In total, eight athletes including four men and four women represented Turkmenistan in six different sports including athletics, judo, shooting, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.
The qualifying round for the women's triple jump took place on 22 September 2000. Brigadnaya contested qualifying group A. Her best jump of 13.96m saw her ranked 13th overall – just 2cm shy of a place in the final.[2]
The qualifying round for the men's discus throw took place on 24 September 2000. Mamedov contested qualifying group A. He made no mark after posting fouls on his three attempts.[3]
The women's −48kg category took place on 16 September 2000. Atayeva lost her first round match by yuko to Cha Hyon-hyang of South Korea. In the repechage, she lost by ippon to Sarah Nichilo-Rosso of France.[4]
The women's −78kg category took place on 21 September 2000. Surkiýewa lost her first round match by ippon to Tang Lin of China. In the repechage, she lost by ippon to Sambuugiin Dashdulam of Mongolia.[5]
The men's 50m rifle prone took place on 21 September 2000. In the preliminary round, Pirekeyev scored 597 across the six rounds and was joint third. In the final, he scored a further 102.2 for a total score of 699.2 as he finished seventh.[6]
The preliminary round of the women's singles took place from 17–19 September 2000. Steshenko contested group E against Zita Molnár of Hungary and Xu Jing of Chinese Taipei. She lost her first match against Molnár 21–8 21–10 21–14 and then lost her second match against Jing 21–11 21–9 21–11. She finished third in the group and did not advance.[7]
In total, one Turkmenistani athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Ümürbek Bazarbaýew in the men's −62kg category.[1]
The men's −62kg category took place on 17 September 2000. Bazarbaýew lifted 125kg in the snatch[8] but made no valid lift in the clean and jerk and was classified as did not finish.[9][10]
The round one pools for the men's Greco-Roman −58kg took place on 25 and 26 September 2000. Gukulow contested pool five against Brett Cash of Australia, Armen Nazaryan of Bulgaria and Makoto Sasamoto of Japan. Guklow lost his first match against Nazaryan before losing his second match against Sasamoto. He finished the pool with a victory against Cash as he finished third and did not advance.[11]
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