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. It was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 1 3Cycling 0 1 1Gymnastics 1 0 1Sailing 2 2 4Shooting 3 1 4Swimming 1 1 2 Total 9 6 15
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):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMilan TrajkovicMen's 110 m hurdles13.59 SB4 Q14.018Did not advanceEleni ArtymataWomen's 400 m51.915 q50.80 NR5Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionApostolos 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.
AthleteEventTimeRankAntri 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.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankMarios 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.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Andreas CariolouMen's RS:X18156971181731014EL11812Pavlos KontidesMen's Laser47512016824colspan=2 12884Natasa LappaWomen's RS:X2425191722202018122219EL21821Marilena MakriWomen's Laser Radial83026272231252335colspan=2 EL22733 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.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankGeorgios AchilleosMen's skeet1229Did not advanceDimitris Konstantinou12112Did not advanceAndreas MakriMen's trap 11728Did not advanceAndri 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.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNikolas AntoniouMen's 50 m freestyle23.3845Did not advanceMen's 100 m freestyle50.0040Did not advanceKalia AntoniouWomen's 50 m freestyle25.41=27Did not advanceWomen's 100 m freestyle55.3829Did not advance
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