title: Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics
text: # Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  
  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 which brought the country's team to 17 athletes.
  
  ## Archery
  
  Cyprus had qualified one archer in the women's competition.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | Elena Mousikou | Individual | 589 | 56 | Hayakawa (JPN) (9) L 103–112 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Athletics
  
  ### 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
  
  ### Field events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Kyriakos Ioannou | High jump | 2.25 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Track & road events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Eleni Artymata | 200 m | 23.58 | 4 Q | 23.77 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Alissa Kallinikou | 400 m | 52.40 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Field events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Anna Fitídou | Pole vault | 4.00 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou | Javelin throw | 53.24 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Paraskevi Theodorou | Hammer throw | 61.00 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Sailing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
  | Andreas Cariolou | RS:X | 7 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 10 | EL | 111 | 13 |
  | Pavlos Kontides | Laser | 8 | 7 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 35 | CAN | EL | 113 | 13 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
  | Gavriella Chatzidamianou | RS:X | 19 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 16 | EL | 182 | 21 |
  
  ### Open
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
  | Haris Papadopoulos | Finn | 13 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 17 | OCS | CAN | CAN | EL | 115 | 22 |
  
  M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
  
  ## Shooting
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Georgios Achilleos | Skeet | 119 | 5 Q | 143 | 5 |
  | Antonis Nikolaidis | Skeet | 120 | 4 Q | 144 S/O 2 | 4 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Andri Eleftheriou | Skeet | 67 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Natallia Hadjiloizou | 100 m butterfly | 1:01.80 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Anna Stylianou | 100 m freestyle | 56.38 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Anna Stylianou | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.55 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Weightlifting
  
  | Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Dimitris Minasidis | Men's −69 kg | 128 | 25 | 155 | 20 | 283 | 20 |
  