Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cyprus was represented by participation in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing in total for the eighth time at the Olympic Summer Games. The first appearance was in 1980. 17 athletes competed in five different sports. Marcos Baghdatis tennis player was injured just before the games on the wrist and could not attend. Standard-bearer of the opening ceremony was George Achilleos.

Archery

Women:

  • Elena Mousikou

Weightlifting

Men:

Athletics

Men:

Women:

  • Eleni Artymata (200 m)
  • Anna Foitidou ( pole vault )
  • Alissa Kallinikou (400 m)
  • Paraskevi Theodorou ( hammer throw )
  • Alexandra Tsisiou ( javelin )

Women:

  • Andri Eleftheriou ( Skeet )

Men:

  • George Achilleos ( Skeet )
  • Antonis Nicolaides ( Skeet )

Swimming

Women:

  • Anna Stylianou (100 m freestyle )
  • Natalia Chatziloizou ( 100m butterfly )

Sailing

Women:

  • Gavriella Chadjidamianou ( windsurfing)

Men:

  • Andreas Cariolou ( windsurfing)
  • Pavlos Kontides (laser )
  • Haris Papadopoulos ( Finn dinghy )
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