Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Seoul
Competitors	41 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Ali Şahin[1]
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	20 September
Silver	Necmi Gençalp	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	1 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	3	1	4
Boxing	4	–	4
Judo	4	–	4
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	2	0	2
Weightlifting	5	–	5
Wrestling	12	–	12
Total	36	5	41

Results by event

Archery

In its second Olympic archery competition, Turkey was represented by three men and three women.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Huriye Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 41st place)
• Elif Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 42nd place)
• Selda Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Vedat Erbay – 1/8 final (→ 22nd place)
• Kerem Ersu – Preliminary Round (→ 34th place)
• Izzet Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 61st place)

Women's Team Competition:

• Eksi, Eksi, and Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Erbay, Ersu, and Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Final
		Time	Rank
Mehmet Terzi	Marathon	2:20.12	32
Ahmet Altun		2:37.44	71

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Murat Tahir
  1. Heat – 24.64 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 25.24 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Murat Tahir
  1. Heat – 53.27 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 53.95 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 1:58.45 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Hakan Eskioğlu
  1. Heat – 2:14.32 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)