Cyprus competed at the

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for the first time at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, USSR.

Results by event

Judo

Men's under 60 kg * Spyros Spyrou *# First Round — Defeated Ashkhoussen Mamodaly Yusei Gachi (Madagascar) *# Second Round —Lost Jürg Röthlisberger (Switzerland) Men's under 65 kg * Constantinos Constantinou - Round 1 Men's under 71 kg * Neophytos Aresti - Round 1 Men's under 86 kg * Spyros Spyrou *# First Round — Estrella Milton (Ecuador) in 5:00 *# Second Round —Lost Holliday Hohn Ippon (United Kingdom, Great Britain) in 2:28 Men's under 95 kg * Panicos Evripidou - Round 1

Swimming

Men's 100 m Backstroke *

Laris Phylactou Lakis Fylaktou (born 28 January 1964) is a Cypriot swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1980 Summer Olympics at the age of 16. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, Fylaktou competed in the Men's 100 m freestyle and the Men's 100 m backstroke ...

** Heats — 1:08.92 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Linos Petridis Linos Petridis (born 16 June 1961) is a Cypriot swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References 1961 births Living people Cypriot male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Cyprus Swimmers at t ...

Men's 100 m Butterfly * Linos Petridis ** Heats — 1:06.61 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Laris Phylactou ** Heats — 57,41 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Backstroke *

Annabel Drousiotou Anabel Drousiotou (born 16 April 1966) is a Cypriot swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References 1966 births Living people Cypriot female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Cyprus Swimm ...

** Heats — 1:15.85 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

Olga Loizou Olga Loizou (born 3 December 1961) is a Cypriot swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References 1961 births Living people Cypriot female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Cyprus Swimmers ...

** Heats — 1:06.50 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Men's Finn (single handed dinghy) * Laris Phylactou- 147 points (21st place) Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (

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) * Demetrios Demetriou, Panayiotis Nicolaou - 117 points (14th place)

External links

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

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