Turkey at the 2016 European Athletics Championships

Turkey competed at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016.

Turkey at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
WA code	TUR
in Amsterdam
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 12
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Turkey participated at the championship with 55 athletes winning a total of twelve medals (four gold, five silver and three bronze). One of the bronze medals was awarded to the team in half marathon.

Medals by event

Event		Men					Women					Total
		G	S	B	Total		G	S	B	Total		G	S	B	Total
100 m		-	1	-	1		-	-	-	0		-	1	-	1
200 m		-	1	-	1		-	-	-	0		-	1	-	1
5,000 m		-	-	-	0		1	-	-	1		1	-	-	1
10,000 m		1	1	-	2		1	-	-	1		2	1	-	3
Half marathon		-	1	-	1		-	-	1	1		-	1	1	2
400 m hurdles		1	-	-	1		-	-	-	0		1	-	-	1
3,000 m steeplechase		-	1	-	1		-	-	1	1		-	1	1	2
Shot put		-	-	-	0		-	-	1	1		-	-	1	1
Total		2	5	0	7		2	0	3	5		4	5	3	12

Results

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Ramil Guliyev	10.21	1	—		10.07	4	10.23	6
	Jak Ali Harvey	10.04	2	—		10.04	2	10.07
200 m	Ramil Guliyev	—				20.69	8	20.51
400 m	Batuhan Altıntaş	47.23	15	—		Did not advance
	Yavuz Can	—				45.51 NR	7	Did not advance
1,500 m	Levent Ateş	3:43.25	19	—				Did not advance
10,000 m	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	—						28:18.52
	Ali Kaya	—						28:21.42
Half marathon	Kaan Kigen Özbilen	—						1:02:27
400 m hurdles	Yasmani Copello	—				48.42 NR	1	48.98
3,000 m steeplechase	Tarık Langat Akdağ	8:43.81	18	—				Did not advance
	Hakan Duvar	8:33.13 SB	8	—				8:44.03	12
	Aras Kaya	8:33.11	7	—				8:29.91 PB
4 × 400 m relay	Halit Kılıç Yasmani Copello Escobar Batuhan Altıntaş Yavuz Can	3:04.65	9	—				Did not advance

Field events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Triple jump	Şeref Osmanoğlu	16.81	3	—				16.55	6
	Aşkın Karaca	16.19	21	—				Did not advance
Discus throw	Ercüment Olgundeniz	NM		—				Did not advance
Hammer throw	Eşref Apak	NM		—				Did not advance
	Özkan Baltacı	70.67	8	—				71.35	9

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
5,000 m	Yasemin Can	—						15:18.15
10,000 m	Yasemin Can	—						31:12.86 EL, EU23
Half marathon	Esma Aydemir	—						1:11:49	5
	Sultan Haydar	—						1:12:34	11
	Sevilay Eytemis	—						1:15:36	43
	Turkey	—						3:39:59
400 m hurdles	Elif Yıldırım	58.40	20	—		Did not advance
3,000 m steeplechase	Meryem Akda	9:45.69	9	—				9:55.42	13
	Özlem Kaya	9:44.41	7	—				9:35.05
	Elif Karabulut	Did not finish		—				Did not advance
4 × 400 m relay	Berfe Sancak Meryem Kasap Emel Şanlı Elif Yıldırım	3:38.47	16	—				Did not advance

Field events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Karin Melis Mey	6.55	4	—				6.62	5
Shot put	Emel Dereli	17.88	2	—				18.22
Javelin throw	Eda Tuğsuz	58.13	12	—				56.97	11
Hammer throw	Kıvılcım Salman	65.97	17	—				Did not advance
	Tuğçe Şahutoğlu	62.37	28	—				Did not advance