Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's Flyweight (54 kg)
Gold	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
Gold	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)
Gold	Mahmut Demir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)
Silver	Malik Beyleroglu	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
Bronze	Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg)

Results by event

Archery

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women nearly earned two medals. Elif Altankaynak made it to the semifinals in the individual competition, and the women's team made it there in the team round. However, the semifinals were as far as any Turkish archer got, and Altankaynak and the team both lost there and in the bronze medal matches.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Elif Altankaynak → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (4-2)
• Natalia Nasaridze → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
• Elif Eksi → Round of 64, 47th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Okyay Kucukkayalar → Round of 64, 59th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Altankaynak, Nasaridze, and Eksi → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-1)

Athletics

Men's Decathlon

• Alper Kasapoglu

• Final Result — 7575 points (→ 29th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Aysel Taş

• Qualification — 57.86m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Serap Aktaş — 2:36.14 (→ 23rd place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Yaşar Giritli
  1. First Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand) on points (4-19)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Soner Karagöz
  1. First Round — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 3-15

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Serdar Yağlı
  1. First Round — Lost to Josian Lebon (Mauritius), 8-9

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Vahdettin İşsever
  1. First Round — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 2-14

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
  1. First Round — Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea), 21-5
  2. Second Round — Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 1-23

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Çahit Sürme
  1. First Round — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 1-11

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Malik Beyleroğlu → Silver Medal
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), 9-8
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 16-12
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 11-11 (referee decision)
  5. Final — Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 3-11

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Yusuf Öztürk
  1. First Round — Lost to Pedro Aurino (Italy), 7-15

Swimming

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 4:02.39 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 56.71 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 2:04.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 54.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 2:01.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Nida Zuhal
  1. Heat — 1:04.11 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Nida Zuhal
  1. Heat — 2:18.46 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

• Dursun Sevinc

• Final — 165.0 + 197.5 = 362.5 (→ 7th place)

References

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.