Turkey at the Olympics

Turkey, after 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 because of the sanction against the Central Powers including the Ottoman Empire, 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 111 medals, divided into 41 golds, 29 silvers and 41 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.

Turkey at the
Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
41
Silver
29
Bronze
41
Total
111
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medals

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Medals by Summer Sport

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  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Wrestling29182168
  Weightlifting81211
  Boxing15410
  Taekwondo13610
  Archery1012
  Judo1012
  Karate0134
  Shooting0101
  Athletics0022
  Artistic gymnastics0011
Totals (10 entries)412941111

List of Medalists

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Medal Games Name Sport Event
  Gold   1936 Berlin Yaşar Erkan   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
  Bronze Ahmet Kireççi   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight
  Gold   1948 London Nasuh Akar   Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
  Gold Gazanfer Bilge   Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 – 63 kg (featherweight)
  Gold Celal Atik   Wrestling Men's Freestyle 63 – 67 kg (lightweight)
  Gold Yaşar Doğu   Wrestling Men's Freestyle 67 – 73 kg (welterweight)
  Gold Ahmet Kireççi   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman + 87 kg (super heavyweight)
  Gold Mehmet Oktav   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 – 61 kg (featherweight)
  Silver Halit Balamir   Wrestling Men's Freestyle - 52 kg (flyweight)
  Silver Adil Candemir   Wrestling Men's Freestyle 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
  Silver Kenan Olcay   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman - 52 kg (flyweight)
  Silver Muhlis Tayfur   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
  Bronze Halil Kaya   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
  Bronze Ruhi Sarıalp   Athletics Men's Triple Jump
  Gold   1952 Helsinki Hasan Gemici   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight
  Gold Bayram Şit   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Featherweight
  Bronze Adil Atan   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight
  Gold   1956 Melbourne Mithat Bayrak   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
  Gold Mustafa Dağıstanlı   Wrestling Freestyle Bantamweight
  Gold Hamit Kaplan   Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight
  Silver Rıza Doğan   Wrestling Greco-Roman Lightweight
  Silver İbrahim Zengin   Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight
  Bronze Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Wrestling Greco-Roman Flyweight
  Bronze Hüseyin Akbaş   Wrestling Freestyle Flyweight
  Gold   1960 Rome Müzahir Sille   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
  Gold Mithat Bayrak   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
  Gold Tevfik Kış   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
  Gold Ahmet Bilek   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight
  Gold Mustafa Dağıstanlı   Wrestling Freestyle Featherweight
  Gold Hasan Güngör   Wrestling Freestyle Middleweight
  Gold İsmet Atlı   Wrestling Freestyle Light Heavyweight
  Silver İsmail Ogan   Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight
  Silver Hamit Kaplan   Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight
  Gold   1964 Tokyo Kazım Ayvaz   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
  Gold İsmail Ogan   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight
  Silver Hüseyin Akbaş   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
  Silver Hasan Güngör   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight
  Silver Ahmet Ayık   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
  Bronze Hamit Kaplan   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
  Gold   1968 Mexico City Mahmut Atalay   Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight
  Gold 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 Turgut Aykaç   Boxing Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
  Bronze Ayhan Taşkın   Wrestling Men's freestyle +100 kg
  Gold   1988 Seoul Naim Süleymanoğlu   Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
  Silver Necmi Gençalp   Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg
  Gold   1992 Barcelona Naim Süleymanoğlu   Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
  Gold Akif Pirim   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
  Silver Hakkı Başar   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
  Silver Kenan Şimşek   Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg
  Bronze Hülya Şenyurt   Judo Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
  Bronze Ali Kayalı   Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg
  Gold   1996 Atlanta Halil Mutlu   Weightlifting Men's 54 kg
  Gold Naim Süleymanoğlu   Weightlifting Men's 64 kg
  Gold Hamza Yerlikaya   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
  Gold Mahmut Demir   Wrestling Men's Freestyle 130 kg
  Silver Malik Beyleroğlu   Boxing Men's Middleweight
  Bronze Akif Pirim   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
  Gold   2000 Sydney Hüseyin Özkan   Judo Men's 66 kg
  Gold Halil Mutlu   Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
  Gold Hamza Yerlikaya   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
  Bronze Hamide Bıkçın   Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
  Bronze Adem Bereket   Wrestling Men's freestyle 76 kg
  Gold   2004 Athens Nurcan Taylan   Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
  Gold Halil Mutlu   Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
  Gold Taner Sağır   Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
  Silver Şeref Eroğlu   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
  Silver Bahri Tanrıkulu   Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
  Silver Atagün Yalçınkaya   Boxing Light flyweight
  Bronze Sedat Artuç   Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
  Bronze Reyhan Arabacıoğlu   Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
  Bronze Mehmet Özal   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
  Bronze Aydın Polatçı   Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg
  Gold   2008 Beijing Ramazan Şahin   Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg
  Silver Azize Tanrıkulu   Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
  Bronze Yakup Kılıç   Boxing Men's 57 kg
  Bronze Servet Tazegül   Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
  Bronze Nazmi Avluca   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
  Gold   2012 London Servet Tazegül   Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
  Silver Nur Tatar   Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
  Bronze Rıza Kayaalp   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
  Gold   2016 Rio de Janeiro Taha Akgül   Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
  Silver Daniyar Ismayilov   Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
  Silver Rıza Kayaalp   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
  Silver Selim Yaşar   Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg
  Bronze Yasmani Copello   Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
  Bronze Cenk İldem   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
  Bronze Soner Demirtaş   Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
  Bronze Nur Tatar   Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
  Gold   2020 Tokyo Mete Gazoz   Archery Men's individual
  Gold Busenaz Sürmeneli   Boxing Women's welterweight
  Silver Buse Naz Çakıroğlu   Boxing Women's flyweight
  Silver Eray Şamdan   Karate Men's 67 kg
  Bronze Hakan Reçber   Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
  Bronze Hatice Kübra İlgün   Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
  Bronze Rıza Kayaalp   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
  Bronze Yasemin Adar   Wrestling Women's freestyle 76 kg
  Bronze Ferhat Arıcan   Gymnastics Men's parallel bars
  Bronze Taha Akgül   Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
  Bronze Ali Sofuoğlu   Karate Men's kata
  Bronze Merve Çoban   Karate Women's 61 kg
  Bronze Uğur Aktaş   Karate Men's 75 kg
  Silver   2024 Paris Şevval İlayda Tarhan
Yusuf Dikeç
  Shooting Mixed 10 m air pistol team
  Silver Hatice Akbaş   Boxing Women's 54 kg
  Silver Buse Naz Çakıroğlu   Boxing Women's 50 kg
  Bronze Mete Gazoz
Ulaş Tümer
Abdullah Yıldırmış
  Archery Men's team
  Bronze Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu   Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg
  Bronze Esra Yıldız   Boxing Women's 57 kg
  Bronze Taha Akgül   Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
  Bronze Nafia Kuş   Taekwondo Women's +67 kg

Athletes with most medals

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# Athlete Sport Games       Total
1 Naim Süleymanoğlu   Weightlifting 1988–2000 3 0 0 3
1 Halil Mutlu   Weightlifting 1996–2004 3 0 0 3
3 Mustafa Dağıstanlı   Wrestling 1956–1960 2 0 0 2
3 Mithat Bayrak   Wrestling 1956–1964 2 0 0 2
3 Hamza Yerlikaya   Wrestling 1996–2004 2 0 0 2
6 Hamit Kaplan   Wrestling 1956–1964 1 1 1 3
7 Hasan Güngör   Wrestling 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
7 İsmail Ogan   Wrestling 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
7 Ahmet Ayık   Wrestling 1964–1968 1 1 0 2
10 Taha Akgül   Wrestling 2012–2024 1 0 2 3
11 Ahmet Kireççi   Wrestling 1936–1948 1 0 1 2
11 Mehmet Akif Pirim   Wrestling 1992–1996 1 0 1 2
11 Servet Tazegül   Taekwondo 2008–2016 1 0 1 2
11 Mete Gazoz   Archery 2016–2024 1 0 1 2
15 Buse Naz Çakıroğlu   Boxing 2020–2024 0 2 0 2
16 Rıza Kayaalp   Wrestling 2008–2020 0 1 2 3
17 Hüseyin Akbaş   Wrestling 1956–1964 0 1 1 2
17 Nur Tatar   Taekwondo 2012–2020 0 1 1 2

Change Medalists

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  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

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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

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