Cyprus at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Cyprus at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Cyprus.svg
IOC code CYP
NOC Cyprus Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.org.cy  (in Greek and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors15 in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Andri Eleftheriou
Pavlos Kontides
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cyprus competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 213
Cycling 011
Gymnastics 101
Sailing 224
Shooting 314
Swimming 112
Total9615

Athletics

Cypriot athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [2] [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Milan Trajkovic Men's 110 m hurdles 13.59 SB4 Q14.018did not advance
Eleni Artymata Women's 400 m 51.915 q50.80 NR 5did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Apostolos Parellis Men's discus throw 62.11 SB17did not advance

Cycling

Road

Cyprus entered one rider to compete in the women's Olympic road race, by virtue of her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. [4]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Antri Christoforou Women's road race did not finish

Gymnastics

Artistic

Cyprus entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Marios Georgiou received a spare berth from the men's apparatus events, as one of the seven highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [5]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Marios Georgiou All-around 13.46610.66612.76614.10013.66614.33378.99750did not advance

Sailing

Cypriot sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. [6]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Andreas Cariolou Men's RS:X 1820156971181731014EL11812
Pavlos Kontides Men's Laser 4751201RET682412884
Natasa Lappa Women's RS:X 242526191722202018122219EL21821
Marilena Makri Women's Laser Radial 830262722312523BFD35EL22733

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

Shooting

Cypriot shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [7]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Georgios Achilleos Men's skeet 1229did not advance
Dimitris Konstantinou 12112did not advance
Andreas Makri Men's trap 11728did not advance
Andri Eleftheriou Women's skeet 1197did not advance

Swimming

Cyprus received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [8]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nikolas Antoniou Men's 50 m freestyle 23.3845did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 50.0040did not advance
Kalia Antoniou Women's 50 m freestyle 25.41=27did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 55.3829did not advance

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