Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the Olympic Games
Flag of Turkey IOC code  TUR NOC National Olympic Committee of Turkey
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	53
Medals Rank: 19	Gold 4	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 6
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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
Winter Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Intercalated Games
1906

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Mutlu, HalilHalil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's Flyweight (54 kg)
01 ! Gold	Süleymanoğlu, NaimNaim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
01 ! Gold	Yerlikaya, HamzaHamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)
01 ! Gold	Demir, MahmutMahmut Demir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)
02 ! Silver	Beyleroglu, MalikMalik Beyleroglu	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
03 ! Bronze	Pirim, AkifAkif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg)

Results by event

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)

Athletics

Men's Decathlon

• Alper Kasapoglu

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

Women's Javelin Throw

• Aysel Taş

• Qualification — 57.86m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Serap Aktaş — 2:36.14 (→ 23rd place)

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)

• Soner Karagöz
  1. First Round — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 3-15

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

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

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Vahdettin İşsever
  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

Swimming

Men's 400m Freestyle

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

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 56.71 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 2:04.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 54.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Can 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)

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

• Dursun Sevinc

• Final — 165.0 + 197.5 = 362.5 (→ 7th place)

References