Turkey at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	TUR
Npcname:	Turkish Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2012
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	69
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Gizem Girişmen (opening) Nazmiye Muslu (closing)
Rank:	43
Gold:	1
Silver:	5
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

Turkey competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

Medallists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				30 August
				31 August
				30 August
				1 September
				3 September
				8 September
				3 September
	Abdullah Aydoğdu Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Tekin Okan Düzgün Tuncay Karakaya Yusuf Uçar			7 September
				31 August
				2 September

Multiple medalists

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Neslihan Kavas	Table Tennis	0	2	0	2

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men|-|align=left|Erdoğan Aygan|align=left rowspan="3"|Ind. compound open|637|18| W 6–0| L 4–6|colspan=4|Did not advance|-|align=left|Doğan Hancı|671|3|| W 7–1| W 7–3| L 3–7| W 6–2||-|align=left|Abdullah Şener|588|28| L 4–6|colspan=5|Did not advance|-|align=left|Mustafa Demir|align=left rowspan="2"|Ind. recurve W1/W2|569|17| W 6–4| L 2–6|colspan=4|Did not advance|-|align=left|Özgür Özen|597|10| W 6–2| L 0–6|colspan=4|Did not advance|-|align=left|Zafer Korkmaz|align=left rowspan="2"|Ind. recurve standing|588|17| W 6–0| W 6–4| L 4–6|colspan=3|Did not advance|-|align=left|Oğuzhan Polat|588|19| W 6–2| W 6–4| L 3–7|colspan=3|Did not advance|-|align=left|Mustafa Demir Zafer Korkmaz Özgür Özen Oğuzhan Polat|align=left|Team recurve open|1773|7|| W 197–190| L 199–212|colspan=3|Did not advance|}

Women|-|align=left|Gülbin Su|align=left|Ind. compound open|615|11|| W 6–4| L 0–6|colspan=3|Did not advance|-|align=left|Hatice Bayar|align=left rowspan=3|Ind. recurve W1/W2|498|13| W 6–0| W 6–4| L 2–6|colspan=3|Did not advance|-|align=left|Özlem Hacer Kalay|537|7|| W 6–2| L 2–6|colspan=3|Did not advance|-|align=left|Gizem Girişmen||533||9|| W 7–1| L 0–6|colspan=3|Did not advance|-|align=left|Hatice Bayar Özlem Hacer Kalay Gizem Girişmen|align=left|Team recurve open|1568|5|colspan=2 | L 175–183|colspan=3|Did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mehmet Nesim Öner	400 m T12	52.53 SB	3	did not advance
Mehmet Nesim Öner	800 m T12	1:57.40 PB	2	did not advance
Semih Deniz	400 m T12	DQ		did not advance
	800 m T12	1:57.03	3	Did not advance
	1500 m T13	4:01.91 PB	7	Did not advance
Cahit Kılıçaslan	800 m T46	1:59.14	8	Did not advance
Cahit Kılıçaslan	1500 m T46	4:08.55	11 q	4:00.77 PB	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sümeyye Özcan İbrahim Kızılkaya (guide)	1500 m T12	5:10.68 PB	7
Ayşegül Tahtakale	Shot put T20	8.41	11

Football 5-a-side

See main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Turkey has qualified for the football 5-a-side tournament.

Group play--------

5th–8th place semi-final

7th–8th place match

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Turkey competed for the first time in the men's goalball tournaments.

See main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament.

Squad list^[1]	Group stage		Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
Squad list^[1]	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Abdullah Aydoğdu Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Tekin Okan Düzgün Tuncay Karakaya Yusuf Uçar	W 9–2	1	W 3–1	L 0–2	W 4–1
	W 7–1
	W 4–0
	W 4–1
	D 2–2

Group play----------------

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarter-final	Semi-final	First repechage round	Repechage semi-final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Halil İbrahim Önel	Men's 73 kg	W 1010–0100	L 0001–1000	Did not advance	L 0002–1120	Did not advance
Yasin Çimciler	Men's 81 kg	L 0001–0200	Did not advance
Gülhan Kılıç	Women's 52 kg	L 0014–1002	Did not advance	L 0002–0220	Did not advance
Duygu Çete	Women's 57 kg	W 1000–0000	L 0001–0020	Bye	W 0140–0002	Did not advance
Şerife Köseoğlu	Women's 63 kg	L 0200–0000	Did not advance	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Nazan Akın	Women's +70 kg	W 1030–0004	W 1000–0000	Bye	L 0000–1000

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Turan Mutlu	Men's 56 kg	150.0	10
İzzettin Kanat	Men's 60 kg	180.0	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Nazmiye Muslu	Women's 40 kg	109.0 WR
Çiğdem Dede	Women's 44 kg	105.0
Yasemin Ceylan	Women's 48 kg	114.0	4
Özlem Becerikli	Women's 56 kg	118.0

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Muharrem Korhan Yamaç	Men's 10 m air pistol SH1	566	5 Q	664.7 SO: 9.9
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1	573	2 Q	763.1	4
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1	532	7 Q	623.8	5
align=left rowspan=2	Cevat Karagöl	Men's 10 m air pistol SH1	561	11	Did not advance
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1	519	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Yunus Bahçeci	Men's 10 m air pistol SH1	527	31	Did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1	535	21	Did not advance
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1	495	24	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Aysel Özgan	Women's 10 m air pistol SH1	361	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Savaş Üstün	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	573	23	Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	595	29	Did not advance
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	576	34	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Turkey was represented for the first time at the swimming with 2 swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Beytullah Eroğlu	50 m butterfly S5	42.27	7 Q	41.44	7
	50 m backstroke S5	43.11	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S5	1:38.45	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Özlem Baykız	50 m freestyle S6	38.04	8 Q	37.95	8
	100 m freestyle S6	1:29.64	12	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	6:46.50	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke S6	1:53.95	6 Q	1:54.60	7
	50 m butterfly S6	41.05	8 Q	42.91	8
	200 m individual medley S6	3:39.14	13	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Six athletes competed for Turkey in table tennis. Athletes in classes 1 to 5 compete in wheelchairs, while classes 6 to 10 compete standing. Lower numbered classes indicate a higher severity disability. Athletes with intellectual disabilities compete in class 11.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Öztürk	Men's singles class 4	W 3–0 W 3–1	1	L 1–3	Did not advance
Hatice Duman	Women's singles class 3	L 1–3 L 1–3	3	Did not advance
Nergiz Altıntaş	Women's singles class 3	W 3–2 L 1–3	2	Did not advance
Kübra Öcsoy	Women's singles class 7	W 3–1 L 1–3 W 3–0	2	L 2–3	L 1–3	Did not advance
Neslihan Kavas	Women's singles class 9	W 3–2 L 0–3 W 3–0	2	W 3–0	L 2–3
Ümran Ertiş	Women's singles class 10	L 0–3 W 3–0 L 0–3	3	Did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hatice Duman Nergiz Altıntaş	Women's team class 1-3	W 3–1	L 2–3	Did not advance
Kübra Öcsoy Neslihan Kavas Ümran Ertiş	Women's team class 6-10	Bye	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 0–3

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Turkey qualified for the men's team event in wheelchair basketball by finishing eighth at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.^[2] ^[3] Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.^[4]

Men's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men.

Squad list	Group stage (pool A)		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final (bronze final)
Squad list	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From:Ali Asker Turan Özgür Gürbulak Cem Gezinci Kaan Dalay Murat Arslanoğlu Aytaç Ercan Deniz Acar Fikri Gündoğdu İsmail Ar Bestami Boz Bülent Yılmaz Ferit Gümüş	W 59–50	2	L 75–70	Did not advance	7
	L 64–71
	W 65–60
	L 64–67
	W 79–54

Group A

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Quarter-final

Notes and References

News: ParalympicsGB: Who will compete for Great Britain in London?. BBC News. 12 August 2012. 22 August 2012.
Web site: Wheelchair Basketball. International Paralympic Committee. 2 June 2011.
Web site: 2010 World Championships Schedule & Results. Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 2 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213024/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/tournament.aspx?id=1989. 6 July 2011.
Web site: Wheelchair Basketball. Australian Paralympic Committee. 5 June 2011.