Turkey competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions. Turkey failed to register any athletes at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and also joined the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Turkish team consisted of 103 athletes, 55 men and 48 women, across twenty-one sports.[2]
| Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TUR |
| NOC | Turkish National Olympic Committee |
| Website | olimpiyat |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 103 in 21 sports |
| Flag bearers | Rıza Kayaalp (opening)[1] Taha Akgul (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 41st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Turkey returned home from Rio de Janeiro with eight medals (one gold, three silver, and four bronze), a vast improvement on the nation's overall medal count from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3] Five of these medals were awarded to the wrestlers, including a sole golden glory from double world champion Taha Akgül in the men's super heavyweight freestyle (125 kg), and a runner-up feat from reigning world and multiple-time European champion Rıza Kayaalp in the Greco-Roman side, despite his failed attempt to avert a historic golden "three-peat" set forth by his Cuban rival Mijaín López.[4][5]
Apart from the wrestlers, three Turkish athletes collected the rest of the country's medals in their respective individual sports. Among them were Cuban-born track sprinter Yasmani Copello in the men's 400 m hurdles, taekwondo fighter Nur Tatar in the women's welterweight division (67 kg), and Turkmen-born weightlifter Daniyar İsmayilov, who ended the country's momentary medal drought in his signature sport with a scintillating silver in the men's 69 kg category.[6]
Medalists edit
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Competitors edit
The Turkish Olympic Committee (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi, TMOK) fielded a roster of 103 athletes, 55 men and 48 women, to compete across twenty-one different sports at these Games; it was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, relatively smaller by eleven athletes than in London four years earlier.[2] Women's basketball was the only collective sport in which Turkey qualified for the Games, having returned to the Olympic scene for the second straight time. These Games also witnessed several Turkish athletes compete for the first time in the women's modern pentathlon, as well as in equestrian jumping (1960) and fencing (1984) after long years of absence.
Track and field accounted for the most number of athletes on the Turkish team by an individual-based sport, with 31 entries (20 men and 11 women). There was only a single competitor each in badminton, sprint kayaking, equestrian jumping, fencing, modern pentathlon, and tennis.
The Turkish roster featured all three medalists returning from London 2012, namely taekwondo fighters Nur Tatar (women's 67 kg) and defending titleholder Servet Tazegül (men's 68 kg), and Greco-Roman wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, who entered his third straight Games as the reigning world champion, a multiple-time European champion, and a top medal favorite in the super heavyweight category. Because of his sporting successes, Kayaalp was nominated by TMOK to become the country's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][7]
Nearly a quarter of the Turkish athletes representing at these Games were born in the overseas, with several of them coming from Africa and former Soviet nations. Among the foreign-born athletes were track sprinters Jak Ali Harvey (Jamaica) and Ramil Guliyev (Azerbaijan), track hurdler Yasmani Copello (Cuba), breaststroke swimmer and four-time world junior champion Zeynep Güneş (Ukraine), three-time Olympians Melek Hu (table tennis player, China) and Karin Melis Mey (long jumper, South Africa), and world-ranked weightlifter Daniyar İsmayilov (Turkmenistan).[8]
Other notable athletes on the Turkish squad included sailing brothers Ateş and Deniz Çınar in the men's 470 class, double world champion and top medal favorite Taha Akgül in the men's super heavyweight freestyle (125 kg), and hammer thrower and 2004 bronze medalist Eşref Apak, who headed the roster as the lone competitor going to his fourth straight Olympics. Seventeen-year-old gymnast Tutya Yılmaz was Turkey's youngest athlete of the Games, with pistol shooter and three-time Olympian Yusuf Dikeç rounding out the field as the oldest competitor (aged 43).
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Archery edit
One Turkish archer has qualified each for the men's and women's individual recurve at the Olympics by securing one of three available Olympic spots at the 2016 European Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Mete Gazoz | Men's individual | 661 | 29 |  Plihon (FRA)W 6*–5 |
 van den Berg (NED)L 3–7 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Yasemin Ecem Anagöz | Women's individual | 638 | 25 |  Lipiarska-Pałka (POL)W 6*–5 |
 Valencia (MEX)L 5–6* |
Did not advance | ||||
Athletics edit
Turkish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[10][11]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track & road events
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jak Ali Harvey | 100 m | Bye | 10.14 | 2 Q | 10.03 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 m | 20.58 | 6 | — | Did not advance | |||||
| Ramil Guliyev | 200 m | 20.23 | 2 Q | — | 20.09 | 4 q | 20.43 | 8 | |
| İlham Tanui Özbilen | 1500 m | 3:49.02 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Ali Kaya | 5000 m | 14:05.34 | 19 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Ali Kaya | 10000 m | — | DNF | ||||||
| Polat Kemboi Arıkan | — | 27:35.50 | 13 | ||||||
| Yasmani Copello | 400 m hurdles | 49.52 | 1 Q | — | 48.61 | 3 q | 47.92 | 
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| Aras Kaya | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:32.35 | 8 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Halil Akkaş | 8:33.12 | 7 | — | Did not advance | |||||
| Tarık Langat Akdağ | DNF | — | Did not advance | ||||||
| Emre Zafer Barnes Umutcan Cumali Emektaş Jak Ali Harvey Ramil Guliyev İzzet Safer Furkan Şen |
4 × 100 m relay | 38.30 | 4 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Bekir Karayel | Marathon | — | 2:31:27 | 126 | |||||
| Ercan Muslu | — | 2:18:40 | 51 | ||||||
| Kaan Kigen Özbilen | — | 2:14:11 | 17 | ||||||
| Ersin Tacir | 20 km walk | — | 1:22.53 | 30 | |||||
| Mert Atlı | — | 1:31.36 | 62 | ||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Yasemin Can | 5000 m | 15:19.50 | 2 Q | 14:56.96 | 6 |
| 10000 m | — | 30:26.41 | 7 | ||
| Meryem Akda | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:50.28 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Özlem Kaya | 9:32.03 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| Tuğba Güvenç | 9:49.93 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Esma Aydemir | Marathon | — | 2:39.59 | 58 | |
| Sultan Haydar | — | 2:53.57 | 111 | ||
| Meryem Erdoğan | — | 2:54.04 | 112 | ||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Şeref Osmanoğlu | Men's triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | |
| Eşref Apak | Men's hammer throw | 70.08 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Karin Melis Mey | Women's long jump | 6.49 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Emel Dereli | Women's shot put | 17.01 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| Kıvılcım Kaya | Women's hammer throw | 64.79 | 26 | Did not advance | |
| Tuğçe Şahutoğlu | 67.05 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
Badminton edit
Turkey has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Özge Bayrak had claimed her Olympic spot as one of top 34 individual shuttlers in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Özge Bayrak | Women's singles |  Cicognini (ITA)W (21–14, 21–9) |
 Bae Y-j (KOR)L (11–21, 7–21) |
2 | Did not advance | ||||
Basketball edit
Women's tournament edit
Turkey women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes, France.[13]
- Team roster
The following is the Turkey roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[14]
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- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Australia
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5 | 5 | 0 | 400 | 345 | +55 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  France
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5 | 3 | 2 | 344 | 343 | +1 | 8[a] | |
| 3 |  Turkey
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5 | 3 | 2 | 324 | 325 | −1 | 8[a] | |
| 4 |  Japan
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5 | 3 | 2 | 386 | 378 | +8 | 8[a] | |
| 5 |  Belarus
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5 | 1 | 4 | 347 | 361 | −14 | 6 | |
| 6 |  Brazil (H)
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5 | 0 | 5 | 335 | 384 | −49 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
6 August 2016
12:00 |
| Turkey |
39–55 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 3–14, 16–19, 4–14 | ||
| Pts: Yılmaz 16 Rebs: Yılmaz 6 Asts: Vardarlı 5 |
Pts: Michel, Miyem 14 Rebs: Yacoubou 11 Asts: Epoupa 5 | |
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,042 Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Scott Beker (AUS), Natalia Cuello (DOM) |
7 August 2016
17:30 |
| Australia |
61–56 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 14–14, 17–12, 18–15 | ||
| Pts: Cambage 22 Rebs: Cambage 11 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Sanders 25 Rebs: Sanders 7 Asts: Vardarlı 7 | |
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1,853 Referees: Anne Panther (GER), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Carlos Peruga (ESP) |
9 August 2016
17:45 |
| Turkey |
76–62 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 14–14, 19–16, 19–23 | ||
| Pts: Sanders 36 Rebs: Çağlar 9 Asts: Alben, Çakır 5 |
Pts: Tokashiki 13 Rebs: Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 7 | |
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,624 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chanihaz Boussetta (MAR) |
11 August 2016
12:15 |
| Belarus |
71–74 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 14–20, 21–24, 17–17 | ||
| Pts: Harding 17 Rebs: Leuchanka 10 Asts: Verameyenka 7 |
Pts: Yılmaz 26 Rebs: Sanders 11 Asts: Vardarlı 7 | |
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1,784 Referees: Carlos Peruga (ESP), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Carlos Júlio (ANG) |
13 August 2016
15:30 |
| Turkey |
79–76 (2OT) | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 12–21, 21–11, 19–13, Overtime: 10–10, 9–6 | ||
| Pts: Sanders 23 Rebs: Sanders 10 Asts: Alben 5 |
Pts: Castro 22 Rebs: Dos Santos 12 Asts: Castro 8 | |
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,075 Referees: Juan Carlos García (ESP), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Piotr Pastusiak (POL) |
- Quarter-final
Boxing edit
Turkey has entered five boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Onur Şipal became the first Turkish boxer to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish of his respective weight division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.[15][16] Meanwhile, three further boxers (Gozgec, Ünal, and Demirezen) had claimed their Olympic spots with box-off victories at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun.[17]
London 2012 Olympian Selçuk Eker secured an additional Olympic place on the Turkish roster at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, while Şipal's younger brother Önder completed the boxing lineup with his box-off triumph at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.[18]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Selçuk Eker | Men's flyweight |  Hu Jg (CHN)L 1–2 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Batuhan Gözgeç | Men's light welterweight |  Smaila (CMR)W 3–0 |
Teixeira (BRA) W 3–0 |
 Harutyunyan (GER)L 0–3 |
Did not advance | ||
| Onur Şipal | Men's welterweight |  Chamov (BUL)L 0–3 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Önder Şipal | Men's middleweight |  Muziyo (ZAM)W 2–1 |
 Yadav (IND)L 0–3 |
Did not advance | |||
| Mehmet Nadir Ünal | Men's light heavyweight |  Saada (MAR)W WO |
 La Cruz (CUB)L 0–3 |
Did not advance | |||
| Ali Eren Demirezen | Men's super heavyweight | Bye |  Hrgović (CRO)L 0–3 |
Did not advance | |||
Canoeing edit
Sprint edit
Turkish canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[19]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lasma Liepa | Women's K-1 200 m | 41.760 | 4 Q | 41.866 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Women's K-1 500 m | 1:59.581 | 5 Q | 2:08.450 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling edit
Road edit
Turkish riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.[20]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onur Balkan | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Ahmet Örken | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Men's time trial | 1:27:37.41 | 34 | |
Equestrian edit
Turkey has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Central & Eastern Europe in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.[21] This signified the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 1960.
Jumping edit
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round A | Round B | |||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Ömer Karaevli | Roso au Crosnier | Individual | 13 | 61 | Did not advance | ||||||||||||
Fencing edit
Turkey has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's sporting comeback for the first time since 1984. İrem Karamete had claimed her Olympic spot in the women's foil by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| İrem Karamete | Women's foil | Bye | Thibus (FRA) L 6–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
Gymnastics edit
Artistic edit
Turkey has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Ferhat Arican and Tutya Yılmaz had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[22][23]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Ferhat Arican | All-around | 13.133 | 13.866 | 13.733 | 13.533 | 14.733 | 13.633 | 82.631 | 41 | Did not advance | |||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
| Tutya Yılmaz | All-around | 13.733 | 12.166 | 14.500 | 12.733 | 53.132 | 42 | Did not advance | |||||
Judo edit
Turkey has qualified a total of four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Bekir Özlü (previously competed for Georgia), Dilara Lokmanhekim, and Kayra Sayit were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Büşra Katipoğlu at women's half-middleweight (63 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as the highest-ranked Turkish judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[24]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Bekir Özlü | Men's −60 kg | Bye |  McKenzie (GBR)L 000–003 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Dilara Lokmanhekim | Women's −48 kg | — | Carrillo (MEX) L 000–100 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Büşra Katipoğlu | Women's −63 kg | — |  Nikoloska (MKD)W 000–000 S |
Agbegnenou (FRA) L 000–102 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Kayra Sayit | Women's +78 kg | — | Bye |  Mojica (PUR)W 102–000 |
Yu S (CHN) L 000–111 |
Did not advance |  Chikhrouhou (TUN)W 100–000 |
 Yamabe (JPN)L 000–010 |
5 |
Modern pentathlon edit
Turkey has received an invitation from UIPM to send İlke Özyüksel in the women's modern pentathlon to the Olympics for the first time, as one of the next highest-ranked individuals, not yet qualified, in the World Rankings as of June 1, 2016.[25]
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) |
Swimming (200 m freestyle) |
Riding (show jumping) |
Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) |
Total points | Final rank | |||||||||
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| RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | ||||
| İlke Özyüksel | Women's | 10–25 | 0 | 35 | 160 | 2:17.79 | 19 | 287 | EL | =31 | 0 | 12:49.98 | 12 | 531 | 978 | 35 |
Rowing edit
Turkey has qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Hüseyin Kandemir Cem Yılmaz |
Men's lightweight double sculls | 6:41.67 | 5 R | 7:13.49 | 5 SC/D | 7:24.14 | 2 FC | 6:47.06 | 16 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing edit
Turkish sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and European qualifying regattas.[26][27]
London 2012 Olympians Alican Kaynar, Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş, and brothers Ateş Çınar and Deniz Çınar were selected to the Olympic roster under the qualifying merit. Windsurfers Dilara Uralp and Onur Cavit Biriz were added to Turkey's sailing lineup for the Games on June 24, 2016, after the nation received spare Olympic berths freed up by New Zealand and Canada, respectively, from the International Sailing Federation.[28]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Onur Cavit Biriz | Men's RS:X | 31 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 29 | 23 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 33 | 37 | EL | 363 | 35 | |
| Alican Kaynar | Men's Finn | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 11 | — | EL | 93 | 13 | ||
| Ateş Çınar Deniz Çınar |
Men's 470 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 5 | — | EL | 120 | 15 | ||
| Dilara Uralp | Women's RS:X | 20 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 19 | EL | 231 | 22 | |
| Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş | Women's Laser Radial | 16 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 12 | — | EL | 127 | 15 | ||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting edit
Turkish shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[29]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Yusuf Dikeç | Men's 10 m air pistol | 576 | 21 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Men's 50 m pistol | 550 | 22 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Yavuz İlnam | Men's trap | 115 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Erdinç Kebapçı | 108 | 29 | Did not advance | ||||
| İsmail Keleş | Men's 10 m air pistol | 575 | 24 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Men's 50 m pistol | 544 | 29 | — | Did not advance | |||
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming edit
Turkish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[30][31]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Nezir Karap | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:58.37 | 43 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Ekaterina Avramova | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:11.21 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Zeynep Güneş | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.14 | 15 Q | 1:07.41 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 200 m breaststroke | 2:23.83 | 7 Q | 2:23.49 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| Women's 400 m individual medley | 4:41.79 | 18 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Women's 200 m butterfly | 2:10.02 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
Table tennis edit
Turkey has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Two-time Olympian Melek Hu secured one of ten available Olympic spots in the women's singles by winning the group final match at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.[32] Meanwhile, Ahmet Li was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.[33]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Ahmet Li | Men's singles | Bye |  Wang (CAN)L 0–4 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Melek Hu | Women's singles | Bye |  Chen S-y (TPE)L 0–4 |
Did not advance | ||||||
Taekwondo edit
Turkey entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympic featherweight champion Servet Tazegül and silver medalist Nur Tatar qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.[34][35]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Servet Tazegül | Men's −68 kg |  Morales (CHI)W 14–1 PTG |
 Denisenko (RUS)L 6–19 PTG |
Did not advance |  Contreras (VEN)L 4–5 |
Did not advance | 7 |
| Nur Tatar | Women's −67 kg |  Marton (AUS)W 11–1 |
Gülec (GER) W 5–1 |
Niaré (FRA) L 0–4 SUD |
Bye | Chuang C-c (TPE) W 7–3 |
|
Tennis edit
Turkey has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Due to the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games, Çağla Büyükakçay (world no. 77) received a spare ITF Olympic place to compete in the women's singles, as the next highest-ranked eligible player, not yet qualified, in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.[36][37]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Çağla Büyükakçay | Women's singles | Makarova (RUS) L 6–3, 0–6, 6–8 |
Did not advance | |||||
Weightlifting edit
Turkish weightlifters have qualified three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single men's Olympic spot had been added to the Turkish roster by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 European Championships.[38] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Daniyar Ismayilov | Men's −69 kg | 163 | 1 | 188 | 2 | 351 | 
|
| Mehtap Kurnaz | Women's −63 kg | 81 | 14 | 100 | 13 | 181 | 13 |
| Duygu Aynacı | Women's −69 kg | 90 | 14 | 110 | 12 | 200 | 12 |
| Assiya Ipek | Women's −75 kg | 83 | 13 | 103 | 13 | 186 | 13 |
Wrestling edit
Turkey has qualified a total of fourteen wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (86 & 125 kg), men's Greco-Roman 130 kg, and women's freestyle 58 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to Turkish wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.[39][40]
The remaining half of the Turkish roster secured their Olympic places to complete the wrestling line-up in separate World Qualification Tournaments; three of them at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar and four more at the final meet in Istanbul.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Men's Freestyle | |||||||||
| Süleyman Atlı | −57 kg | Bye |  Guidea (ROU)L 3–8 |
Did not advance | 16 | ||||
| Mustafa Kaya | −65 kg | Valdés (CUB) L 4–4 F |
Did not advance | 20 | |||||
| Soner Demirtaş | −74 kg | Bye |  Pürevjav (MGL)W 4–2 |
 Yazdani (IRI)L 0–7 |
Did not advance | Bye |  Castelly (HAI)W 12–0 |
 Usserbayev (KAZ)W 6–0 |
|
| Selim Yaşar | −86 kg | Bye | Espinal (PUR) W 5–2 |
Salas (CUB) W 5–2 |
 Cox (USA)W 2–1 |
Bye | Sadulaev (RUS) L 0–5 |
| |
| İbrahim Bölükbaşı | −97 kg | R Yazdani (IRI) L 0–10 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||||
| Taha Akgül | −125 kg | Bye | Jargalsaikhan (MGL) W 10–0 |
 Saidau (BLR)W 11–0 |
 Berianidze (ARM)W 8–1 |
Bye | Ghasemi (IRI) W 3–1 |
| |
| Men's Greco-Roman | |||||||||
| Selçuk Çebi | −75 kg | Bye | Starčević (CRO) L 1–2 |
Did not advance | 15 | ||||
| Cenk İldem | −98 kg | Bye | Singh (IND) W 2–1 |
Magomedov (RUS) W 1–1 |
Aleksanyan (ARM) L 0–9 |
Bye | Alexuc-Ciurariu (ROU) W 4–0 |
| |
| Rıza Kayaalp | −130 kg | Bye | Caraballo (VEN) W 8–0 |
 Shariati (AZE)W 5–0 F |
Popp (GER) W 8–0 |
Bye | López (CUB) L 0–6 |
| |
| Women's Freestyle | |||||||||
| Bediha Gün | −53 kg | Bye |  Jong M-s (PRK)L 0–10 |
Did not advance | 18 | ||||
| Elif Jale Yeşilırmak | −58 kg | Bye | Fazzari (CAN) W 3–1 |
Icho (JPN) L 1–3 |
Did not advance | Bye | Amri (TUN) L 2–3 |
Did not advance | 9 |
| Hafize Şahin | −63 kg | Nunes (BRA) W 2–5 F |
Trazhukova (RUS) L 5–9 |
Did not advance | 8 | ||||
| Buse Tosun | −69 kg | Wieszczek (POL) W 6–0 F |
Dosho (JPN) L 0–12 |
Did not advance |  Stadnyk (UKR)W 7–4 |
Yeats (CAN) L 2–3 |
Did not advance | 7 | |
| Yasemin Adar | −75 kg | Cherkasova (UKR) W 12–10 |
Bukina (RUS) L 3–5 |
Did not advance | 8 | ||||
See also edit
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External links edit
- Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)