Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Seoul
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
Silver	Necmi Gençalp	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Middleweight (82 kg)

Results by event[]

Archery[]

In its second Olympic archery competition, Turkey was represented by three men and three women.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Huriye Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 41st place)
• Elif Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 42nd place)
• Selda Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Vedat Erbay – 1/8 final (→ 22nd place)
• Kerem Ersu – Preliminary Round (→ 34th place)
• Izzet Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 61st place)

Women's Team Competition:

• Eksi, Eksi, and Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Erbay, Ersu, and Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)

Athletics[]

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Final
		Time	Rank
Mehmet Terzi	Marathon	2:20.12	32
Ahmet Altun		2:37.44	71

Swimming[]

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Murat Tahir
  1. Heat – 24.64 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 25.24 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Murat Tahir
  1. Heat – 53.27 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 53.95 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 1:58.45 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 2:14.32 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)