Turkey at the Olympics

Turkey at the Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 41 Silver 26 Bronze 37 Total 104
Summer appearances
1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey, then the Ottoman Empire first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then. Turkey has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since their first appearance in 1936. Turkish athletes have won a total of 104 medals, divided into 41 golds, 26 silvers and 37 bronzes. Turkey won the most medals in wrestling. The National Olympic Committee for Turkey, Turkish National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1911.

Medals[]

Medals by Summer Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1908 London 1 0 0 0 0 - 1912 Stockholm 2 0 0 0 0 - 1920 Antwerp Did not participate 1924 Paris 21 0 0 0 0 - 1928 Amsterdam 32 0 0 0 0 - 1932 Los Angeles Did not participate 1936 Berlin 48 1 0 1 2 19 1948 London 58 6 4 2 12 7 1952 Helsinki 51 2 0 1 3 16 1956 Melbourne 19 3 2 2 7 12 1960 Rome 49 7 2 0 9 6 1964 Tokyo 23 2 3 1 6 16 1968 Mexico City 29 2 0 0 2 21 1972 Munich 43 0 1 0 1 33 1976 Montreal 27 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Moscow Did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 46 0 0 3 3 40 1988 Seoul 41 1 1 0 2 27 1992 Barcelona 47 2 2 2 6 23 1996 Atlanta 53 4 1 1 6 19 2000 Sydney 57 3 0 2 5 26 2004 Athens 65 3 3 5 11 22 2008 Beijing 67 1 1 3 5 42 2012 London 114 1 1 1 3 46 2016 Rio de Janeiro 103 1 3 4 8 41 2020 Tokyo 108 2 2 9 13 35 2024 Paris Future Event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 41 26 37 104 31

Medals by Winter Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 6 0 0 0 0 - 1948 St. Moritz 4 0 0 0 0 - 1952 Oslo Did not participate 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 0 0 0 0 - 1960 Squaw Valley 2 0 0 0 0 - 1964 Innsbruck 5 0 0 0 0 - 1968 Grenoble 11 0 0 0 0 - 1972 Sapporo Did not participate 1976 Innsbruck 9 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Lake Placid Did not participate 1984 Sarajevo 7 0 0 0 0 - 1988 Calgary 8 0 0 0 0 - 1992 Albertville 8 0 0 0 0 - 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 - 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 - 2002 Salt Lake City 3 0 0 0 0 - 2006 Turin 6 0 0 0 0 - 2010 Vancouver 5 0 0 0 0 - 2014 Sochi 6 0 0 0 0 - 2018 Pyeongchang 8 0 0 0 0 - 2022 Beijing 7 0 0 0 0 - 2026 Milan–Cortina Future Event Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport[]   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Wrestling 29 18 19 66 Weightlifting 8 1 2 11 Taekwondo 1 3 5 9 Boxing 1 3 3 7 Judo 1 0 1 2 Archery 1 0 0 1 Karate 0 1 3 4 Athletics 0 0 3 3 Artistic gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Totals (9 sports) 41 26 37 104

Medals by Winter Sport[]   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Totals (0 sports) 0 0 0 0

List of Medalist[]

Medal	Games	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	1936 Berlin	Yaşar Erkan	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Bronze	1936 Berlin	Ahmet Kireççi	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Gold	1948 London	Nasuh Akar	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
Gold	1948 London	Gazanfer Bilge	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 57 – 63 kg (featherweight)
Gold	1948 London	Celal Atik	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 63 – 67 kg (lightweight)
Gold	1948 London	Yaşar Doğu	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 67 – 73 kg (welterweight)
Gold	1948 London	Ahmet Kireççi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman + 87 kg (super heavyweight)
Gold	1948 London	Mehmet Oktav	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 – 61 kg (featherweight)
Silver	1948 London	Halit Balamir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle - 52 kg (flyweight)
Silver	1948 London	Adil Candemir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
Silver	1948 London	Kenan Olcay	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman - 52 kg (flyweight)
Silver	1948 London	Muhlis Tayfur	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
Bronze	1948 London	Halil Kaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
Bronze	1948 London	Ruhi Sarıalp	Athletics	Men's Triple Jump
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Hasan Gemici	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Bayram Şit	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Featherweight
Bronze	1952 Helsinki	Adil Atan	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Mithat Bayrak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Wrestling	Freestyle Bantamweight
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Freestyle Heavyweight
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Rıza Doğan	Wrestling	Greco-Roman Lightweight
Silver	1956 Melbourne	İbrahim Zengin	Wrestling	Freestyle Welterweight
Bronze	1956 Melbourne	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	Wrestling	Greco-Roman Flyweight
Bronze	1956 Melbourne	Hüseyin Akbaş	Wrestling	Freestyle Flyweight
Gold	1960 Rome	Müzahir Sille	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Gold	1960 Rome	Mithat Bayrak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Gold	1960 Rome	Tevfik Kış	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Gold	1960 Rome	Ahmet Bilek	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Gold	1960 Rome	Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Wrestling	Freestyle Featherweight
Gold	1960 Rome	Hasan Güngör	Wrestling	Freestyle Middleweight
Gold	1960 Rome	İsmet Atlı	Wrestling	Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Silver	1960 Rome	İsmail Ogan	Wrestling	Freestyle Welterweight
Silver	1960 Rome	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Freestyle Heavyweight
Gold	1964 Tokyo	Kazım Ayvaz	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Gold	1964 Tokyo	İsmail Ogan	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Hüseyin Akbaş	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Hasan Güngör	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Ahmet Ayık	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Bronze	1964 Tokyo	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Mahmut Atalay	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Ahmet Ayık	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Silver	1972 Munich	Vehbi Akdağ	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Eyüp Can	Boxing	Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Turgut Aykaç	Boxing	Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Ayhan Taşkın	Wrestling	Men's freestyle +100 kg
Gold	1988 Seoul	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Silver	1988 Seoul	Necmi Gençalp	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Hakkı Başar	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Kenan Şimşek	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Hülya Şenyurt	Judo	Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Ali Kayalı	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 54 kg
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Mahmut Demir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 130 kg
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Malik Beyleroğlu	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
Gold	2000 Sydney	Hüseyin Özkan	Judo	Men's 66 kg
Gold	2000 Sydney	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Gold	2000 Sydney	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Hamide Bıkçın	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Adem Bereket	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 76 kg
Gold	2004 Athens	Nurcan Taylan	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg
Gold	2004 Athens	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Gold	2004 Athens	Taner Sağır	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Silver	2004 Athens	Şeref Eroğlu	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
Silver	2004 Athens	Bahri Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg
Silver	2004 Athens	Atagün Yalçınkaya	Boxing	Light flyweight
Bronze	2004 Athens	Eşref Apak	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	2004 Athens	Sedat Artuç	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Bronze	2004 Athens	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Bronze	2004 Athens	Mehmet Özal	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
Bronze	2004 Athens	Aydın Polatçı	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg
Gold	2008 Beijing	Ramazan Şahin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg
Silver	2008 Beijing	Azize Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Yakup Kılıç	Boxing	Men's 57 kg
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Servet Tazegül	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Nazmi Avluca	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
Gold	2012 London	Servet Tazegül	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
Silver	2012 London	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Bronze	2012 London	Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taha Akgül	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg
Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Daniyar Ismayilov	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg
Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Selim Yaşar	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 86 kg
Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Yasmani Copello	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Cenk İldem	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Soner Demirtaş	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Gold	2020 Tokyo	Mete Gazoz	Archery	Men's individual
Gold	2020 Tokyo	Busenaz Sürmeneli	Boxing	Women's welterweight
Silver	2020 Tokyo	Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Boxing	Women's flyweight
Silver	2020 Tokyo	Eray Şamdan	Karate	Men's 67 kg
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Hakan Reçber	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Hatice Kübra İlgün	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Yasemin Adar	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 76 kg
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Ferhat Arıcan	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Taha Akgül	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Ali Sofuoğlu	Karate	Men's kata
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Merve Çoban	Karate	Women's 61 kg
Bronze	2020 Tokyo	Uğur Aktaş	Karate	Men's 75 kg

Athletes with most medals[]

#	Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
1	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	1988–2000	3	0	0	3
2	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	1996–2004	3	0	0	3
3	Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Wrestling	1956–1960	2	0	0	2
4	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	1996–2004	2	0	0	2
5	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	1956–1964	1	1	1	3
5	Ahmet Ayık	Wrestling	1964–1968	1	1	0	2
5	Servet Tazegül	Taekwondo	2008–2016	1	1	0	2
8	Mehmet Akif Pirim	Wrestling	1992–1996	1	0	1	2
9	Ahmet Kireççi	Wrestling	1936–1948	1	0	1	2
10	Taha Akgül	Wrestling	2012–2020	1	0	1	2
11	Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	2008–2020	0	1	2	3
12	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo	2012–2020	0	1	1	2

Change Medalists[]

1. Adem Bereket from 4th place to bronze (Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 76 kg)
2. Reyhan Arabacıoğlu from 4th place to bronze (Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg)

Disqualified Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Sibel Özkan	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	9 August 2008
Silver	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres	15 August 2008
Silver	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres	22 August 2008
Gold	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	10 August 2012
Silver	Gamze Bulut	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	10 August 2012

See also[]

• List of flag bearers for Turkey at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Turkey
• Turkey at the Paralympics

External links[]

• "Turkey". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Turkey". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/TUR". olympanalyt.com.