Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TUR
Nocname:	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta, Georgia
Competitors:	53
Flagbearer:	Derya Büyükuncu^[1]
Rank:	19
Gold:	4
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Flyweight (54 kg)
			Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
			Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)
			Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)
			Men's Middleweight
			Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg)

Results by event

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women nearly earned two medals. Elif Altınkaynak made it to the semifinals in the individual competition, and the women's team made it there in the team round. However, the semifinals were as far as any Turkish archer got, and Altankaynak and the team both lost there and in the bronze medal matches.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Elif Altınkaynak → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (4-2)
• Natalia Nasaridze → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
• Elif Ekşi → Round of 64, 47th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Okyay Küçükkayalar → Round of 64, 59th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Altınkaynak, Nasaridze, and Ekşi → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-1)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Decathlon

• Alper Kasapoğlu

• Final Result - 7575 points (→ 29th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Aysel Taş

• Qualification - 57.86m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Serap Aktaş - 2:36.14 (→ 23rd place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Yaşar Giritli
  1. First Round - Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand) on points (4-19)

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Soner Karagöz
  1. First Round - Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 3-15

Men's Featherweight ( - 57 kg)

• Serdar Yağlı
  1. First Round - Lost to Josian Lebon (Mauritius), 8-9

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• Vahdettin İşsever
  1. First Round - Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 2-14

Men's Light Welterweight ( - 63.5 kg)

• Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
  1. First Round - Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea), 21-5
  2. Second Round - Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 1-23

Men's Welterweight ( - 67 kg)

• Cahit Sürme
  1. First Round - Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 1-11

Men's Middleweight ( - 75 kg)

• Malik Beyleroğlu → Silver Medal
  1. First Round - Bye
  2. Second Round - Defeated Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), 9-8
  3. Quarterfinals - Defeated Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 16-12
  4. Semifinals - Defeated Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 11-11 (referee decision)
  5. Final - Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 3-11

Men's Light Heavyweight ( - 81 kg)

• Yusuf Öztürk
  1. First Round - Lost to Pedro Aurino (Italy), 7-15

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's 400m Freestyle

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat - 4:02.39 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat - 56.71 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükuncu
  1. Heat - 2:04.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Derya Büyükuncu
  1. Heat - 54.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat - 2:01.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Nida Zuhal
  1. Heat - 1:04.11 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Nida Zuhal
  1. Heat - 2:18.46 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Light-Heavyweight ( - 83 kg)

• Dursun Sevinç

• Final - 165.0 + 197.5 = 362.5 (→ 7th place)

Sources

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . PDF . 2008-02-13.
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-02-13.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Derya Büyükuncu . olympedia.org . 8 January 2024.