| Cyprus at the 2013 Mediterranean Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | CYP |
| NOC | Cyprus Olympic Committee |
| in Mersin | |
| Competitors | 5 in 3 sports |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
|
| Mediterranean Games appearances | |
Cyprus competed at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey from the 20th to 30 June 2013.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eleni Artymata | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
| Nektaria Panagi | Athletics | Women's long jump |
 | Skevi Andreou , Ramona Papanioannou , Demetra Kyriakidou , Eleni Artymata | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres |
| Georgios Achilleos | Shooting | Skeet individual |
 | Eleni Artymata | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Anna Ioannou | Rowing | Women's lightweight single sculls |
| Kyriaki Kouttouki | Taekwando | Women's flyweight (49 kg) |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Aristotelis Ioannou Omiros Antoniou | Lightweight double sculls | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anna Ioannou | Lightweight single sculls | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Haris Papadopoulos | Laser | |||||||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lefkios Xanthou | 100 m breaststroke | ||||
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