Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the Olympic Games

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IOC code:   TUR
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals
Rank: 19		 Gold
4		 Silver
1		 Bronze
1		 Total
6
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Turkey competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

  • Malik Beyleroglu — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

[edit] Bronze

  • Akif Pirim — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women nearly earned two medals. Elif Altankaynak made it to the semifinals in the individual competition, and the women's team made it there in the team round. However, the semifinals were as far as any Turkish archer got, and Altankaynak and the team both lost there and in the bronze medal matches.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Elif Altankaynak → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (4-2)
  • Natalia Nasaridze → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
  • Elif Eksi → Round of 64, 47th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Okyay Kucukkayalar → Round of 64, 59th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Altankaynak, Nasaridze, and Eksi → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Decathlon

  • Alper Kasapoglu
  • Final Result — 7575 points (→ 29th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Aysel Tas
  • Qualification — 57.86m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Serap Aktas — 2:36.14 (→ 23th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Yaşar Giritli
    1. First Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand) on points (4-19)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Serdar Yağlı
    1. First Round — Lost to Josian Lebon (Mauritius), 8-9

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Vahdettin Işsever
    1. First Round — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 2-14

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
    1. First Round — Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea), 21-5
    2. Second Round — Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 1-23

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Çahit Sürme
    1. First Round — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 1-11

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Malik Beyleroğlu → Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), 9-8
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 16-12
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 11-11 (referee decision)
    5. Final — Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 3-11

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Yusuf Öztürk
    1. First Round — Lost to Pedro Aurino (Italy), 7-15

[edit] Swimming

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Çan Ergenekan
    1. Heat — 4:02.39 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Butterfly

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Çan Ergenekan
    1. Heat — 2:01.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)


Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Nida Zuhal
    1. Heat — 1:04.11 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Nida Zuhal
    1. Heat — 2:18.46 (→ did not advance, 26th place)


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