Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	GRE
NPC	Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.gr
in Beijing
Competitors	69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Charalampos Taiganidis
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 5 Silver 9 Bronze 10 Total 24
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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[]

Multiple medallists[]

The following Greek athletes won multiple medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Events
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
	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[]

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
		475	24	(ESP) 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
		550	10	BYE	(MGL) W 90-85	Gao (CHN) 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
	Individual BC3	Pesquera (ESP) L 0-14	Kabush (CAN) L 1-6	(POR) L 1-5	4	Did not advance
Grigorios Polychronidis	Individual BC3	(CHN) W 11-1	(NZL) W 19-0	(THA) W 7-0	1 Q	Gauthier (CAN) W 6-3	Jeong (KOR) W 4-1	(KOR) L 2-3
	Individual BC3	Gauthier (CAN) L 1-9	(POR) L 3-5	Martin (ESP) L 2-11	4	Did not advance
Grigorios Polychronidis	Pairs BC3	Thailand (THA) L 2-5	Portugal (POR) L 2-5	New Zealand (NZL) D 2-2	4	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
		41:13.72	16
		2:02.21	29
		27:02.61	10
		50.09	6

Track[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Individual pursuit (LC 1)	5:20.026	15			Did not advance
						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
	+100 kg		(HUN) L 0001-1001	Did not advance		(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
	-57 kg		(ALG) L 0000-0010	Did not advance		Cete (TUR) W 1000-0010	Merenciano (ESP) L 0002-0010	Did not advance	5

Powerlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
	-75 kg	190.0 kg	7
Pavlos Mamalos	-82.50 kg	225.0 kg
		187.5 kg	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
		87.5 kg	7

Sailing[]

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
		15	13	9	3	13	14	7	14	12	8		79	13
		2	5	7	5	8	2	4	9	2	6	8	41	7

Shooting[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
		597	16	Did not advance
		597	14	Did not advance
		360	9	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		1:00.96	6 Q	1:01.40	7
		DSQ		Did not advance
		5:12.99	2 Q	5:05.91
		2:31.97	3 Q	2:23.63
		1:11.02	3 Q	1:04.85
		56.71	6 Q	54.47	4
		1:52.89	3 Q	1:45.72	4
				3:38.42	4
		49.87	2 Q	49.84	5
Charalampos Taiganidis		1:00.52	2 Q	59.20
		4:31.17	6 Q	4:23.59
		54.96	2 Q	53.37
		2:24.19	7 Q	2:16.95
		1:03.02	1 Q	59.85
Christos Tampaxis		2:53.19	10	Did not advance
		1:20.84	9	Did not advance
		56.04	5 Q	55.91	6
		1:40.63	9	Did not advance
		51.04	6 Q	51.15	6
		3:43.87	8 Q	3:40.20	8
		3:00.27	7 Q	2:57.99	7
		1:10.07	9	Did not advance
		1:21.52	10	Did not advance
		31.41	7 Q	31.01	5
				2:57.98	4

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		1:25.39	12	Did not advance
		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
		(FRA) 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
	Épée A	(KUW) L 3-5   (ITA) W 5-2   (THA) W 5-1   (ESP) W 5-3   (UKR) L 4-5   (FRA) W 5-4	2 Q	Betti (ITA) L 12-15	Did not advance
	Épée B	(KUW) W 5-4   (FRA) L 3-5   (USA) L 4-5   (RUS) W 5-2   (UKR) L 2-5	5 Q	(BLR) L 7-15	Did not advance

See also[]

• Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References[]

External links[]

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee