Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

competed at the

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

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 ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...

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Judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "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 Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

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 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры ...

** 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 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ig ...

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 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiy ...

** 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 The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ...

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

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chose ...

Men's Finn (single handed dinghy) * Laris Phylactou- 147 points (21st place) Men's Double-Handed Dinghy ( 470) * Demetrios Demetriou, Panayiotis Nicolaou - 117 points (14th place)

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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 – In ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...