# Turkey at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

Turkey was represented by 20 athletes, among them 12 women, at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held between July 27 and August 1 in Barcelona, Spain.
Turkey ranked fifth in the countries' medal table. With three gold and one silver medals that have been won all by female athletes, it was Turkey's most successful European championship. Placing two athletes at the first and second positions at one event, Women's 5000 metres, crowned Turkey's participation.

## Participants

| Event | Men | Women |
| 100 m | İzzet Safer | |
| 200 m | İzzet Safer | Meliz Redif |
| 400 m | | Meliz Redif Pınar Saka |
| 1500 m | | Aslı Çakır Binnaz Uslu Sultan Haydar |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | Binnaz Uslu |
| 5000 m | Halil Akkaş Kemal Koyuncu Mert Girmalegese | Alemitu Bekele Elvan Abeylegesse Meryem Erdoğan |
| 10000 m | Kemal Koyuncu | Elvan Abeylegesse Meryem Erdoğan |
| 100 m hurdles | | Nevin Yanıt |
| 400 m hurdles | Tuncay Ors | Birsen Engin Özge Gürler |
| High Jump | | Burcu Ayhan |
| 4 × 100 m | Hakan Karacaoğlu İzzet Safer Mustafa Delioğlu Sezayi Özkaya | |
| 4 × 400 m | | Birsen Engin Meliz Redif Pinar Saka Özge Gürler |

## Results

| 2010 Barcelona | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Men
#### Track and road events

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | İzzet Safer | 10.68 | 7 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 200 m | İzzet Safer | 21.41 | 7 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 5000 m | Halil Akkaş | 14:07.42 | 10 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 5000 m | Kemal Koyuncu | 13:47.41 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 14:17.32 | 13 |
| 5000 m | Mert Girmalegese | 13:36.32 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 13:45.25 | 9 |
| 4 × 100 m | Hakan Karacaoğlu İzzet Safer Mustafa Delioğlu Sezai Özkaya | 40.23 | 7 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 10000 m | Kemal Koyuncu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30:28.83 | 22 |
| 400 m H | Tuncay Örs | 51.41 | 6 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women
#### Track and road events

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 200 m | Meliz Redif | 24.53 | 7 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 400 m | Meliz Redif | 54.19 | 7 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 400 m | Pınar Saka | 54.33 | 7 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 m | Aslı Çakır | 4:05.53 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4:02.17 | 5 |
| 1500 m | Binnaz Uslu | 4:12.04 | 10 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 m | Sultan Haydar | Did not finish | Did not finish | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 3000 m S | Binnaz Uslu | 10:15.28 | 9 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 5000 m | Alemitu Bekele | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14:52.20 CR | 1 |
| 5000 m | Elvan Abeylegesse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14:54.44 | 2 |
| 5000 m | Meryem Erdoğan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15:14.92 PB | 7 |
| 10000 m | Elvan Abeylegesse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31:10.23 EL | 1 |
| 10000 m | Meryem Erdoğan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31:44.86 PB | 5 |
| 100 m H | Nevin Yanıt | 12.89 | 1 | - | - | 12.71 | 1 | 12.63 NR | 1 |
| 400 m H | Birsen Engin | 58.19 | 6 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 400 m H | Özge Gürler | 58.98 | 8 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 4 × 400 m | Birsen Engin Meliz Redif Pınar Saka Özge Gürler | 3:33.13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| High jump | Burcu Ayhan | 1.92 | 5 | 1.92 | 9 |

## Medalists

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 10000 m | Elvan Abeylegesse | | | | | 31:10.23 EL | |
| 100 m H | Nevin Yanıt | | | | | 12.63 NR | |
| 5000 m | Alemitu Bekele | | | | | 14:52.20 CR | |
| 5000 m | Elvan Abeylegesse | | | | | 14:54.44 | |