimitrios ZisidisMen's shot put F328.886
Men's club throw F3223.909
Lazaros StefanidisMen's shot put F329.84
Men's club throw F3236.875
Stylianos MalakopoulosMen's long jump T646.817
Manolis StefanoudakisMen's javelin throw F5430.13
Konstantinos TzounisMen's discus throw F5641.32
Women's track & road events
Women's field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Zoi MantoudiShot put F2013.20 SB9
Tania KeramydaJavelin throw F5621.964

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Greece entered two athletes into the Paralympics games in the BC3, by winning the silver medal in the mixed pairs event for BC3, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Coimbra, Portugal.

AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Grigorios PolychronidisMen's individual BC3
W 5–2
W 9–0
L 1–4		1 Q
W 4–1
L 1–6
W 4*–4
Anna NtentaWomen's individual BC3
L 2–8
L 0–8
W 5–4		39
Chrysi Morfi MetzouWomen's individual BC4
W 5–4
W 7–0
L 3–10		2 Q
L 0–7		5
Grigorios Polychronidis
Anna Ntenta		Mixed pairs BC3
W 10–0
W 4–1		1 Q
L 4–5		5

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Greece sent one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[5]

AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
align=left rowspan=2Nikolaos PapagelisMen's road race C1-31:56:0814
Men's time trial C220:12.324

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Greece entered two para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.

Individual

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Men
AthleteEventAttemptResultRank
123
Dimitrios Bakochristos−54 kg1661691701707
Paschalis Kouloumoglou−59 kg176181 x1811816

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Theodora Paschalidou and Emmanouella Masourou have qualified for the Games.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Theodora PaschalidouWomen's 70 kg J1
W 10–00
L 1–10
W 10–00
Emmanouela MasourouWomen's 48 kg J1
L 10–00
W 10–00
L 00–10		5

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Greece entered one para-shooter after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.[6]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Sotirios GalogavrosR1 Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1620.45 Q120.58
R7 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1115010
Mixed
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Sotirios GalogavrosR6 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH161816colspan=2
align=left rowspan=2Panagiotis GiannoukarisR4 Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2625.224colspan=2
R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2618.436

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Greece secured one quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
align=left rowspan=2Dimitrios KarypidisMen's 50m backstroke S11:31.505
Men's 100m backstroke S13:18.094
align=left rowspan=2Nikolaos KontouMen's 50m backstroke S11:37.486
Men's 100m backstroke S13:49.315
align=left rowspan=4Ioannis KostakisMen's 50m freestyle S31:02.3214colspan=2
Men's 200m freestyle S34:35.6112colspan=2
Men's 50m breaststroke SB21:14.007
Men's 150m individual medley SM33:47.1612 colspan=2
align=left rowspan=3Alexandros-Stylianos LergiosMen's 50m freestyle S538.0012colspan=2
Men's 100m freestyle S51:23.0111colspan=2
Men's 50m butterfly S540.5611colspan=2
align=left rowspan=3Dimosthenis MichalentzakisMen's 100 m freestyle S859.444 Q59.756
Men's 100 m butterfly S81:06.637 Q
Men's 200 m individual medley SM82:30.516 Q2:25.974
Antonios TsapatakisMen's 100 m breaststroke SB41:37.002 Q1:36.16
Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
align=left rowspan=2Areti Aravela Spyridou50 m backstroke S21:46.04 PB10colspan=2
100 m backstroke S23:45.65 PB10colspan=2
align=left rowspan=2Alexandra Stamatopoulou50m backstroke S450.12
50m freestyle S447.7310colspan=2
align=left rowspan=2Maria Tziveleki200 m individual medley SM54:17.3913colspan=2
200 m freestyle S53:28.19 PB15
Mixed
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Alexandros-Stylianos Lergios, Antonios Tsapatakis
Alexandra Stamatopoulou, Maria Tziveleki		Mixed relay 4 x 50 m
freestyle 20pts		2:52.599colspan=2
Alexandra Stamatopoulou, Antonios Tsapatakis
Alexandros-Stylianos Lergios, Maria Tziveleki		Mixed relay 4 x 50 m
medley 20pts		3:03.989

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Greece entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Eleni Papastamatopoulou qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of her gold medal results in women's +65 kg classes, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7]

AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Eleni PapastamatopoulouWomen's +65 kg
  W 24-7  
L 5-12  
W 11-7  
W 36-9  
Christina GkentzouWomen's 65 kg
W 22-0  
L 7-11  
W 23-2  
W 14-4  

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Παραολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2024: Αναχώρησε για το Παρίσι η ελληνική Παραολυμπιακή ομάδα . 21 August 2024 .
  2. Web site: 2024-09-08 . Greece secured 13 medals at the Paris Paralympics, including three golds . 2024-09-16 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
  3. Web site: 2024-09-01 . Boccia legend Polychronidis earns his seventh Paralympics medal eKathimerini.com . 2024-09-16 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
  4. https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-athletics/men-s-discus-throw---f52/fnl-000100--
  5. Web site: 31 December 2022. Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation. UCI.
  6. Web site: Quota Allocation after New Delhi. 14 May 2024. Paralympics. 14 May 2024.
  7. Web site: European Qualification Tournament for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games – Results. European Taekwondo Union. 8 March 2024. 9 March 2024.

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