Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  TUR
NOC National Olympic Committee of Turkey
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 68 in 15 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
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Turkey is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's debut in 1908. Turkey did not attend the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott.

Athletics

Turkish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]

Badminton

Turkey has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Özge Bayrak had claimed her Olympic spot as one of top 34 individual shuttlers in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.[3]

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Özge Bayrak Women's singles

Boxing

Turkey has entered three boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Onur Şipal and Adem Kılıççı became the first Turkish boxers to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish of their respective weight division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.[4][5] Meanwhile, three further boxers (Gozgec, Ünal, and Demirezen) had claimed their Olympic spots with box-off victories at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Batuhan Gozgec Light welterweight
Onur Şipal Welterweight
Adem Kılıççı Middleweight
Mehmet Ünal Light heavyweight
Ali Eren Demirezen Super heavyweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Turkish canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[7]

Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lasma Liepa Women's K-1 200 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Turkish riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.[8]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's road race
Men's time trial
Men's road race

Equestrian

Turkey has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Central & Eastern Europe in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.[9] This signified the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 1960.

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Ömer Karaevli Dadjak Individual

Fencing

Turkey has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's sporting comeback for the first time since 1984. İrem Karamete had claimed her Olympic spot in the women's foil by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
İrem Karamete Individual foil

Gymnastics

Artistic

Turkey has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Ferhat Arican and Tutya Yılmaz had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[10][11]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Ferhat Arican
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Tutya Yılmaz

Sailing

Turkish sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and European qualifying regattas.[12][13]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Alican Kaynar Finn
Ateş Çınar
Deniz Çınar		 470
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Turkish shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[14]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Yusuf Dikeç 10 m air pistol N/A
50 m pistol N/A
Yavuz İlnam Trap
Erdinç Kebapçı
İsmail Keleş 10 m air pistol N/A
50 m pistol N/A

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Turkish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[15][16]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Nezir Karap 400 m freestyle
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Zeynep Güneş 100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley N/A

Table tennis

Turkey has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Two-time Olympian Melek Hu secured one of ten available Olympic spots in the women's singles by winning the group final match at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.[17] Meanwhile, Ahmet Li was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.[18]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Ahmet Li Men's singles
Melek Hu Women's singles

Taekwondo

Turkey entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympic featherweight champion Servet Tazegül and silver medalist Nur Tatar qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.[19][20]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Servet Tazegül Men's −68 kg
Nur Tatar Women's −67 kg

Weightlifting

Turkish weightlifters have qualified three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single men's Olympic spot had been added to the Turkish roster by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 European Championships.[21] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Men's
Women's
Women's
Women's

Wrestling

Turkey has qualified a total of thirteen wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (86 & 125 kg), men's Greco-Roman 130 kg, and women's freestyle 58 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while three more berths had been awarded to the Turkish wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.[22][23]

Six further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Turkish roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; three of them at the first meet and three more at the second.

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Yakup Gör −65 kg
Soner Demirtaş −74 kg
Selim Yaşar −86 kg
İbrahim Bölükbaşı −97 kg
Taha Akgül −125 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Selçuk Çebi −75 kg
Cenk İldem −98 kg
Rıza Kayaalp −130 kg
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Bediha Gün −53 kg
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak −58 kg
Hafize Şahin −63 kg
Buse Tosun −69 kg
Yasemin Adar −75 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (5 May 2016). "Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "AIBA Pro Crowns its First Champions". The Boxing Tribune. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "European Olympic Qualification Tournament concludes in Turkey with thirteen nations able to confirm boxers for Rio 2016". AIBA. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Men's and Women's 470 Olympic places decided after 2015 Worlds". ISAF. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Deniz Çınar – Ateş Çınar Ekibi 470 Sınıfında Rio 2016 Olimpiyat Kotasını Aldı" [Deniz Çınar and Ateş Çınar earns a berth in the 470 class at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games] (in Turkish). Haberler. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  17. ↑ Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Defensive Skills Secure First Ever Olympic Places for Han Ying and Polina Mikhailova". ITTF. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  18. ↑ Marshall, Ian (5 May 2016). "Olympic Games Singles Ranking Announced, Another Step Nearer Final Line Up". ITTF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "First Wave of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics". World Taekwondo Federation. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  20. ↑ "Second Tranche of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Earn Berths to Rio Olympics On Day 2 of Grand Prix Final, Egypt, Iran, China and Korea Grab Golds". World Taekwondo Federation. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "Continental Qualification current standing". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Dünya Güreş Şampiyonası'ndan notlar" [Notes from the 2015 World Wrestling Champs] (in Turkish). Doğan News Agency. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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