Turkey at the Olympics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Turkey at theOlympics |
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NOC | Turkish National Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 33rd |
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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.
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Medals
Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by Summer Sport
Leading in that sport
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Wrestling | 29 | 18 | 21 | 68 |
Weightlifting | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Boxing | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
Taekwondo | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Karate | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Artistic gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 41 | 29 | 41 | 111 |
List of Medalists
Medal | Games | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | rowspan="2" | 1936 Berlin | Yaşar Erkan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight |
Bronze | Ahmet Kireççi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Middleweight | |
Gold | rowspan="12" | 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 | rowspan="3" | 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 | rowspan="7" | 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 | rowspan="9" | 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 | rowspan="6" | 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 | rowspan="2" | 1968 Mexico City | Mahmut Atalay | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Welterweight |
Gold | Ahmet Ayık | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight | |
Silver | rowspan="1" | 1972 Munich | Vehbi Akdağ | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |
Bronze | 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 | rowspan="2" | 1988 Seoul | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg |
Silver | Necmi Gençalp | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg | |
Gold | rowspan="6" | 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 | rowspan="6" | 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 | rowspan="5" | 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 | rowspan="10" | 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 | rowspan="5" | 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 | rowspan="3" | 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 | rowspan="8" | 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 | rowspan="13" | 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 | rowspan="8" | 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
# | Athlete | Sport | Games | Total | |||
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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
- Adem Bereket from 4th place to bronze (Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 76 kg)
- Reyhan Arabacıoğlu from 4th place to bronze (Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg)
Disqualified Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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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
In Spanish: Turquía en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños
- List of flag bearers for Turkey at the Olympics
- Category:Olympic competitors for Turkey
- Turkey at the Paralympics