Turkey competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Turkish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1908. Turkey 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 (, TMOK) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 65 athletes, 45 men and 20 women, competed in 10 sports. There was only a single competitor in shooting and taekwondo.
The Turkish team featured two defending Olympic champions from Sydney: Greco-Roman wrestler Hamza Yerlikaya, and weightlifter and world record holder Halil Mutlu, who competed at his fourth Olympic Games as the most sophisticated athlete of the team. Among the Turkish athletes, three of them were born in the former Soviet Union (two of which were previously played for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona), namely archer Natalia Nasaridze, long distance runner Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, and Belarusian-born heptathlete Anzhela Atroshchenko. Finn sailor Ali Enver Adakan, who achieved a top ten finish in Sydney four years earlier, was appointed by the committee to carry the Turkish flag in the opening ceremony.
Turkey left Athens with a total of eleven Olympic medals (three golds, four silver, and four bronze), being considered its most successful Olympics with respect to the overall medal count since 1948. Nearly half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, including a third straight defense for Halil Mutlu in the men's bantamweight class on his final Olympic bid.
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Weightlifting Men's 77 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Boxing Light flyweight Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Weightlifting Men's 77 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg | style="text-align:left; width:23%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalWeightlifting 3025Wrestling 0123Boxing 0101Taekwondo 0101Total33410
Archery
Four Turkish archers (one man and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankHasan OrbayMen's individual64734L 155–157Did not advanceDamla GünayWomen's individual62042L 152–163Did not advanceNatalia Nasaridze63916L 133–136Did not advanceZekiye Keskin Şatır63125W 135 (10)–135 (7)L 161–163Did not advanceDamla GünayNatalia NasaridzeZekiye Keskin ŞatırWomen's team18907colspan=2 L 234–244Did not advance
Athletics
Turkish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSelahattin Çobanoğlu800 m1:47.836Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionEşref ApakHammer throw76.749 q79.512 (without medal)*Ercüment OlgundenizDiscus throw58.1726Did not advanceBerk TunaTriple jump—Did not advance *Eşref Apak originally took fourth place. After a series of doping-related disqualifications he moved up to second place after the gold medalist Koji Murofushi of Japan. However as he had been suspended from the sport for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided not to award the silver and bronze medals.
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankElvan Abeylegesse1500 m4:06.425 Q4:07.104 Q4:00.6785000 m14:54.802 Qcolspan=2 15:12.6415Yeliz Ay 20 km walkcolspan=4 1:36:0233Ebru Kavaklıoğlu5000 m15:52.3914colspan=2 Did not advanceLale Öztürk Marathoncolspan=4 Tezeta Sürekli5000 m15:26.6410colspan=2 Did not advanceBinnaz Uslu800 m2:03.466Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionFiliz KadoğanShot put15.2033Did not advanceCandeğer Kılınçer OğuzHigh jump1.8918Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankAnzhela AtroshchenkoResult14.101.6412.2925.11——Points9647836808770——
Boxing
Turkey sent eight boxers to the Olympics in Athens.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAtagün YalçınkayaLight flyweightW 22–7W 23–20W 33–24W 26–20L 16–21Sedat TaşcıFeatherweightL 28–37Did not advanceSelçuk AydınLightweightL 11–20Did not advanceMustafa KaragöllüLight welterweightW 25–20L 19–28Did not advanceBülent UlusoyWelterweightW 45–32L 9–23Did not advanceSerdar ÜstünerMiddleweightL 16–34Did not advanceİhsan Yıldırım TarhanLight heavyweightW W 27–19L 11–16Did not advance
Judo
Three Turkish judoka (two men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBektaş Demirel−66 kgW 1100–0021L 0001–1020Did not advanceL 0010–0120Did not advanceSelim Tataroğlu+100 kgW 1011–0000L 0010–1000Did not advanceW 1000–0000W 0110–0010L 0100–0200Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNeşe Şensoy Yıldız−48 kgW 0111–0021L 0001–0010Did not advance
Sailing
Turkish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Ertuğrul İçingirMistral717864163OCS19121310511Ali Enver AdakanFinn215810221110211624912416Selim KakışHasan Kaan Özgönenç47025181524256DSQ241951317424
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Kemal MuslubaşLaser112018OCS283116352628DNF25633 M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Turkey has qualified a single shooter.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankOğuzhan TüzünTrap11521Did not advance
Swimming
Turkish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDerya Büyükuncu100 m backstroke56.3426Did not advance200 m backstroke2:02.6922Did not advanceAytekin Mindan200 m freestyle1:55.6552Did not advance400 m freestyle4:06.8541colspan=2 Did not advanceOrel Oral200 m individual medley2:08.84=45Did not advanceKaan Tayla50 m freestyle23.2639Did not advance100 m freestyle51.5242Did not advanceOnur Uras100 m butterfly56.3749Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankİlkay Dikmen100 m breaststroke1:11.6926Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:32.6919Did not advanceŞadan Derya Erke100 m backstroke1:05.3834Did not advance200 m backstroke2:17.29=21Did not advanceGülşah Günenç100 m butterfly1:04.3035Did not advance200 m butterfly2:20.1731Did not advanceÖzlem Yasemin Taşkın400 m freestyle4:24.0835colspan=2 Did not advance
Taekwondo
One Turkish taekwondo jin qualified to compete in the men's 80 kg class.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBahri TanrıkuluMen's −80 kgW 9–9 W 6–4W 6–6 colspan=2 L 0–3
Weightlifting
Nine Turkish weightlifters qualified for the following events:
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankSedat Artuç−56 kg125=41553280Halil Mutlu13511601295Reyhan Arabacıoğlu−77 kg1653195=7360Taner Sağır172.5 =1202.5 1375 İzzet İnce−85 kg175———Hakan Yılmaz−94 kg175=7215=53906
Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankNurcan Taylan−48 kg97.5 1112.5 1210 Aylin Daşdelen−58 kg100412542254Sibel Şimşek−69 kg11575———
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHarun Doğan−55 kgL 1–3 L 0–4 L 0–5 4Did not advance20Tevfik Odabaşı−60 kgL 1–3 L 1–3 3Did not advance15Ömer Çubukçu−66 kgW 3–1 W 3–1 1 QL 0–3 Did not advance7Gökhan Yavaşer−84 kgL 0–3 W 5–0 2Did not advance15Fatih Çakıroğlu−96 kgW 5–0 L 1–3 2Did not advance9Aydın Polatçı−120 kgW 4–0 W 3–1 1 QW 3–1 L 0–3 W 3–1
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankErcan Yıldız−55 kgL 1–3 W 3–1 2Did not advance12Şeref Tüfenk−60 kgW 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3 2Did not advance8Şeref Eroğlu−66 kgW 4–0 W 5–0 W 3–0 1 QW 5–0 L 1–3 Hamza Yerlikaya−84 kgW 3–1 W 5–0 W 3–0 1 QL 0–3 L 1–3 4Mehmet Özal−96 kgW 3–0 W 3–0 1 QW 3–1 L 0–4 W 3–1 Yekta Yılmaz Gül−120 kgW 3–0 L 0–3 2Did not advance13
See also Turkey at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad