| Turkey at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | TUR |
| NPC | Turkish Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 16 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Korhan Yamaç |
| Medals Ranked 58th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Turkey sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country represented by sixteen athletes, competing in shooting, archery, powerlifting, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, athletics and judo. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Gizem Girişmen | Archery | Women's individual recurve |
 Bronze | Neslihan Kavas | Table tennis | Women's single class 9 |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Mustafa Demir | Men's individual recurve W1/W2 | 600 | 14 |  Browne (GBR)L 90-104 | did not advance | ||||
| Ozgur Ozen | 591 | 16 |  Candela (ESP)W 96-87 |  Chopyk (UKR)W 107-100 |  Jung (KOR)W 103-102 |  Cheng C (CHN)L 98-112 |  Tseng L H (TPE)L 91-92 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Gülbin Su | Women's individual compound | 650 | 3 | — |  Nilsson (SWE)W 112-102 |  Kamiya (JPN)L 104-106 | Clarke (GBR) L 109-113 | 4 | |
| Gizem Girismen | Women's individual recurve W1/W2 | 590 | 4 | Bye |  Kuncova (CZE)W 103-85 | Dzoba (UKR) W 99-83 | Xiao Y (CHN) W 95-93 | Fu (CHN) W 91-85 | |
| Hanife Ozturk | 503 | 14 | Nakanishi (JPN) L 78-82 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Kemal Ozdemir | T46 | Marathon | — | 3:11:12 | 13 | |
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Duygu Cete | Women's 57kg |  Brussig (GER)L 0000–0010 | — |  Keramida (GRE)L 0010-1000 | Did not advance |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turan Mutlu | 52kg | 137.5 | 9 |
| Levent Tutgun | 100kg | 185.0 | 9 |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nazmiye Muslu | 40kg | 90.0 | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Cevat Karagol | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 559 | 15 | did not advance | ||
| Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 522 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| Muharrem Korhan Yamac | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 563 | 8 Q | 95.4 | 658.4 | 8 |
| Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 552 | 16 | did not advance | |||
| Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 532 | 6 Q | 90.7 | 622.7 | 7 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Aysel Ozgan | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 | 366 | 6 Q | 90.2 | 456.2 | 7 |
| Suzan Tekin | Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 379 | 15 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Neslihan Kavas | Women's singles C9 | Lei L (CHN) L 0–3 |  Maldonado (BRA)W 3–0 |  Belavic (SLO)W 3–0 | 2 Q | Liu M (CHN) L 1–3 |  Grzelak (POL)W 3-0 | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Kemal Okur | Men's singles |  Tenhunen (FIN)L 5–7, 3-6 | did not advance | ||||
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