# Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Turkish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1908. Turkey did not attend the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Turkish Olympic Committee (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi, TMOK) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 65 athletes, 45 men and 20 women, competed in 10 sports. There was only a single competitor in shooting and taekwondo.
The Turkish team featured two defending Olympic champions from Sydney: Greco-Roman wrestler Hamza Yerlikaya, and weightlifter and world record holder Halil Mutlu, who competed at his fourth Olympic Games as the most sophisticated athlete of the team. Among the Turkish athletes, three of them were born in the former Soviet Union (two of which were previously played for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona), namely archer Natalia Nasaridze, long distance runner Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, and Belarusian-born heptathlete Anzhela Atroshchenko. Finn sailor Ali Enver Adakan, who achieved a top ten finish in Sydney four years earlier, was appointed by the committee to carry the Turkish flag in the opening ceremony.
Turkey left Athens with a total of eleven Olympic medals (three golds, four silver, and four bronze), being considered its most successful Olympics with respect to the overall medal count since 1948. Nearly half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, including a third straight defense for Halil Mutlu in the men's bantamweight class on his final Olympic bid.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Nurcan Taylan | Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg | August 14 |
| Gold | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | August 16 |
| Gold | Taner Sağır | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg | August 19 |
| Silver | Şeref Eroğlu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg | August 25 |
| Silver | Bahri Tanrıkulu | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | August 27 |
| Silver | Atagün Yalçınkaya | Boxing | Light flyweight | August 29 |
| Bronze | Sedat Artuç | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | August 16 |
| Bronze | Reyhan Arabacıoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg | August 19 |
| Bronze | Mehmet Özal | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg | August 25 |
| Bronze | Aydin Polatci | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg | August 27 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |

## Archery

Four Turkish archers (one man and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Hasan Orbay | Men's individual | 647 | 34 | Godfrey (GBR) L 155–157 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damla Günay | Women's individual | 620 | 42 | Hitzler (GER) L 152–163 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natalia Nasaridze | Women's individual | 639 | 16 | Piuva (FIN) L 133–136 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zekiye Keskin Şatır | Women's individual | 631 | 25 | Nulle (GER) W 135 (10)–135 (7) | Psarra (GRE) L 161–163 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damla Günay Natalia Nasaridze Zekiye Keskin Şatır | Women's team | 1890 | 7 | — | — | Ukraine (UKR) L 234–244 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Turkish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Selahattin Çobanoğlu | 800 m | 1:47.83 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Eşref Apak | Hammer throw | 76.74 | 9 q | 79.51 | 2 (without medal)* |
| Ercüment Olgundeniz | Discus throw | 58.17 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Berk Tuna | Triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
*Eşref Apak originally took fourth place. After a series of doping-related disqualifications he moved up to second place after the gold medalist Koji Murofushi of Japan. However as he had been suspended from the sport for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided not to award the silver and bronze medals.

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Elvan Abeylegesse | 1500 m | 4:06.42 | 5 Q | 4:07.10 | 4 Q | 4:00.67 | 8 |
| Elvan Abeylegesse | 5000 m | 14:54.80 | 2 Q | — | — | 15:12.64 | 15 |
| Yeliz Ay | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:36:02 | 33 |
| Ebru Kavaklıoğlu | 5000 m | 15:52.39 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lale Öztürk | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Tezeta Sürekli | 5000 m | 15:26.64 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Binnaz Uslu | 800 m | 2:03.46 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Filiz Kadoğan | Shot put | 15.20 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Candeğer Kılınçer Oğuz | High jump | 1.89 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Anzhela Atroshchenko | Result | 14.10 | 1.64 | 12.29 | 25.11 | DNS | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Anzhela Atroshchenko | Points | 964 | 783 | 680 | 877 | 0 | — | — | DNF | DNF |

## Boxing

Turkey sent eight boxers to the Olympics in Athens.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Atagün Yalçınkaya | Light flyweight | Katongole (UGA) W 22–7 | Abiyev (AZE) W 23–20 | Pinto (ITA) W 33–24 | Kazakov (RUS) W 26–20 | Bartelemí (CUB) L 16–21 | |
| Sedat Taşcı | Featherweight | Jo S-H (KOR) L 28–37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Selçuk Aydın | Lightweight | Stilianov (BUL) L 11–20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mustafa Karagöllü | Light welterweight | Vijender (IND) W 25–20 | Gheorghe (ROM) L 19–28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bülent Ulusoy | Welterweight | Chibuye (ZAM) W 45–32 | Husanov (UZB) L 9–23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Serdar Üstüner | Middleweight | Abdurahmanov (UZB) L 16–34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan | Light heavyweight | Pownceby (NZL) W RSC | Shumenov (KAZ) W 27–19 | Haydarov (UZB) L 11–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Three Turkish judoka (two men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bektaş Demirel | −66 kg | Benboudaoud (FRA) W 1100–0021 | Georgiev (BUL) L 0001–1020 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Margoshvili (GEO) L 0010–0120 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Selim Tataroğlu | +100 kg | Gujejiani (GEO) W 1011–0000 | Miran (IRI) L 0010–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Brutus (HAI) W 1000–0000 | Pepic (AUS) W 0110–0010 | Pertelson (EST) L 0100–0200 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Neşe Şensoy Yıldız | −48 kg | Ri K-O (PRK) W 0111–0021 | Ye G-R (KOR) L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing

Turkish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Ertuğrul İçingir | Mistral | 7 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 3 | OCS | 19 | 12 | 13 | 105 | 11 |
| Ali Enver Adakan | Finn | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 124 | 16 |
| Selim Kakış Hasan Kaan Özgönenç | 470 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 6 | DSQ | 24 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 174 | 24 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Kemal Muslubaş | Laser | 11 | 20 | 18 | OCS | 28 | 31 | 16 | 35 | 26 | 28 | DNF | 256 | 33 |
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

## Shooting

Turkey has qualified a single shooter.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Oğuzhan Tüzün | Trap | 115 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Turkish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Derya Büyükuncu | 100 m backstroke | 56.34 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Derya Büyükuncu | 200 m backstroke | 2:02.69 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aytekin Mindan | 200 m freestyle | 1:55.65 | 52 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aytekin Mindan | 400 m freestyle | 4:06.85 | 41 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Orel Oral | 200 m individual medley | 2:08.84 | =45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kaan Tayla | 50 m freestyle | 23.26 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kaan Tayla | 100 m freestyle | 51.52 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Onur Uras | 100 m butterfly | 56.37 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| İlkay Dikmen | 100 m breaststroke | 1:11.69 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| İlkay Dikmen | 200 m breaststroke | 2:32.69 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Şadan Derya Erke | 100 m backstroke | 1:05.38 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Şadan Derya Erke | 200 m backstroke | 2:17.29 | =21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gülşah Günenç | 100 m butterfly | 1:04.30 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gülşah Günenç | 200 m butterfly | 2:20.17 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Özlem Yasemin Taşkın | 400 m freestyle | 4:24.08 | 35 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

One Turkish taekwondo jin qualified to compete in the men's 80 kg class.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bahri Tanrıkulu | Men's −80 kg | Geisler (PHI) W 9–9 SUP | Hamdouni (TUN) W 6–4 | Ahmadov (AZE) W 6–6 SUP | Bye | Bye | López (USA) L 0–3 | |

## Weightlifting

Nine Turkish weightlifters qualified for the following events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Sedat Artuç | −56 kg | 125 | =4 | 155 | 3 | 280 | |
| Halil Mutlu | −56 kg | 135 | 1 | 160 | 1 | 295 | |
| Reyhan Arabacıoğlu | −77 kg | 165 | 3 | 195 | =7 | 360 | |
| Taner Sağır | −77 kg | 172.5 OR | =1 | 202.5 OR | 1 | 375 OR | |
| İzzet İnce | −85 kg | 175 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Hakan Yılmaz | −94 kg | 175 | =7 | 215 | =5 | 390 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Nurcan Taylan | −48 kg | 97.5 WR | 1 | 112.5 | 1 | 210 WR | |
| Aylin Daşdelen | −58 kg | 100 | 4 | 125 | 4 | 225 | 4 |
| Sibel Şimşek | −69 kg | 11575 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |

## Wrestling

Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Harun Doğan | −55 kg | Berberyan (ARM) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Kardanov (GRE) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | O S-N (PRK) L 0–5 $^{VB}$ | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |
| Tevfik Odabaşı | −60 kg | Umakhanov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Sissaouri (CAN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Ömer Çubukçu | −66 kg | Fernyák (SVK) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Hatos (HUN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 1 Q | Murtazaliev (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Gökhan Yavaşer | −84 kg | Danko (UKR) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Aghaev (ARM) W 5–0 $^{EV}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Fatih Çakıroğlu | −96 kg | Enkhtuyaa (MGL) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Shemarov (BLR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Aydın Polatçı | −120 kg | Chintoan (ROM) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Thiele (GER) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 1 Q | Rodríguez (CUB) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Taymazov (UZB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Mutalimov (KAZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ercan Yıldız | −55 kg | Chochua (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Adomaitis (LTU) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Şeref Tüfenk | −60 kg | Gikas (GRE) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Ashkani (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Monzón (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
| Şeref Eroğlu | −66 kg | Izquierdo (COL) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Kvirkvelia (GEO) W 5–0 $^{EV}$ | Vardanyan (UKR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | 1 Q | Bye | Manukyan (KAZ) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Mansurov (AZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |
| Hamza Yerlikaya | −84 kg | Daragan (UKR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Metodiev (BUL) W 5–0 $^{VB}$ | Thomberg (EST) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | 1 Q | Bye | Abrahamian (SWE) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Makaranka (BLR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 4 |
| Mehmet Özal | −96 kg | Cheglakov (UZB) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Kostins (LAT) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | — | 1 Q | Peña (CUB) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Gaber (EGY) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Hashemzadeh (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Yekta Yılmaz Gül | −120 kg | Evseitchik (ISR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | López (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |