Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Turkey.svg
IOC code TUR
NOC Turkish Olympic Committee
Website olimpiyat.org.tr  (in English and Turkish)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors59 in 12 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions: Antwerp 1920, Los Angeles 1932 at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and Moscow 1980, as part of the United States-led boycott.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 303
Athletics 527
Boxing 347
Cycling 101
Gymnastics 505
Sailing 112
Shooting 224
Swimming 303
Taekwondo 235
Volleyball 01212
Weightlifting 101
Wrestling 639
Total322759

Archery

Turkey fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by virtue of their silver-medal victory and obtaining one of three available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. [1]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Mete Gazoz Men's individual
Ulaş Berkim Tümer
Muhammed Yıldırmış
 
 
 		 Men's team —

Athletics

Turkish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): [2] [3]

Key
Track and road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Yasmani Copello 400 m hurdles
Kaan Kigen Özbilen Marathon —
Salih Korkmaz 20 km walk —
Women
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Sultan Haydar Marathon —
Field events
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Ersu Şaşma Pole vault

Relay events

AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Meryem Bekmez

Salih Korkmaz

Marathon race walking mixed relay

Boxing

Turkey entered seven boxers (three men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Buse Naz Çakıroğlu (women's flyweight) and defending champion Busenaz Sürmeneli (women's welterweight), along with four rookies (Gümüş, Erdemir, Akbaş, and Özer), secured the spots on the Turkish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. [4] Later on, Kaan Aykutsun (men's middleweight) qualified himself to Paris 2024, by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. [5]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Samet Gümüş Men's flyweight —
Tuğrulhan Erdemir Men's welterweight
Kaan Aykutsun Men's middleweight
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu Women's flyweight
Hatice Akbaş Women's bantamweight
Gizem Özer Women's lightweight
Busenaz Sürmeneli Women's welterweight

Cycling

Road

Turkey entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking. [6]

AthleteEventTimeRank
  Men's road race

Gymnastics

Artistic

Turkey fielded a squad of five male gymnasts for Paris after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Men
Team
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Adem Asil Team —
Ahmet Önder
Ferhat Arıcan
Mehmet Ayberk Koşak
Emre Dodanlı
Total

Sailing

Turkish sailors qualified one boat in each the following classes through the 2024 ILCA 6 World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina; and 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia.

Medal race events
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M*
  Men's ILCA 7 —
  Women's ILCA 6 —

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Turkish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. [7]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
İsmail Keleş Men's 10 m air pistol
Oğuzhan Tüzün Men's trap
Şimal Yılmaz Women's 10 m air pistol
Sena Can Women's skeet

Swimming

Turkish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): [8]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kuzey Tunçelli Men's 800 m freestyle —
Men's 1500 m freestyle —
Emir Batur Albayrak Men's 1500 m freestyle —
Berkay Ömer Öğretir 100 m breaststroke

Taekwondo

Turkey qualified five athlete to compete at the games. All of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in his respective division.

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Hakan Reçber Men's −68 kg
Emre Kutalmış Ateşli Men's +80 kg
Merve Kavurat Women's −49 kg
Hatice Kübra İlgün Women's −57 kg
Nafia Kuş Women's +67 kg

Volleyball

Indoor

Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Turkey women's Women's tournament

Women's tournament

Turkey women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the pool B round and securing one of two available berth at the 2023 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Tokyo, Japan. [9]

Team roster
  • Women's team event – one team of 12 players

Weightlifting

Turkey entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Muhammed Furkan Özbek (men's 73 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Muhammed Furkan Özbek Men's −73 kg

Wrestling

Turkey qualified six wrestlers for each of the following events. All of them qualified for the games with a top five result through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. [10] [11]

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
İbrahim Çiftçi Men's 97 kg
Taha Akgül Men's 125 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Enes Başar Men's 60 kg
Burhan Akbudak Men's 77 kg
Ali Cengiz Men's 87 kg
Rıza Kayaalp Men's 130 kg
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Evin Demirhan Yavuz Women's 50 kg
Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu Women's 68 kg
Yasemin Adar Yiğit Women's 76 kg

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