Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the
2008 Summer Olympics

IOC code

TUR

NOC

Turkish National Olympic Committee

Website

olimpiyat.org.tr (English) (Turkish)

in Beijing

Competitors

67 in 12 sports

Flag bearer

Mehmet Özal

Medals
Ranked 38th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	3	3	7

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total 67 Turkish athletes went to Beijing, including 19 women.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Swimming	8	3	11
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	6	9	15
Boxing	5	0	5
Cycling, Mountain bike	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Sailing	5	1	6
Shooting	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Weightlifting	4	2	6
Wrestling	13	0	13
Total	48	19	67

Medal summary

Medal table

Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	2	0	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1	2
Total	1	3	3	7

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Şahin, RamazanRamazan Şahin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg
02 ! Silver	Abeylegesse, ElvanElvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	Women's 5,000 metre
02 ! Silver	Abeylegesse, ElvanElvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metre
02 ! Silver	Tanrıkulu, AzizeAzize Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
~~02 ! Silver~~	~~Özkan, SibelSibel Özkan~~	~~Weightlifting~~	~~Women's 48 kg~~
03 ! Bronze	Kılıç, YakupYakup Kılıç	Boxing	Men's 57 kg
03 ! Bronze	Tazegül, ServetServet Tazegül	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
03 ! Bronze	Avluca, NazmiNazmi Avluca	Wrestling	Men's greco-roman 84 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Derya Büyükuncu	100 m backstroke	55.43	30	Did not advance
Derya Büyükuncu	200 m backstroke	1:59.86	22	Did not advance
Kaan Tayla	50 m freestyle	22.66	37	Did not advance
Ediz Yıldırımer	1500 m freestyle	16.28.79	35			Did not advance
Demir Atasoy	100 m breaststroke	1:02.25	39	Did not advance
Ömer Arslanoğlu	200 m breaststroke	2:17.93	51	Did not advance
Onur Uras	100 m butterfly	54.79	58	Did not advance
Serkan Atasay	200 m individual medley	2:05.25	42	Did not advance
Deniz Nazar	400 m individual medley	4:30.80	28			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
İris Rosenberger	100 m butterfly	1:01.67	44	Did not advance
Gülşah Günenç	200 m butterfly	2:14.44	32	Did not advance
Buse Günaydın	100 m breaststroke	1:10.45	28	Did not advance
Buse Günaydın	200 m breaststroke	2:31.86	32	Did not advance

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		1/32 round	1/16 round	1/8 round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	1/32 round	1/16 round	1/8 round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Göktuğ Ergin	Individual	660	23 Q	Pombo (POR) W 106–103	Lee (KOR) L 109–117	Did not advance				17

Women's recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		1/32 round	1/16 round	1/8 round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	1/32 round	1/16 round	1/8 round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Zekiye Şatır	Individual	644	16 Q	Romantzi (GRE) L 103–105	Did not advance					33

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's track and road

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinal			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Selim Bayrak	5000 m	Did not start						Did not advance		–
Selim Bayrak	10000 m							27:29.33	11	11
Halil Akkaş	3000 m sc	3	8:44.70	12				Did not advance		35
Abdil Ceylan	Marathon							2:31:43	71	71
Recep Çelik	20 km walk							1:32:54	49	49

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ercüment Olgundeniz	Discus throw	60.83	20	Did not advance
Eşref Apak	Hammer throw	74.45	16	Did not advance

Women's track and road

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinal			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Merve Aydın	800 m	3	2:04.75	4	Did not advance					33
Alemitu Bekele	5000 m	1	15:10.92	3 Q				15:48.48	7	7
Elvan Abeylegesse	5000 m	2	14:58.79	5 Q				15:42.74	2
Elvan Abeylegesse	10000 m							29:56.34	2
Nevin Yanıt	100 m hl	1	12.94	3 q	1	13.28	8	Did not advance		14
Türkan Erişmiş	3000 m sc	1	9:48.54	14				Did not advance		33
Aslı Çakır	3000 m sc	2	10:05.76	14				Did not advance		44
Bahar Doğan	Marathon							2:37:12	50	50

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karin Melis Mey	Long jump	6.42	24	Did not advance
Sviatlana Sudak Torun	Hammer throw	68.22	18	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Furkan Ulaş Memiş	51 kg	Kumar (IND) L RET	Did not advance				17
Yakup Kılıç	57 kg	Bye	Shimizu (JPN) W 12–9	Chadi (ALG) W 13–6	Lomanchenko (UKR) L 1–10	Did not advance
Onur Şipal	60 kg	Pedraza (PUR) L 3–10	Did not advance				17
Adem Kılıçcı	69 kg	Saunders (GBR) L 3–14	Did not advance				17
Bahram Muzaffer	81 kg	Aziz (KEN) W 8–3	Egan (IRL) L 2–10	Did not advance			9

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Mountain bike

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bilal Akgül	Cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	35

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Sezer Huysuz	73 kg	Iverson (AUS) W 1000–0000	Si (CHN) L 0001–0010	Did not advance			9

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Rank
Ertuğrul İçingir	Sailboard	36	28	15	19	27	19	12	23	23	6	DNQ	172	22
Kemal Muslubaş	Laser	4	42	27	19	15	27	7	15	32	CAN	DNQ	146	18
Deniz Çınar (s) Ateş Çınar (c)	470	23	13	26	22	22	23	26	21	28	22	DNQ	198	28
Ali Kemal Tüfekçi	Finn	20	21	13	18	14	19	6	17	DNQ			107	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Rank
Sedef Köktentürk	Sailboard	26	25	26	27	28	24	24	28	27	25	DNQ	242	27

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Yusuf Dikeç	10 m air pistol	566	45	Did not advance
Yusuf Dikeç	50 m pistol	552	23	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Cem Zeng	Singles	Merotohun (NGR) W 4–2	Karakašević (SRB) L 1–4	Did not advance						33

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Melek Hu	Singles	Bye	Pan (TPE) W 4–1	Schall (GER) W 4–2	Fukuhara (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance				17

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Servet Tazegül	68 kg	Viera (CUB) W 4–3	Son (KOR) L 0–1	Repechage Bekkers (NED) W 3–2	Repechage Lopez (PER) W 1–0
Bahri Tanrıkulu	80 kg	Lopez (USA) L 0–3	Did not advance			9

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Azize Tanrıkulu	57 kg	Elaine (MAS) W 7–4	Lopez (USA) W 2–1	Zubčić (CRO) W 5–3	Lim (KOR) L 0–1
Sibel Güler	67 kg	Sánchez (ARG) L 0–4	Did not advance			9

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Sedat Artuç	56 kg	~~115~~	~~115~~	~~115~~	–	–	–	DNF	–
Taner Sağır	77 kg	~~165~~	~~165~~	~~165~~	–	–	–	DNF	–
İzzet İnce	85 kg	~~165~~	165	170	~~190~~	–	–	DNF	–
Bünyamin Sudaş	105 kg	163	~~166~~	166	202	207	~~210~~	373	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Nurcan Taylan	48 kg	84	84	84	–	–	–	DNF	–
Sibel Özkan	48 kg	86	88	88	~~108~~	108	111	199	DSQ

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Sezar Akgül	55 kg	Bye	Matsunaga (JPN) L 0–5, 0–3	Repechage Diatta (SEN) W 1–0, 1–0	Repechage Mansurov (UZB) L 0–4, 0–4	Did not advance	7
Tevfik Odabaşı	60 kg	Ramazanov (MKD) L 7–0, 0–2, 0–2	Did not advance				16
Ramazan Şahin	66 kg	Bye	Garzon (CUB) W 1–0, 7–4	Taghavi (IRI) W 3–0, 3–1	Tunshishvili (GEO) W 1–0, 3–1	Stadnik (UKR) W 2–2, 2–1, 2–1
Ahmet Gülhan	74 kg	Abdo (AUS) W 1–0, 2–0	Saitiev (RUS) L 0–1, 0–4	Repechage Cho (KOR) L 0–1, 2–0, 1–2	Did not advance		9
Serhat Balcı	84 kg	Bye	Cross (CAN) W 1–1, 1–1	Salas (CUB) W 1–0, 2–0	Abdusalomov (TJK) L 0–3, 0–1	3rd place match Danko (UKR) L 0–1, 0–2	5
Hakan Koç	96 kg	Bye	Kehrer (GER) W 1–0, 1–1	Muradov (RUS) L 0–1, 0–2	Repechage Tibilov (UKR) L 0–1, 1–3	Did not advance	7
Aydın Polatçı	120 kg	Bye	Ishchenko (UKR) W 0–3, 1–0, 1–0	Mutalimov (KAZ) L 0–1, 2–1, 0–2	Did not advance		8

Men's greco-roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Soner Sucu	60 kg	Bye	Albiev (RUS) L 0–6, 0–6	Bye	Repechage Monzón (CUB) L 3–1, 2–4, 1–1	Did not advance	7
Şeref Eroğlu	66 kg	Gergov (BUL) L 1–1, 1–2	Did not advance				16
Şeref Tüfenk	74 kg	Abdulov (AZE) L 1–2 1–1	Did not advance				16
Nazmi Avluca	84 kg	Bye	Khasaia (GEO) W 4–0, 1–1	Tahmasebi (IRI) W 2–2, 2–0	Fodor (HUN) L 1–2, 1–1	3rd place match Ma (CHN) W 0–4, 5–0, 6–0
Mehmet Özal	96 kg	Kryoka (UKR) W 4–2, 1–2, 1–1	Ežerskis (LTU) L 2–2, 1–2, 1–3	Did not advance			11
Rıza Kayaalp	120 kg	Bye	Mizgaitis (LTU) L 1–1, 1–3	Did not advance			11

References

Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

America	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

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Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Mountain bike

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References