Republic of Cyprus competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Cyprus Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest team ever to the Games since 1988. A total of 13 athletes, 9 men and 4 women, competed in 7 sports. Skeet shooter Georgios Achilleos became the first Cypriot athlete to participate in four Olympic games. Professional tennis player and one-time Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, who did not compete in Beijing because of injury, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Cyprus left London with its first ever Olympic medal by sailor Pavlos Kontides, who won silver in the men's Laser event.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Sailing Laser 6 August
Athletics
Cypriot athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionKyriakos IoannouHigh jump2.2612 q2.2013Apostolos ParellisDiscus throw63.4813Did not advanceConstantinos StathelakosHammer throw69.6533Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankEleni Artymata200 m23.096 q22.928Did not advance
Cycling
Cyprus has qualified the following cyclists for the Games.
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankMarios AthanasiadisMen's cross-country1:43:2540
Gymnastics
Rhythmic AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankChrystalleni TrikomitiAll-around26.25526.25026.38026.665104.67519Did not advance
Sailing
Cyprus has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal Rank12345678910M*Andreas CarioulouRS:X13261027113016121223EL15017Pavlos KontidesLaser941124127741059 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Shooting
Cyprus has qualified for three quota places in shooting;
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankGeorgios AchilleosSkeet11811Did not advanceAntonakis Andreou11522Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankPanayiota AndreouSkeet5716Did not advance
Swimming
Swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnna Stylianou200 m freestyle2:01.87 27Did not advance
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMarcos BaghdatisMen's singlesW 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–2 W 6–4, 6–4L 6–4, 1–6, 4–6Did not advance
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