Cyprus at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCYP
NOCCyprus Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.org.cy (in Greek and English)
in Beijing
Competitors17 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Georgios Achilleos (opening)
Andri Eleftheriou (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cyprus sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis was ruled out of the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament due to a wrist injury [1] which brought the country's team to 17 athletes.[1]

Archery

Cyprus had qualified one archer in the women's competition.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Elena Mousikou Individual 589 56  Hayakawa (JPN) (9)
L 103–112		 Did not advance

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Kyriakos Ioannou High jump 2.25 18 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Eleni Artymata 200 m 23.58 4 Q 23.77 7 Did not advance
Alissa Kallinikou 400 m 52.40 5 — Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Anna Fitídou Pole vault 4.00 34 Did not advance
Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou Javelin throw 53.24 45 Did not advance
Paraskevi Theodorou Hammer throw 61.00 44 Did not advance

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Andreas Cariolou RS:X 7 17 14 10 11 17 11 19 14 10 EL 111 13
Pavlos Kontides Laser 8 7 24 14 5 12 14 29 35 CAN EL 113 13
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Gavriella Chatzidamianou RS:X 19 22 23 22 15 23 25 22 20 16 EL 182 21
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Haris Papadopoulos Finn 13 18 21 11 24 11 17 OCS CAN CAN EL 115 22

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Georgios Achilleos Skeet 119 5 Q 143 5
Antonis Nikolaidis 120 4 Q 144 S/O 2 4
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Andri Eleftheriou Skeet 67 7 Did not advance

Swimming

Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Natallia Hadjiloizou 100 m butterfly 1:01.80 45 Did not advance
Anna Stylianou 100 m freestyle 56.38 36 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:00.55 27 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Dimitris Minasidis Men's −69 kg 128 25 155 20 283 20

References

  1. 1 2 "Cyprus tennis man ruled out".
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