2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Greece)

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Greece participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing with 156athletes nominatedby the Hellenic Olympic Committee , 72 women and 84 men.

Since 1896 it was the 26th participation of a Greek team in the Summer Olympics . This made Greece, along with Australia , France , Switzerland and the United Kingdom, one of the five nations that had taken part in all the Summer Olympics up to then.

Flag bearer

The judoka Ilias Iliadis carries the flag of Greece

The judoka Ilias Iliadis carried the flag of Greece during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium ; at the closing ceremony it was worn by the athlete Chrysopigi Devetzi .

Medals

With two won silver and a bronze medal, the Greek team was ranked 60 in the medal count .

sport				total
rowing	-	1	-	1
sailing	-	-	1	1
Taekwondo	-	1	-	1
total	-	2	1	3

Medalist

silver

• Dimitrios Mougios & Vasileios Polymeros : rowing , lightweight double sculls
• Alexandros Nikolaidis : Taekwondo , men over 80 kg

bronze

• Sofia Bekatorou , Virginia Kravarioti & Sofia Papadopoulou : Sailing , Yngling

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As the International Olympic Committee announced in November 2016, the Greek triple jumper Hrysopiyi Devetzi lost her bronze medal because she had stolen the precious metal with the help of doping.

Participants by sport

basketball

Men:

• Ioannis Bourousis
• Dimitrios Diamantidis
• Antonios Fotsis
• Andreas Glyniadakis
• Theodoros Papaloukas
• Michalis Pelekanos
• Georgios Printezis
• Sofoklis Schortsanitis
• Vasileios Spanoulis
• Konstantinos Tsartsaris
• Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
• Nikolaos Zisis

beach volleyball

Women:

• Vasiliki Arvaniti # 1
• Vasso Karantasiou # 1
• Efthalia Koutroumanidou # 2
• Maria Tsiartsiani # 2

Archery

Women:

• Evangelia Psarra (individual)
• Elpida Romantzi (individual)

Boxing

• Georgios Gazis (middleweight)
• Elias Pavlidis (heavyweight)

Weightlifting

Women:

• Victoria Mavridou (over 75 kg)

Men:

• Konstantinos Gkaripis (up to 94 kg)
• Anastasios Triantafyllou (up to 94 kg)
• Nikolaos Kourtidis (up to 105 kg)

Judo

Men:

• Lavrentios Alexanidis (up to 60 kg)
• Ilias Iliadis (up to 90 kg)
• Tariel Zintiridis (up to 66 kg)

canoe

Canoe race

Men:

• Andreas Kilingaridis (single Canadian 500 m, 1000 m)

Canoe slalom

Women:

• Maria Ferekidi (single kayak)

Men:

• Christos Tsakmakis (One-Canadian)

athletics

Women:

• Dimitra Dova (400 m)
• Konstandina Efendaki (1500 m)
• Eleni Donta (marathon)
• Flora Rentoumi (100 m hurdles)
• Irini Kokkinariou (3000 m obstacle)
• Evangelia Xinou (20 km walking)
• Athanasia Tsoumeleka (20 km walking)
• Despina Zapounidou (20 km walking)
• Antonia Stergiou (high jump)
• Afroditi Skafida (pole vault)
• Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (pole vault)
• Chrysopigi Devetzi (long jump; triple jump); Subsequently disqualified in 2016 for doping
• Athanasia Perra (triple jump)
• Irini Terzoglou (shot put)
• Dorothea Kalpakidou (discus throwing)
• Stiliani Papadopoulou (hammer throwing)
• Alexandra Papageorgiou (hammer throwing)
• Savva Lika (javelin throwing)
• Argyro Strataki ( Heptathlon )

Men:

• Konstandinos Douvalidis (110 m hurdles)
• Periklis Iakovakis (400 m hurdles)
• Konstandinos Stefanopoulos (50 km walking)
• Stelios Dimotsios (4 x 400 meter relay)
• Dimitrios Gravalos (4 x 400 meter relay)
• Pandeleimon Melachrouinoudis (4 x 400 meter relay)
• Konstandinos Anastasiou (4 x 400 meter relay)
• Konstandinos Baniotis (high jump)
• Louis Tsatoumas (long jump)
• Dimitris Tsiamis (triple jump)
• Michail Stamatogiannis (shot put)
• Alexandros Papadimitriou (hammer throwing)
• Jiannis Smalios (javelin throwing)

Modern pentathlon

Women:

• Angie Darby

Cycling

train

Men:

• Athanasios Mantzouranis (team sprint, Keirin)
• Vasileios Reppas (sprint, team sprint)
• Christos Volikakis (Keirin)
• Panagiotis Voukelatos (team sprint)

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Dimitra Kafalidou (group)
• Vasiliki Maniou (group)
• Olga Afroditi Pilaki (group)
• Paraskevi Plexida (group)
• Ioanna Samara (group)
• Nikoleta Tsagari (group)

Wrestling

Men:

• Emzarios Bentinidis (freestyle, up to 74 kg)
• Panagiotis Papadopoulos (Greco, up to 120 kg)
• Theodoros Tounousidis (Greco, up to 96 kg)

rowing

Women:

• Chrysi Biskitzi (easy double scull )
• Alexandra Tsiavou (easy double scull)

Men:

• Ioannis Christou (one)
• Dimitrios Mougios (Light Double Scull - Silver )
• Vasileios Polymeros (Light Double Scull - Silver )

shoot

Men:

• Georgios Salavantakis (Skeet)

swim

Women:

• Stella Boumi (200 m back)
• Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou (400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly)
• Angeliki Exarchou (200 m chest)
• Eirini Kavarnou (100 m butterfly)
• Eleni Kosti (100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle)
• Marianna Lymperta (10 km)
• Martha Matsa (50 m freestyle)

Men:

• Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis (100 m chest, 200 m chest, 200 m butterfly, 400 m medley)
• Dimitrios Chasiotis (200 m back)
• Vasileios Demetis (400 m medley , 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Spyridon Gianniotis (400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, 10 km)
• Ioannis Giannoulis (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Aristeidis Grigoriadis (100 m freestyle)
• Ioannis Kokkodis (200 m layers)
• Sotirios Pastras (100 m butterfly)
• Nikolaos Xylouris (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Andreas Zisimos (4 × 200 m freestyle)

sailing

Women:

• Sofia Bekatorou (Yngling - Bronze )
• Andonia-Athina Frai (windsurfing)
• Virginia Kravarioti (Yngling - Bronze )
• Eftychia Mantzaraki (Laser Radial)
• Sofia Papadopoulou (Yngling - Bronze )

Men:

• Evangelos Cheimonas (laser)
• Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (windsurfing)
• Andreas Kosmatopoulos (470s)
• Andreas Papadopoulos (470s)
• Emilios Papathanasiou (Finn)
• Iordanis Paschalidis (Tornado)
• Konstandinos Trigonis (Tornado)

Synchronized swimming

• Evanthia Makrygianni (duet)
• Despina Solomou (duet)

Taekwondo

Women:

• Kyriaki Kouvari (over 67 kg)
• Elisavet Mystakidou (up to 67 kg)

Men:

• Alexandros Nikolaidis (up to 80 kg) (silver )

tennis

Women:

• Eleni Daniilidou (singles, doubles)
• Anna Gerasimou (doubles)

Table tennis

Men:

• Panagiotis Gionis (individual, team)
• Kalinikos Kreanga (individual, team)
• Ntaniel Tsiokas (team)

Triathlon

Women:

• Nteniz Marina Dimaki

do gymnastics

Women:

• Stefani Bismpikou ( All-Around Individual)

Men:

• Vlasios Maras ( All-Around Individual)

Water polo

Women:

• Alexandra Asimaki
• Stavroula Andonakou
• Georgia Ellinaki
• Angeliki Gerolymou
• Sofia Iosifidou
• Stavroula Kozompoli
• Georgia Lara
• Kyriaki Liosi
• Evangelia Moraitidou
• Aikaterina Oikonomopoulou
• Antigoni Roubessi
• Christina Tsoukala
• Maria Tsouri

Men:

• Christos Afroudakis
• Georgios Afroudakis
• Nikolaos Deligiannis
• Konstandinos Kokkinakis
• Dimitrios Mazis
• Dimitrios Miteloudis
• Emmanouil Mylonakis
• Georgios Dosekas
• Georgios Reppas
• Anastasios Schizas
• Argyris Theodoropoulos
• Ioannis Thomakos
• Andonios Vlondakis

Diving

• Eftychia Pappa-Papavasilopoulou (diving)

Web links

• National Olympic Committee website (Greek)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2008 Summer Olympics. Another 16 athletes tested positive. www.spiegel.de from November 18, 2016; accessed on November 28, 2016.