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Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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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

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Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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

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Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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

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Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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

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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Dimitris Minasidis Men's −69 kg 128 25 155 20 283 20
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Cyprus tennis man ruled out".[permanent dead link]
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