Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | GRE |
NPC | Hellenic Paralympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 69 in 11 sports |
Flag bearer | Charalampos Taiganidis |
Medals Ranked 20th |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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
[edit]Multiple medallists
[edit]The following Greek athletes won multiple medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games.
Name | Medal | Sport | Events |
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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 |
Archery
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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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 | ||
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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
[edit]Athlete | Event | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Rank | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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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 |
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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
[edit]Road
[edit]Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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 |
Powerlifting
[edit]- 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
[edit]Athlete | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Georgios Delikouras | 1P keelboat (2.4MR) | 13 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 79 | 13 | |||
Vasileios Christoforou Theodoros Alexas Nikolaos Paterakis |
3P keelboat (Sonar) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 7 |
Shooting
[edit]Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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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
[edit]- 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
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
[edit]- 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 |
Wheelchair fencing
[edit]- 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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ξεκινούν οι Αγώνες των δυνατών (in Greek). www.sport-fm.gr. 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-07.