Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Greece took at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing for the 26th time at a Summer Olympic tournament. Overall, the Hellenic Olympic Committee nominated 159 athletes. Flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the judoka Ilias Iliadis. Traditionally marched Greece as Erstausrichter the Olympic Games as a first team.
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Medalist
Participants per 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:
- Vassiliki Arvaniti # 1
- Vasso Karantasiou # 1
- Efthalia Koutroumanidou # 2
- Maria Tsiartsiani # 2
Archery
Women:
- Evangelia Psarra (Single)
- Elpida Romantzi (Single)
Boxing
- Georgios Gazis ( middleweight)
- Elias Pavlidis ( heavyweight)
Weightlifting
Women:
- Victoria Mavridou (over 75 kg)
Men:
- Konstantinos Gkaripis ( to 94 kg)
- Anastasios Triantafillou ( to 94 kg)
- Nikolaos Kourtidis ( to 105 kg)
Judo
Men:
- Lavrentios Alexanidis (up to 60 kg)
- Ilias Iliadis (up to 90 kg)
- Tariel Zintiridis ( to 66 kg)
Canoe
Canoe races
Men:
- Andreas Kiligkaridis ( One - Canadians 500 m, 1000 m )
Canoe Slalom
Women:
- Maria Ferekidi ( One - kayak)
Men:
- Christos Tsakmakis ( One - Canadians )
Athletics
Women:
- Chrysopigi Devetzi ( triple jump - bronze, long jump)
- Eleni Donta (Marathon )
- Konstantina Efentaki (1500 m)
- Dorothea Kalpakidou ( discus throw )
- Irini Kokkinariou ( 3000m steeplechase )
- Savva Lika ( javelin )
- Dimitra Ntova (400 m)
- Stiliani Papadopoulou ( hammer throw )
- Alexandra Papageorgiou ( hammer throw )
- Athanasia Perra ( triple jump )
- Flora Rentoumi ( 100m hurdles )
- Afroditi Skafida ( pole vault )
- Antonia Stergiou ( high jump )
- Argyro Strataki ( heptathlon )
- Eirini Chrysovalantou Terzoglou ( shot put )
- Athanasia Tsoumeleka (20 km walk )
- Evaggelia Xinou (20 km walk )
- Despina Zapounidou (20 km walk )
Men:
- Konstantinos Baniotis ( high jump )
- Konstantinos Douvalidis ( 110m hurdles )
- Periklis Iakovakis ( 400m hurdles )
- Alexandros Papadimitriou ( hammer throw )
- Ioannis Georgios Smalios ( javelin )
- Mikhail Stamatogiannis ( shot put )
- Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (50 km walk )
- Louis Tsatoumas (long jump )
- Dimitrios Tsiamis ( triple jump )
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 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, to 74 kg)
- Panagiotis Papadopoulos ( Greco, up to 120 kg )
- Theodoros Tounousidis ( Greco, to 96 kg)
Rowing
Women:
- Chrissi Biskitzi ( Light Double Sculls )
- Alexandra Tsiavou ( Light Double Sculls )
Men:
- Ioannis Christou ( One )
- Dimitrios Mougios ( Light Double Sculls - Silver)
- Vasileios Polymeros ( Light Double Sculls - Silver)
Men:
- Georgios Salavantakis ( Skeet )
Swimming
Women:
- Stella Boumi ( 200m backstroke )
- Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou (400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly )
- Angeliki Exarchou (200 m breaststroke )
- Eirini Kavarnou ( 100m butterfly )
- Eleni Kosti (100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle )
- Marianna Lymperta (10 miles)
- Martha Matsa ( 50m freestyle )
Men:
- Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis ( 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, 400 m medley )
- Dimitrios Chasiotis ( 200m backstroke )
- Vasileios Demetis (400 m medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle )
- Spyridon Gianniotis ( 400m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 10 km)
- Ioannis Giannoulis (4 × 200 m freestyle )
- Aristeidis Grigoriadis (100 m freestyle )
- Ioannis Kokkodis ( 200m individual medley )
- Sotirios Pastras ( 100m butterfly )
- Nikolaos Xylouris (4 × 200 m freestyle )
- Andreas Zisimos (4 × 200 m freestyle )
Sailing
Women:
- Sofia Bekatorou ( Yngling - Bronze)
- Athena frai ( windsurfing)
- Virginia Kravarioti ( Yngling - Bronze)
- Eftychia Mantzaraki (Laser Radial)
- Sofia Papadopoulou ( Yngling - Bronze)
Men:
- Evangelos Cheimonas (laser )
- Nikolaos Kaklamanakis ( windsurfing)
- Andreas Kosmatopoulos ( 470 )
- Andreas Papadopoulos ( 470 )
- Emilio Papathanasiou ( Finn )
- Iordanis Paschalidis ( Tornado )
- Konstantinos Trigonis ( Tornado )
Synchronized swimming
- Evanthia Makrygianni ( duet )
- Despina Solomou ( duet )
Taekwondo
Women:
- Kyriaki Kouvari ( over 67 kg)
- Elisavet Mystakidou ( to 67 kg)
Men:
- Alexandros Nikolaidis (up to 80 kg) ( Silver)
Tennis
Women:
- Eleni Daniilidou (single, double )
- Anna Gerasimou (Double)
Table tennis
Men:
- Panagiotis Gionis (individual, team)
- Kalinikos Kreanga (individual, team)
- Ntaniel Tsiokas ( team)
Triathlon
Women:
- Nteniz Marina Dimaki
Gymnastics
Women:
- Stefani Bismpikou ( Mehrkampf Single)
Men:
- Vlassios Maras ( Mehrkampf Single)
Water polo
Women:
- Alexandra Asimaki
- Stavroula Antonakou
- Georgia Ellinaki
- Angeliki Gerolymou
- Sofia Iosifidou
- Stavroula Kozompoli
- Georgia Lara
- Kyriaki Liosi
- Evangelia Moraitidou
- Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou
- Antigoni Roumpesi
- Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala
- Maria Tsouri
Men:
- Christos Afroudakis
- Georgios Afroudakis
- Nikolaos Deligiannis
- Konstantinos Kokkinakis
- Dimitrios Mace
- Dimitrios Miteloudis
- Emmanouil Mylonakis
- Georgios Ntosekas
- Georgios Reppas
- Anastasios Schizas
- Argyris Theodoropoulos
- Ioannis Thomakos
- Antonios Vlontakis
Diving
- Eftychia Poppa Papavasilopoulou ( diving )