Turkey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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Turkey at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Flag of Turkey.svg
IOC code TUR
NOC Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website olimpiyat.org.tr  (in English and Turkish)
in Lillehammer
Competitors1 (man) in 1 sport
Flag bearer Mithat Yıldırım [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Turkey sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February. Turkey was making its 11th appearance at the Winter Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of a single athlete, cross-country skier Mithat Yıldırım. In his only event, he finished in 87th place.

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Background

The Turkish Olympic Committee was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 1 January 1911. [2] They have participated in almost every Summer Olympic Games since, except for 1920, 1932, and the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. [3] [4] Since their first Winter Olympics participation at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Turkey has only missed three editions of the Winter Games, the 1952, 1972, and the 1980 Winter Olympics. [3] Thus Lillehammer was Turkey's 11th appearance at a Winter Olympics. [3] The 1994 Winter Olympics were held from 12–27 February 1994, a total of 1,737 athletes representing 67 National Olympic Committees took part. [5] The Turkish delegation to Lillehammer consisted of a single athlete, cross-country skier Mithat Yıldırım. [6] He was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. [3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [7]

SportMenWomenTotal
Cross-country skiing 101
Total101

Cross-country skiing

Mithat Yıldırım was 28 at the time of the Lillehammer Olympics, and he had previously represented Turkey two years before in the 1992 Albertville Olympics. [8] In his only event, the 10 kilometre classical held on 17 February, he finished with a time of 32 minutes and 34.8 seconds. [9] This put him in 87th place out of 88 men who finished the competition, and he was slightly over eight minutes behind the gold medal time, set by Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway. [9] The silver medal was won by Kazakhstan's Vladimir Smirnov, and the bronze was taken by Marco Albarello of Italy. [9]

AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Mithat Yıldırım 10 km Classical 32:34.887

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