Cyprus at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Cyprus at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Cyprus.svg
IOC code CYP
NOC Cyprus Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.org.cy  (in Greek and English)
in London
Competitors13 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Marcos Baghdatis (opening)
Chrystalleni Trikomiti (closing)
Medals
Ranked 69th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cyprus competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.

Contents

Cyprus Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest team ever to the Games since 1988. A total of 13 athletes, 9 men and 4 women, competed in 7 sports. Skeet shooter Georgios Achilleos became the first Cypriot athlete to participate in four Olympic games. Professional tennis player and one-time Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, who did not compete in Beijing because of injury, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Cyprus left London with its first ever Olympic medal by sailor Pavlos Kontides, who won silver in the men's Laser event. [1]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pavlos Kontides Sailing Laser 6 August

Athletics

Cypriot athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): [2] [3]

Key
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Kyriakos Ioannou High jump 2.2612 q2.2013
Apostolos Parellis Discus throw 63.4813Did not advance
Constantinos Stathelakos Hammer throw 69.6533Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Eleni Artymata 200 m 23.096 q22.928Did not advance

Cycling

Cyprus has qualified the following cyclists for the Games.

Marios Athanasiadis in men's cross-country race MTB cycling 2012 Olympics M cross-country CYP Marios Athanasiadis.jpg
Marios Athanasiadis in men's cross-country race

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Marios Athanasiadis Men's cross-country 1:43:2540

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRank
Chrystalleni Trikomiti All-around 26.25526.25026.38026.665104.67519Did not advance

Sailing

Cyprus has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal Rank
12345678910M*
Andreas Carioulou RS:X 13261027113016121223EL15017
Pavlos Kontides Laser 941124127741059Silver medal icon.svg

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

Shooting

Cyprus has qualified for three quota places in shooting; [4]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Georgios Achilleos Skeet 11811Did not advance
Antonakis Andreou 11522Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Panayiota Andreou Skeet 5716Did not advance

Swimming

Swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [5] [6]

Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Anna Stylianou 200 m freestyle 2:01.8727Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Marcos Baghdatis Men's singles Flag of Japan.svg  Soeda  (JPN)
W 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Flag of France.svg  Gasquet  (FRA)
W 6–4, 6–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)
L 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Did not advance

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