Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were 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
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	108 in 18 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Merve Tuncel Berke Saka
Flag bearer (closing)	Busenaz Sürmeneli
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 9 Total 13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey surpassed its previous medal count from its previous appearance in the 2016 Summer Olympics with 13 medals, which was the most successful with two Golds, two Silvers and nine Bronze medals, respectively.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Mete Gazoz	Archery	Men's individual	31 July
Gold	Busenaz Sürmeneli	Boxing	Women's welterweight	7 August
Silver	Eray Şamdan	Karate	Men's 67 kg	5 August
Silver	Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Boxing	Women's flyweight	7 August
Bronze	Hakan Reçber	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	25 July
Bronze	Hatice Kübra İlgün	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	25 July
Bronze	Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg	2 August
Bronze	Yasemin Adar	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 76 kg	2 August
Bronze	Ferhat Arıcan	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	3 August
Bronze	Taha Akgül	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg	6 August
Bronze	Ali Sofuoğlu	Karate	Men's kata	6 August
Bronze	Merve Çoban	Karate	Women's 61 kg	6 August
Bronze	Uğur Aktaş	Karate	Men's +75 kg	7 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Archery	1	0	0	1
Boxing	1	1	0	2
Gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Karate	0	1	3	4
Taekwondo	0	0	2	2
Wrestling	0	0	3	3
Total	2	2	9	13

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	17	8	25
Badminton	0	1	1
Boxing	3	3	6
Cycling	2	0	2
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	4	1	5
Judo	4	2	6
Karate	3	4	7
Modern pentathlon	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	4	4	8
Shooting	4	0	4
Swimming	6	5	11
Taekwondo	1	4	5
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	7	2	9
Total	58	50	108

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Two Turkish archers booked Olympic places in the men's individual recurve and the women's individual recurve by finishing in the top 4 of the Europe Continental Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey, thereby also qualifying for the Mixed Team Event.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mete Gazoz	Men's individual	669	10	Henckels (LUX) W 6–0	Tyack (AUS) W 7–3	Worth (AUS) W 7–1	Ellison (USA) W 7–3	Furukawa (JPN) W 7–3	Nespoli (ITA) W 6–4
Yasemin Anagöz	Women's individual	652	19	Barrett (CAN) W 6–2	Yang (CHN) W 6–2	Kang C-y (KOR) L 2–6	Did not advance
Mete Gazoz Yasemin Anagöz	Mixed team	1321	7 Q	—		ROC W 6–2	Indonesia (INA) W 6–2	Netherlands (NED) L 3–5	Mexico (MEX) L 2–6	4

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jak Ali Harvey	100 m	Bye		10.25	6	Did not advance
Emre Zafer Barnes		Bye		10.47	7	Did not advance
Ramil Guliyev	200 m	20.54	2 Q	—		20.31	6	Did not advance
Yasmani Copello	400 m hurdles	49.00	2 Q	—		47.88	3 q	47.81 NR	6
Ramil Guliyev Jak Ali Harvey Kayhan Özer Ertan Özkan	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		—				Did not advance
Yavuz Ağralı	Marathon	—						2:21:00	52
Polat Kemboi Arıkan								DNF
Abdulselam İmük	20 km walk	—						1:32:27	48
Salih Korkmaz								DNF
Şahin Şenoduncu								1:27:39	34

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yasemin Can	5000 m	14:50.92	6 q	14:46.49	8
	10000 m	—		31:10.05	11
Meryem Erdoğan	Marathon	—		DNF
Meryem Bekmez	20 km walk	—		1:35:08	22
Evin Demir				1:39:55	41
Ayşe Tekdal				1:38:40	39

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Necati Er	Men's triple jump	17.13	2 Q	17.25	6
Ersu Şaşma	Men's pole vault	5.65	12 q	5.70	10
Eşref Apak	Men's hammer throw	76.76	8 q	76.71	9
Özkan Baltacı		63.63	31	Did not advance
Emel Dereli	Women's shot put	17.81	16	Did not advance
Eda Tuğsuz	Women's javelin throw	62.31	5 q	64.00	4
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu	Women's hammer throw	66.06	27	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey entered one female player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Neslihan Yiğit	Women's singles	Hany (EGY) W (21–5, 21–5)	Chen Yf (CHN) L (14–21, 9–21)	2	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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. At the same tournament, Buse Naz Çakıroğlu scored a quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the women's flyweight division.^[5][6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Batuhan Çiftçi	Men's flyweight	Zoirov (UZB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Necat Ekinci	Men's welterweight	Radzionau (BLR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Bayram Malkan	Men's light heavyweight	Bye	Samed (GHA) W RSC	Alfonso (AZE) L 0–5	Did not advance
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Women's flyweight	Bye	Rakhimova (UZB) W 3–2	Jitpong (THA) W 5–0	Huang H-w (TPE) W 5–0	Krasteva (BUL) L 0–5
Esra Yıldız	Women's lightweight	Bye	Sánchez (ARG) W 5–0	Potkonen (FIN) L 2-3	Did not advance
Busenaz Sürmeneli	Women's welterweight	Bye	Koszewska (POL) W 5–0	Lysenko (UKR) W 5–0	Borgohain (IND) W 5–0	Gu H (CHN) W 3–0

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Onur Balkan	Men's road race	Did not finish
Ahmet Örken		Did not finish

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian İrem Karamete claimed a spot in the women's foil as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
İrem Karamete	Women's foil	Bye	Ross (USA) L 5–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Turkey entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Ferhat Arıcan and rookie Nazlı 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.^[9][10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Ferhat Arıcan	Parallel bars	—	14.233	—		15.566	—		4 Q	—				15.633	—
Adem Asil	All-around	14.033	12.400	14.800	14.766	14.091	14.100	84.524	15 Q	14.300	13.166	13.700	15.133	12.600	13.600	82.499	15
	Rings	—		14.800	—			14.800	6 Q	—		14.600	—				7
	Vault	—			14.766	—			4 Q	—			14.449	—			6
İbrahim Çolak	Rings	—		14.933	—				4 Q	—		14.866	—				5
Ahmet Önder	All-around	14.600	13.333	14.366	14.333	15.200	13.833	85.665	8 Q	—	12.900	13.866	14.333	—	41.099	DNF
	Vault	—			14.466	—		14.466	8 Q	—			14.066	—			7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Nazlı Savranbaşı	All-around	12.900	11.933	11.033	11.933	47.799	71	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey entered five judoka (four men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mihraç Akkuş	Men's −60 kg	—	Namgyel (BHU) W 01–00	Smetov (KAZ) L 00–01	Did not advance
Bilal Çiloğlu	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Slman (JOR) W 01–00	Ono (JPN) L 00–01	Did not advance
Vedat Albayrak	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Nagase (JPN) L 00–01	Did not advance
Mihael Žgank	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Silva (CUB) W 01–00	Brown (USA) W 01–00	van 't End (NED) W 01–00	Trippel (GER) L 00–01	Bye	Bobonov (UZB) L 00–01	5
Gülkader Şentürk	Women's –48 kg	—	Figueroa (ESP) L 00–01	Did not advance
Kayra Sayit	Women's +78 kg	—	Atangana (CMR) W 01–00	Kalanina (UKR) W 01–00	Sone (JPN) L 00–01	Did not advance	Han M-j (KOR) W 01–00	Dicko (FRA) L 00–01	5

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey entered seven 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.^[12]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eray Şamdan	Men's –67 kg	Farzaliyev (AZE) W 7–1	Assadilov (KAZ) L 2–6	El-Sawy (EGY) W 4–1	Sago (JPN) W 2–1	2 Q	Al-Masatfa (JOR) W 2–0	Da Costa (FRA) L 0–5
Uğur Aktaş	Men's +75 kg	Arkania (GEO) W 3–1	Araga (JPN) L 3–5	Yuldashev (KAZ) W 11–3	Horne (GER) W WO	2 q	Ganjzadeh (IRI) L 2–2	Did not advance
Serap Özçelik	Women's −55 kg	Bahmanyar (IRI) L 4–5	Goranova (BUL) L 1–5	Wen (TPE) L 4–5	—	4	Did not advance
Merve Çoban	Women's −61 kg	Someya (JPN) W 4–0	Garcés (VEN) W 6–2	Heurtault (FRA) L 0–2	Yin X-y (CHN) L 2–2+	2 Q	Preković (SRB) L 0–2	Did not advance
Meltem Hocaoğlu	Women's +61 kg	Berultseva (KAZ) D 5–5	Uekusa (JPN) L 4–5	Semeraro (ITA) L 4–9	Zaretska (AZE) L 0–4	5	Did not advance

Kata

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Ranking round		Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Ali Sofuoğlu	Men's kata	27.28	2 Q	27.32	2 Q	Park H-j (KOR) W 27.26–26.14
Dilara Bozan	Women's kata	24.76	3 Q	25.78	3 q	Lau (HKG) L 26.52–26.94	4

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. İlke Özyüksel confirmed places each in the women's event, after booked the sixth of eight available spots at world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
İlke Özyüksel	Women's	184	1	27	185	2:15.89	20	279	7	5	293	11:47.64	3	593	1350	5

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing sixth in the A-final and securing the second of three berths available at the 2021 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Onat Kazaklı	Men's single sculls	7:20.11	3 QF	Bye		7:32.86	4 SC/D	7:32.19	6 FD	7:13.65	21

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[14][15]

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.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Onur Cavit Biriz	RS:X	15	19	20	19	26	14	23	20	23	21	21	17	EL	210	20
Alican Kaynar	Finn	1	1	6	13	9	14	7	20	10	10	—		5	81	8
Ateş Çınar Deniz Çınar	470	11	14	5	3	2	10	17	13	11	4	—		10	93	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Dilara Uralp	RS:X	16	22	23	23	24	25	22	24	21	21	25	24	EL	245	24
Ecem Güzel	Laser Radial	4	24	12	17	28	30	11	29	27	20	—		EL	172	20
Okyanus Arıkan Beste Kaynakçı	470	20	DPI	BFD	18	12	14	13	18	3	14	—		EL	127.1	17

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ömer Akgün	Men's 10 m air rifle	629.8	5 Q	207.3	4
	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1147	36	Did not advance
Yusuf Dikeç	Men's 10 m air pistol	572	24	Did not advance
İsmail Keleş		572	25	Did not advance
Özgür Varlık	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	555	24	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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)):^[18][19]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yiğit Aslan	800 m freestyle	7:56.18	24	—		Did not advance
Ümitcan Güreş	100 m butterfly	52.44	=35	Did not advance
Berkay Ömer Öğretir	100 m breaststroke	59.82	18	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:10.73	22	Did not advance
Berke Saka	200 m backstroke	1:58.66	23	Did not advance
Hüseyin Emre Sakçı	100 m breaststroke	59.87	19	Did not advance
Baturalp Ünlü	200 m freestyle	1:49.75	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Beril Böcekler	400 m freestyle	4:08.27	16	—		Did not advance
Deniz Ertan	800 m freestyle	8:36.29	23	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:13.22	17	—		Did not advance
Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş	200 m individual medley	2:14.41	22	Did not advance
Defne Taçyıldız	200 m butterfly	2:10.00	12 Q	2:11.27	14	Did not advance
Merve Tuncel	400 m freestyle	4:11.06	19	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:25.62	12	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:00.51	11	—		Did not advance
Beril Böcekler Deniz Ertan Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Merve Tuncel	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:10.96	13	—		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey entered five athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rukiye Yıldırım (women's 49 kg), Hatice Kübra İlgün (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. Meanwhile, Hakan Reçber scored a semifinal victory in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Turkish taekwondo squad at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hakan Reçber	Men's −68 kg	Bye	Pontes (BRA) W 25–15	Sinden (GBR) L 19–39 PTG	Did not advance	Burns (NZL) W 23–8	Husić (BIH) W 22–13
Rukiye Yıldırım	Women's −49 kg	Bye	Abdelsalam (EGY) W 21–20	Ramírez (COL) W 31–30	Cerezo (ESP) L 19–39 PTG	Bye	Semberg (ISR) L 22–27	5
Hatice Kübra İlgün	Women's −57 kg	Bye	Lindo (CRC) W 16–5	Zolotic (USA) L 9–17	Did not advance	Laaraj (MAR) W 6–0	Alizadeh (EOR) W 8–6
Nur Tatar	Women's −67 kg	—	Anyanacho (NGR) W 12–7	McPherson (USA) L 1–3	Did not advance
Nafia Kuş	Women's +67 kg	—	Rodríguez (DOM) L 5–7	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Turkey women's	Women's tournament	China W 3–0	Italy L 1–3	United States L 2–3	Argentina W 3–0	ROC W 3–2	3 Q	South Korea L 2–3	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 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.^[21]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 7 July 2021.^[22]

Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti

• 2 Simge Aköz L
• 3 Cansu Özbay S
• 4 Tuğba Şenoğlu OS
• 5 Şeyma Ercan OS
• 6 Kübra Akman MB
• 7 Hande Baladın OS
• 9 Meliha İsmailoğlu OS
• 11 Naz Aydemir S
• 13 Meryem Boz OP
• 14 Eda Erdem Dündar (c) MB
• 18 Zehra Güneş MB
• 99 Ebrar Karakurt OP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	10	12	7	1.714	418	401	1.042	Quarter-finals
2	Italy	5	3	2	10	11	7	1.571	409	377	1.085
3	Turkey	5	3	2	9	12	8	1.500	434	416	1.043
4	ROC	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	422	378	1.116
5	China	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	374	385	0.971
6	Argentina	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	275	375	0.733

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 16:25	China	0–3	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luis Macias (MEX)
	(21–25, 14–25, 14–25) Results Statistics

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 16:25	Italy	3–1	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(25–22, 23–25, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 21:45	United States	3–2	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(25–19, 25–20, 17–25, 20–25, 15–12) ResultsStatistics

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 14:20	Argentina	0–3	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
	(23–25, 20–25, 18–25) Results Statistics

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 14:20	ROC	2–3	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(25–21, 23–25, 23–25, 25–15, 10–15) Results Statistics

Quarter-final

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 09:00	South Korea	3–2	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(17–25, 25–17, 28–26, 18–25, 15–13) Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkish weightlifters qualified for three quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muhammed Furkan Özbek	Men's −67 kg	142	6	173	DNF	142	DNF
Nuray Levent	Women's −64 kg	100	7	120	9	220	9

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Turkey qualified nine wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them 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) wrestling at the 2019 World Championships, while four additional licenses were awarded to the Turkish wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.^[24][25] Another Turkish wrestler claimed one of the remaining slots in the women's freestyle 76 kg to complete the nation's roster at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[26]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Süleyman Atlı	Men's 57 kg	Atri (IRI) L 2–3	Did not advance				11
Osman Göçen	Men's 86 kg	Takatani (JPN) W 2–2	Naifonov (ROC) L 1–12	Did not advance			9
Süleyman Karadeniz	Men's 97 kg	Ibragimov (UZB) W 3–3	Yergali (KAZ) W 8–7	Snyder (USA) L 0–5	Bye	Conyedo (ITA) L 2–6	5
Taha Akgül	Men's −125 kg	Dhesi (CAN) W 5–0	Steveson (USA) L 0–8	Did not advance	Lazarev (KGZ) W 4–0	Mönkhtöriin (MGL) W 5–0

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
Kerem Kamal	Men's 60 kg	Ciobanu (MDA) L 0–8	Did not advance				15
Cenk İldem	Men's 97 kg	Milov (BUL) L 1–3	Did not advance				12
Rıza Kayaalp	Men's 130 kg	Knystautas (LTU) W 5–1	Popp (GER) W 6–2	López (CUB) L 0–2	Bye	Mirzazadeh (IRI) W 7–2

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Evin Demirhan	Women's 50 kg	Hildebrandt (USA) L 0–11	Did not advance				16
Yasemin Adar	Women's −76 kg	Ferreira (BRA) W 6–0	Gray (USA) L 4–6	Did not advance	Sghaier (TUN) W 2–0 F	Medet Kyzy (KGZ) W 4–0 F

See also

• Turkey at the 2020 Summer Paralympics