Turkey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Games:Summer Youth Olympics
Games Link:2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:2018
Noc:TUR
Nocname:Turkish Olympic Committee
Website:http://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/
Competitors:56
Sports:17
Location:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Start Date:6
End Date:18 October 2018
Gold:2
Silver:2
Bronze:7
Rank:31
Appearances:auto

Turkey participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Competitors

width=180Sportwidth=55Boyswidth=55Girlswidth=55Total
Archery1 1 2
Athletics11 6 3
Badminton0 1 1
Beach handball0 9 9
Fencing0 1 1
Gymnastics, Artistic1 1 1
Judo1 1 2
Karate1 1 2
Modern pentathlon1 1 2
Rowing2 0 1
Sailing0 1 1
Shooting1 0 2
Swimming2 2 4
Taekwondo0 2 2
Tennis1 0 1
Weightlifting2 2 4
Wrestling2 1 3
Total 26 30 56

Source:[1]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Turkey qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[2] Later, Turkey qualified a female archer based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Championships.[3]

Individual
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Samet AkBoys' Individual6729
W 6–4
L 1–7		did not advance9
Selin SatırGirls' Individual61728
L 4–6		did not advance17
Team
AthletesEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score

Mixed Team130012

W 6–0

L 1–5		did not advance9

129624

W 5–3

W 6–2

L 0–6		did not advance8

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Turkey qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[4]

Singles
Team

Beach handball

See main article: Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic

Turkey qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.[5]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Ömer AydınBoys' 100 kg
W 01-00s1
L 00s1-01s1		Colspan=3
W 10-01
Hasret BozkurtGirls' 63 kg
L 000-10s1		did not advance
W 10-00
W 10-00
L 01-10		4
Team
AthletesEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Team Sydney







Mixed Team
L 3–4		did not advance9
Team Nanjing








L 3–4		did not advance

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Turkey qualified two athletes based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.[6]

AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinal Final
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Damla OcakGirls' 53 kg
L (0-1)
L (1-2)
W (2-0)		3Colspan=3did not advance
Enes BulutBoys' +68 kg
W (1-0)
W (7-0)
D (0-0)		1
D (3-3)		did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Turkey qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.[7]

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Turkey qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Championships.[8]

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual
Team

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Girls
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Emina Gogebakan−44 kg
L 3-17		Colspan=3did not advance
Dilara Arslan+63 kg
L 2–4		Colspan=3did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Singles
Doubles
AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Yankı Erel
Boys' doubles /

L (4-6, 2-6)		did not advance9

Yankı Erel		Mixed doubles /

L (1-6, 63-7)		did not advance17

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Turkey qualified four athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.[9] [10]

Boys
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Caner Toptaş−62 kg12221414263
Muhammed Ozbek−69 kg13511701305
Girls
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Nida Karasakal−44 kg603782138
Dilara Narin+63 kg9231262218

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Key:

AthleteEventGroup stageFinal / Rank
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score
Osman AyaydınBoys' Greco-Roman −92kg
W 4 – 0
W 2 – 1 		1
L 1 – 3
Halil GökdenizBoys' freestyle −48kg
L 3 – 11
W 10 – 0 		2
W 4 – 0
Vahide Nur GökGirls' freestyle −73kg
L 1 – 8
L 1 – 6
L 0 – 8
L 0 – 7 		5
W 		9

Notes and References

  1. https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/en/all-sports/noc-entries-turkey.htm?lng=en Buenos Aires 2018 results
  2. News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys . . 30 June 2018.
  3. News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Girls . . 30 June 2018.
  4. Web site: BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics. BWF Corporate. 19 May 2018.
  5. News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers . . 25 June 2018 . 26 June 2018.
  6. News: Karate powerhouses lead standings for Youth Olympic Games . . 1 June 2018 . 2 June 2018.
  7. News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained . . 30 October 2017 . 10 November 2017.
  8. News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification . World Sailing . 5 June 2018 . 5 June 2018.
  9. News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 29 March 2018 . 29 March 2018.
  10. News: Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 10 April 2017 . 10 April 2017.
  11. News: Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping. 28 November 2019. 29 November 2019. inside the games.

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