Turkey at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the Olympic Games
Flag of Turkey IOC code  TUR NOC National Olympic Committee of Turkey
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	47
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 2	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 6
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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Süleymanoğlu, NaimNaim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
Gold	Pirim, AkifAkif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Silver	Başar, HakkıHakkı Başar	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Silver	Şimşek, KenanKenan Şimşek	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight (90 kg)
Bronze	Şenyurt, HülyaHülya Şenyurt	Judo	Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
Bronze	Kayali, AliAli Kayali	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

Results by event

Archery

In its third Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women were much more successful than the men. The ladies were able to earn a top eight finish in the team round.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Natalia Nasaridze — Round of 16, 15th place (1-1)
• Zehra Oktem — Round of 32, 30th place (0-1)
• Elif Eksi — Ranking round, 39th place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Kerem Ersu — Ranking round, 46th place (0-0)
• Vedat Erbay — Ranking round, 50th place (0-0)
• Ozcan Ediz — Ranking round, 59th place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

• Nasaridze, Oktem, and Eksi — Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Ersu, Erbay, and Ediz — Ranking round, 18th place

Athletics

• Zeki Öztürk
• Alper Kasapoğlu

Boxing

• Mehmet Gürgen

Judo

Men's Competition

• Haldun Efemgül (– 69 kg)
• Alpaslan Ayan (– 71 kg)

Women's Competition

• Hülya Şenyurt (– 48 kg)
• Derya Çalışkan (– 52 kg)

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Kutlu Torunlar

• Final Ranking — 310.0 points (→ 32nd place)

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 51.34 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 1:50.95 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 3:57.64 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 3:58.43 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 57.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 2:06.01 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 55.31 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 56.30 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 2:00.82
  2. B-Final – 2:01.21 (→ 12th place)
• Mehmet Uğur Taner
  1. Heat — 2:01.61 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Taekwondo

• Ekrem Boyali
• Ali Şahin
• Metin Şahin
• Arzu Tan
• Ayşegül Ergin
• Abbe Kivrik

Weightlifting

• Halil Mutlu (– 52 kg)
• Hafız Süleymanoğlu (– 56 kg)
• Naim Süleymanoğlu (– 60 kg)
• Muharrem Süleymanoğlu (– 75 kg)
• Sunay Bulut (– 82,5 kg)
• Erdinç Aslan (– 110 kg)

Wrestling

Freestyle

• Ahmet Orel (– 52 kg)
• Remzi Musaoğlu (– 57 kg)
• Ismail Faikoğlu (– 62 kg)
• Fatih Özbaş (– 68 kg)
• Selahattin Yiğit (– 74 kg)
• Sebahattin Öztürk (– 82 kg)
• Kenana Şimşek (– 90 kg)
• Ali Kayali (– 100 kg)
• Mahmut Demir (– 130 kg)

Greco-Roman

• Ömer Elmas (– 48 kg)
• Remzi Öztürk (– 52 kg)
• Ergüder Bekişdamat (– 57 kg)
• Mehmet Akif Pirim (– 62 kg)
• Erhan Balci (– 74 kg)
• Hakkı Başar (– 90 kg)