Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Turkey is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's debut in 1908. Turkey did not attend the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott.

Athletics

Turkish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

Men's 100 m – 3 quota places (Ramil Guliyev, Jak Ali Harvey, Emre Zafer Barnes)
Men's 200 m – 1 quota place (Ramil Guliyev, Jak Ali Harvey)
Men's 1500 m – 1 quota place (İlham Tanui Özbilen)
Men's 5000 m – 1 quota place (Ali Kaya)
Men's 10000 m – 2 quota places (Ali Kaya, Polat Kemboi Arıkan)
Men's 400 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Yasmani Copello Escobar)
Men's 3000 m steeplechase – 2 quota places (Tarık Langat Akdağ, Halil Akkaş)
Men's marathon – 3 quota places (Bekir Karayel, Serkan Kaya, Ercan Muslu)
Men's 20 km walk - 2 quota places (Mert Atli, Ersin Tacir)
Women's 5000 m – 2 quota places (Yasemin Can, Meryem Akda)
Women's 10000 m – 1 quota place (Yasemin Can)
Women's 3000 m steeplechase – 3 quota places (Tuğba Güvenç, Özlem Kaya, Meryem Akda)
Women's marathon – 3 quota places (Nilay Esen, Sultan Haydar,Meryem Erdoğan)
Women's shot put – 1 quota place (Emel Dereli)
Women's hammer throw – 1 quota place (Kıvılcım Kaya)
Women's long jump – 1 quota place (Karin Melis Mey)

Badminton

Turkey has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Özge Bayrak had claimed her Olympic spot as one of top 34 individual shuttlers in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Özge Bayrak	Women's singles

Boxing

Turkey has entered three boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Onur Şipal and Adem Kılıççı became the first Turkish boxers to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish of their respective weight division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.^[4]^[5] Meanwhile, three further boxers (Gozgec, Ünal, and Demirezen) had claimed their Olympic spots with box-off victories at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Batuhan Gozgec	Light welterweight
Onur Şipal	Welterweight
Adem Kılıççı	Middleweight
Mehmet Ünal	Light heavyweight
Ali Eren Demirezen	Super heavyweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Turkish canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[7]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lasma Liepa	Women's K-1 200 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Turkish riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race

Equestrian

Turkey has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Central & Eastern Europe in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.^[9] This signified the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 1960.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ömer Karaevli	Dadjak	Individual

Fencing

Turkey has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's sporting comeback for the first time since 1984. İrem Karamete had claimed her Olympic spot in the women's foil by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
İrem Karamete	Individual foil

Gymnastics

Artistic

Turkey has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Ferhat Arican and Tutya Yılmaz had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[10]^[11]

Men

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Ferhat Arican

Women

Athlete	Qualification						Final
	Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Tutya Yılmaz

Sailing

Turkish sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and European qualifying regattas.^[12]^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Alican Kaynar	Finn
Ateş Çınar Deniz Çınar	470

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş	Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Turkish shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yusuf Dikeç	10 m air pistol			—
Yusuf Dikeç	50 m pistol			—
Yavuz İlnam	Trap
Erdinç Kebapçı	Trap
İsmail Keleş	10 m air pistol			—
İsmail Keleş	50 m pistol			—

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Turkish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[15]^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nezir Karap	400 m freestyle

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zeynep Güneş	100 m breaststroke
	200 m breaststroke
	200 m individual medley
	400 m individual medley			—

Table tennis

Turkey has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Two-time Olympian Melek Hu secured one of ten available Olympic spots in the women's singles by winning the group final match at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[17] Meanwhile, Ahmet Li was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmet Li	Men's singles
Melek Hu	Women's singles

Taekwondo

Turkey entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympic featherweight champion Servet Tazegül and silver medalist Nur Tatar qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[19]^[20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Servet Tazegül	Men's −68 kg
Nur Tatar	Women's −67 kg

Weightlifting

Turkish weightlifters have qualified three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single men's Olympic spot had been added to the Turkish roster by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 European Championships.^[21] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
	Men's
	Women's
	Women's
	Women's

Wrestling

Turkey has qualified a total of thirteen wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (86 & 125 kg), men's Greco-Roman 130 kg, and women's freestyle 58 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while three more berths had been awarded to the Turkish wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[22]^[23]

Six further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Turkish roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; three of them at the first meet and three more at the second.

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	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yakup Gör	−65 kg
Soner Demirtaş	−74 kg
Selim Yaşar	−86 kg
İbrahim Bölükbaşı	−97 kg
Taha Akgül	−125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Selçuk Çebi	−75 kg
Cenk İldem	−98 kg
Rıza Kayaalp	−130 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bediha Gün	−53 kg
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak	−58 kg
Hafize Şahin	−63 kg
Buse Tosun	−69 kg
Yasemin Adar	−75 kg

References

^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ Sukumar, Dev (5 May 2016). "Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ "AIBA Pro Crowns its First Champions". The Boxing Tribune. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
^ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ "European Olympic Qualification Tournament concludes in Turkey with thirteen nations able to confirm boxers for Rio 2016". AIBA. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
^ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Men's and Women's 470 Olympic places decided after 2015 Worlds". ISAF. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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^ "Continental Qualification current standing". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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[1] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[2] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[3] Sukumar, Dev (5 May 2016). "Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[4] "AIBA Pro Crowns its First Champions". The Boxing Tribune. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[5] "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[6] "European Olympic Qualification Tournament concludes in Turkey with thirteen nations able to confirm boxers for Rio 2016". AIBA. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

[7] "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

[8] "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[9] "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

[10] "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

[11] "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

[isaf-12] "Men's and Women's 470 Olympic places decided after 2015 Worlds". ISAF. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[13] "Deniz Çınar – Ateş Çınar Ekibi 470 Sınıfında Rio 2016 Olimpiyat Kotasını Aldı" (in Turkish). Haberler. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[issf-14] "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[15] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[16] "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[17] Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Defensive Skills Secure First Ever Olympic Places for Han Ying and Polina Mikhailova". ITTF. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

[18] Marshall, Ian (5 May 2016). "Olympic Games Singles Ranking Announced, Another Step Nearer Final Line Up". ITTF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[19] "First Wave of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics". World Taekwondo Federation. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[20] "Second Tranche of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Earn Berths to Rio Olympics On Day 2 of Grand Prix Final, Egypt, Iran, China and Korea Grab Golds". World Taekwondo Federation. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[21] "Continental Qualification current standing". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[22] "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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