Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Turkey sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total, 67 Turkish athletes went to Beijing, including 19 women.

Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Beijing
Competitors	67 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Mehmet Özal
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Ramazan Şahin Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 5000 m  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 10,000 m  Silver Azize Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Women's 57 kg  Silver Sibel Özkan Weightlifting Women's 48 kg  Bronze Yakup Kılıç Boxing Men's 57 kg  Bronze Servet Tazegül Taekwondo Men's 68 kg  Bronze Nazmi Avluca Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 0 0 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 Weightlifting 0 0 0 0 Wrestling 1 0 1 2 Total 1 4 3 8

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	6	9	15
Boxing	5	0	5
Cycling	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Sailing	5	1	6
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	8	3	11
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Weightlifting	4	2	6
Wrestling	13	0	13
Total	48	19	67

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Göktuğ Ergin	Men's individual	660	23	Pombo (POR) (42) W 106–103	Lee C-h (KOR) (8) L 109–117	Did not advance
Zekiye Şatır	Women's individual	644	16	Romantzi (GRE) (49) L 103–105	Did not advance

Athletics

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		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Halil Akkaş	3000 m steeplechase	8:44.70	12	Did not advance
Selim Bayrak	5000 m	DNS		Did not advance
	10000 m	—		27:29.33	11
Abdil Ceylan	Marathon	—		2:31:43	71
Recep Çelik	20 km walk	—		1:32:54	49

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eşref Apak	Hammer throw	74.45	16	Did not advance
Ercüment Olgundeniz	Discus throw	60.83	20	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elvan Abeylegesse	5000 m	14:58.79	5 Q	—		15:42.74	DSQ (originally silver)
	10000 m	—				29:56.34	DSQ (originally silver)
Merve Aydın	800 m	2:04.75	4	Did not advance
Alemitu Bekele	5000 m	15:10.92	3 Q	—		15:48.48	7
Aslı Çakır	3000 m steeplechase	10:05.76	14	—		Did not advance
Bahar Doğan	Marathon	—				2:37:12	50
Türkan Erişmiş	3000 m steeplechase	9:48.54	14	—		Did not advance
Nevin Yanıt	100 m hurdles	12.94	3 q	13.28	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Karin Melis Mey	Long jump	6.42	24	Did not advance
Sviatlana Sudak Torun	Hammer throw	68.22	18	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Furkan Ulaş Memiş	Flyweight	Kumar (IND) L RET	Did not advance
Yakup Kılıç	Featherweight	Bye	Shimizu (JPN) W 12–9	Chadi (ALG) W 13–6	Lomachenko (UKR) L 1–10	Did not advance
Onur Şipal	Lightweight	Pedraza (PUR) L 3–10	Did not advance
Adem Kılıçcı	Welterweight	Saunders (GBR) L 3–14	Did not advance
Bahram Muzaffer	Light heavyweight	Aziz (KEN) W 8–3	Egan (IRL) L 2–10	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bilal Akgül	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	35

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	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	Opposition Result	Rank
Sezer Huysuz	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Iverson (AUS) W 1000–0000	Si (CHN) L 0001–0010	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ertuğrul İçingir	RS:X	DSQ	28	15	19	27	19	12	23	23	6	EL	172	22
Kemal Muslubaş	Laser	4	42	27	19	15	27	7	15	32	CAN	EL	146	18
Deniz Çınar (s) Ateş Çınar (c)	470	23	13	26	22	22	23	26	21	28	22	EL	198	28

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Sedef Köktentürk	RS:X	26	25	26	27	28	24	24	DNF	27	25	EL	242	27

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ali Kemal Tüfekçi	Finn	20	21	13	18	14	19	6	17	CAN	CAN	EL	107	20

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yusuf Dikeç	10 m air pistol	566	45	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	552	23	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ömer Aslanoğlu	200 m breaststroke	2:17.93	51	Did not advance
Serkan Atasay	200 m individual medley	2:05.25	42	Did not advance
Demir Atasoy	100 m breaststroke	1:02.25	39	Did not advance
Derya Büyükuncu	100 m backstroke	55.43	30	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.86	22	Did not advance
Deniz Nazar	400 m individual medley	4:30.80	28	—		Did not advance
Kaan Tayla	50 m freestyle	22.66	37	Did not advance
Onur Uras	100 m butterfly	54.79	58	Did not advance
Ediz Yıldırımer	1500 m freestyle	16.28.79	35	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dilara Buse Günaydın	100 m breaststroke	1:10.45	28	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:31.86	32	Did not advance
Gülşah Günenç	200 m butterfly	2:14.44	32	Did not advance
İris Rosenberger	100 m butterfly	1:01.67	44	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cem Zeng	Men's singles	Merotohun (NGR) W 4–2	Karakašević (SRB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Melek Hu	Women's singles	Bye	Pan L-c (TPE) W 4–1	Schall (GER) W 4–2	Fukuhara (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Servet Tazegül	Men's −68 kg	Viera (CUB) W 4–3	Son T-J (KOR) L 0–1	Did not advance	Bekkers (NED) W 3–2	Lopez (PER) W 1–0	Did not advance
Bahri Tanrıkulu	Men's −80 kg	S Lopez (USA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Azize Tanrıkulu	Women's −57 kg	Teo (MAS) W 7–4	D Lopez (USA) W 2–1	Zubčić (CRO) W 5–3	Bye		Lim S-J (KOR) L 0–1
Sibel Güler	Women's −67 kg	Sánchez (ARG) L 0–4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sedat Artuç	−56 kg	115	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Taner Sağır	−77 kg	165	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
İzzet İnce	−85 kg	170	6	190	DNF	170	DNF
Bünyamin Sudaş	−105 kg	166	15	207	14	373	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nurcan Taylan	−48 kg	84	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Sibel Özkan	−48 kg	88	2	111	2	199	DSQ (officially silver)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 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	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sezar Akgül	−55 kg	Bye	Matsunaga (JPN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Diatta (SEN) W 3–0 PO	Mansurov (UZB) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	7
Tevfik Odabaşı	−60 kg	Ramazanov (MKD) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						16
Ramazan Şahin	−66 kg	Bye	Garzón (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Taghavi (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Tushishvili (GEO) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Stadnik (UKR) W 3–1 PP
Ahmet Gülhan	−74 kg	Abdo (AUS) W 3–0 PO	Saitiev (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Cho B-K (KOR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		9
Serhat Balcı	−84 kg	Bye	Cross (CAN) W 3–1 PP	Salas (CUB) W 3–0 PO	Abdusalomov (TJK) L 0–3 PO	Bye		Danko (UKR) L 0–3 PO	5
Hakan Koç	−96 kg	Bye	Kehrer (GER) W 3–1 PP	Muradov (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Tibilov (UKR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	7
Aydın Polatçı	−120 kg	Bye	Ishchenko (UKR) W 3–1 PP	Mutalimov (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Soner Sucu	−60 kg	Bye	Albiev (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Monzón (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		7
Şeref Eroğlu	−66 kg	Gergov (BUL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						16
Şeref Tüfenk	−74 kg	Abdulov (AZE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						16
Nazmi Avluca	−84 kg	Bye	Khasaia (GEO) W 3–1 PP	Tahmasebi (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Fodor (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Ma Sy (CHN) W 3–1 PP
Mehmet Özal	−96 kg	Kryoka (UKR) W 3–1 PP	Ežerskis (LTU) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					11
Rıza Kayaalp	−120 kg	Bye	Mizgaitis (LTU) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					11

See also

• Turkey at the 2008 Summer Paralympics