Turkey at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:TUR
Nocname:Turkish National Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1998
Website: 
Location:Nagano
Competitors:1 (man)
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Arif Alaftargil
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey sent a delegation to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7 - 22 February 1998. This was Turkey's 12th time appearing at a Winter Olympic Games. The Turkish delegation to Nagano consisted of a single alpine skier, Arif Alaftargil. In the men's slalom, he finished in 29th place.

Background

The Turkish Olympic Committee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 1 January 1911.[1] They have participated in almost every Summer Olympic Games since, except for 1920, 1932, and the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.[2] [3] Since their first Winter Olympics participation at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Turkey has only missed three editions of the Winter Games, the 1952, 1972, and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Nagano was Turkey's 12th appearance at a Winter Olympics. The 1998 Winter Olympics were held from 7 - 22 February 1998; a total of 2,176 athletes took part, representing 72 National Olympic Committees.[4] The Turkish delegation to Nagano consisted of a single alpine skier, Arif Alaftargil.[5] He was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Arif Alaftargil was 24 years old at the time of the Nagano Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut.[6] In the two-run men's slalom, held on 21 February, he finished the first run in a time of 1 minute and 12.36 seconds.[7] He completed the second run in a similar time of 1 minute and 12.73 seconds,[8] making his combined time 2 minutes and 25.09 seconds.[9] This placed him 29th, out of 31 skiers who finished both legs of the race; however over 30 skiers failed to finish both runs. The gold medal was won in 1 minute and 49.31 seconds by Hans Petter Buraas of Norway, the silver by fellow Norwegian Ole Kristian Furuseth, and the bronze was taken by Thomas Sykora of Austria.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Turkey – National Olympic Committee (NOC). International Olympic Committee. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180326002426/https://www.olympic.org/turkey/. 26 March 2018. live. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Turkey. Sports Reference. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180307150931/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TUR/. 7 March 2018. dead. dmy-all.
  3. News: 54 Boycotted in 1980. 10 May 1984. The New York Times. 1 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091021/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/10/world/54-boycotted-in-1980.html. 30 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights. International Olympic Committee. 13 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Turkey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. Sports Reference. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170714034857/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TUR/winter/1998/. 14 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Arif Alaftargil Bio, Stats, and Results. Sports Reference. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702094841/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/arif-alaftargil-1.html. 2 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Slalom Run 1. Sports Reference. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170712094752/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ASK/mens-slalom-run-1.html. 12 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Slalom Run 2. Sports Reference. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170712095036/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ASK/mens-slalom-run-2.html. 12 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Slalom. Sports Reference. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702200758/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ASK/mens-slalom.html. 2 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.