title: Cyprus at the 1980 Summer Olympics
text: # Cyprus at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  
  Cyprus competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
  
  ## Results by event
  
  ### Judo
  
  Men's under 60 kg
  
  * Spyros Spyrou
     * First Round — Defeated Ashkhoussen Mamodaly Yusei Gachi (Madagascar)
     * Second Round —Lost Jürg Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
  
  Men's under 65 kg
  
  * Constantinos Constantinou - Round 1
  
  Men's under 71 kg
  
  * Neophytos Aresti - Round 1
  
  Men's under 86 kg
  
  * Spyros Spyrou
     * First Round — Estrella Milton (Ecuador) in 5:00
     * Second Round —Lost Holliday Hohn Ippon (United Kingdom|Great Britain) in 2:28
  
  Men's under 95 kg
  
  * Panicos Evripidou - Round 1
  
  ### Swimming
  
  Men's 100 m Backstroke
  
  * Laris Phylactou
     * Heats — 1:08.92 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 100 m Breaststroke
  
  * Linos Petridis
  
  Men's 100 m Butterfly
  
  * Linos Petridis
     * Heats — 1:06.61 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 100 m Freestyle
  
  * Laris Phylactou
     * Heats — 57,41 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 100 m Backstroke
  
  * Annabel Drousiotou
     * Heats — 1:15.85 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 100 m Freestyle
  
  * Olga Loizou
     * Heats — 1:06.50 (→ did not advance)
  
  ### Sailing
  
  Men's Finn (single handed dinghy)
  
  * Laris Phylactou- 147 points (21st place)
  
  Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470)
  
  * Demetrios Demetriou, Panayiotis Nicolaou - 117 points (14th place)
  