Turkey at the Olympics

Turkey at the
Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
41
Silver
29
Bronze
41
Total
111
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey, after 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, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp because of the sanction against the Central Powers including the Ottoman Empire, 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-led boycott. Turkey has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since their first appearance in 1936. Turkish athletes have won a total of 111 medals, divided into 41 golds, 29 silvers and 41 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

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Medals by Summer Sport

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  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Wrestling29182168
 Weightlifting81211
 Boxing15410
 Taekwondo13610
 Archery1012
 Judo1012
 Karate0134
 Shooting0101
 Athletics0022
 Artistic gymnastics0011
Totals (10 entries)412941111

List of Medalists

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Medal Games Name Sport Event
 Gold Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin Yaşar Erkan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
 Bronze Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight
 Gold United Kingdom 1948 London Nasuh Akar Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
 Gold Gazanfer Bilge Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 – 63 kg (featherweight)
 Gold Celal Atik Wrestling Men's Freestyle 63 – 67 kg (lightweight)
 Gold Yaşar Doğu Wrestling Men's Freestyle 67 – 73 kg (welterweight)
 Gold Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman + 87 kg (super heavyweight)
 Gold Mehmet Oktav Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 – 61 kg (featherweight)
 Silver Halit Balamir Wrestling Men's Freestyle - 52 kg (flyweight)
 Silver Adil Candemir Wrestling Men's Freestyle 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
 Silver Kenan Olcay Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman - 52 kg (flyweight)
 Silver Muhlis Tayfur Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
 Bronze Halil Kaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
 Bronze Ruhi Sarıalp Athletics Men's Triple Jump
 Gold Finland 1952 Helsinki Hasan Gemici Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight
 Gold Bayram Şit Wrestling Men's Freestyle Featherweight
 Bronze Adil Atan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight
 Gold Australia 1956 Melbourne Mithat Bayrak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
 Gold Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Freestyle Bantamweight
 Gold Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight
 Silver Rıza Doğan Wrestling Greco-Roman Lightweight
 Silver İbrahim Zengin Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight
 Bronze Dursun Ali Eğribaş Wrestling Greco-Roman Flyweight
 Bronze Hüseyin Akbaş Wrestling Freestyle Flyweight
 Gold Italy 1960 Rome Müzahir Sille Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
 Gold Mithat Bayrak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
 Gold Tevfik Kış Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
 Gold Ahmet Bilek Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight
 Gold Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Freestyle Featherweight
 Gold Hasan Güngör Wrestling Freestyle Middleweight
 Gold İsmet Atlı Wrestling Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Silver İsmail Ogan Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight
 Silver Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight
 Gold Japan 1964 Tokyo Kazım Ayvaz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
 Gold İsmail Ogan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight
 Silver Hüseyin Akbaş Wrestling Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
 Silver Hasan Güngör Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight
 Silver Ahmet Ayık Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Bronze Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
 Gold Mexico 1968 Mexico City Mahmut Atalay Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight
 Gold Ahmet Ayık Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Silver Germany 1972 Munich Vehbi Akdağ Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg
 Bronze United States 1984 Los Angeles Eyüp Can Boxing Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
 Bronze Turgut Aykaç Boxing Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
 Bronze Ayhan Taşkın Wrestling Men's freestyle +100 kg
 Gold South Korea 1988 Seoul Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
 Silver Necmi Gençalp Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg
 Gold Spain 1992 Barcelona Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
 Gold Akif Pirim Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
 Silver Hakkı Başar Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
 Silver Kenan Şimşek Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg
 Bronze Hülya Şenyurt Judo Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
 Bronze Ali Kayalı Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg
 Gold United States 1996 Atlanta Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 54 kg
 Gold Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 64 kg
 Gold Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
 Gold Mahmut Demir Wrestling Men's Freestyle 130 kg
 Silver Malik Beyleroğlu Boxing Men's Middleweight
 Bronze Akif Pirim Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
 Gold Australia 2000 Sydney Hüseyin Özkan Judo Men's 66 kg
 Gold Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Gold Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
 Bronze Hamide Bıkçın Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
 Bronze Adem Bereket Wrestling Men's freestyle 76 kg
 Gold Greece 2004 Athens Nurcan Taylan Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
 Gold Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Gold Taner Sağır Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Silver Şeref Eroğlu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 Silver Bahri Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
 Silver Atagün Yalçınkaya Boxing Light flyweight
 Bronze Sedat Artuç Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Bronze Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Bronze Mehmet Özal Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
 Bronze Aydın Polatçı Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg
 Gold China 2008 Beijing Ramazan Şahin Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg
 Silver Azize Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Women's 57 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
 Gold United Kingdom 2012 London Servet Tazegül Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
 Silver Nur Tatar Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
 Bronze Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
 Gold Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taha Akgül Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Silver Daniyar Ismayilov Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
 Silver Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
 Silver Selim Yaşar Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg
 Bronze Yasmani Copello Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
 Bronze Cenk İldem Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
 Bronze Soner Demirtaş Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
 Bronze Nur Tatar Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
 Gold Japan 2020 Tokyo Mete Gazoz Archery Men's individual
 Gold Busenaz Sürmeneli Boxing Women's welterweight
 Silver Buse Naz Çakıroğlu Boxing Women's flyweight
 Silver Eray Şamdan Karate Men's 67 kg
 Bronze Hakan Reçber Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
 Bronze Hatice Kübra İlgün Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
 Bronze Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
 Bronze Yasemin Adar Wrestling Women's freestyle 76 kg
 Bronze Ferhat Arıcan Gymnastics Men's parallel bars
 Bronze Taha Akgül Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Bronze Ali Sofuoğlu Karate Men's kata
 Bronze Merve Çoban Karate Women's 61 kg
 Bronze Uğur Aktaş Karate Men's 75 kg
 Silver France 2024 Paris Şevval İlayda Tarhan
Yusuf Dikeç
Shooting Mixed 10 m air pistol team
 Silver Hatice Akbaş Boxing Women's 54 kg
 Silver Buse Naz Çakıroğlu Boxing Women's 50 kg
 Bronze Mete Gazoz
Ulaş Tümer
Abdullah Yıldırmış
Archery Men's team
 Bronze Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg
 Bronze Esra Yıldız Boxing Women's 57 kg
 Bronze Taha Akgül Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Bronze Nafia Kuş Taekwondo Women's +67 kg

Athletes with most medals

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# Athlete Sport Games Total
1 Naim Süleymanoğlu  Weightlifting 1988–2000 3 0 0 3
1 Halil Mutlu  Weightlifting 1996–2004 3 0 0 3
3 Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Wrestling 1956–1960 2 0 0 2
3 Mithat Bayrak  Wrestling 1956–1964 2 0 0 2
3 Hamza Yerlikaya  Wrestling 1996–2004 2 0 0 2
6 Hamit Kaplan  Wrestling 1956–1964 1 1 1 3
7 Hasan Güngör  Wrestling 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
7 İsmail Ogan  Wrestling 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
7 Ahmet Ayık  Wrestling 1964–1968 1 1 0 2
10 Taha Akgül  Wrestling 2012–2024 1 0 2 3
11 Ahmet Kireççi  Wrestling 1936–1948 1 0 1 2
11 Mehmet Akif Pirim  Wrestling 1992–1996 1 0 1 2
11 Servet Tazegül  Taekwondo 2008–2016 1 0 1 2
11 Mete Gazoz  Archery 2016–2024 1 0 1 2
15 Buse Naz Çakıroğlu  Boxing 2020–2024 0 2 0 2
16 Rıza Kayaalp  Wrestling 2008–2020 0 1 2 3
17 Hüseyin Akbaş  Wrestling 1956–1964 0 1 1 2
17 Nur Tatar  Taekwondo 2012–2020 0 1 1 2

Change Medalists

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  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

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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

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