# Turkey at the Olympics

Turkey, after the Ottoman Empire, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp because of the sanction against the Central Powers including the Ottoman Empire, 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-led boycott. Turkey has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since their first appearance in 1936. Turkish athletes have won a total of 111 medals, divided into 41 golds, 29 silvers and 41 bronzes. Turkey won the most medals in wrestling. The National Olympic Committee for Turkey, Turkish National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1911.

## Medals
### Medals by Summer Sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Wrestling | 29 | 18 | 21 | 68 |
| Weightlifting | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Boxing | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Karate | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Artistic gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 41 | 29 | 41 | 111 |

## List of Medalists

| Medal | Games | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | 1936 Berlin | Yaşar Erkan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight |
| Bronze | 1936 Berlin | Ahmet Kireççi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Middleweight |
| Gold | 1948 London | Nasuh Akar | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight) |
| Gold | 1948 London | Gazanfer Bilge | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 57 – 63 kg (featherweight) |
| Gold | 1948 London | Celal Atik | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 63 – 67 kg (lightweight) |
| Gold | 1948 London | Yaşar Doğu | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 67 – 73 kg (welterweight) |
| Gold | 1948 London | Ahmet Kireççi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman + 87 kg (super heavyweight) |
| Gold | 1948 London | Mehmet Oktav | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57 – 61 kg (featherweight) |
| Silver | 1948 London | Halit Balamir | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle - 52 kg (flyweight) |
| Silver | 1948 London | Adil Candemir | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 73 – 79 kg (middleweight) |
| Silver | 1948 London | Kenan Olcay | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman - 52 kg (flyweight) |
| Silver | 1948 London | Muhlis Tayfur | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 73 – 79 kg (middleweight) |
| Bronze | 1948 London | Halil Kaya | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight) |
| Bronze | 1948 London | Ruhi Sarıalp | Athletics | Men's Triple Jump |
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | Hasan Gemici | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Flyweight |
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | Bayram Şit | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Featherweight |
| Bronze | 1952 Helsinki | Adil Atan | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | Mithat Bayrak | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight |
| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | Wrestling | Freestyle Bantamweight |
| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | Hamit Kaplan | Wrestling | Freestyle Heavyweight |
| Silver | 1956 Melbourne | Rıza Doğan | Wrestling | Greco-Roman Lightweight |
| Silver | 1956 Melbourne | İbrahim Zengin | Wrestling | Freestyle Welterweight |
| Bronze | 1956 Melbourne | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Wrestling | Greco-Roman Flyweight |
| Bronze | 1956 Melbourne | Hüseyin Akbaş | Wrestling | Freestyle Flyweight |
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Müzahir Sille | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight |
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Mithat Bayrak | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight |
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Tevfik Kış | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Ahmet Bilek | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Flyweight |
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | Wrestling | Freestyle Featherweight |
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Hasan Güngör | Wrestling | Freestyle Middleweight |
| Gold | 1960 Rome | İsmet Atlı | Wrestling | Freestyle Light Heavyweight |
| Silver | 1960 Rome | İsmail Ogan | Wrestling | Freestyle Welterweight |
| Silver | 1960 Rome | Hamit Kaplan | Wrestling | Freestyle Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | Kazım Ayvaz | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | İsmail Ogan | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Welterweight |
| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | Hüseyin Akbaş | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Bantamweight |
| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | Hasan Güngör | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Middleweight |
| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | Ahmet Ayık | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight |
| Bronze | 1964 Tokyo | Hamit Kaplan | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | Mahmut Atalay | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Welterweight |
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | Ahmet Ayık | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight |
| Silver | 1972 Munich | Vehbi Akdağ | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |
| Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Eyüp Can | Boxing | Men's Flyweight (51 kg) |
| Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Turgut Aykaç | Boxing | Men's Featherweight (57 kg) |
| Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Ayhan Taşkın | Wrestling | Men's freestyle +100 kg |
| Gold | 1988 Seoul | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg |
| Silver | 1988 Seoul | Necmi Gençalp | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Akif Pirim | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg |
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | Hakkı Başar | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg |
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | Kenan Şimşek | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg |
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | Hülya Şenyurt | Judo | Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg) |
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | Ali Kayalı | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | Men's 54 kg |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 64 kg |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Hamza Yerlikaya | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Mahmut Demir | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 130 kg |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Malik Beyleroğlu | Boxing | Men's Middleweight |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Akif Pirim | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Hüseyin Özkan | Judo | Men's 66 kg |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Hamza Yerlikaya | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Hamide Bıkçın | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Adem Bereket | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 76 kg |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Nurcan Taylan | Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Taner Sağır | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Şeref Eroğlu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Bahri Tanrıkulu | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Atagün Yalçınkaya | Boxing | Light flyweight |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Sedat Artuç | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Reyhan Arabacıoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Mehmet Özal | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Aydın Polatçı | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg |
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Ramazan Şahin | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 66 kg |
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | Azize Tanrıkulu | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg |
| Bronze | 2008 Beijing | Yakup Kılıç | Boxing | Men's 57 kg |
| Bronze | 2008 Beijing | Servet Tazegül | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |
| Bronze | 2008 Beijing | Nazmi Avluca | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg |
| Gold | 2012 London | Servet Tazegül | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |
| Silver | 2012 London | Nur Tatar | Taekwondo | Women's 67 kg |
| Bronze | 2012 London | Rıza Kayaalp | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| Gold | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Taha Akgül | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg |
| Silver | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Daniyar Ismayilov | Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg |
| Silver | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Rıza Kayaalp | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| Silver | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Selim Yaşar | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 86 kg |
| Bronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Yasmani Copello | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Bronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Cenk İldem | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg |
| Bronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Soner Demirtaş | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg |
| Bronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Nur Tatar | Taekwondo | Women's 67 kg |
| Gold | 2020 Tokyo | Mete Gazoz | Archery | Men's individual |
| Gold | 2020 Tokyo | Busenaz Sürmeneli | Boxing | Women's welterweight |
| Silver | 2020 Tokyo | Buse Naz Çakıroğlu | Boxing | Women's flyweight |
| Silver | 2020 Tokyo | Eray Şamdan | Karate | Men's 67 kg |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Hakan Reçber | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Hatice Kübra İlgün | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Rıza Kayaalp | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Yasemin Adar | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 76 kg |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Ferhat Arıcan | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Taha Akgül | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Ali Sofuoğlu | Karate | Men's kata |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Merve Çoban | Karate | Women's 61 kg |
| Bronze | 2020 Tokyo | Uğur Aktaş | Karate | Men's 75 kg |
| Silver | 2024 Paris | Şevval İlayda Tarhan Yusuf Dikeç | Shooting | Mixed 10 m air pistol team |
| Silver | 2024 Paris | Hatice Akbaş | Boxing | Women's 54 kg |
| Silver | 2024 Paris | Buse Naz Çakıroğlu | Boxing | Women's 50 kg |
| Bronze | 2024 Paris | Mete Gazoz Ulaş Tümer Abdullah Yıldırmış | Archery | Men's team |
| Bronze | 2024 Paris | Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 68 kg |
| Bronze | 2024 Paris | Esra Yıldız | Boxing | Women's 57 kg |
| Bronze | 2024 Paris | Taha Akgül | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg |
| Bronze | 2024 Paris | Nafia Kuş | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg |

## Athletes with most medals

| # | Athlete | Sport | Games | | | | Total |
| 1 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | 1988–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | 1996–2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | Wrestling | 1956–1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Mithat Bayrak | Wrestling | 1956–1964 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Hamza Yerlikaya | Wrestling | 1996–2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hamit Kaplan | Wrestling | 1956–1964 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Hasan Güngör | Wrestling | 1960–1964 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | İsmail Ogan | Wrestling | 1960–1964 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ahmet Ayık | Wrestling | 1964–1968 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Taha Akgül | Wrestling | 2012–2024 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Ahmet Kireççi | Wrestling | 1936–1948 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | Wrestling | 1992–1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Servet Tazegül | Taekwondo | 2008–2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Mete Gazoz | Archery | 2016–2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Buse Naz Çakıroğlu | Boxing | 2020–2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Rıza Kayaalp | Wrestling | 2008–2020 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Hüseyin Akbaş | Wrestling | 1956–1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Nur Tatar | Taekwondo | 2012–2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Change Medalists

* Adem Bereket from 4th place to bronze (Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 76 kg)
* Reyhan Arabacıoğlu from 4th place to bronze (Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg)

## Disqualified Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Sibel Özkan | Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg | 9 August 2008 |
| Silver | Elvan Abeylegesse | Athletics | Women's 10000 metres | 15 August 2008 |
| Silver | Elvan Abeylegesse | Athletics | Women's 5000 metres | 22 August 2008 |
| Gold | Aslı Çakır Alptekin | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 10 August 2012 |
| Silver | Gamze Bulut | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 10 August 2012 |