| Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | TUR |
| NOC | Turkish National Olympic Committee |
| Website | olimpiyat |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 67 in 12 sports |
| Flag bearer | Mehmet Özal |
| Medals Ranked 38th |
|
| 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.
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Boxing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Wrestling | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 48 | 19 | 67 |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Göktuğ Ergin | Men's individual | 660 | 23 |  Pombo (POR) (42)W 106–103 |  Lee C-h (KOR) (8)L 109–117 | Did not advance | ||||
| Zekiye Şatır | Women's individual | 644 | 16 |  Romantzi (GRE) (49)L 103–105 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Halil Akkaş | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:44.70 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Selim Bayrak | 5000 m | DNS | Did not advance | ||
| 10000 m | — | 27:29.33 | 11 | ||
| Abdil Ceylan | Marathon | — | 2:31:43 | 71 | |
| Recep Çelik | 20 km walk | — | 1:32:54 | 49 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Eşref Apak | Hammer throw | 74.45 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Ercüment Olgundeniz | Discus throw | 60.83 | 20 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| | | 14:58.79 | 5 Q | — | 15:42.74 | DSQ (originally silver) | |
| | — | 29:56.34 | DSQ (originally silver) | ||||
| Merve Aydın | 800 m | 2:04.75 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Alemitu Bekele | 5000 m | 15:10.92 | 3 Q | — | 15:48.48 | 7 | |
| Aslı Çakır | 3000 m steeplechase | 10:05.76 | 14 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Bahar Doğan | Marathon | — | 2:37:12 | 50 | |||
| Türkan Erişmiş | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:48.54 | 14 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Nevin Yanıt | 100 m hurdles | 12.94 | 3 q | 13.28 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Karin Melis Mey | Long jump | 6.42 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| Sviatlana Sudak Torun | Hammer throw | 68.22 | 18 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Furkan Ulaş Memiş | Flyweight |  Kumar (IND)LRET | Did not advance | ||||
| Yakup Kılıç | Featherweight | Bye |  Shimizu (JPN)W 12–9 |  Chadi (ALG)W 13–6 |  Lomachenko (UKR)L 1–10 | Did not advance |  |
| Onur Şipal | Lightweight |  Pedraza (PUR)L 3–10 | Did not advance | ||||
| Adem Kılıçcı | Welterweight |  Saunders (GBR)L 3–14 | Did not advance | ||||
| Bahram Muzaffer | Light heavyweight |  Aziz (KEN)W 8–3 |  Egan (IRL)L 2–10 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilal Akgül | Men's cross-country | LAP (2 laps) | 35 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Sezer Huysuz | Men's −73 kg | Bye |  Iverson (AUS)W 1000–0000 |  Si (CHN)L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Ertuğrul İçingir | RS:X | DSQ | 28 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 6 | EL | 172 | 22 |
| Kemal Muslubaş | Laser | 4 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 32 | CAN | EL | 146 | 18 | |
| Deniz Çınar (s) Ateş Çınar (c) | 470 | 23 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 22 | EL | 198 | 28 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Sedef Köktentürk | RS:X | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 24 | DNF | 27 | 25 | EL | 242 | 27 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Ali Kemal Tüfekçi | Finn | 20 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 17 | CAN | CAN | EL | 107 | 20 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Yusuf Dikeç | 10 m air pistol | 566 | 45 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m pistol | 552 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ömer Aslanoğlu | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.93 | 51 | Did not advance | |||
| Serkan Atasay | 200 m individual medley | 2:05.25 | 42 | Did not advance | |||
| Demir Atasoy | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.25 | 39 | Did not advance | |||
| Derya Büyükuncu | 100 m backstroke | 55.43 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 1:59.86 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
| Deniz Nazar | 400 m individual medley | 4:30.80 | 28 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Kaan Tayla | 50 m freestyle | 22.66 | 37 | Did not advance | |||
| Onur Uras | 100 m butterfly | 54.79 | 58 | Did not advance | |||
| Ediz Yıldırımer | 1500 m freestyle | 16.28.79 | 35 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Dilara Buse Günaydın | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.45 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:31.86 | 32 | Did not advance | ||||
| Gülşah Günenç | 200 m butterfly | 2:14.44 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
| İris Rosenberger | 100 m butterfly | 1:01.67 | 44 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Cem Zeng | Men's singles |  Merotohun (NGR)W 4–2 |  Karakašević (SRB)L 1–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Melek Hu | Women's singles | Bye |  Pan L-c (TPE)W 4–1 |  Schall (GER)W 4–2 | Fukuhara (JPN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Servet Tazegül | Men's −68 kg |  Viera (CUB)W 4–3 | Son T-J (KOR) L 0–1 | Did not advance |  Bekkers (NED)W 3–2 |  Lopez (PER)W 1–0 | Did not advance | |
| Bahri Tanrıkulu | Men's −80 kg |  S Lopez (USA)L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Azize Tanrıkulu | Women's −57 kg |  Teo (MAS)W 7–4 | D Lopez (USA) W 2–1 |  Zubčić (CRO)W 5–3 | Bye | Lim S-J (KOR) L 0–1 |  | |
| Sibel Güler | Women's −67 kg |  Sánchez (ARG)L 0–4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Sedat Artuç | −56 kg | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Taner Sağır | −77 kg | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |
| İzzet İnce | −85 kg | 170 | 6 | DNF | 170 | DNF | |
| Bünyamin Sudaş | −105 kg | 166 | 15 | 207 | 14 | 373 | 14 |
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Nurcan Taylan | −48 kg | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |
| 88 | 2 | 111 | 2 | 199 | DSQ (officially silver) | ||
Key:
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Sezar Akgül | −55 kg | Bye | Matsunaga (JPN) L 0–3 PO | Did not advance |  Diatta (SEN)W 3–0 PO |  Mansurov (UZB)L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | 7 | |
| Tevfik Odabaşı | −60 kg |  Ramazanov (MKD)L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 16 | |||||
| Ramazan Şahin | −66 kg | Bye | Garzón (CUB) W 3–1 PP |  Taghavi (IRI)W 3–1 PP |  Tushishvili (GEO)W 3–1 PP | Bye | Stadnik (UKR) W 3–1 PP |  | |
| Ahmet Gülhan | −74 kg | Abdo (AUS) W 3–0 PO |  Saitiev (RUS)L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | Cho B-K (KOR) L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Serhat Balcı | −84 kg | Bye |  Cross (CAN)W 3–1 PP | Salas (CUB) W 3–0 PO |  Abdusalomov (TJK)L 0–3 PO | Bye | Danko (UKR) L 0–3 PO | 5 | |
| Hakan Koç | −96 kg | Bye | Kehrer (GER) W 3–1 PP | Muradov (RUS) L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | Bye | Tibilov (UKR) L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 7 |
| Aydın Polatçı | −120 kg | Bye | Ishchenko (UKR) W 3–1 PP |  Mutalimov (KAZ)L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 8 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Soner Sucu | −60 kg | Bye | Albiev (RUS) L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | Monzón (CUB) L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 7 | ||
| Şeref Eroğlu | −66 kg |  Gergov (BUL)L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 16 | |||||
| Şeref Tüfenk | −74 kg |  Abdulov (AZE)L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 16 | |||||
| Nazmi Avluca | −84 kg | Bye | Khasaia (GEO) W 3–1 PP | Tahmasebi (IRI) W 3–1 PP |  Fodor (HUN)L 1–3 PP | Bye | Ma Sy (CHN) W 3–1 PP | | |
| Mehmet Özal | −96 kg | Kryoka (UKR) W 3–1 PP |  Ežerskis (LTU)L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 11 | ||||
| Rıza Kayaalp | −120 kg | Bye | Mizgaitis (LTU) L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 11 | ||||
Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.
South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008. South Africa had its worst medals performance at an Olympics since 1994, and tied its performance in the 1936 Games.
Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. India was represented by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). A contingent of 57 athletes in 12 sports represented India, and had a support-staff of 42 officials.
Poland competed at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. The country's delegation included 268 athletes.
Switzerland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Swiss athletes who have qualified for the Olympics and have been nominated by Swiss Olympic Association.
Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The athletes were named in four selections: first took place on December 19, 2007, 2nd on April 16, 3rd on May 20 and 4th on July 21, 2008.
Belarus attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A team of 181 athletes competed in 28 different sports.
The Czech Republic participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Czech delegation consisted of around 130 athletes.
Mexico competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The country sent 85 competitors and participated in 23 sports. Mexico's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony was diver Paola Espinosa. Mexican athletes won two gold medals at the games for the first time since the 1984 Olympics.
Colombia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The country sent 68 athletes to compete in 15 sports, making this Colombia's largest ever delegation to the Olympics.
Lithuania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.
Algeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.
Tunisia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.
Uzbekistan competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008, with a team of 58 athletes.
Slovakia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team includes 57 athletes in several sports.
Peru competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by at least twelve athletes, who competed in the fields of athletics, badminton, swimming, taekwondo, shooting, wrestling, judo and fencing.
Senegal competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.
El Salvador competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics.
Turkey competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since its debut in 1908. Turkey, however, did not attend the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Turkish Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 114 athletes, 48 men and 66 women, competed in 16 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Turkey was represented by more female than male athletes. Women's basketball and women's volleyball were the only team-based sports in which Turkey had its representation in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in archery, badminton, and artistic gymnastics.
