Cyprus at the Olympics

Cyprus at the Olympic Games
Flag of Cyprus IOC code  CYP NOC Cyprus Olympic Committee Website www.olympic.org.cy (Greek) (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Cyprus has sent athletes to every Olympic Games held since 1980. Cyprus earned its first Olympic medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics when Pavlos Kontides earned a silver medal in the men's laser sailing event.^[1] They had a near miss at the 2008 Olympics when Antonis Nikolaidis lost the bronze medal shoot-off in men's skeet. The first modern Olympian from Cyprus was actually Anastasios Andreou in 1896, who competed under the Greek flag. At this time, Cyprus was a British colony.

Because the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not internationally recognized by any major authority (including the IOC), it has no Olympic committee.^[2] Therefore, all Cypriot Olympians are required to compete under the name and flag of the Republic of Cyprus. Those who are unable or unwilling to compete under the flag of the Republic either compete for Turkey,^[3] or for another country, or not at all.

Medal tables by Games

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1980 Moscow 14 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Los Angeles 10 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Seoul 9 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Barcelona 17 0 0 0 0 – 1996 Atlanta 17 0 0 0 0 – 2000 Sydney 22 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 20 0 0 0 0 – 2008 Beijing 17 0 0 0 0 – 2012 London 13 0 1 0 1 69 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo Total 0 1 0 1 121

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1980 Lake Placid 3 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Sarajevo 5 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 3 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 2 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

See also

• List of flag bearers for Cyprus at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Cyprus
• Cyprus at the Paralympics

References