Turkey at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	TUR
Year:	2017
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	London
Competitors:	27
Events:	17
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Rank:	= 11^[1]
Appearances:	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Previous:	2015
Next:	2019

Turkey has competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, from 4–13 August 2017.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
	Ramil Guliyev	Men's 200 metres	August 10 ^[3]
	Yasmani Copello	Men's 400 metres hurdles	August 9 ^[4]

Results

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
style=text-align:left	Emre Zafer Barnes	style=text-align:left rowspan=2	100 metres	10.22	2 Q	10.22	21 Q	10.27	18	colspan=2 rowspan=2
style=text-align:left	Jak Ali Harvey	10.13	=10 Q	10.16	12
style=text-align:left	Ramil Guliyev	style=text-align:left	200 metres	20.16	3 Q	20.17	4 Q	20.09
style=text-align:left	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	style=text-align:left	10,000 metres		–
style=text-align:left	Kaan Kigen Özbilen	style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:14.29	14
style=text-align:left	Mert Girmalegesse	2:17.36	29
style=text-align:left	Yasmani Copello	style=text-align:left	400 metres hurdles	49.13	1 Q	48.91	6 Q	48.49
style=text-align:left	Tarık Langat Akdağ	style=text-align:left	3000 metres steeplechase	8.53.42	44	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Yiğitcan Hekimoğlu Jak Ali Harvey Emre Zafer Barnes Ramil Guliyev	style=text-align:left	4 × 100 metres relay	38.44 SB	7 q	38.73	7
style=text-align:left	Ahmet Kasap Batuhan Altıntaş Mahsum Korkmaz Yavuz Can	style=text-align:left	4 × 400 metres relay	3:15.45	16	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Ersin Tacir	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	20 kilometres walk	1:24.43	45
style=text-align:left	Mert Atlı	1:31.26	58
style=text-align:left	Salih Korkmaz		–

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
style=text-align:left	Eşref Apak	style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	73.55	16	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Özkan Baltacı	74.69	11 Q	74.39	12

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
style=text-align:left	Meryem Akdağ	style=text-align:left rowspan=1	1500 metres	4:12.51	37	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Yasemin Can	style=text-align:left rowspan=1	5000 metres	15:08.20	16	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Yasemin Can	style=text-align:left rowspan=1	10,000 metres	31:35.48	11
style=text-align:left	Fadime Suna Çelik	style=text-align:left rowspan=1	Marathon		–
style=text-align:left	Özlem Kaya	style=text-align:left rowspan= 2	3000 metres steeplechase	9.37.06	14	colspan=2 rowspan= 2
style=text-align:left	Tuğba Güvenç	10.13.03	38

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
style=text-align:left	Eda Tuğsuz	style=text-align:left	Javelin throw	63.87	6 Q	64.52	5
style=text-align:left	Kıvılcım Kaya	style=text-align:left	Hammer throw	67.76	15

Notes and References

1. Web site: Medal Table − IAAF World Championships London 2017. IAAF. 2018-04-26.
2. Web site: Athletes by event and season best. iaaf.org. 2017-08-03.
3. Web site: Turkey's Ramil Guliyev upstages Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala to win 200m gold. telegraph.co.uk. 2017-08-14.
4. Web site: Young Norwegian Warholm earns breakthrough 400m hurdles win. Reuters. 2017-08-14.