Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Turkey at the; 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Athens
Competitors	65 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Ali Enver Adakan
Medals; Ranked 22nd	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Turkish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1908. Turkey did not attend the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 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 boycott. The Turkish Olympic Committee (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi, TMOK) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 65 athletes, 45 men and 20 women, competed in 10 sports. There was only a single competitor in shooting and taekwondo.

The Turkish team featured two defending Olympic champions from Sydney: Greco-Roman wrestler Hamza Yerlikaya, and weightlifter and world record holder Halil Mutlu, who competed at his fourth Olympic Games as the most sophisticated athlete of the team. Among the Turkish athletes, three of them were born in the former Soviet Union (two of which were previously played for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona), namely archer Natalia Nasaridze, long distance runner Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, and Belarusian-born heptathlete Anzhela Atroshchenko. Finn sailor Ali Enver Adakan, who achieved a top ten finish in Sydney four years earlier, was appointed by the committee to carry the Turkish flag in the opening ceremony.^[1]^[2]

Turkey left Athens with a total of eleven Olympic medals (three golds, four silver, and four bronze), being considered its most successful Olympics with respect to the overall medal count since 1948.^[3] Nearly half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, including a third straight defense for Halil Mutlu in the men's bantamweight class on his final Olympic bid.^[4]^[5]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nurcan Taylan	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	August 14
Gold	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	August 16
Gold	Taner Sağır	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg	August 19
Silver	Şeref Eroğlu	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg	August 25
Silver	Bahri Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	August 27
Silver	Atagün Yalçınkaya	Boxing	Light flyweight	August 29
Bronze	Sedat Artuç	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	August 16
Bronze	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg	August 19
Bronze	Mehmet Özal	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	August 25
Bronze	Aydin Polatci	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	August 27

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Weightlifting	3	0	2	5
Wrestling	0	1	2	3
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Total	3	3	4	10

Archery

Four Turkish archers (one man and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hasan Orbay	Men's individual	647	34	Godfrey (GBR) L 155–157	Did not advance
Damla Günay	Women's individual	620	42	Hitzler (GER) L 152–163	Did not advance
Natalia Nasaridze		639	16	Piuva (FIN) L 133–136	Did not advance
Zekiye Keskin Şatır		631	25	Nulle (GER) W 135 (10)–135 (7)	Psarra (GRE) L 161–163	Did not advance
Damla Günay Natalia Nasaridze Zekiye Keskin Şatır	Women's team	1890	7	—		Ukraine (UKR) L 234–244	Did not advance

Athletics

Turkish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[6]^[7]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Selahattin Çobanoğlu	800 m	1:47.83	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eşref Apak	Hammer throw	76.74	9 q	79.51	2 (without medal)*
Ercüment Olgundeniz	Discus throw	58.17	26	Did not advance
Berk Tuna	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance

*Eşref Apak originally took fourth place. After a series of doping-related disqualifications he moved up to second place after the gold medalist Koji Murofushi of Japan.^[8] However as he had been suspended from the sport for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided not to award the silver and bronze medals.^[9]

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elvan Abeylegesse	1500 m	4:06.42	5 Q	4:07.10	4 Q	4:00.67	8
Elvan Abeylegesse	5000 m	14:54.80	2 Q	—		15:12.64	15
Yeliz Ay	20 km walk	—				1:36:02	33
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu	5000 m	15:52.39	14	—		Did not advance
Lale Öztürk	Marathon	—				DNF
Tezeta Sürekli	5000 m	15:26.64	10	—		Did not advance
Binnaz Uslu	800 m	2:03.46	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Filiz Kadoğan	Shot put	15.20	33	Did not advance
Candeğer Kılınçer Oğuz	High jump	1.89	18	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Result	14.10	1.64	12.29	25.11	DNS	—	—	DNF
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Points	964	783	680	877	0	—	—	DNF

Boxing

Turkey sent eight boxers to the Olympics in Athens.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Atagün Yalçınkaya	Light flyweight	Katongole (UGA) W 22–7	Abiyev (AZE) W 23–20	Pinto (ITA) W 33–24	Kazakov (RUS) W 26–20	Bartelemí (CUB) L 16–21
Sedat Taşcı	Featherweight	Jo S-H (KOR) L 28–37	Did not advance
Selçuk Aydın	Lightweight	Stilianov (BUL) L 11–20	Did not advance
Mustafa Karagöllü	Light welterweight	Vijender (IND) W 25–20	Gheorghe (ROM) L 19–28	Did not advance
Bülent Ulusoy	Welterweight	Chibuye (ZAM) W 45–32	Husanov (UZB) L 9–23	Did not advance
Serdar Üstüner	Middleweight	Abdurahmanov (UZB) L 16–34	Did not advance
İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan	Light heavyweight	Pownceby (NZL) W RSC	Shumenov (KAZ) W 27–19	Haydarov (UZB) L 11–16	Did not advance

Judo

Three Turkish judoka (two men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bektaş Demirel	−66 kg	Benboudaoud (FRA) W 1100–0021	Georgiev (BUL) L 0001–1020	Did not advance		Margoshvili (GEO) L 0010–0120	Did not advance
Selim Tataroğlu	+100 kg	Gujejiani (GEO) W 1011–0000	Miran (IRI) L 0010–1000	Did not advance		Brutus (HAI) W 1000–0000	Pepic (AUS) W 0110–0010	Pertelson (EST) L 0100–0200	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Neşe Şensoy Yıldız	−48 kg	Ri K-O (PRK) W 0111–0021	Ye G-R (KOR) L 0001–0010	Did not advance

Sailing

Turkish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Ertuğrul İçingir	Mistral	7	17	8	6	4	16	3	~~OCS~~	19	12	13	105	11
Ali Enver Adakan	Finn	2	15	8	10	22	11	10	21	16	24	9	124	16
Selim Kakış Hasan Kaan Özgönenç	470	25	18	15	24	25	6	~~DSQ~~	24	19	5	13	174	24

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Kemal Muslubaş	Laser	11	20	18	~~OCS~~	28	31	16	35	26	28	DNF	256	33

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Turkey has qualified a single shooter.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oğuzhan Tüzün	Trap	115	21	Did not advance

Swimming

Turkish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Derya Büyükuncu	100 m backstroke	56.34	26	Did not advance
Derya Büyükuncu	200 m backstroke	2:02.69	22	Did not advance
Aytekin Mindan	200 m freestyle	1:55.65	52	Did not advance
Aytekin Mindan	400 m freestyle	4:06.85	41	—		Did not advance
Orel Oral	200 m individual medley	2:08.84	=45	Did not advance
Kaan Tayla	50 m freestyle	23.26	39	Did not advance
Kaan Tayla	100 m freestyle	51.52	42	Did not advance
Onur Uras	100 m butterfly	56.37	49	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
İlkay Dikmen	100 m breaststroke	1:11.69	26	Did not advance
İlkay Dikmen	200 m breaststroke	2:32.69	19	Did not advance
Şadan Derya Erke	100 m backstroke	1:05.38	34	Did not advance
Şadan Derya Erke	200 m backstroke	2:17.29	=21	Did not advance
Gülşah Günenç	100 m butterfly	1:04.30	35	Did not advance
Gülşah Günenç	200 m butterfly	2:20.17	31	Did not advance
Özlem Yasemin Taşkın	400 m freestyle	4:24.08	35	—		Did not advance

Taekwondo

One Turkish taekwondo jin qualified to compete in the men's 80 kg class.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bahri Tanrıkulu	Men's −80 kg	Geisler (PHI) W 9–9 SUP	Hamdouni (TUN) W 6–4	Ahmadov (AZE) W 6–6 SUP	Bye		López (USA) L 0–3

Weightlifting

Nine Turkish weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Sedat Artuç	−56 kg	125	=4	155	3	280
Halil Mutlu	−56 kg	135	1	160	1	295
Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	−77 kg	165	3	195	=7	360
Taner Sağır	−77 kg	172.5 OR	=1	202.5 OR	1	375 OR
İzzet İnce	−85 kg	~~175~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Hakan Yılmaz	−94 kg	175	=7	215	=5	390	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Nurcan Taylan	−48 kg	97.5 WR	1	112.5	1	210 WR
Aylin Daşdelen	−58 kg	100	4	125	4	225	4
Sibel Şimşek	−69 kg	~~11575~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF

Wrestling

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	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harun Doğan	−55 kg	Berberyan (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Kardanov (GRE) L 0–4 ^ST	O S-N (PRK) L 0–5 ^VB	4	Did not advance			20
Tevfik Odabaşı	−60 kg	Umakhanov (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Sissaouri (CAN) L 1–3 ^PP	—	3	Did not advance			15
Ömer Çubukçu	−66 kg	Fernyák (SVK) W 3–1 ^PP	Hatos (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	—	1 Q	Murtazaliev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		7
Gökhan Yavaşer	−84 kg	Danko (UKR) L 0–3 ^PO	Aghaev (ARM) W 5–0 ^EV	—	2	Did not advance			15
Fatih Çakıroğlu	−96 kg	Enkhtuyaa (MGL) W 5–0 ^VT	Shemarov (BLR) L 1–3 ^PP	—	2	Did not advance			9
Aydın Polatçı	−120 kg	Chintoan (ROM) W 4–0 ^ST	Thiele (GER) W 3–1 ^PP	—	1 Q	Rodríguez (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Taymazov (UZB) L 0–3 ^PO	Mutalimov (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ercan Yıldız	−55 kg	Chochua (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Adomaitis (LTU) W 3–1 ^PP	—	2	Did not advance			12
Şeref Tüfenk	−60 kg	Gikas (GRE) W 3–0 ^PO	Ashkani (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Monzón (CUB) L 0–3 ^PO	2	Did not advance			8
Şeref Eroğlu	−66 kg	Izquierdo (COL) W 4–0 ^ST	Kvirkvelia (GEO) W 5–0 ^EV	Vardanyan (UKR) W 3–0 ^PO	1 Q	Bye	Manukyan (KAZ) W 5–0 ^VT	Mansurov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP
Hamza Yerlikaya	−84 kg	Daragan (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP	Metodiev (BUL) W 5–0 ^VB	Thomberg (EST) W 3–0 ^PO	1 Q	Bye	Abrahamian (SWE) L 0–3 ^PO	Makaranka (BLR) L 1–3 ^PP	4
Mehmet Özal	−96 kg	Cheglakov (UZB) W 3–0 ^PO	Kostins (LAT) W 3–0 ^PO	—	1 Q	Peña (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Gaber (EGY) L 0–4 ^ST	Hashemzadeh (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP
Yekta Yılmaz Gül	−120 kg	Evseitchik (ISR) W 3–0 ^PO	López (CUB) L 0–3 ^PO	—	2	Did not advance			13

References

^ ^a ^b "Türk Bayrağı'nı Adakan taşıyacak" [Adakan carries Turkish flag] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 12 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^ "Adakan: Bayrağı taşımak büyük onur" [Adakan: "I have a great honor of carrying the flag"] (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 13 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^ "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ "Mutlu goes for third gold in weightlifting". USA Today. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
^ "Weightlifters put names in history at Athens Olympics". Xinhua. China Daily. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". IOC. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^ "Athens 2004 Athletics Hammer Throw Men Results". IOC. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine

[adakan-1] "Türk Bayrağı'nı Adakan taşıyacak" [Adakan carries Turkish flag] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 12 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

[2] "Adakan: Bayrağı taşımak büyük onur" [Adakan: "I have a great honor of carrying the flag"] (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 13 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

[3] "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[4] "Mutlu goes for third gold in weightlifting". USA Today. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

[5] "Weightlifters put names in history at Athens Olympics". Xinhua. China Daily. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

[6] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

[7] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[8] "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". IOC. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[9] "Athens 2004 Athletics Hammer Throw Men Results". IOC. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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