Turkey at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TUR
Nocname:	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	46
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Mehmet Yurdadön^[1]
Rank:	40
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 46 competitors, 45 men and 1 woman, took part in 49 events in 10 sports.^[2]

Medalists

See main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				9 August
				9 August
				10 August

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In its first Olympic archery competition, Turkey was represented by two men.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Kemal Erer — 2386 points (→ 40th place)
• Izzet Avçi — 2361 points (→ 45th place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Necdet Ayaz	align=left rowspan=1	5000 m	14:36.89	11	did not advance
Mehmet Terzi	align=left rowspan=6	Marathon	2:14:20	16
Ahmet Altun	DNF
Mehmet Yurdadön	DNF

Women

Track & road events

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Mustafa Genç

• First Round — Lost to Carlos Motta (GUA), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Çemal Öner

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Bararq Bahtobe (CIV), 4-1

• Third Round - Lost to Pedro Decima (ARG), 1-4

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Two fencers, both men, represented Turkey in 1984.

Men's foil

• Haluk Yamaç

Men's épée

• Ali Murat Dizioğlu

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Kemal Sabri Özün

• Heat - 53.39 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
• Gökhan Attaroglu

• Heat - 54.22 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Gökhan Attaroglu

• Heat - 1:55.92 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Ahmet Nakkas

• Heat - 4:07.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
• Gökhan Attaroglu

• Heat - 54.22 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Ahmet Nakkas

• Heat - DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Ihsan Sadri Özün

• Heat - 56.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
• Kemal Sadri Özün

• Heat - 57.75 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Ihsan Sadri Özün

• Heat - 2:07.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Gökhan Attaroglu

• Heat - DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Kemal Sadri Özün, Ihsan Sadri Özün, Ahmed Nakkas, and Gökhan Attaroglu

• Heat - 3:36.54 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Gökhan Attaroglu, Kemal Sabri Özün, Ahmed Nakkas, and Ihsan Sadri Özün

• Heat - 7:59.36 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mehmet Yurdadön . olympedia.org . 8 January 2024.
2. Web site: Turkey at the 1984 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TUR/summer/1984/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-05-16 . sports-reference.com.