Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

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.

Turkey at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors65 in 12 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Competitors edit

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 0 3
Athletics 5 2 7
Boxing 3 4 7
Cycling 1 0 1
Gymnastics 5 0 5
Sailing 3 5 8
Shooting 2 2 4
Swimming 3 0 3
Taekwondo 2 3 5
Volleyball 0 12 12
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Wrestling 6 3 9
Total 34 31 65

Archery edit

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
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 edit

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
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
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Sultan Haydar Marathon
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ersu Şaşma Pole vault

Relay events edit

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Meryem Bekmez

Salih Korkmaz

Marathon race walking mixed relay

Boxing edit

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
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 edit

Road edit

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 edit

Artistic edit

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 F PH R V PB HB
Adem Asil Team
Ahmet Önder
Ferhat Arıcan
Mehmet Ayberk Koşak
Emre Dodanlı
Total

Sailing edit

Turkish sailors qualified one boat in each the following classes through the 2024 ILCA 6 World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia; and 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.

Elimination events
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 QF SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 SF6 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
  Women's IQFoil
  Women's Formula Kite
Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
  Men's ILCA 7
  Women's ILCA 6
 
 
Mixed 470
 
 
Mixed Nacra 17

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

Shooting edit

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
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
İsmail Keleş Men's 10 m air pistol
Oğuzhan Tüzün Men's trap
Şimal Yılmaz Women's 10 m air pistol
Sena Can Women's skeet

Swimming edit

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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kuzey Tunçelli Men's 800 m freestyle
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Emir Batur Albayrak Men's 1500 m freestyle
Berkay Ömer Öğretir 100 m breaststroke

Taekwondo edit

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
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 edit

Indoor edit

Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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 edit

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 edit

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
Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammed Furkan Özbek Men's −73 kg

Wrestling edit

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
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
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
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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "First official Paris 2024 Olympic quotas awarded at worlds in Berlin". World Archery Federation. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ^ "The first ticket for Paris 2024 goes to Kaan Kigen Ozbilen". Turkish National Olympic Committee. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Türkiye book first Olympic ticket to Paris". FIVB. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  11. ^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.