| Turkey at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TUR |
| NOC | Turkish National Olympic Committee |
| Website | olimpiyat |
| in Sydney | |
| Flag bearer | Hamza Yerlikaya [1] |
| Medals Ranked 26th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Turkey competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Hüseyin Özkan | Judo | Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg) |
| Gold | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | Men's Flyweight (56 kg) |
| Gold | Hamza Yerlikaya | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (85 kg) |
 Bronze | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun | Taekwondo | Women's (57 kg) |
| Bronze | Adem Bereket | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Welterweight (76 kg) |
In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Turkey again came within one victory of a medal. The women's team again made it to the semifinal before losing there. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by Germany to eliminate them from medal contention.
| Men's individual | |||||||||
| Hasan Orbay | Serdar Şatır | Özdemir Akbal | |||||||
| 1/32 eliminations | Defeated | Juan Carlos Manjarrez Godinez Mexico | 165-153 | Lost to | Sebastien Flute France | 160-156 | Lost to | Scott Hunter-Russell Australia | 154-146 |
| 1/16 eliminations | Lost to | Yong-Ho Jang Korea | 169-160 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's individual | |||||||||
| Elif Altınkaynak | Zekiye Keskin Şatır | Natalia Nasaridze | |||||||
| 1/32 eliminations | Defeated | Jennifer Chan Philippines | 160-143 | Lost to | Nataliya Burdeyna Ukraine | 166-157 | Lost to | Kirstin Lewis South Africa | 154-153 |
| 1/16 eliminations | Lost to | Alison Williamson Great Britain | 157-154 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Women's Team Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Men's Long Jump
Men's Pole Vault
Women's 1,500m
Women's 5,000m
Women's Discus
Women's Marathon
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ramazan Ballıoğlu | Light flyweight |  Velicu (ROU)L 8–20 | Did not advance | ||||
| Halil İbrahim Turan | Flyweight |  Mesbahi (MAR)L 11–17 | Did not advance | ||||
| Agasi Agaguloglu | Bantamweight |  Kangde (CHN)W 17–4 |  Cermeño (COL)W 11–3 |  Rigondeaux (CUB)L 5–14 | Did not advance | ||
| Ramazan Palyani | Featherweight |  Ali (PAK)W 5–4 |  Pereira (BRA)W (RSC) |  Sattarkhanov (KAZ)L 11–12 | Did not advance | ||
| Selim Palyani | Lightweight |  Jebahi (FRA)W 14–5 |  Jackson (USA)W (WO) |  Maletin (RUS)L (RSC) | Did not advance | ||
| Nurhan Süleymanoğlu | Light welterweight |  Strange (CAN)W 9–3 |  Bykovsky (BLR)L 8–8 | Did not advance | |||
| Bülent Ulusoy | Welterweight |  Jin-seok (KOR)W 8–6 | Craig (USA) W 9–4 |  Grușac (MDA)L 10–19 | Did not advance | ||
| Fırat Karagöllü | Light middleweight |  Roche (IRL)W 17–4 | Esther (FRA) L 16–18 | Did not advance | |||
| Akın Kuloğlu | Middleweight |  Carrera (ARG)W (RSC) | Jeong-bin (KOR) W (RET) |  Alakbarov (AZE)L 8–18 | Did not advance | ||
Legend: RSC – Referee stopped contest
Men's Mistral
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
Women's Mistral
Open Laser
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Men
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Halil Mutlu | 56 kg | 130.0 | 135.0 | 138.0 | 160.0 | 167.5 | 305.5 | | |
| Naim Süleymanoğlu | 62 kg | – | – | – | DNF | – | |||
| Yasin Arslan | 69 kg | 130.0 | 135.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 300.0 | 14 | ||
| Mehmet Yılmaz | 77 kg | 155.0 | 160.0 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 347.5 | 10 | ||
| Ayhan Çiçek | 140.0 | 145.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 325.0 | 13 | |||
| Bünyamin Sudaş | 94 kg | 177.5 | 215.0 | 392.5 | 7 | ||||
| Abdulaziz Alpak | 105 kg | 165.0 | 175.0 | DNF | – | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Harun Doğan | 58 kg | Cuciuc (MDA) L 2–6 |  Zakhartdinov (UZB)L 0–3 | Ramazanov (RUS) L WO | 4 | did not advance | 15 | ||
| Yüksel Şanlı | 69 kg |  Oziti (NGR)W 6–0 | McIlravy (USA) L 3–6 | — | 2 | did not advance | 9 | ||
| Adem Bereket | 76 kg |  Mchedlidze (GEO)W 3–0 |  Ritter (HUN)W 3–2 | — | 1 Q | Khinchagov (UZB) W 5–2 | Slay (USA) L 1–3 | Eui-jae (KOR) L 0–3F | |
| Ali Özen | 85 kg | Khadartsev (UZB) L 0–3 | Hyung-mo (KOR) L 2–5 | — | 3 | did not advance | 18 | ||
| Ahmet Doğu | 97 kg |  Heidari (IRI)L 1–6 |  Scherrer (SUI)L 3–4 | — | 3 | did not advance | 16 | ||
| Aydın Polatçı | 130 kg | Gombos (HUN) W 3–0 | Taymazov (UZB) L 0–3 | — | 2 | did not advance | 11 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ercan Yıldız | 54 kg | Rivas (CUB) L 0–10 |  Pellew (NZL)W 16–0 | Eyvazov (AZE) L 0–3 | 3 | did not advance | 11 | ||
| Şeref Eroğlu | 63 kg | Samurgashev (RUS) L 2–5 |  Zawadzki (POL)W WO | — | 2 | did not advance | 10 | ||
| Nazmi Avluca | 76 kg | Bichinashvili (AZE) W 3–0 | Jin-soo (KOR) L 1–3 | — | 2 | did not advance | 13 | ||
| Hamza Yerlikaya | 85 kg |  Asell (FIN)W 3–0 |  Zander (GER)W 5–1 | — | 1 Q | Méndez (CUB) W 3–0 | Vakhtangadze (GEO) W 3–0 | Bárdosi (HUN) W 3–3 | |
| Hakkı Başar | 97 kg | Chkhaidze (GEO) L 2–4 | Wroński (POL) L 1–7 | — | 3 | did not advance | 16 | ||
| Fatih Bakır | 130 kg |  Evseichik (ISR)L 0–3 | Sitnik (POL) W 1–0 |  Vála (CZE)W 3–0 | 2 | did not advance | 8 | ||
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Şadan Derya Erke is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She is a two-time Olympian and a member of Istanbul Swimming Club. She previously held Turkish records in the 50, 100, and 200 m backstroke, until they were all broken by Hazal Sarikaya in 2012. Erke is also a graduate of Marmara University in Istanbul.
