Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Turkey
games=2004 Summer
competitors= 65 (45 men, 20 women)
sports= 10
flagbearer=Ali Enver Adakan
officials=
gold=3
silver=3
bronze=4
total=10
rank=22

Turkey competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Results by event

=Archery=

The Turkish had three women archers in the top 85 in the world, and two in the top 50, so it was well within reason to suggest that they could at least advance a round in the Olympic tournament. After the ranking round (individual and team ranking was simultaneous), Turkey were tied with Germany for sixth, but lost out on a tiebreaker. This was critical, as instead of getting the 11th-ranked Russians, Turkey drew the 2nd-ranked Ukraine, who were poorly placed in the ranking round because of a disastrous round from world #5 Kateryna Palekha. Ukraine shot the second best total of the round of 16 to beat the Turks, whose score was identical to that of the Russians.

There was a further reverse dealt to the Turks by German archers, however, as Damla Gunay handily lost to a German, while Zekiye Keskin Satir needed extra arrows to beat a German opponent of her own.

The lone male archer, Hasan Orbay, led by 1 coming into the final four arrows, but then shot a 5, followed by a 7, leaving him down by four. He made two points back, but was still eliminated.

Men's Individual:
* Hasan Orbay
**Ranking Round: 647 points (34th overall)
**1/32 Round: Lost to (31) Laurence Godfrey of Great Britain (155 - 157)

Women's Individual:
* Natalia Nasaridze
**Ranking Round: 639 points (16th overall)
**1/32 Round: Lost to (49) Mari Piuva of Finland (133 - 136)

* Zekiye Keskin Satir
**Ranking Round: 631 points (25th overall)
**1/32 Round: Defeated (40) Wiebke Nulle of Germany (135 (10) - 135 (7))
**1/16 Round: Lost to (8) Evangelia Psarra of Greece (161 - 163)

* Damla Gunay
**Ranking Round: 620 points (42nd overall)
**1/32 Round: Lost to (23) Anja Hitzler of Germany (152 - 163)

Women's Team:
* Damla Gunay, Zekiye Keskin Satir, and Natalia Nasaridze
**Ranking Round: 1890 (47 10s, 7th overall)
**1/8 Round: Lost to (10) Ukraine (234 - 244)

=Athletics=

Before 2004, Turkey had only won one medal in Athletics, Ruhi Sarialp in the 1936 triple jump. This count doubled after Esref Apak was moved up following the removal of Adrian Annus for missing a drug test. Apak threw 79.51 metres with his second throw of the final to place third, making the second half of the final and earning three more throws, though he wouldn't top 79.51. Elvan Abeylegesse was the only other member of the team to make a final, and actually made two, the 1500 and 5000 metres. She finished within three seconds of a medal in the 1500, but was well back in the 5000.

Men's 800 metres:
* Selahattin Cobanoglu
**Round 1: 1:47.83 (6th in heat 6, did not advance, 46th overall)

Men's Triple Jump:
* Berk Tuna
**Qualification: No mark (did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw:
* Ercument Olgundeniz
**Qualification: 58.17 m (14th in Group B, did not advance, 26th overall)

Men's Hammer Jump:
* Esref Apak
**Qualification: 76.74 m (3rd in Group A, "Qualified", 9th overall)
**Final A: 79.51 m (2nd overall, "Qualified")
**Final B: 79.23 m (Best: 79.51 m) (Bronze Medal)

Women's 800 metres:
* Binnaz Uslu
**Round 1: 2:03.46 (6th in heat 5, did not advance, 22nd overall)

Women's 1500 metres:
* Elvan Abeylegesse
**Round 1: 4:06.42 (5th in heat 1, "Qualified", 13th overall)
**Semifinal: 4:07.10 (4th in semifinal 1, "Qualified", 11th overall)
**Final: 4:00.67 (8th overall)

Women's 5000 metres:
* Elvan Abeylegesse
**Round 1: 14:54.80 (2nd in heat 1, "Qualified", 2nd overall)
**Final: 15:12.64 (15th overall)
* Tezeta Desalgne-Surekli
**Round 1: 15:26.64 (10th in heat 1, did not advance,
* Ebru Kavaklioglu
**Round 1: 15:52.39 (14th in heat 1, did not advance,

Women's Marathon:
* Lale Ozturk
** Did not finish

Ozturk withdrew between the 10 and 15 km checkpoints, having fallen behind the leaders by around 5 minutes.

Women's High Jump:
* Candeger Kilincer Oguz
* Qualification: 1.89 m (9th in Group A, did not advance, 22nd overall)

Women's Shot Put:
* Filiz Kadoan
*Qualification: 15.20 m (15th in Group A, did not advance, 33rd overall)

Women's Heptathlon:
* Anzhela Atroshchenko
** Did not finish
***100 metre Hurdles: 14.10 s (964 points) (season best)
***High Jump: 1.64 m (783 points) (Total: 1747 points)
***Shot Put: 12.29 m (680 points) (Total: 2427 points)
***200 metres: 25.11 s (877 points) (Total: 3304 points)
***Long Jump: Did not start

Women's 20 kilometre Walk:
* Yeliz Ay
**1:36:02 (33rd overall)

=Boxing=

Turkey sent eight boxers to the Olympics in Athens. Atagun Yalcinkaya won Turkey's only medal in boxing of 2004, a silver medal. This put Turkey in a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medal count.

Four Turkish boxers lost their first matches. Two more fell in the round of 16, while Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan made it to the quarterfinals and Yalcinkaya made it to the final before being defeated. The combined record of the eight boxers was 8-7, with one boxer losing by walkover.

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg):
* "'Atagun Yalcinkaya
** Round of 32: Defeated Jolly Katongole of Uganda (22 - 7)
** Round of 16: Defeated Jeyhun Abiyev of Azerbaijan (23 - 20)
** Quarterfinal: Defeated Alfonso Pinto of Italy (33 - 24)
** Semifinal: Defeated Sergey Kazakov of Russia (26 - 20)
** Final: Lost to Yan Bhartelemy Varela of Cuba (16 - 21) (Silver Medal)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg):
* Sedat Tasci
** Round of 32: Lost to Seok Hwan Jo of South Korea (28 - 37)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg):
* Selcuk Aydin
** Round of 32: Lost to Dimitar Stilianov of Bulgaria (11 - 20)

Men's Light Welterweight (64 kg):
* Mustafa Karagollu
** Round of 32: Defeated Vijendra of India (25 - 20)
** Round of 16: Lost to Ionuţ Gheorghe of Romania (19 - 28)

Men's Welterweight (69 kg):
* Bulent Ulusoy
** Round of 32: Defeated Ellis Chibuye of Zambia (45 - 32)
** Round of 16: Lost to Sherzod Husanov of [Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Uzbekistan] (9 - 23)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg):
* Serdar Ustune
** Round of 32: Lost to Sherzod Abdurahmonov of Uzbekistan (16 - 34)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg):
* Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan
** Round of 32: Defeated Soulan Pownceby of New Zealand (outscored; Round 3, 1:23)
** Round of 16: Defeated Shumenov Beibut of Kazakhstan (27 - 19)
** Quarterfinal: Lost to Utkirbek Haydarov of Uzbekistan (11 - 16)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg):
* Ertugrul Ergezen
** Round of 16: Failed medical examination, WD

=Judo=

The three Turkish judokas put up a record of 5-5, with the strongest performance from Selim Tataroglu, who won two repechage matches and ended up just two matches from a medal. Tataroglu was involved in both of the matches in his division that were won by assessment of 4 penalty points (Hanusko-make by 4 shidos) back to back, losing the first, then winning the second. Another trivia note was Nese Sensoy's split descistion against the Koreas, defeating the judoka from the North, but losing to the judoka from the South.

Men's 66 kg (Half-Lightweight):
* Bektas Demirel
**Round of 32: Defeated Larbi Benboudaoud of France (Tani-otoshi; ippon - 2:52)
**Round of 16: Lost to Georgi Georgiev of Bulgaria (Kata-guruma; ippon - 4:25) (advanced to first repechage round)
**First Repechage Round: Lost to David Margoshvili of Georgia (Morote-gari; waza-ari)

Men's +100 kg (Heavyweight):
* Selim Tataroglu
**Round of 32: Defeated Lasha Gujejiani of Georgia (Tai-otoshi; ippon - 3:22)
**Round of 16: Lost to Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran of Iran (Hansuko-make; 4 shidos - 3:28) (advanced to first repechage round)
**First Repechage Round: Defeated Joel Brutus of Haiti (Hansuko-make; 4 shidos - 2:18)
**Second Repechage Round: Defeated Semir Pepic of Australia (Ouchi-gari; waza-ari)
**Third Repechage Round: Lost to Indrek Pertelson of Estonia (Yoko-guruma; w'ari ippon - 4:37)

Women's 48 kg (Extra-Lightweight):
* Nese Sensoy
**Round of 32: Defeated Ri Kyong-Ok of North Korea (Harai-makikomi; waza-ari)
**Round of 16: Lost to Ye Gue-Rin of South Korea (penalty points; 2 shidos)

=Sailing=

Ertugrul Icingir, in the Men's Mistral, was the top Turkish sailor, with a high finish of third in one race, and the only top-15 finish. Kemal Muslubas was a man participating in the open event.

Men's Mistral:
* Ertugrul Icingir
**105 points (11th overall)

Men's Finn:
* Ali Enver Adakan
**124 points (16th overall)

Men's 470:
* Selim Kakis and Hasan Kaan Ozgonenc
**174 points (24th overall)

Open Laser:
* Kemal Muslubas
**256 points (33rd overall)

=Shooting=

Men's Trap:
* Oguzhan Tuzun
**Qualification: 115 points (21st overall, did not advance)

=Swimming=

None of the nine Turkish swimmers in Athens advanced to a semifinal, and Kaan Tayla was the only one to finish in the top half of the field.

Men's 50 metre Freestyle:
* Kaan Tayla
**Heat: 23.26 s (39th overall, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Freestyle:
* Kaan Tayla
**Heat: 51.52 s (42nd overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Freestyle:
* Aytekin Mindan
**Heat: 1:55.65 (52nd overall, did not advance)

Men's 400 metre Freestyle:
* Aytekin Mindan
**Heat: 4:06.85 (41st overall, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Backstroke:
* Derya Büyükunçu
**Heat: 56.34 (26th overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Backstroke:
* Derya Büyükunçu
**Heat: 2:02.69 (22nd overall, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Butterfly:
* Onur Uras
**Heat: 56.37 (49th overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Individual Medley:
* Oguz Orel Oral
**Heat: 2:08.84 (45th overall, did not advance)

'Women's 400 metre Freestyle:'
* Yasemin Özlem Taşkın
**Heat: 4:24.08 (35th overall, did not advance)

Women's 100 metre Backstroke:
* Sadan Derya Erke
**Heat: 1:05.38 (34th overall, did not advance)

Women's 200 metre Backstroke:
* Sadan Derya Erke
**Heat: 1:11.69 (T-21st overall, did not advance)

Women's 100 metre Breaststroke:
*İlkay Dikmen
**Heat: 2:17.29 (26th overall, did not advance)

Women's 100 metre Breaststroke:
*İlkay Dikmen
**Heat: 2:32.69 (19th overall, did not advance)

Women's 100 metre Butterfly:
*Gulsah Gonenc
**Heat: 1:04.30 (35th overall, did not advance)

Women's 200 metre Butterfly
*Gulsah Gonenc
**Heat: 2:20.17 (31sr overall, did not advance)

=Taekwondo=

Bahri Tanrikulu was the only member of the Turkish taekwondo team, but the 2001 world champion made the most of his opportunity, barely edging his Filipino opponent in the first round, holding onto a large early lead in his second bout, winning a controversial desicion over Ahmadov, who staged a five-minute protest sit in. [cite book
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Edition
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date = May 28, 2008
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Men's Under 80kg:
*Bahri Tanrikulu
**Round of 16: Defeated Donald David III Geisler of Philippines (9 - 9; Superiority)
**Quarterfinal: Defeated Hichem Hamdouni of Nigeria (6 - 4)
**Semifinal: Defeated Rashad Ahmadov of Azerbaijan (6 - 6; Superiority)
**Final: Lost to Steven Lopez of United States (0 - 3) (Silver Medal)

=Weightlifting=

Weightlifting was the most successful sport for Turkey in Athens, and the most successful individual event was the Men's 56 kg class, where double Olympic champion Halil Mutlu defended his title, and as joined on the podium by Sedat Artuc who had the lowest body weight in a three-way tie for the bronze medal. European champion Taner Sagir set Olympic records for both the Snatch and the overall total as he just edged to a gold medal, while another Turk in the same division had a lift for a bronze, but missed. Hakan Ylmaz also missed a lift for a bronze medal.

In the women's event, Nurcan Taylan became the first woman in Turkish Olympic history to win a gold medal, and did it in classic fashion, setting world records in both the Snatch and the total.

Men's 56 kg:
* Halil Mutlu
**295.0 kg (Snatch 135.0 kg, Clean & Jerk 160.0 kg) (Gold medal)
* Sedat Artuc
**280.0 kg (Snatch 125.0 kg, Clean & Jerk 155.0 kg) (Bronze medal)

Men's 77 kg:
* Reyhan Arabacioglu
**280.0 kg (Snatch 165.0 kg, Clean & Jerk 195.0 kg, 4th overall)
* Taner Sagir
**375.0 kg (Snatch 172.5 kg ("Olympic Record"), Clean & Jerk 195.0 kg) (Gold Medal) ("Olympic Record")

Men's 85 kg:
* zzet nce
**Did not finish

Ince missed all three of his attempts at a 175.0 kg Snatch, which would have placed him 4th in that portion.

Men's 94 kg:
* Hakan Ylmaz
**390.0 kg (Snatch 175.0 kg, Clean & Jerk 215.0 kg, 6th overall)

Women's 48 kg:
* Nurcan Taylan
**210.0 kg (Snatch 97.5 kg (World Record), Clean & Jerk 112.5 kg) (Gold Medal) (World Record)

Women's 58 kg:
* Aylin Dasdelen
**225.0 kg (Snatch 100.0 kg, Clean & Jerk 125.0 kg, 4th overall)

Women's 69 kg:
*Sibel Simsek
**Did not finish

Simsek missed all three of her attempts at a 115.0 kg Snatch, which would have placed her 4th in that portion.

=Wrestling=

Freestyle

Turkey has won more medals in wrestling than in any other sport, and, while the wrestlers were overshadowed somewhat by the success of the weightlifters, they managed three medals, one in freestyle and two in Greco-Roman. Overall the freestyle wrestlers had an 8-9 record, with two of the six wrestlers progressing beyond pool play. The 2004 European champion at 120 kg, Aydin Polatci, won his pool then endured 3 overtime matches, winning his quarterfinal and the bronze medal match. The 66 kg entrant, European bronze medalist Omer Cubukci, got out of his pool, but heavily lost his quarterfinal. 2004 European champions Tevfik Odabasi and Gokhan Yavaser both failed to emerge from their pools.

Men's 55 kg:
* Harun Dogan
**Pool 7
***Lost to Martin Berberyan of Armenia (3 - 5; 6:42)
***Lost to Amiran Karntanov of Greece (0 - 10; 2:49)
***Lost to O Song-Nam of North Korea (injury default)
**4th in pool, did not advance (3 TP, 1 CP, 20th overall)

Men's 60 kg:
* Tevfik Odabasi
**Pool 2
***Lost to Mourad Oymakhanov of Russia (2 - 5)
***Lost to Guivi Sissaouri of Canada (4 - 5)
**3rd in pool, did not advance (6 TP, 2 CP, 15th overall)

Men's 66 kg:
* Omer Cubukci
**Pool 5
***Defeated Stefan Fernyak of Slovakia (5 - 1)
***Defeated Gabor Hatos of Hungary (3 - 1; 6:47)
**1st in pool, "Qualified" (8 TP, 6 CP)
**Quarterfinal: Lost to Makach Murtazliev of Russia (0 - 6) (7th overall)

Men's 84 kg:
* Gokhan Yavaser
**Pool 5
***Lost to Taras Danko of Ukraine (0 - 6)
***Defeated Mamed Agaev of Armenia (Disqualified)
**2nd in pool, did not advance (0 TP, 4 CP, 15th overall)

Men's 96 kg:
* Fatih Cakiroglu
**Pool 6
***Defeated Enkhtuya Tuvshintur of Mongolia (Fall; 3:15)
***Lost to Aleksandr Shemarov of Belarus (1 - 3)
**2nd in pool, did not advance (5 TP, 5 CP, 9th overall)

Men's 120 kg:
* Aydin Polatci
**Pool 4
***Defeated Rares Daniel Chintoan of Romania (10 - 0; 3:19)
***Defeated Sven Thiele of Germany (5 - 1)
**1st in pool, "Qualified" (15 TP, 7 CP)
**Quarterfinal: Defeated Alexis Rodriguez of Cuba (3 - 1; 6:16)
**Semifinal: Lost to Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan (0 - 3; 6:14)
**Bronze Medal Match: Defeated Marid Mutalimov of Kazakhstan (3 - 1; 6:12) (Bronze Medal)

Greco-Roman

The Greco-Roman team was slightly more successful than the Freestyle team, earning three medals and making a final, for an overall record of 15-7. At 66 kg, Seref Eroglu, a six-time European champion, looked quite dominant in marching his way to the final, but fell behind early and could not catch up, settling for silver. Two-time Olympic champion at 84 kg Hamza Yerlikaya lost out at the semi-final stage, falling to a Swedish opponent, then lost again in the bronze medal match. At 96 kg, Mehmet Ozal was beaten less than 70 seconds into his semi-final, but recovered to win the bronze-medal match, though the disqualification of his opponent meant he would have won the bronze medal even if he had lost.

Men's 55 kg:
* Ercan Yildiz
**Pool 3
***Lost to Irakli Chochua of Georgia (1 - 4)
***Defeated Svajunas Adomaitis of Lithuania (3 - 1; 6:29)
**2nd in pool, did not advance (4 TP, 4 CP, 12th overall)

Men's 60 kg:
* Seref Tufenk
**Pool 7
***Defeated Ali Ashkani of Iran (3 - 1)
***Defeated Christos Gkikas of Greece (5 - 0)
***Lost to Roberto Monzon of [Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Cuba] (0 - 5)
**2nd in pool, did not advance (8 TP, 6 CP, 8th overall)

Men's 66 kg:
* Şeref Eroğlu
**Pool 5
***Defeated Luis Fernando Izquierdo of Colombia (10 - 0; 2:14)
***Defeated Manuchar Kvirkelia of Georgia (11 - 1)
***Defeated Armen Vardanyan of [Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Ukraine] (5 - 0)
**1st in pool, "Qualified" (26 TP, 11 CP)
**Quarterfinal: Bye
****Semifinal: Defeated Mkkhitar Manukhyan of Kazakhstan (Fall; 5:12)
**Gold Medal Match: Lost to Farid Mansurov of Azerbaijan (3 - 4) (Silver Medal)

Men's 84 kg:
* Hamza Yerlikaya
**Pool 5
***Defeated Oleksandr Daragan of Ukraine (4 - 1)
***Defeated Vladislav Metodiev of Bulgaria (Injury default; 2:52)
***Defeated Tarvi Thomberg of [Estonia at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Estonia] (3 - 0)
**1st in pool, "Qualified" (12 TP, 10 CP)
**Quarterfinal: Bye
****Semifinal: Lost to Ara Abrahamian of Sweden (0 - 3)
**Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Viacheslau Makaranka of Belarus (1 - 2; 9:00)

Men's 96 kg:
* Mehmet Özal
**Pool 5
***Defeated Aleksey Cheglakov of Uzbekistan (3 - 0)
***Defeated Igors Kostins of Latvia (4 - 0)
**1st in pool, "Qualified" (7 TP, 6 CP)
**Quarterfinal: Defeated Ernesto Pena of Cuba (4 - 1; 7:27)
**Semifinal: Lost to Karem Ibrahim of Egypt (0 - 11; 1:09)
**Bronze Medal Match: Defeated Masoud Hashemzadeh of Iran (Disqualification) (Bronze Medal)

Men's 120 kg:
* Yekta Yilmaz Gul
**Pool 4
***Defeated Yuriy Yevseychyk of Israel (3 - 0)
***Lost to Mijail Lopez of Cuba (0 - 3)
**2nd in pool, did not advance (3 TP, 3 CP, 1th overall)

Non-competing athletes

Women's 75 kg Weightlifting
* Şule Şahbaz
**Tested positive for a banned steroid in a pre-competition test, was not on the entry list and did not compete in Athens [cite news |author= |title=Pratima, Chanu test positive for drugs |url=http://in.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/19oly-lift1.htm |work=Rediff.com India |date=2004-08-19 |accessdate=2008-06-26 ] .

Officials

*President: Togay Bayatli
*Secretary General: Nese Gundogan

ee also

* Turkey at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
* Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

References

* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/ Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad]

External links

* Turkish Olympic Committee [http://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/kupa/eng/homeng.htm web site]