Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Template:Infobox country at games 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. 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
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S13
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S2
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S13
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's shot put F40
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke S1
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S2
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's 400 m T13
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's long jump F13
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Boccia	Mixed individual BC3
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly S13
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM13
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Powerlifting	Men's 82.50 kg
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke S1
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S13
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle S2
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 400 m T13
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S13
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's shot put F57/58
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 200 m T13
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's long jump F11
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's shot put F32-34/52/53
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke S2
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's shot put F53/54
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 100 m T13

Medals by sport
Sport	Template:Gold01	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	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
	File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver File:Bronze medal icon.svg 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
	File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze File:Bronze medal icon.svg 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
	File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze File:Bronze medal icon.svg 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	Template:FlagIPCathlete 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	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 90-85	Template:FlagIPCathlete 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	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-14	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-6	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-5	4	did not advance
Grigorios Polychronidis	Individual BC3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 11-1	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 19-0	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 7-0	1 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 6-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 4-1	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 2-3	File:Silver medal icon.svg
Maria Stavropoulou	Individual BC3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-9	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 3-5	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 2-11	4	did not advance
Dimitrios Michos Grigorios Polychronidis Maria Stavropoulou	Pairs BC3	Template:FlagIPCteam L 2-5	Template:FlagIPCteam L 2-5	Template:FlagIPCteam D 2-2	4	did not advance

Cycling

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			did not advance
	1 km time trial (LC 1)					1:16.450	12

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		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0001-1001	did not advance		Template:FlagIPCathlete 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		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-0010	did not advance		Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1000-0010	Template:FlagIPCathlete 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	File:Silver medal icon.svg
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

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

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

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	File:Bronze medal icon.svg
	S2 100 m freestyle	2:31.97	3 Q	2:23.63	File:Silver medal icon.svg
	S2 50 m freestyle	1:11.02	3 Q	1:04.85	File:Gold medal icon.svg
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	File:Silver medal icon.svg
	S13 400 m freestyle	4:31.17	6 Q	4:23.59	File:Bronze medal icon.svg
	S13 100 m freestyle	54.96	2 Q	53.37	File:Gold medal icon.svg
	SM13 200 m individual medley	2:24.19	7 Q	2:16.95	File:Silver medal icon.svg
	S13 100 m backstroke	1:03.02	1 Q	59.85	File:Gold medal icon.svg
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

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		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

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	Template:FlagIOCathlete 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	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 3-5 Template:FlagIPCathlete W 5-2 Template:FlagIPCathlete W 5-1 Template:FlagIPCathlete W 5-3 Template:FlagIPCathlete L 4-5 Template:FlagIPCathlete W 5-4	2 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 12-15	did not advance
Emmanouil Bogdos	Épée B	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 5-4 Template:FlagIPCathlete L 3-5 Template:FlagIPCathlete L 4-5 Template:FlagIPCathlete W 5-2 Template:FlagIPCathlete L 2-5	5 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 7-15	did not advance

See also

• Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee