Greece at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

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Greece at the
1980 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code GRE
NPC Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.gr
in Arnhem
Competitors7
Medals
Ranked 38th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Greece competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands. 7 competitors from Greece won a single bronze medal and finished joint 38th in the medal table with Luxembourg and Malta. [1]

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Medalists

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Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze George Mouzakis Athletics Men's 60 m 1B

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References

  1. "Greece - National Paralympic Committee". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-14.