Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CYP
NOC	Cyprus Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.cy  (in Greek and English)
in Athens
Competitors	20 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Georgios Achilleos [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Cyprus was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the Cyprus Olympic Committee.

In total, 20 athletes including 13 men and seven women represented Cyprus in seven different sports including athletics, cycling, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming and tennis.

Competitors

In total, 20 athletes represented Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across seven different sports. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	4	7
Cycling	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1
Sailing	2	1	3
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	4	1	5
Tennis	1	0	1
Total	13	7	20

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, seven Cypriot athletes participated in the athletics events – Anna Fitidou in the women's pole vault, Marilia Gregoriou in the women's 200 m, Kyriakos Ioannou in the men's high jump, Prodromos Katsantonis in the men's 100 m, Anninos Marcoullides in the men's 200 m, Androula Sialou in the women's 400 m hurdles and Eleni Teloni in the women's hammer throw. ^[2]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Prodromos Katsantonis	100 m	10.50	5	Did not advance
Anninos Marcoullides	200 m	23.94	7	Did not advance

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
Marilia Gregoriou	200 m	23.23	4 Q	23.65	7	Did not advance
Androula Sialou	400 m hurdles	55.02	4 q	—		1:05.72	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Anna Fitidou	Pole vault	4.15	=24	Did not advance
Eleni Teloni	Hammer throw	NM	—	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, one Cypriot athlete participated in the cycling events – Elina Sofocleous in the women's cross-country. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Elina Sofocleous	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	24

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, one Cypriot athlete participated in the judo events – Christodoulos Christodoulides in the men's −73 kg category. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Christodoulos Christodoulides	Men's −73 kg	Neto  (POR) L 0010–0011	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, three Cypriot athletes participated in the sailing events – Andreas Cariolou in the men's mistral, Gabriella Hadjidamianou in the women's mistral and Haris Papadopoulos in the laser. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Andreas Cariolou	Mistral	3	21	6	20	7	18	13	11	24	16	21	136	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Gabriella Hadjidamianou	Mistral	21	DNF	18	23	16	19	19	17	22	23	17	195	21

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Haris Papadopoulos	Laser	25	DNS	27	9	OCS	16	7	10	30	38	39	244	28

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, two Cypriot athletes participated in the shooting events – Georgios Achilleos and Antonis Nikolaidis in the men's skeet. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Georgios Achilleos	Skeet	121	=9	Did not advance
Antonis Nikolaidis		119	=21	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, five Cypriot athletes participated in the swimming events – Alexandros Aresti in the men's 100 m freestyle and the men's 200 m freestyle, Georgios Dimitriadis in the men's 200 m individual medley, Kyriakos Dimosthenous in the men's 100 m breaststroke, Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou in the men's 50 m freestyle and Maria Papadopoulou in the women's 100 m butterfly. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexandros Aresti	100 m freestyle	51.10	38	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:53.90	44	Did not advance
Georgios Dimitriadis	200 m individual medley	2:12.27	48	Did not advance
Kyriakos Dimosthenous	100 m breaststroke	1:05.54	46	Did not advance
Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou	50 m freestyle	23.51	45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Papadopoulou	100 m butterfly	1:02.01	29	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In total, one Cypriot athletes participated in the tennis events – Marcos Baghdatis in the men's singles. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marcos Baghdatis	Men's singles	Carraz  (FRA) W 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 7–5	Kiefer  (GER) L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance

See also

• Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Cyprus at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

References

1. Savva, Gregoris (16 August 2004). "Cyprus Receives Warm Welcome in Olympic Games Opening Ceremony". Greek News Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
2. "Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Cyprus Olympic Committee