Turkey at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

Turkey at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish Olympic Committee
in Bari, Italy
Competitors	251 in 25 sports
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 28 Silver 16 Bronze 21 Total 65
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2018 2022

Turkey competed at the 1997 Mediterranean Games held in Bari, Italy from 13 to 25 June 1997. Turkish athletes won a total of 65 medals, including 28 golds, finishing third in the medal table.

Medals

Medal	Athlete	Sport	Event
Gold	Serap Aktaş	Athletics	Women's marathon
Gold	Soner Karagöz	Boxing	Men's 54 kg
Gold	Serdar Yağlı	Boxing	Men's 57 kg
Gold	Nurhan Süleymanoğlu	Boxing	Men's 63.5 kg
Gold	Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
Gold	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Gold	Hakkı Başar	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
Gold	Mevlana Kulaç	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 54 kg
Gold	Harun Doğan	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 58 kg
Gold	Yüksel Şanlı	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 69 kg
Gold	Kamil Kocaağaoğlu	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 76 kg
Gold	Zekeriya Güçlü	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg
Gold	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 54 kg snatch
Gold	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 54 kg clean & jerk
Gold	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg snatch
Gold	Fedail Güler	Weightlifting	Men's 70 kg snatch
Gold	Fedail Güler	Weightlifting	Men's 70 kg clean & jerk
Gold	Mehmet Yılmaz	Weightlifting	Men's 76 kg snatch
Gold	Dursun Sevinç	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg snatch
Gold	Dursun Sevinç	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg clean & jerk
Gold	Bünyamin Sudaş	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg snatch
Gold	Bünyamin Sudaş	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg clean & jerk
Gold	Sunay Bulut	Weightlifting	Men's 99 kg snatch
Gold	Erdinç Aslan	Weightlifting	Men's +108 kg snatch
Gold	Erdinç Aslan	Weightlifting	Men's +108 kg clean & jerk
Gold	Hüseyin Özkan	Judo	Men's 65 kg
Gold	Yıldız Aras	Karate	Women's openweight
Gold	Natalia Nasaridze	Archery	Women's individual
Silver	Turkey women's national basketball team	Basketball	Women's tournament
Silver	Bülent Ulusoy	Boxing	Men's 67 kg
Silver	Ercüment Aslan	Boxing	Men's 71 kg
Silver	Sinan Şamil Sam	Boxing	Men's +91 kg
Silver	Suat Çelen	Gymnastics	Men's floor
Silver	Turkey men's national football team	Football	Men's tournament
Silver	Ergüder Bekişdamat	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg
Silver	Mecnun Güler	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg
Silver	Şaban Donat	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 125 kg
Silver	Sedat Artuç	Weightlifting	Men's 59 kg snatch
Silver	Mücahit Yağcı	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg clean & jerk
Silver	Sunay Bulut	Weightlifting	Men's 99 kg clean & jerk
Silver	Selim Tataroğlu	Judo	Men's +95 kg
Silver	Zeynel Çelik	Karate	Men's 80 kg
Silver	Turkey men's national volleyball team	Volleyball	Men's tournament
Silver	Turkey women's national volleyball team	Volleyball	Women's tournament
Bronze	Lale Öztürk	Athletics	Women's marathon
Bronze	Bedri Çınar	Boxing	Men's 51 kg
Bronze	Malik Beyleroğlu	Boxing	Men's 75 kg
Bronze	Ercan Yıldız	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg
Bronze	Muharrem Demireğen	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 63 kg
Bronze	Sedat Artuç	Weightlifting	Men's 59 kg clean & jerk
Bronze	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg clean & jerk
Bronze	Mücahit Yağcı	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg snatch
Bronze	Mehmet Yılmaz	Weightlifting	Men's 76 kg clean & jerk
Bronze	Gülnigar Gülsaran	Judo	Women's 48 kg
Bronze	Neşe Yazıcı	Judo	Women's 61 kg
Bronze	Gamze Sakızlıgil	Judo	Women's 66 kg
Bronze	Zarife Yıldırım	Judo	Women's 72 kg
Bronze	Özden Gökalp	Karate	Men's 50 kg
Bronze	Hakan Yağlı	Karate	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Leyla Gedik	Karate	Women's 60 kg
Bronze	Haldun Alagaş	Karate	Men's 70 kg
Bronze	Nuran Fırat	Karate	Women's +65 kg
Bronze	İbrahim Erçin	Karate	Men's +80 kg
Bronze	Gülberk Gültekin Duygu Akşit	Tennis	Women's doubles
Bronze	Derya Büyükuncu	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Boxing	3	3	2	8
Football	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	8	3	2	13
Weightlifting	13	3	4	20
Gymnastics	0	1	0	1
Judo	1	1	4	6
Karate	1	2	6	9
Archery	1	0	0	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Volleyball	0	2	0	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	28	16	21	65

References

• 1997 Mediterranean Games Results
• Cem Atabeyoğlu (2000), Akdeniz Oyunları ve Türkiye, Turkish National Olympic Committee Publications, Istanbul.