Turkey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Turkey.svg
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Sydney
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
3
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Hüseyin Özkan Judo Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg)
 Gold Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's Flyweight (56 kg)
 Gold Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (85 kg)
 Bronze Hamide Bıkçın Tosun Taekwondo Women's (57 kg)
 Bronze Adem Bereket Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight (76 kg)

Results by event[]

Archery[]

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Turkey again came within one victory of a medal. The women's team again made it to the semifinal before losing there. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by Germany to eliminate them from medal contention.

Men's individual
Hasan Orbay Serdar Şatır Özdemir Akbal
1/32 eliminations Defeated
Mexico 		165-153 Lost to Sebastien Flute
France 		160-156 Lost to Scott Hunter-Russell
Australia 		154-146
1/16 eliminations Lost to Yong-Ho Jang
Korea 		169-160 - - - - - -
Women's individual
Elif Altınkaynak Zekiye Keskin Şatır Natalia Nasaridze
1/32 eliminations Defeated Jennifer Chan
Philippines 		160-143 Lost to Nataliya Burdeyna
Ukraine 		166-157 Lost to Kirstin Lewis
South Africa 		154-153
1/16 eliminations Lost to Alison Williamson
Great Britain 		157-154 - - - - - -

Women's Team Competition:

  • Altankaynak, Keskin Şatır, Nasaridze — bronze medal match, 4th place (2-2)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Orbay, Satir, and Akbal — quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)

Athletics[]

Men's competition[]

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualifying — 7.35 m (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying — DNS

Women's competition[]

Women's 1,500m

  • Round 1 — 04:08.37
  • Semifinal — 04:09.42 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000m

  • Round 1 — 15:49.15 (did not advance)

Women's Discus

  • Oksana Mert
  • Qualifying — 55.02 m (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:42:40 (37th place)

Boxing[]

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Agasi Agaguloglu
    • Round 1 — Defeated Kangde Mai of China
    • Round 2 — Defeated Cermeno Nehomar of Venezuela
    • Quarterfinal — Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Ramazan Palyani
    • Round 1 — Defeated of Pakistan
    • Round 2 — Defeated Vlademir Dos Santos Pereira of Brazil
    • Quarterfinal — Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Akın Kuloğlu
    • Round 1 — Defeated Mariano Natalio Carrera of Argentina
    • Round 2 — Defeated Im Jung-Bin of Korea
    • Quarterfinal — Lost to Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan (→ did not advance)

Sailing[]

Men's Mistral

  • Race 1 — 26
  • Race 2 — (37) OCS
  • Race 3 — 24
  • Race 4 — 11
  • Race 5 — 15
  • Race 6 — 28
  • Race 7 — 29
  • Race 8 — 25
  • Race 9 — (37) OCS
  • Race 10 — 22
  • Race 11 — 37 DSQ
  • Final — 217 (31st place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Race 1 — 5
  • Race 2 — 7
  • Race 3 — (17)
  • Race 4 — 7
  • Race 5 — 9
  • Race 6 — (23)
  • Race 7 — 11
  • Race 8 — 3
  • Race 9 — 4
  • Race 10 — 7
  • Race 11 — 13
  • Final — 66 (8th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Race 1 — (30) DNF
  • Race 2 — 27
  • Race 3 — (28)
  • Race 4 — 28
  • Race 5 — 26
  • Race 6 — 25
  • Race 7 — 28
  • Race 8 — 28
  • Race 9 — 27
  • Race 10 — 28
  • Race 11 — 24
  • Final — 241 (28th place)

Open Laser

  • Race 2 — (40)
  • Race 3 — 33
  • Race 4 — (37)
  • Race 5 — 29
  • Race 6 — 28
  • Race 7 — 36
  • Race 8 — 30
  • Race 9 — 14
  • Race 10 — 24
  • Race 11 — 27
  • Final — 254 (34th place)

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 1:54.86 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:01.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:07.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 56.21 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:09.51 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:04.65 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:11.51 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:33.34 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:07.26 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:21.28 (did not advance)

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Halil Mutlu 56 kg 130.0 135.0 138.0 160.0 167.5 170.0 305.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Naim Süleymanoğlu 62 kg 145.0 145.0 145.0 – – – DNF –
Yasin Arslan 69 kg 130.0 135.0 137.5 160.0 165.0 170.0 300.0 14
Bünyamin Sudaş 94 kg 175.0 175.0 177.5 215.0 220.0 220.0 392.5 7
Abdulaziz Alpak 105 kg 165.0 175.0 180.0 210.0 210.0 210.0 DNF –

References[]

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site
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