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 (Template:Langx, 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.

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.<ref name=adakan>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Template:Gold medal	Template:Sortname	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Gold medal	Template:Sortname	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Gold medal	Template:Sortname	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Boxing	Light flyweight	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	Template:Dts

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Medals by sport
Sport	Template:Gold01	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	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

Template:Main 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 / Template:Abbr
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hasan Orbay	Men's individual	647	34	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 155–157	Did not advance
Damla Günay	Women's individual	620	42	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 152–163	Did not advance
Natalia Nasaridze		639	16	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 133–136	Did not advance
Zekiye Keskin Şatır		631	25	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 135 (10)–135 (7)	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 161–163	Did not advance
Damla Günay Natalia Nasaridze Zekiye Keskin Şatır	Women's team	1890	7	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCteam L 234–244	Did not advance

Athletics

Template:Main 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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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	Template:Abbr	—	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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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	colspan=2 Template:N/a	15:12.64	15
Yeliz Ay	20 km walk	colspan=4 Template:N/a	1:36:02	33
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu	5000 m	15:52.39	14	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Lale Öztürk	Marathon	colspan=4 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Tezeta Sürekli	5000 m	15:26.64	10	colspan=2 Template:N/a	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	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	200 m	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	800 m	Final	Rank
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Result	14.10	1.64	12.29	25.11	Template:Abbr	—	—	Template:Abbr
	Points	964	783	680	877	0	—	—

Boxing

Template:Main 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	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 22–7	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 23–20	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 33–24	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 26–20	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 16–21	Template:Silver02
Sedat Taşcı	Featherweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 28–37	Did not advance
Selçuk Aydın	Lightweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 11–20	Did not advance
Mustafa Karagöllü	Light welterweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 25–20	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 19–28	Did not advance
Bülent Ulusoy	Welterweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 45–32	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 9–23	Did not advance
Serdar Üstüner	Middleweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 16–34	Did not advance
İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan	Light heavyweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 27–19	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 11–16	Did not advance

Judo

Template:Main 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 / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bektaş Demirel	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1100–0021	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–1020	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0010–0120	Did not advance
Selim Tataroğlu	+100 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1011–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0010–1000	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1000–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0110–0010	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0100–0200	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Neşe Şensoy Yıldız	−48 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0111–0021	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–0010	Did not advance

Sailing

Template:Main 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

Template:Main Turkey has qualified a single shooter.

Men

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

Swimming

Template:Main 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	colspan=2 Template:N/a	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	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Template:Main 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 / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bahri Tanrıkulu	Men's −80 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 9–9 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–4	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–6 Template:Abbr	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:Silver02

Weightlifting

Template:Main 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	Template:Bronze03
Halil Mutlu		135	1	160	1	295	Template:Gold01
Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	−77 kg	165	3	195	=7	360	Template:Bronze03
Taner Sağır		172.5 Template:OlyR	=1	202.5 Template:OlyR	1	375 Template:OlyR	Template:Gold01
İzzet İnce	−85 kg	175	Template:Abbr	—	—	—	Template:Abbr
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 Template:WR	1	112.5	1	210 Template:WR	Template:Gold01
Aylin Daşdelen	−58 kg	100	4	125	4	225	4
Sibel Şimşek	−69 kg	11575	Template:Abbr	—	—	—	Template:Abbr

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harun Doğan	−55 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–5 Template:Abbr	4	Did not advance			20
Tevfik Odabaşı	−60 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	3	Did not advance			15
Ömer Çubukçu	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Did not advance		7
Gökhan Yavaşer	−84 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	2	Did not advance			15
Fatih Çakıroğlu	−96 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	2	Did not advance			9
Aydın Polatçı	−120 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:Bronze03

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ercan Yıldız	−55 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	2	Did not advance			12
Şeref Tüfenk	−60 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	2	Did not advance			8
Şeref Eroğlu	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	1 Q	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:Silver02
Hamza Yerlikaya	−84 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	1 Q	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	4
Mehmet Özal	−96 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:Bronze03
Yekta Yılmaz Gül	−120 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	2	Did not advance			13

See also

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

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Template:Webarchive

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