Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Turkey is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's official debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 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 at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | TUR |
NOC | Turkish National Olympic Committee |
Website | olimpiyat |
in Tokyo, Japan | |
Competitors | 60 in 11 sports |
Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletics
Turkish athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track & road events
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Polat Kemboi Arıkan | Marathon | N/A | |||||
Yasmani Copello | 400 m hurdles | ||||||
Mert Girmalegesse | Marathon | N/A | |||||
Ramil Guliyev | 200 m | ||||||
Salih Korkmaz | 20 km walk | N/A | |||||
Kaan Kigen Özbilen | Marathon | N/A |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Meryem Bekmez | 20 km walk | N/A | |||
Yasemin Can | 5000 m | ||||
10000 m | N/A |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Özkan Baltacı | Men's hammer throw | ||||
Necati Er | Men's triple jump | ||||
Eda Tuğsuz | Women's javelin throw |
Boxing
Turkey entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Batuhan Çiftçi scored a round-of-16 victory to secure a spot in the men's flyweight division at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom.[4]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Batuhan Çiftçi | Men's flyweight |
Cycling
Road
Turkey entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[5]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Men's road race | |||
Gymnastics
Artistic
Turkey entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Ferhat Arıcan and rookie Navlı Savranbaşı finished among the top twelve eligible for qualification in the men's and among the top twenty in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, respectively, to book their spots on the Turkish roster at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Meanwhile, Ahmet Önder and İbrahim Çolak secured spots available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the parallel bars and rings exercises, respectively, at the same tournament.[6][7]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Ferhat Arıcan | All-around | ||||||||||||||||
İbrahim Çolak | Rings | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
Ahmet Önder | Parallel bars | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
Nazlı Savranbaşı | All-around |
Karate
Turkey entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2019 European Games medalists Uğur Aktaş (men's +75 kg), Ali Sofuoğlu (men's kata), Serap Özçelik (women's 55 kg), Merve Çoban (women's 61 kg), and Meltem Hocaoğlu (women's +61 kg) qualified directly for their respective kumite and kata categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[8]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Uğur Aktaş | Men's +75 kg | ||||||
Ali Sofuoğlu | Men's kata | ||||||
Serap Özçelik | Women's −55 kg | ||||||
Merve Çoban | Women's −61 kg | ||||||
Meltem Hocaoğlu | Women's +61 kg |
Sailing
Turkish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[9][10]
Two-time Olympian Alican Kaynar (Finn), 470 crew brothers Deniz and Ateş Çınar, and Rio 2016 windsurfer Dilara Uralp were selected to the Turkish roster under the qualifying merit, while rookie Ecem Güzel beat her rival Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş to top the country's Laser Radial spot with a tenth place overall at the 2019 World Championships in Sakaiminato.[11]
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
Alican Kaynar | Men's Finn | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Ateş Çınar Deniz Çınar |
Men's 470 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Dilara Uralp | Women's RS:X | |||||||||||||||
Ecem Güzel | Women's Laser Radial | N/A |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Turkish shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[12]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Ömer Akgün | Men's 10 m air rifle | ||||
Yusuf Dikeç | Men's 10 m air pistol | ||||
İsmail Keleş | |||||
Özgür Varlık | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
Swimming
Turkish swimmers further 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)):[13][14]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Berkay-Ömer Öğretir | Men's 100 m breaststroke | ||||||
Men's 200 m breaststroke | |||||||
Hüseyin Emre Sakçı | Men's 100 m breaststroke | ||||||
Beril Böcekler | Women's 400 m freestyle | N/A | |||||
Women's 800 m freestyle | N/A | ||||||
Women's 1500 m freestyle | N/A | ||||||
Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Women's 200 m individual medley | ||||||
Merve Tuncel | Women's 800 m freestyle | N/A | |||||
Women's 1500 m freestyle | N/A |
Taekwondo
Turkey entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rukiye Yıldırım (women's 49 kg), İrem Yaman (women's 57 kg), double Olympic medalist Nur Tatar (women's 67 kg), and Nafia Kuş (women's +67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Rukiye Yıldırım | Women's −49 kg | ||||||
İrem Yaman | Women's −57 kg | ||||||
Nur Tatar | Women's −67 kg | ||||||
Nafia Kuş | Women's +67 kg |
Volleyball
Women's tournament
Turkey women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match and securing an outright berth at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence.[15]
- Team roster
- Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
25 July 2021 16:25 v |
China ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
27 July 2021 16:25 v |
Italy ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
29 July 2021 21:45 v |
United States ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
31 July 2021 14:20 v |
Argentina ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
2 August 2021 14:20 v |
Russia ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
Wrestling
Turkey qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 and 125 kg) and men's Greco-Roman (97 and 130 kg) at the 2019 World Championships.[16]
Key:
- VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
- VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
- PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Men's freestyle
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Süleyman Atlı | −57 kg | ||||||
Taha Akgül | −125 kg |
- Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Cenk İldem | −97 kg | ||||||
Rıza Kayaalp | −130 kg |
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- "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- Lewis, Ron (17 March 2020). "Boxing Olympic Qualification – London: Day 3 Live Blog as It Happened". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 - as it happened". Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- "Cimnastikte Ferhat Arıcan ve Ahmet Önder'den olimpiyat vizesi" [Gymnasts Ferhat Arıcan and Ahmet Önder punched their tickets to Olympics]. Fanatik. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "First Finn and Men's 470 Tokyo 2020 nations confirmed". World Sailing. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- "First Laser, Radial and 49erFX nations confirmed for Tokyo 2020". World Sailing. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- "Ecem Güzel qualified for 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Galatasaray. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- "Turkey, Korea grab latest tickets to Tokyo 2020". FIVB. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- Marantz, Ken (15 September 2019). "Olympic Champ Borrero Survives 'Bracket of Death' to Make 67kg Semis, Secure Tokyo 2020 Spot". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 September 2019.