Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Table:
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*
Eşref Apak
Athletics
Men's hammer throw
August 22

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

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Nurcan Taylan ( born October 29 , 1983 in Ankara , Turkey ) is a Turkish Olympic , world and European champion in weightlifting . She holds six European and one world record ( and tied two more world records ) . She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation ( IWF ) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for two years starting on 26 October 2011 .
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , fifteen events in weightlifting were contested , in eight classes for men and seven for women . Competition was held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall .
The women 's 48 kg weightlifting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece took place at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall on 14 August . Total score was the sum of the lifter 's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk , with three lifts allowed for each lift . In case of a tie , the lighter lifter won ; if still tied , the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won . Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk .
In 1994 , he won both the European and world championships , titles that would soon become commonplace for him . He made his first Olympic appearance in 1992 in the 52 kg category and finished fifth . In 1996 , in the 54 kg category , the reigning world champion and world record holder , Mutlu broke the world record in the snatch and went on to win the gold medal by 7.5 kg . At the 1999 World Championships he beat silver medal winner Adrian Jigău by around 20 kg and set a new world record . He remained undefeated until the 2000 Olympics in Sydney , where he was even more dominant than he had been in Atlanta . This time he set world records in both the snatch and the clean and jerk and won by 17.5 kg in the 56 kg category . He was suffering from a shoulder injury in 2003 and temporarily moved to the 62 kg class . His career appeared in doubt after a torn right rotator cuff and ruptured biceps tendon sidelined him for most of 2002 . Mutlu dominated in his weight class since mid-1990s . By the time of the Athens Olympics in 2004 , Mutlu won the world championship five times , although he had missed the 2002 season because of injury . In Athens he out lifted Wu Meijin of China by 5 kg in the snatch and then extended his lead in the jerk to earn victory by 7.5 kg . At 31 , he captured his third consecutive gold medal at the Olympics in Athens .
The men 's 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece took place at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall on 15 August . Total score was the sum of the lifter 's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk , with three lifts allowed for each lift . In case of a tie , the lighter lifter won ; if still tied , the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won . Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk .
Taner Sağır ( born March 13 , 1985 in Kardzhali , Bulgaria ) is a Turkish world and Olympic weightlifting champion . Coming into Athens as holder of all the junior world records at the age of only 19 , he broke the Olympic records in the category -77 kg snatch , clean and jerk and total . He is seen as a great talent by authorities .
The men 's 77 kg weightlifting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece took place at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall on 19 August . Total score was the sum of the lifter 's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk , with three lifts allowed for each lift . In case of a tie , the lighter lifter won ; if still tied , the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won . Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk . On 12 February 2013 , the International Olympic Committee decided to strip Oleg Perepetchenov of his 2004 Olympic bronze medal after both probes were retested and showed traces of anabolic steroids .
Şeref Eroğlu ( born 25 November 1975 , in Kahramanmaraş ) is a Turkish wrestler .
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines , Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories . Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18 gold medals being contested in all . This was the first Olympic Games that included women 's wrestling events on the program .
The men 's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall , August 24 to August 25 . The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool , with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals , semifinals and final by way of direct elimination .
Bahri Tanrıkulu ( born March 16 , 1980 in Ankara , Turkey ) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner , who competed in the Men 's 80 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens , Greece and won the silver medal . He studied at Akdeniz University . He is Turkey 's first World and European Taekwondo champion . He was a member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club before he transferred to Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü . The 1.86 m ( 6.1 ft ) tall athlete is student of physical education and sports at Akdeniz University . He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he reached the semi final .
Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex in Athens , Greece where 124 competitors competed in eight events , four each for men and women .
The men 's 80 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on August 26 at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex . Moving up to 12 kg heavier than his weight in Sydney four years earlier , U.S. taekwondo jin Steven López defied his odds to crush and heavily kick Turkey 's Bahri Tanrıkulu with a score 3-0 for his second Olympic gold . Iran 's Yousef Karami rallied for a tight 9-8 victory over Azerbaijan 's Rashad Ahmadov to grab the bronze medal .
Atagün Yalçınkaya ( born December 14 , 1986 in the Altındağ district of Ankara , Turkey ) is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight ( 54 kg ) division best known for winning the silver medal in the light-flyweight category at the 2004 Olympics .
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall . The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each . Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner . Three days before the Games opening ceremony the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event . Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics , including Amir Khan , Andre Ward , Gennady Golovkin , Yuriorkis Gamboa , and Guillermo Rigondeaux , later went on to become world champions in professional boxing . However , Russian boxers dont typically turn pro as their government provides them with extensive funding which allows them to keep their amateur status and compete at multiple Olympics . The tournament was also Mario Kindelán 's final Olympic event before retirement , with a second lightweight gold metal after beating Amir Khan .
The light flyweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 18 to 29 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall . This is limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms .
Eşref Apak ( born 3 January 1982 in Kalecik , Ankara ) is a Turkish hammer thrower . Apak was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul then transferred to Enkaspor , where he is coached by Artun Talay . The 185 cm ( 6 ft 1 in ) tall athlete at 115 kg ( 254 lb ) is a student of physical education and sports at Gazi University in Ankara . Apak took part at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a surprising bronze medal with 79.51 m after the gold medalist Hungarian athlete Adrián Annus was disqualified by IOC for a doping violation . In 2005 Apak participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won the gold medal with his throw of 77.88 metres . His personal best performance , and Turkish record , is 81.45 metres set on 4 June 2005 at the Cezmi Or Memorial Games . Eşref Apak is married to sprinter Sema Aydemir , and the couple has a son Ali . He served a 2-year doping ban for the use of a prohibited substance , Stanozolol . The ban lasted from 8 June 2013 to 25 June 2015 .
At the 2004 Summer Olympics , the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29 , except for the marathons ( run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium ) , the race walks ( on the streets of Athens ) , and the shot put ( held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium ) . A total of 46 events were contested , of which 24 by male and 22 by female athletes .
The men 's hammer throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20-22 August . Adrián Annus of Hungary originally won the competition , but he was disqualified after being found guilty of tampering with his sample at the doping control . The original runner-up , Koji Murofushi , was accordingly declared the 2004 Olympic champion . Originally , Ivan Tsikhan won the silver medal , but he was disqualified in 2012 after a retest of his samples from 2004 were positive for methandienone . Tsikhan withdrew from the 2012 Summer Olympics as a result . The decision was taken to vacate his medal , leaving the only medallists as Murofushi with gold and Eşref Apak of Turkey with the bronze . The athlete in a position to be elevated to the Olympic bronze medal , Vadim Devyatovskiy of Belarus , had previously been subject to a court case by the International Olympic Committee regarding doping at the 2008 Summer Olympics .
Sedat Artuç ( born June 9 , 1976 in Oltu , Erzurum Province ) is a Turkish European champion in weightlifting . He is winner of silver medal in World championship and of bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics . Artuç , 1.63 m tall , is a member of EGO Sport Club in Ankara , Turkey . He is coached by Tuncer Şenses . In 2005 , Artuç was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for doping .
Reyhan Arabacıoğlu ( born 1980 in Bulgaria ) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 77 kg division . He started weightlifting in İzmir , where he is a member of the weightlifting team of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü .
Mehmet Özal ( born 31 October 1978 in Ankara , Turkey ) is a Turkish wrestler in Greco-Roman style . He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K . He competed in the men 's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal . At the World Championships he has won a bronze and a gold medal , in 2001 and 2002 respectively . He also won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games .
The men 's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall , August 25 to August 26 . The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool , with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals , semifinals and final by way of direct elimination .
Aydın Polatçı ( born 15 May 1977 ) is a Turkish wrestler . He was born in Istanbul . He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 2004 . He also competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics .
The men 's freestyle 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall , August 27 to August 28 . The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool , with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals , semifinals and final by way of direct elimination .