Turkey at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
in Barcelona
Competitors	41 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Kerem Ersü [1]
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	28 July
Gold	Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg	30 July
Silver	Hakkı Başar	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg	30 July
Silver	Kenan Şimşek	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg	7 August
Bronze	Hülya Şenyurt	Judo	Women's 48 kg	2 August
Bronze	Ali Kayali	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	5 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	2	0	2
Boxing	1	–	1
Judo	2	2	4
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	3	0	3
Weightlifting	6	–	6
Wrestling	15	–	15
Total	36	5	41

Results by event

Archery

In its third Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women were much more successful than the men. The ladies were able to earn a top eight finish in the team round.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Natalia Nasaridze — Round of 16, 15th place (1-1)
• Zehra Oktem — Round of 32, 30th place (0-1)
• Elif Eksi — Ranking round, 39th place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Kerem Ersu — Ranking round, 46th place (0-0)
• Vedat Erbay — Ranking round, 50th place (0-0)
• Ozcan Ediz — Ranking round, 59th place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

• Nasaridze, Oktem, and Eksi — Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Ersu, Erbay, and Ediz — Ranking round, 18th place

Athletics

• Zeki Öztürk
• Alper Kasapoğlu

Boxing

• Mehmet Gürgen

Judo

Men's Competition

• Haldun Efemgül (– 69 kg)
• Alpaslan Ayan (– 71 kg)

Women's Competition

• Hülya Şenyurt (– 48 kg)
• Derya Çalışkan (– 52 kg)

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Kutlu Torunlar

• Final Ranking — 310.0 points (→ 32nd place)

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 51.34 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 1:50.95 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 3:57.64 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 3:58.43 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükuncu
  1. Heat — 57.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükuncu
  1. Heat — 2:06.01 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 55.31 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 56.30 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 2:00.82
  2. B-Final – 2:01.21 (→ 12th place)
• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 2:01.61 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Taekwondo

• Ekrem Boyali
• Ali Şahin
• Metin Şahin
• Arzu Tan
• Ayşegül Ergin
• Abbe Kivrik

Weightlifting

• Halil Mutlu (– 52 kg)
• Hafız Süleymanoğlu (– 56 kg)
• Naim Süleymanoğlu (– 60 kg)
• Muharrem Süleymanoğlu (– 75 kg)
• Sunay Bulut (– 82,5 kg)
• Erdinç Aslan (– 110 kg)

Wrestling

Freestyle

• Ahmet Orel (– 52 kg)
• Remzi Musaoğlu (– 57 kg)
• Ismail Faikoğlu (– 62 kg)
• Fatih Özbaş (– 68 kg)
• Selahattin Yiğit (– 74 kg)
• Sebahattin Öztürk (– 82 kg)
• Kenan Şimşek (– 90 kg)
• Ali Kayali (– 100 kg)
• Mahmut Demir (– 130 kg)

Greco-Roman

• Ömer Elmas (– 48 kg)
• Remzi Öztürk (– 52 kg)
• Ergüder Bekişdamat (– 57 kg)
• Mehmet Akif Pirim (– 62 kg)
• Erhan Balci (– 74 kg)
• Hakkı Başar (– 90 kg)

References

1. "Kerem Ersü". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
2. Türkiye at the 1992 Summer Olympics