Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyprus at the Olympic Games

Flag of Cyprus – Flag bearers
IOC code  CYP
NOC The Cyprus National Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.org.cy (Greek) (English)
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors 17 in 6 sports
Flag bearer George Achilleos
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
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Cyprus sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis was ruled out of the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament due to a wrist injury [1] which brought the country's team to 17 athletes[1].

Contents

Archery pictogram.svg Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Cyprus will send one archer to the Olympics. She will compete in the women's competition.

Women

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Elena Mousikou Individual 589 56  Nami Hayakawa (JPN) (9) Did not advance

Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Andreas Cariolou Sailboard 7 17 14 10 11 17 11 19 14 10 DNA 111 13th
Pavlos Kontides Laser 8 7 24 14 5 12 14 29 35 CAN DNA 113 13th

Women

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Gavriella Chadjidamianou Sailboard 19 22 23 22 15 23 25 22 20 16 DNA 182 21st

Open

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Haris Papadopoulos Finn 13 18 21 11 24 11 17 OCS * 115.0 22

Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final Shoot-off Rank
Score Rank Score Total
George Achilleos Skeet 119 5th 24 143 5th
Antonis Nicolaides Skeet 120 4th 24 144  Anthony Terras (FRA)
L 2–3		 4th

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Total
Andri Eleftheriou Skeet 67 7th Did not advance 7th

Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Natallia Hadjiloizou Women's 100 m butterfly 1:01.80 45 Did not advance
Anna Stylianou Women's 100 m freestyle[2] 56.38 36 Did not advance
Women's 200 m freestyle 2:00.55 27 Did not advance

Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Dimitrios Minasidis -69 kg 128.0 kg 25 155.0 kg 20 283.0 kg 20

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Cyprus tennis man ruled out". http://sport.id.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1598486. 
  2. ^ 2008 United States Olympic Swim Team
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