Turkey at the Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Turkey at the
Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
41
Silver
26
Bronze
36
Total
103
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey, then the Ottoman Empire, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led boycott. Turkey has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since their first appearance in 1936. Turkish athletes have won a total of 103 medals, divided into 41 golds, 26 silvers and 36 bronzes. Turkey won the most medals in wrestling. The National Olympic Committee for Turkey, Turkish National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1911.

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
1908 London 1 0 0 0 0 -
1912 Stockholm 2 0 0 0 0 -
1920 Antwerp did not participate
1924 Paris 21 0 0 0 0 -
1928 Amsterdam 32 0 0 0 0 -
1932 Los Angeles did not participate
1936 Berlin 48 1 0 1 2 19
1948 London 58 6 4 2 12 7
1952 Helsinki 51 2 0 1 3 16
1956 Melbourne 19 3 2 2 7 12
1960 Rome 49 7 2 0 9 6
1964 Tokyo 23 2 3 1 6 16
1968 Mexico City 29 2 0 0 2 21
1972 Munich 43 0 1 0 1 33
1976 Montreal 27 0 0 0 0 -
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 46 0 0 3 3 40
1988 Seoul 41 1 1 0 2 27
1992 Barcelona 47 2 2 2 6 23
1996 Atlanta 53 4 1 1 6 19
2000 Sydney 57 3 0 2 5 26
2004 Athens 65 3 3 4 10 22
2008 Beijing 67 1 1 3 5 42
2012 London 114 1 1 1 3 46
2016 Rio de Janeiro 103 1 3 4 8 41
2020 Tokyo 108 2 2 9 13 35
Total (23/29) 1,104 41 26 36 103 31

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 6 0 0 0 0 -
1948 St. Moritz 4 0 0 0 0 -
1952 Oslo did not participate
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 0 0 0 0 -
1960 Squaw Valley 2 0 0 0 0 -
1964 Innsbruck 5 0 0 0 0 -
1968 Grenoble 11 0 0 0 0 -
1972 Sapporo did not participate
1976 Innsbruck 9 0 0 0 0 -
1980 Lake Placid did not participate
1984 Sarajevo 7 0 0 0 0 -
1988 Calgary 8 0 0 0 0 -
1992 Albertville 8 0 0 0 0 -
1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 -
1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 -
2002 Salt Lake City 3 0 0 0 0 -
2006 Turin 6 0 0 0 0 -
2010 Vancouver 5 0 0 0 0 -
2014 Sochi 6 0 0 0 0 -
2018 Pyeongchang 8 0 0 0 0 -
2022 Beijing 7 0 0 0 0 -
Total (18/24) 101 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport

  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Wrestling29181966
Weightlifting81211
Taekwondo1359
Boxing1337
Judo1012
Archery1001
Karate0134
Athletics0022
Artistic gymnastics0011
Totals (9 entries)412636103

List of Medalists

Medal Games Name Sport Event
 Gold 1936 Berlin Yaşar Erkan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
 Bronze 1936 Berlin Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight
 Gold 1948 London Nasuh Akar Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
 Gold 1948 London Gazanfer Bilge Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 – 63 kg (featherweight)
 Gold 1948 London Celal Atik Wrestling Men's Freestyle 63 – 67 kg (lightweight)
 Gold 1948 London Yaşar Doğu Wrestling Men's Freestyle 67 – 73 kg (welterweight)
 Gold 1948 London Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman + 87 kg (super heavyweight)
 Gold 1948 London Mehmet Oktav Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 – 61 kg (featherweight)
 Silver 1948 London Halit Balamir Wrestling Men's Freestyle - 52 kg (flyweight)
 Silver 1948 London Adil Candemir Wrestling Men's Freestyle 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
 Silver 1948 London Kenan Olcay Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman - 52 kg (flyweight)
 Silver 1948 London Muhlis Tayfur Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
 Bronze 1948 London Halil Kaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
 Bronze 1948 London Ruhi Sarıalp Athletics Men's Triple Jump
 Gold 1952 Helsinki Hasan Gemici Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight
 Gold 1952 Helsinki Bayram Şit Wrestling Men's Freestyle Featherweight
 Bronze 1952 Helsinki Adil Atan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight
 Gold 1956 Melbourne Mithat Bayrak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
 Gold 1956 Melbourne Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Freestyle Bantamweight
 Gold 1956 Melbourne Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight
 Silver 1956 Melbourne Rıza Doğan Wrestling Greco-Roman Lightweight
 Silver 1956 Melbourne İbrahim Zengin Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight
 Bronze 1956 Melbourne Dursun Ali Eğribaş Wrestling Greco-Roman Flyweight
 Bronze 1956 Melbourne Hüseyin Akbaş Wrestling Freestyle Flyweight
 Gold 1960 Rome Müzahir Sille Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
 Gold 1960 Rome Mithat Bayrak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
 Gold 1960 Rome Tevfik Kış Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
 Gold 1960 Rome Ahmet Bilek Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight
 Gold 1960 Rome Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Freestyle Featherweight
 Gold 1960 Rome Hasan Güngör Wrestling Freestyle Middleweight
 Gold 1960 Rome İsmet Atlı Wrestling Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Silver 1960 Rome İsmail Ogan Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight
 Silver 1960 Rome Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight
 Gold 1964 Tokyo Kazım Ayvaz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
 Gold 1964 Tokyo İsmail Ogan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight
 Silver 1964 Tokyo Hüseyin Akbaş Wrestling Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
 Silver 1964 Tokyo Hasan Güngör Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight
 Silver 1964 Tokyo Ahmet Ayık Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Bronze 1964 Tokyo Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
 Gold 1968 Mexico City Mahmut Atalay Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight
 Gold 1968 Mexico City Ahmet Ayık Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Silver 1972 Munich Vehbi Akdağ Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg
 Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Eyüp Can Boxing Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
 Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Turgut Aykaç Boxing Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
 Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Ayhan Taşkın Wrestling Men's freestyle +100 kg
 Gold 1988 Seoul Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
 Silver 1988 Seoul Necmi Gençalp Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg
 Gold 1992 Barcelona Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
 Gold 1992 Barcelona Akif Pirim Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
 Silver 1992 Barcelona Hakkı Başar Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
 Silver 1992 Barcelona Kenan Şimşek Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg
 Bronze 1992 Barcelona Hülya Şenyurt Judo Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
 Bronze 1992 Barcelona Ali Kayalı Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg
 Gold 1996 Atlanta Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 54 kg
 Gold 1996 Atlanta Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 64 kg
 Gold 1996 Atlanta Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
 Gold 1996 Atlanta Mahmut Demir Wrestling Men's Freestyle 130 kg
 Silver 1996 Atlanta Malik Beyleroğlu Boxing Men's Middleweight
 Bronze 1996 Atlanta Akif Pirim Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
 Gold 2000 Sydney Hüseyin Özkan Judo Men's 66 kg
 Gold 2000 Sydney Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Gold 2000 Sydney Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
 Bronze 2000 Sydney Hamide Bıkçın Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
 Bronze 2000 Sydney Adem Bereket Wrestling Men's freestyle 76 kg
 Gold 2004 Athens Nurcan Taylan Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
 Gold 2004 Athens Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Gold 2004 Athens Taner Sağır Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Silver 2004 Athens Şeref Eroğlu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 Silver 2004 Athens Bahri Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
 Silver 2004 Athens Atagün Yalçınkaya Boxing Light flyweight
 Bronze 2004 Athens Sedat Artuç Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Bronze 2004 Athens Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Bronze 2004 Athens Mehmet Özal Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
 Bronze 2004 Athens Aydın Polatçı Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg
 Gold 2008 Beijing Ramazan Şahin Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg
 Silver 2008 Beijing Azize Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
 Bronze 2008 Beijing Yakup Kılıç Boxing Men's 57 kg
 Bronze 2008 Beijing Servet Tazegül Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
 Bronze 2008 Beijing Nazmi Avluca Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
 Gold 2012 London Servet Tazegül Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
 Silver 2012 London Nur Tatar Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
 Bronze 2012 London Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
 Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taha Akgül Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Daniyar Ismayilov Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
 Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
 Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Selim Yaşar Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg
 Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Yasmani Copello Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
 Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cenk İldem Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
 Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Soner Demirtaş Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
 Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Nur Tatar Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
 Gold 2020 Tokyo Mete Gazoz Archery Men's individual
 Gold 2020 Tokyo Busenaz Sürmeneli Boxing Women's welterweight
 Silver 2020 Tokyo Buse Naz Çakıroğlu Boxing Women's flyweight
 Silver 2020 Tokyo Eray Şamdan Karate Men's 67 kg
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Hakan Reçber Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Hatice Kübra İlgün Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Yasemin Adar Wrestling Women's freestyle 76 kg
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Ferhat Arıcan Gymnastics Men's parallel bars
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Taha Akgül Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Ali Sofuoğlu Karate Men's kata
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Merve Çoban Karate Women's 61 kg
 Bronze 2020 Tokyo Uğur Aktaş Karate Men's 75 kg

Athletes with most medals

# Athlete Sport Games Total
1 Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting 1988–2000 3 0 0 3
2 Halil Mutlu Weightlifting 1996–2004 3 0 0 3
3 Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling 1956–1960 2 0 0 2
4 Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling 1996–2004 2 0 0 2
5 Hamit Kaplan Wrestling 1956–1964 1 1 1 3
5 Ahmet Ayık Wrestling 1964–1968 1 1 0 2
5 Servet Tazegül Taekwondo 2008–2016 1 1 0 2
8 Mehmet Akif Pirim Wrestling 1992–1996 1 0 1 2
9 Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling 1936–1948 1 0 1 2
10 Taha Akgül Wrestling 2012–2020 1 0 1 2
11 Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling 2008–2020 0 1 2 3
12 Nur Tatar Taekwondo 2012–2020 0 1 1 2


Change Medalists

  1. Adem Bereket from 4th place to bronze (Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 76 kg)
  2. Reyhan Arabacıoğlu from 4th place to bronze (Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg)

Disqualified Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Sibel Özkan Weightlifting Women's 48 kg 9 August 2008
 Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 10000 metres 15 August 2008
 Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 5000 metres 22 August 2008
 Gold Aslı Çakır Alptekin Athletics Women's 1500 metres 10 August 2012
 Silver Gamze Bulut Athletics Women's 1500 metres 10 August 2012

See also

External links

  • "Turkey". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
  • "Turkey". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/TUR". olympanalyt.com.
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