Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	56 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions: Antwerp 1920, Los Angeles 1932 at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and Moscow 1980, as part of the United States-led boycott.

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	4	1	5
Boxing	3	4	7
Cycling	1	0	1
Gymnastics	5	0	5
Sailing	1	1	2
Shooting	1	2	3
Swimming	3	0	3
Taekwondo	2	3	5
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	6	3	9
Total	30	26	56

Archery

Turkey fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by virtue of their silver-medal victory and obtaining one of three available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mete Gazoz	Men's individual			0
Ulaş Berkim Tümer				0
Muhammed Yıldırmış				0
	Men's team			—

Athletics

Turkish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[2]^[3]

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 and road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yasmani Copello	400 m hurdles
Kaan Kigen Özbilen	Marathon	—
Salih Korkmaz	20 km walk	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sultan Haydar	Marathon	—

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ersu Şaşma	Pole vault

Boxing

Turkey entered seven boxers (three men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Buse Naz Çakıroğlu (women's flyweight) and defending champion Busenaz Sürmeneli (women's welterweight), along with four rookies (Gümüş, Erdemir, Akbaş, and Özer), secured the spots on the Turkish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.^[4] Later on, Kaan Aykutsun (men's middleweight) qualified himself to Paris 2024, by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Samet Gümüş	Men's flyweight	—	0
Tuğrulhan Erdemir	Men's welterweight	0
Kaan Aykutsun	Men's middleweight	0
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Women's flyweight	0
Hatice Akbaş	Women's bantamweight	0
Gizem Özer	Women's lightweight	0
Busenaz Sürmeneli	Women's welterweight	0

Cycling

Road

Turkey entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Gymnastics

Artistic

Turkey fielded a squad of five male gymnasts for Paris after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Adem Asil	Team															—
Ahmet Önder
Ferhat Arıcan
Mehmet Ayberk Koşak
Emre Dodanlı
Total

Sailing

Turkish sailors qualified one boat in each the following classes through the 2024 ILCA 6 World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina; and 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia.

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Men's ILCA 7											—
	Women's ILCA 6											—

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Turkish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
İsmail Keleş	Men's 10 m air pistol
Şimal Yılmaz	Women's 10 m air pistol
Sena Can	Women's skeet

Swimming

Turkish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kuzey Tunçelli	Men's 800 m freestyle			—
Kuzey Tunçelli	Men's 1500 m freestyle			—
Emir Batur Albayrak	Men's 1500 m freestyle			—
Berkay Ömer Öğretir	100 m breaststroke

Taekwondo

Turkey qualified five athlete to compete at the games. All of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in his respective division.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hakan Reçber	Men's −68 kg
Emre Kutalmış Ateşli	Men's +80 kg
Merve Kavurat	Women's −49 kg
Hatice Kübra İlgün	Women's −57 kg
Nafia Kuş	Women's +67 kg

Volleyball

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Turkey women's	Women's tournament

Women's tournament

Turkey women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the pool B round and securing one of two available berth at the 2023 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Tokyo, Japan.^[9]

Team roster

Women's team event – one team of 12 players

Weightlifting

Turkey entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Muhammed Furkan Özbek (men's 73 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Muhammed Furkan Özbek	Men's −73 kg

Wrestling

Turkey qualified six wrestlers for each of the following events. All of them qualified for the games with a top five result through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.^[10]^[11]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
İbrahim Çiftçi	Men's 97 kg
Taha Akgül	Men's 125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Enes Başar	Men's 60 kg
Burhan Akbudak	Men's 77 kg
Ali Cengiz	Men's 87 kg
Rıza Kayaalp	Men's 130 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Evin Demirhan Yavuz	Women's 50 kg
Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu	Women's 68 kg
Yasemin Adar Yiğit	Women's 76 kg

References

^ "First official Paris 2024 Olympic quotas awarded at worlds in Berlin". World Archery Federation. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "The first ticket for Paris 2024 goes to Kaan Kigen Ozbilen". Turkish National Olympic Committee. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Türkiye book first Olympic ticket to Paris". FIVB. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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Other	Individual Neutral Athletes Refugee Olympic Team

Turkey at the Olympics

Summer Olympic 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 2020 2024
Winter Olympic Games	1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Intercalated Games	1906

Turkey did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.

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