Cyprus at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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.

Cyprus at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCYP
NOCCyprus Olympic Committee
Websitewww.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)

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics213
Cycling011
Gymnastics101
Sailing224
Shooting314
Swimming112
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
  • 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
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Milan TrajkovicMen's 110 m hurdles13.59 SB4 Q14.018Did not advance
Eleni ArtymataWomen's 400 m51.915 q50.80 NR5Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Apostolos ParellisMen's discus throw62.11 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 ChristoforouWomen's road raceDid 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 GeorgiouAll-around13.46610.66612.76614.10013.66614.33378.99750Did 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 CariolouMen's RS:X1820156971181731014EL11812
Pavlos KontidesMen's Laser4751201RET682412884
Natasa LappaWomen's RS:X242526191722202018122219EL21821
Marilena MakriWomen's Laser Radial830262722312523BFD35EL22733

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 AchilleosMen's skeet1229Did not advance
Dimitris Konstantinou12112Did not advance
Andreas MakriMen's trap11728Did not advance
Andri EleftheriouWomen's skeet1197Did 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 AntoniouMen's 50 m freestyle23.3845Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle50.0040Did not advance
Kalia AntoniouWomen's 50 m freestyle25.41=27Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle55.3829Did not advance

References