Cyprus (CYP)

Overview

NOCCyprus National Olympic Committee
Flagbearers53

Participants

Olympic Games 128
Youth Olympic Games 24
Other competitors with CYP nationality 28

Description

Several athletes of Cypriot nationality competed in 1896, representing Greece, and this continued to occur through 1976. The Cyprus National Olympic Committee was formed on 10 June 1974 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in April 1979, at the IOC session in Montevideo. Since making its official Olympic début in 1980, Cyprus has competed at every Summer Olympics.

Its first Olympic participation, however, occurred at the Olympic Winter Games in 1980, in Lake Placid, and it has sent competitors to every Winter Olympics since, appearing 12 times on Olympic snow. “Olympic snow” is an important distinction, as Cyprus has only competed in Alpine skiing at the Olympic Winter Games, with 16 athletes (13 men and three women). Their top finish to date has been 21st, by Lina Aristodimou in 1984 slalom.

Through 2008 all of Cyprus’s Olympic placements better than 10th place occurred in one event – skeet shooting, which has occurred as follows: 1996 menAntonis Andreou – =9th; 2000 men – Antonis Andreou – 8th; 2000 womenSofia Miaouli – =9th; 2004 menGiorgos Akhilleos – =8th; 2008 menAntonis Nikolaidis – 4th and Giorgos Akhilleos – 5th; and 2008 womenAntri Eleftheriou – 7th. In 2012 Cyprus won its first Olympic medal, in sailing, when Pavlos Kontides won silver in men’s one person Dinghy.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1980 Summer Olympics Cyprus 12 2 14 Results
1980 Winter Olympics Cyprus 2 1 3 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Cyprus 10 0 10 Results
1984 Winter Olympics Cyprus 4 1 5 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Cyprus 7 2 9 Results
1988 Winter Olympics Cyprus 2 1 3 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Cyprus 13 4 17 Results
1992 Winter Olympics Cyprus 3 1 4 Results
1994 Winter Olympics Cyprus 0 1 1 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Cyprus 15 2 17 Results
1998 Winter Olympics Cyprus 1 0 1 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Cyprus 17 5 22 Results
2002 Winter Olympics Cyprus 1 0 1 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Cyprus 13 7 20 Results
2006 Winter Olympics Cyprus 1 0 1 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Cyprus 7 10 17 Results
2010 Winter Olympics Cyprus 1 1 2 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Cyprus 9 4 13 Results
2014 Winter Olympics Cyprus 1 0 1 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Cyprus 9 6 15 Results
2018 Winter Olympics Cyprus 1 0 1 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Cyprus 9 6 15 Results
2022 Winter Olympics Cyprus 1 0 1 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Cyprus 6 3 9 Results
2012 Winter Youth Olympics Cyprus 1 0 1 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Cyprus 2 4 6 Results
2016 Winter Youth Olympics Cyprus 0 1 1 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Cyprus 2 4 6 Results
2020 Winter Youth Olympics Cyprus 0 1 1 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 13 3 16 Results
Archery 1 1 2 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 1 0 1 Results
Athletics 22 15 37 Results
Cycling Mountain Bike (Cycling) 1 1 2 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 1 1 2 Results
Judo 10 0 10 Results
Rhythmic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 0 3 3 Results
Sailing 14 3 17 Results
Shooting 12 3 15 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 10 9 19 Results
Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Weightlifting 1 0 1 Results
Wrestling 2 0 2 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 1 2 3 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 2 0 2 Results
Athletics 2 3 5 Results
Breaking (Dance) 0 1 1 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 3 1 4 Results
Judo 1 0 1 Results
Mixed Sports 0 1 1 Results
Rhythmic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 0 1 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 1 5 6 Results
Tennis 1 0 1 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sailing 0 1 0 1

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 0 2 0 2

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Pavlos Kontides CYP 0 1 0 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alexandros Poursanidis CYP 0 1 0 1
Paraskevi Andreou CYP 0 1 0 1

IOC Members

Kikis Lazarides 2002—2005