Turkey at the Olympics

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Turkey at the
Olympics
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IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.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[]

List of Medalist[]

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

Athletes with most medals[]

# Athlete Sport Games Gold medal olympic.svg Silver medal olympic.svg Bronze medal olympic.svg 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.
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