Cyprus_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Cyprus at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Cyprus at the; 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CYP
NOC	Cyprus Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.cy (in Greek and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Pavlos Kontides
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Cyprus competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Cyprus Olympic Committee sent a team of 16 athletes, 10 men and 6 women, to compete in seven different sports at the Games.^[2]^[3] The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was slightly larger by three athletes than those sent to London 2012. Among the sporting events represented by the nation's athletes, Cyprus made its Olympic debut in artistic gymnastics and women's road cycling.

The Cypriot delegation featured six returning Olympians, with only four of them having participated in more than two editions of the Olympic Games, including high jumper Kyriakos Ioannou, sprinter Eleni Artymata, 33-year-old windsurfer Andreas Cariolou (the oldest and most experienced competitor of the team), and Laser sailor Pavlos Kontides, who won a silver medal in London four years earlier. The nation's first ever Olympic medalist, and one of the potential frontrunners for gold in the Laser class at his third Games, Kontides was selected to lead the Cypriot team as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]^[4]

Unlike the previous Olympics, Cyprus failed to earn a single medal in Rio de Janeiro. Kontides, Ioannou, and Serbian-born hurdler Milan Trajkovic came close to adding another medal for Cyprus at these Games, but finished seventh in the finals of their respective sporting events.^[5]

Athletics edit

Cypriot athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[6]^[7]

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
NM = No mark

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Milan Trajkovic	Men's 110 m hurdles	13.59	3 Q	—		13.31	2 Q	13.41	7
Eleni Artymata	Women's 200 m	23.27	5	—		Did not advance
Ramona Papaioannou	Women's 100 m	Bye		11.61	6	Did not advance
Ramona Papaioannou	Women's 200 m	23.10 PB	4	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis	Men's high jump	2.26	=12 q	2.25	12
Kyriakos Ioannou	Men's high jump	2.26	=12 q	2.29	=7
Apostolos Parellis	Men's discus throw	63.35	8 q	63.72	8
Leontia Kallenou	Women's high jump	1.80 SB	=32	Did not advance

Cycling edit

Road edit

Cyprus has qualified one rider in the women's Olympic road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Antri Christoforou	Women's road race	OTL

Gymnastics edit

Artistic edit

Cyprus has entered one artistic gymnast for the first time into the Olympic competition. Marios Georgiou had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Marios Georgiou	All-around	13.566	14.066	13.366	14.733	14.858	14.700	85.289	26 Q	0.000	0.000	0.000	12.833	12.466	9.433	34.732	23

Sailing edit

Cypriot sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Andreas Cariolou	Men's RS:X	12	12	16	23	10	6	18	27	23	22	19	20	EL	181	19
Pavlos Kontides	Men's Laser	7	31	1	14	25	6	8	14	9	8	—		12	104	7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting edit

Cyprus has qualified one shooter each in the men's and women's skeet by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and the World Shotgun Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andreas Chasikos	Men's skeet	118	16	Did not advance
Andri Eleftheriou	Women's skeet	64	15	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming edit

Cyprus has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:03.53	47	—		Did not advance
Sotiria Neofytou	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:02.91	37	Did not advance

Weightlifting edit

Cyprus has qualified one male weightlifter for the Olympics by virtue of his top 15 individual finish, among those who had not secured any quota places through the World or European Championships, in the IWF World Rankings as of 20 June 2016. The place was awarded to Greek-born Antonis Martasidis in the men's middleweight division (85 kg).

On 25 July 2016, Martasidis was ejected from the Games, after testing positive for the banned substance.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Antonis Martasidis	Men's −85 kg	Disqualified due to doping

References edit

^ ^a ^b Η κυπριακή αποστολή στο Ρίο και ημερομηνίες των αγωνισμάτων [Presentation of the Cypriot delegation and the schedule of events] (in Greek). Reporter.com.cy. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "Cyprus sending strong team of 16 athletes to Rio Olympics". Cyprus Mail. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ Οι 16 αθλητές της Κύπρου στους Ολυμπιακούς του Ρίο και οι στόχοι τους [The 16 Cypriot athletes and the schedule at the Rio Olympics] (in Greek). iKypros.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ "Rio 2016, more flag bearers for sailing than Beijing and London combined". International Sailing Federation. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^ Hadjiloizis, Mario (17 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Anastasiades thanks "amazing" Cyprus Olympians". Sigma TV. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "UCI announce women's road cycling quotas for Rio Olympics". Cyclingnews.com. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^ Στους Ολυμπιακούς του Ρίο οι αθλητές κολύμβησης Χατζηκωνσταντίνου και Νεοφύτου [Hadjiconstantinou and Neofytou will swim at the Rio Olympics] (in Greek). Typos.com.cy. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^ "Cypriot weightlifter and Greek expelled from Olympics after drugs tests". The Guardian. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.