Greece at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Greece at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	GRE
NPC	Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.gr
in Athens
Competitors	124 in 17 sports
Flag bearer
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 3 Silver 13 Bronze 4 Total 20
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Greece competed as the host nation of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 124 athletes, 107 men and 17 women.^[1] Competitors from Greece won 20 medals, including 3 gold, 13 silver and 4 bronze to finish 34th in the medal table.^[2]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Charalampos Taiganidis	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S13
Gold	Charalampos Taiganidis	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly S13
Gold	Christos Tampaxis	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke S1
Silver	Christos Tampaxis	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S1
Silver	Christos Tampaxis	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S1
Silver	Anthi Karagianni	Athletics	Women's 100 m T13
Silver	Anthi Karagianni	Athletics	Women's 400 m T13
Silver	Anthi Karagianni	Athletics	Women's long jump F13
Silver		Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S8
Silver		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S8
Silver		Swimming	Women's 50 m backstroke S2
Silver		Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle S2
Silver	Charalampos Taiganidis	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S13
Silver	Georgios Karaminas	Athletics	Men's shot put F52
Silver	Efthymios Kalaras	Athletics	Men's discus throw F54
Silver		Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke S1
Bronze	Christos Angourakis	Athletics	Men's shot put F53
Bronze	Paraskevi Kantza	Athletics	Women's 100 m T11
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke S2
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S3

Sports[]

Archery[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
	Men's individual standing	469	22	(UKR) L 116-147	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
	Women's individual standing	549	7	N/A	(POL) W 130-128	(CHN) L 91-101	Did not advance

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Athanasios Barakas	T11	100m	12.56	19	Did not advance
	T36	100m	12.78	5 Q	N/A		12.64	4
		200m	N/A				26.06	5
	T38	100m	11.89	5 Q	N/A		11.70	4
		200m	24.03	5 q	N/A		23.61	5
Ioannis Protos	T13	100m	11.31	6 q	N/A		11.35	6
		200m	22.71	4 Q	N/A		23.24	4
	T11	Marathon	N/A				3:47:11	12
	T11	Marathon	N/A				3:49:26	13
	T12	100m	11.40	10 q	11.32	8 B	11.27	2
		200m	23.70	18	Did not advance
	T11	Marathon	N/A				3:44:39	11
Ioannis Protos	T11-13	4 × 100 m relay	DNS		Did not advance

Men's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
	F11	Long jump	5.85	-	6
		Triple jump	12.35	-	5
	F36	Shot put	8.98	-	8
Christos Angourakis	F52-53	Javelin	15.99	835	14
	F53	Shot put	7.65	-
	F56	Shot put	10.34	-	8
	F33-34	Discus	16.86	-	9
		Shot put	9.10	846	5
Athanasios Barakas	F11	Long jump	5.87	-	5
		Triple jump	11.39	-	8
	F52	Shot put	7.30	-	7
	F42	Discus	33.60	-	8
		Shot put	12.42	-	4
	F52	Shot put	7.90	-	6
Efthymios Kalaras	F54	Discus	28.07	-
Georgios Karaminas	F52	Shot put	8.51	-
	F52-53	Javelin	14.46	905	10
	F11	Javelin	DNS
		Shot put	11.65	-	5
	F33-34	Shot put	9.06	944	6
	F56	Shot put	11.05	-	5
	F44/46	Shot put	13.26	912	8
	F55	Discus	30.53	-	5
	F44/46	Shot put	14.27	982	5
	F44/46	High jump	1.80	-	6
	F46	Triple jump	12.41	-	8
	F52-53	Javelin	17.67	922	8
	F53	Shot put	7.48	-	4

Women's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paraskevi Kantza	T11	100m	13.33	4 q	13.32	4 q	13.34
		200m	28.57	5 Q	27.48	4 q	27.29	4
Anthi Karagianni	T13	100m	N/A				12.87
		400m	N/A				1:00.13
	T36	100m	N/A				15.78	6
		200m	N/A				32.90	5

Women's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Anthi Karagianni	F13	Long jump	5.29	-

Boccia[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed individual BC2	Murray (GBR)	DNS	4	Did not advance
		(IRL)	DNS
		(NOR)	L 2-5
Grigorios Polychronidis	Mixed individual BC3	(USA)	W 3-2	2 Q	(POR) L 1-6	Did not advance
		(POR)	W 7-2
		(IRL)	W 4-1
		(CZE)	L 4-5
	Mixed individual BC4	(POR)	L 1-10	5	Did not advance
		(HUN)	L 1-7
		(ESP)	L 2-5
		(HUN)	L 1-7
		Dueso (ESP)	L 1-10	3	Did not advance
		(POR)	L 3-10
		(CAN)	W 4-3
		(ARG)	W 9-1

Cycling[]

Men's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race/time trial LC1	DNF
	Men's road race/time trial LC2	-	14
(pilot)	Men's road race/time trial tandem B1-3	-	21

Men's track[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:22.35	34
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	6:12.32	13	Did not advance
	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:26.00	35
	Men's individual pursuit LC2	DSQ		Did not advance
(pilot)	Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3	N/A				1:16.71	19
	Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3	5:29.86	18	Did not advance
	Men's sprint tandem B1-3	12.730	12	Did not advance

Equestrian[]

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
	Mixed individual championship test grade III	60.160	15
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade III	61.278	14

Football 5-a-side[]

The men's football 5-a-side team didn't win any medals, they defeated by Spain in the bronze medal match.

Players[]

Tournament[]

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Greece vs.  Brazil (BRA)	0 - 4	4
2	Greece vs.  Argentina (ARG)	1 - 2
3	Greece vs.  Spain (ESP)	0 - 0
4	Greece vs.  France (FRA)	2 - 2
5	Greece vs.  South Korea (KOR)	3 - 1
Bronze medal final	Greece vs.  Spain (ESP)	0 - 2	4

Goalball[]

The men's goalball team didn't win any medals, they were 12th out of 12 teams.

Players[]

Men's tournament[]

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Greece vs.  Denmark (DEN)	3 - 10	6
2	Greece vs.  Sweden (SWE)	5 - 10
3	Greece vs.  United States (USA)	1 - 11
4	Greece vs.  Canada (CAN)	5 - 13
5	Greece vs.  Germany (GER)	3 - 13
11th/12th classification	Greece vs.  Slovenia (SLO)	2 - 12	12

The women's goalball team didn't win any medals, they were knocked out in the preliminaries.

Players[]

Women's tournament[]

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Greece vs.  Canada (CAN)	0 - 8	8
2	Greece vs.  United States (USA)	0 - 3
3	Greece vs.  Japan (JPN)	1 - 2
4	Greece vs.  Finland (FIN)	0 - 4
5	Greece vs.  Netherlands (NED)	1 - 6
6	Greece vs.  Germany (GER)	0 - 2
7	Greece vs.  Brazil (BRA)	0 - 1

Judo[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Men's 100kg	N/A	Szott (USA) L 0010H-1000C	N/A	(JPN) W 1001S-0001S	(FRA) L 0101K-0110S	Did not advance
	Men's 66kg	Garcia del Valle (ESP) L 0000–1010	N/A		(KOR) L 0000-0010	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Women's 57kg	N/A	Payno (ESP) L 0000-1000	N/A	Buzmakova (RUS) L 0000-1000
	Women's 48kg	Medjeded (FRA) L 0001–1100	N/A	(CHN) L 0000-0220	Did not advance

Powerlifting[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	82.5kg	190.0	7
	100kg	160.0	13
	90kg	150.0	13
	67.5kg	165.0	6
Pavlos Mamalos	90kg	207.5	6
	60kg	165.0	4

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	67.5kg	85.0	5

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	588	25	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	590	16	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	355	18	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	S8	50m freestyle	27.97	2 Q	27.54
		100m freestyle	1:01.74	2 Q	1:00.37
		400m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
		100m butterfly	DSQ		Did not advance
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:22.69	7 Q	1:23.72	7
	S2	50m freestyle	1:14.28	5 Q	1:14.41	5
		100m freestyle	2:52.56	9	Did not advance
		200m freestyle	5:43.88	6 Q	5:49.36	8
		50m backstroke	1:17.98	7 Q	1:11.46
	S2	50m freestyle	1:22.69	11	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	3:16.24	12	Did not advance
		50m backstroke	1:24.43	11	Did not advance
	S3	50m freestyle	55.42	7 Q	54.40	7
		100m freestyle	1:55.41	2 Q	1:55.79
		200m freestyle	4:08.87	2 Q	4:08.07	4
	SB2	50m breaststroke	1:14.53	8 Q	1:11.42	7
	SM3	150m individual medley	3:46.83	8 Q	3:39.78	8
	S2	50m freestyle	1:26.28	12	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	3:00.09	11	Did not advance
		200m freestyle	5:55.40	8 Q	5:42.32	7
		50m backstroke	1:21.99	10	Did not advance
	S3	50m backstroke	1:13.63	10	Did not advance
	SB2	50m breaststroke	1:24.26	9	Did not advance
Charalampos Taiganidis	S13	50m freestyle	24.90	1 Q	24.97
		100m backstroke	1:03.43 WR	1 Q	1:03.98
		100m butterfly	1:01.36	1 Q	1:01.50
Christos Tampaxis	S1	50m freestyle	N/A		1:31.00
		100m freestyle	N/A		2:56.64
		50m backstroke	N/A		1:22.20 PR
	S1	50m freestyle	N/A		1:55.91	5
		100m freestyle	N/A		3:48.41	4
		50m backstroke	N/A		1:42.34
	S4	200m freestyle	3:46.12	10	Did not advance
		50m backstroke	55.08	10	Did not advance
	S4	50m freestyle	44.77	7 Q	44.87	8
		100m freestyle	1:46.95	10	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	S2	50m freestyle	N/A		1:28.70
		100m freestyle	N/A		3:19.24	4
		50m backstroke	N/A		1:28.30

Table tennis[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's singles 5	Robles (ESP) L 0-3	Bolldén (SWE) L 0-3	(RSA) L 0-3	4	Did not advance
	Men's singles 6	Arnold (GER) L 1-3	(EGY) L 2-3	(NED) L 1-3	4	Did not advance
	Men's singles 3	File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Kesler (SCG) L 0–3	Kramminger (AUT) L 0–3	(CZE) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
	Men's teams 5	Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 0-3	Sweden (SWE) L 0-3	N/A	3	Did not advance

Volleyball[]

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals, they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players[]

Men's tournament[]

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Greece vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0 - 3	4
2	Greece vs.  Egypt (EGY)	0 - 3
3	Greece vs.  United States (USA)	1 - 3
Quarterfinals	Greece vs.  Iran (IRI)	0 - 3	L
Semifinals	Greece vs.  Finland (FIN)	0 - 3	L
7th/8th classification	Greece vs.  Japan (JPN)	1 - 3	8

Wheelchair basketball[]

The men's team didn't any medals, they were 12th out of 12 teams.

Players[]

Men's tournament[]

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Greece vs.  Netherlands (NED)	34 - 95	6
2	Greece vs.  United States (USA)	27 - 85
3	Greece vs.  Germany (GER)	39 - 101
4	Greece vs.  Japan (JPN)	32 - 73
5	Greece vs.  Iran (IRI)	33 - 81
11th/12th classification	Greece vs.  France (FRA)	55 - 78	12

Wheelchair fencing[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's foil B	(POL)	L 0-5	5	Did not advance
		(FRA)	L 2-5
		Moreno (USA)	L 0-5
		Sarri (ITA)	L 0-5
	Men's sabre B	(POL)	L 2-5	6 Q	Szekeres (HUN) L 7-15	Did not advance
		Durand (FRA)	L 3-5
		(GER)	L 2-5
		Szekeres (HUN)	L 1-5
		(GBR)	L 1-5
		(USA)	W 5-1
	Men's épée A	(KUW)	L 1–5	6	Did not advance
		(GER)	L 2-5
		(POL)	L 2-5
		(HKG)	L 1-5
		(FRA)	L 1-5
		(ESP)	W 5-4
	Men's foil A	Pender (POL)	L 2-5	4 Q	Fung (HKG) L 0-15	Did not advance
		(HKG)	L 0-5
		Citerne (FRA)	W 5-4
		Rodriguez (USA)	W 5-4

Wheelchair tennis[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	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
	Open	Men's singles	Bonaccurso (AUS) L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance

See also[]

• Greece at the Paralympics
• Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References[]