Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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 (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi, 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.

Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Athens
Competitors	65 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Ali Enver Adakan[1]
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1][2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Nurcan Taylan Weightlifting Women's 48 kg August 14  Gold Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 56 kg August 16  Gold Taner Sağır Weightlifting Men's 77 kg August 19  Silver Şeref Eroğlu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg August 25  Silver Bahri Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Men's 80 kg August 27  Silver Atagün Yalçınkaya Boxing Light flyweight August 29  Bronze Sedat Artuç Weightlifting Men's 56 kg August 16  Bronze Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Weightlifting Men's 77 kg August 19  Bronze Mehmet Özal Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg August 25  Bronze Aydin Polatci Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg August 27

Medals by sport Sport Total Weightlifting 3 0 2 5 Wrestling 0 1 2 3 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Taekwondo 0 1 0 1 Total 3 3 4 10

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hasan Orbay	Men's individual	647	34	Godfrey (GBR) L 155–157	Did not advance
Damla Günay	Women's individual	620	42	Hitzler (GER) L 152–163	Did not advance
Natalia Nasaridze		639	16	Piuva (FIN) L 133–136	Did not advance
Zekiye Keskin Şatır		631	25	Nulle (GER) W 135 (10)–135 (7)	Psarra (GRE) L 161–163	Did not advance
Damla Günay Natalia Nasaridze Zekiye Keskin Şatır	Women's team	1890	7	—		Ukraine (UKR) L 234–244	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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).^[6][7]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Selahattin Çobanoğlu	800 m	1:47.83	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eşref Apak	Hammer throw	76.74	9 q	79.51	2 (without medal)*
Ercüment Olgundeniz	Discus throw	58.17	26	Did not advance
Berk Tuna	Triple jump	NM	—	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.^[8] 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.^[9]

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elvan Abeylegesse	1500 m	4:06.42	5 Q	4:07.10	4 Q	4:00.67	8
	5000 m	14:54.80	2 Q	—		15:12.64	15
Yeliz Ay	20 km walk	—				1:36:02	33
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu	5000 m	15:52.39	14	—		Did not advance
Lale Öztürk	Marathon	—				DNF
Tezeta Sürekli	5000 m	15:26.64	10	—		Did not advance
Binnaz Uslu	800 m	2:03.46	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Filiz Kadoğan	Shot put	15.20	33	Did not advance
Candeğer Kılınçer Oğuz	High jump	1.89	18	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Result	14.10	1.64	12.29	25.11	DNS	—	—	DNF
	Points	964	783	680	877	0	—	—

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Turkey sent eight boxers to the Olympics in Athens.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Atagün Yalçınkaya	Light flyweight	Katongole (UGA) W 22–7	Abiyev (AZE) W 23–20	Pinto (ITA) W 33–24	Kazakov (RUS) W 26–20	Bartelemí (CUB) L 16–21
Sedat Taşcı	Featherweight	Jo S-H (KOR) L 28–37	Did not advance
Selçuk Aydın	Lightweight	Stilianov (BUL) L 11–20	Did not advance
Mustafa Karagöllü	Light welterweight	Vijender (IND) W 25–20	Gheorghe (ROM) L 19–28	Did not advance
Bülent Ulusoy	Welterweight	Chibuye (ZAM) W 45–32	Husanov (UZB) L 9–23	Did not advance
Serdar Üstüner	Middleweight	Abdurahmanov (UZB) L 16–34	Did not advance
İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan	Light heavyweight	Pownceby (NZL) W RSC	Shumenov (KAZ) W 27–19	Haydarov (UZB) L 11–16	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Three Turkish judoka (two men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bektaş Demirel	−66 kg	Benboudaoud (FRA) W 1100–0021	Georgiev (BUL) L 0001–1020	Did not advance		Margoshvili (GEO) L 0010–0120	Did not advance
Selim Tataroğlu	+100 kg	Gujejiani (GEO) W 1011–0000	Miran (IRI) L 0010–1000	Did not advance		Brutus (HAI) W 1000–0000	Pepic (AUS) W 0110–0010	Pertelson (EST) L 0100–0200	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Neşe Şensoy Yıldız	−48 kg	Ri K-O (PRK) W 0111–0021	Ye G-R (KOR) L 0001–0010	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Turkish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ertuğrul İçingir	Mistral	7	17	8	6	4	16	3	OCS	19	12	13	105	11
Ali Enver Adakan	Finn	2	15	8	10	22	11	10	21	16	24	9	124	16
Selim Kakış Hasan Kaan Özgönenç	470	25	18	15	24	25	6	DSQ	24	19	5	13	174	24

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Kemal Muslubaş	Laser	11	20	18	OCS	28	31	16	35	26	28	DNF	256	33

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Turkey has qualified a single shooter.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oğuzhan Tüzün	Trap	115	21	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Derya Büyükuncu	100 m backstroke	56.34	26	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:02.69	22	Did not advance
Aytekin Mindan	200 m freestyle	1:55.65	52	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:06.85	41	—		Did not advance
Orel Oral	200 m individual medley	2:08.84	=45	Did not advance
Kaan Tayla	50 m freestyle	23.26	39	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.52	42	Did not advance
Onur Uras	100 m butterfly	56.37	49	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
İlkay Dikmen	100 m breaststroke	1:11.69	26	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.69	19	Did not advance
Şadan Derya Erke	100 m backstroke	1:05.38	34	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:17.29	=21	Did not advance
Gülşah Günenç	100 m butterfly	1:04.30	35	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:20.17	31	Did not advance
Özlem Yasemin Taşkın	400 m freestyle	4:24.08	35	—		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

One Turkish taekwondo jin qualified to compete in the men's 80 kg class.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bahri Tanrıkulu	Men's −80 kg	Geisler (PHI) W 9–9 SUP	Hamdouni (TUN) W 6–4	Ahmadov (AZE) W 6–6 SUP	Bye		López (USA) L 0–3

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nine Turkish weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sedat Artuç	−56 kg	125	=4	155	3	280
Halil Mutlu		135	1	160	1	295
Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	−77 kg	165	3	195	=7	360
Taner Sağır		172.5 OR	=1	202.5 OR	1	375 OR
İzzet İnce	−85 kg	175	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Hakan Yılmaz	−94 kg	175	=7	215	=5	390	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nurcan Taylan	−48 kg	97.5 WR	1	112.5	1	210 WR
Aylin Daşdelen	−58 kg	100	4	125	4	225	4
Sibel Şimşek	−69 kg	11575	DNF	—	—	—	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harun Doğan	−55 kg	Berberyan (ARM) L 1–3 PP	Kardanov (GRE) L 0–4 ST	O S-N (PRK) L 0–5 VB	4	Did not advance			20
Tevfik Odabaşı	−60 kg	Umakhanov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Sissaouri (CAN) L 1–3 PP	—	3	Did not advance			15
Ömer Çubukçu	−66 kg	Fernyák (SVK) W 3–1 PP	Hatos (HUN) W 3–1 PP	—	1 Q	Murtazaliev (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		7
Gökhan Yavaşer	−84 kg	Danko (UKR) L 0–3 PO	Aghaev (ARM) W 5–0 EV	—	2	Did not advance			15
Fatih Çakıroğlu	−96 kg	Enkhtuyaa (MGL) W 5–0 VT	Shemarov (BLR) L 1–3 PP	—	2	Did not advance			9
Aydın Polatçı	−120 kg	Chintoan (ROM) W 4–0 ST	Thiele (GER) W 3–1 PP	—	1 Q	Rodríguez (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Taymazov (UZB) L 0–3 PO	Mutalimov (KAZ) W 3–1 PP

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ercan Yıldız	−55 kg	Chochua (GEO) L 1–3 PP	Adomaitis (LTU) W 3–1 PP	—	2	Did not advance			12
Şeref Tüfenk	−60 kg	Gikas (GRE) W 3–0 PO	Ashkani (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Monzón (CUB) L 0–3 PO	2	Did not advance			8
Şeref Eroğlu	−66 kg	Izquierdo (COL) W 4–0 ST	Kvirkvelia (GEO) W 5–0 EV	Vardanyan (UKR) W 3–0 PO	1 Q	Bye	Manukyan (KAZ) W 5–0 VT	Mansurov (AZE) L 1–3 PP
Hamza Yerlikaya	−84 kg	Daragan (UKR) W 3–1 PP	Metodiev (BUL) W 5–0 VB	Thomberg (EST) W 3–0 PO	1 Q	Bye	Abrahamian (SWE) L 0–3 PO	Makaranka (BLR) L 1–3 PP	4
Mehmet Özal	−96 kg	Cheglakov (UZB) W 3–0 PO	Kostins (LAT) W 3–0 PO	—	1 Q	Peña (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Gaber (EGY) L 0–4 ST	Hashemzadeh (IRI) W 3–1 PP
Yekta Yılmaz Gül	−120 kg	Evseitchik (ISR) W 3–0 PO	López (CUB) L 0–3 PO	—	2	Did not advance			13

See also

• Turkey at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games