Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the Olympic Games
Flag of Turkey IOC code  TUR NOC National Olympic Committee of Turkey
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors
Medals Rank: 27	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Intercalated Games
1906

Turkey competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Süleymanoğlu, NaimNaim Süleymanoğlu	Weighlifting	Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
Silver	Gençalp, NecmiNecmi Gençalp	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Middleweight (82 kg)

Results by event

Archery

In its second Olympic archery competition, Turkey was represented by three men and three women.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Huriye Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 41st place)
• Elif Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 42nd place)
• Selda Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Vedat Erbay – 1/8 final (→ 22nd place)
• Kerem Ersu – Preliminary Round (→ 34th place)
• Izzet Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 61st place)

Women's Team Competition:

• Eksi, Eksi, and Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Erbay, Ersu, and Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Final
		Time	Rank
Mehmet Terzi	Marathon	2:20.12	32
Ahmet Altun		2:37.44	71

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Murat Tahir
  1. Heat – 24.64 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 25.24 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Murat Tahir
  1. Heat – 53.27 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 53.95 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 1:58.45 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 2:14.32 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)