Turkey at the Olympics

Turkey, officially named Türkiye by the IOC, after the Ottoman Empire, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp because of the sanction against the Central Powers including the Ottoman Empire, 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 has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since their first appearance in 1936. Turkish athletes have won a total of 111 medals, divided into 41 golds, 29 silvers and 41 bronzes. Turkey won the most medals in wrestling. The National Olympic Committee for Turkey, Turkish National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1911.

Turkey at the Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 41 Silver 29 Bronze 41 Total 111
Summer appearances
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
Winter appearances
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medals

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris did not participate 1904 St. Louis did not participate 1908 London 1 0 0 0 0 - 1912 Stockholm 2 0 0 0 0 - 1920 Antwerp did not participate 1924 Paris 21 0 0 0 0 - 1928 Amsterdam 32 0 0 0 0 - 1932 Los Angeles did not participate 1936 Berlin 48 1 0 1 2 19 1948 London 58 6 4 2 12 7 1952 Helsinki 51 2 0 1 3 16 1956 Melbourne 19 3 2 2 7 12 1960 Rome 49 7 2 0 9 6 1964 Tokyo 23 2 3 1 6 16 1968 Mexico City 29 2 0 0 2 21 1972 Munich 43 0 1 0 1 33 1976 Montreal 27 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 46 0 0 3 3 40 1988 Seoul 41 1 1 0 2 27 1992 Barcelona 47 2 2 2 6 23 1996 Atlanta 53 4 1 1 6 19 2000 Sydney 57 3 0 2 5 26 2004 Athens 65 3 3 4 10 22 2008 Beijing 67 1 1 3 5 42 2012 London 114 1 1 1 3 46 2016 Rio de Janeiro 103 1 3 4 8 41 2020 Tokyo 108 2 2 9 13 35 2024 Paris 101 0 3 5 8 64 2028 Los Angeles future event 2032 Brisbane Total (24/30) 1,205 41 29 41 111 31

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix did not participate 1928 St. Moritz did not participate 1932 Lake Placid did not participate 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 6 0 0 0 0 - 1948 St. Moritz 4 0 0 0 0 - 1952 Oslo did not participate 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 0 0 0 0 - 1960 Squaw Valley 2 0 0 0 0 - 1964 Innsbruck 5 0 0 0 0 - 1968 Grenoble 11 0 0 0 0 - 1972 Sapporo did not participate 1976 Innsbruck 9 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Lake Placid did not participate 1984 Sarajevo 7 0 0 0 0 - 1988 Calgary 8 0 0 0 0 - 1992 Albertville 8 0 0 0 0 - 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 - 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 - 2002 Salt Lake City 3 0 0 0 0 - 2006 Turin 6 0 0 0 0 - 2010 Vancouver 5 0 0 0 0 - 2014 Sochi 6 0 0 0 0 - 2018 Pyeongchang 8 0 0 0 0 - 2022 Beijing 7 0 0 0 0 - 2026 Milano Cortina future event 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City Total (18/24) 101 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	29	18	21	68
Weightlifting	8	1	2	11
Boxing	1	5	4	10
Taekwondo	1	3	6	10
Archery	1	0	1	2
Judo	1	0	1	2
Karate	0	1	3	4
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Athletics	0	0	2	2
Artistic gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)	41	29	41	111

List of Medalists

Medal	Games	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	1936 Berlin	Yaşar Erkan	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Bronze		Ahmet Kireççi	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Gold	1948 London	Nasuh Akar	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
Gold		Gazanfer Bilge	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 57 – 63 kg (featherweight)
Gold		Celal Atik	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 63 – 67 kg (lightweight)
Gold		Yaşar Doğu	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 67 – 73 kg (welterweight)
Gold		Ahmet Kireççi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman + 87 kg (super heavyweight)
Gold		Mehmet Oktav	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 – 61 kg (featherweight)
Silver		Halit Balamir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle - 52 kg (flyweight)
Silver		Adil Candemir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
Silver		Kenan Olcay	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman - 52 kg (flyweight)
Silver		Muhlis Tayfur	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)
Bronze		Halil Kaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)
Bronze		Ruhi Sarıalp	Athletics	Men's Triple Jump
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Hasan Gemici	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Gold		Bayram Şit	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Featherweight
Bronze		Adil Atan	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Mithat Bayrak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Gold		Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Wrestling	Freestyle Bantamweight
Gold		Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Freestyle Heavyweight
Silver		Rıza Doğan	Wrestling	Greco-Roman Lightweight
Silver		İbrahim Zengin	Wrestling	Freestyle Welterweight
Bronze		Dursun Ali Eğribaş	Wrestling	Greco-Roman Flyweight
Bronze		Hüseyin Akbaş	Wrestling	Freestyle Flyweight
Gold	1960 Rome	Müzahir Sille	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Gold		Mithat Bayrak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Gold		Tevfik Kış	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Gold		Ahmet Bilek	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Gold		Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Wrestling	Freestyle Featherweight
Gold		Hasan Güngör	Wrestling	Freestyle Middleweight
Gold		İsmet Atlı	Wrestling	Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Silver		İsmail Ogan	Wrestling	Freestyle Welterweight
Silver		Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Freestyle Heavyweight
Gold	1964 Tokyo	Kazım Ayvaz	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Gold		İsmail Ogan	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Silver		Hüseyin Akbaş	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Silver		Hasan Güngör	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Silver		Ahmet Ayık	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Bronze		Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Mahmut Atalay	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Gold		Ahmet Ayık	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Silver	1972 Munich	Vehbi Akdağ	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Eyüp Can	Boxing	Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Bronze		Turgut Aykaç	Boxing	Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Bronze		Ayhan Taşkın	Wrestling	Men's freestyle +100 kg
Gold	1988 Seoul	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Silver		Necmi Gençalp	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Gold		Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
Silver		Hakkı Başar	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Silver		Kenan Şimşek	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg
Bronze		Hülya Şenyurt	Judo	Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
Bronze		Ali Kayalı	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 54 kg
Gold		Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg
Gold		Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
Gold		Mahmut Demir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 130 kg
Silver		Malik Beyleroğlu	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
Bronze		Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
Gold	2000 Sydney	Hüseyin Özkan	Judo	Men's 66 kg
Gold		Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Gold		Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Bronze		Hamide Bıkçın	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
Bronze		Adem Bereket	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 76 kg
Gold	2004 Athens	Nurcan Taylan	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg
Gold		Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Gold		Taner Sağır	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Silver		Şeref Eroğlu	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
Silver		Bahri Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg
Silver		Atagün Yalçınkaya	Boxing	Light flyweight
Bronze		Sedat Artuç	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Bronze		Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Bronze		Mehmet Özal	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
Bronze		Aydın Polatçı	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg
Gold	2008 Beijing	Ramazan Şahin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg
Silver		Azize Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
Bronze		Yakup Kılıç	Boxing	Men's 57 kg
Bronze		Servet Tazegül	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
Bronze		Nazmi Avluca	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
Gold	2012 London	Servet Tazegül	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
Silver		Nur Tatar	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Bronze		Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taha Akgül	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg
Silver		Daniyar Ismayilov	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg
Silver		Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Silver		Selim Yaşar	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 86 kg
Bronze		Yasmani Copello	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze		Cenk İldem	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
Bronze		Soner Demirtaş	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Bronze		Nur Tatar	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Gold	2020 Tokyo	Mete Gazoz	Archery	Men's individual
Gold		Busenaz Sürmeneli	Boxing	Women's welterweight
Silver		Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Boxing	Women's flyweight
Silver		Eray Şamdan	Karate	Men's 67 kg
Bronze		Hakan Reçber	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
Bronze		Hatice Kübra İlgün	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
Bronze		Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Bronze		Yasemin Adar	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 76 kg
Bronze		Ferhat Arıcan	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars
Bronze		Taha Akgül	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg
Bronze		Ali Sofuoğlu	Karate	Men's kata
Bronze		Merve Çoban	Karate	Women's 61 kg
Bronze		Uğur Aktaş	Karate	Men's 75 kg
Silver	2024 Paris	Şevval İlayda Tarhan Yusuf Dikeç	Shooting	Mixed 10 m air pistol team
Silver		Hatice Akbaş	Boxing	Women's 54 kg
Silver		Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Boxing	Women's 50 kg
Bronze		Mete Gazoz Ulaş Tümer Abdullah Yıldırmış	Archery	Men's team
Bronze		Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 68 kg
Bronze		Esra Yıldız	Boxing	Women's 57 kg
Bronze		Taha Akgül	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg
Bronze		Nafia Kuş	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg

Athletes with most medals

#	Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
1	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	1988–2000	3	0	0	3
1	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	1996–2004	3	0	0	3
3	Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Wrestling	1956–1960	2	0	0	2
3	Mithat Bayrak	Wrestling	1956–1964	2	0	0	2
3	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	1996–2004	2	0	0	2
6	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	1956–1964	1	1	1	3
7	Hasan Güngör	Wrestling	1960–1964	1	1	0	2
7	İsmail Ogan	Wrestling	1960–1964	1	1	0	2
7	Ahmet Ayık	Wrestling	1964–1968	1	1	0	2
10	Taha Akgül	Wrestling	2012–2024	1	0	2	3
11	Ahmet Kireççi	Wrestling	1936–1948	1	0	1	2
11	Mehmet Akif Pirim	Wrestling	1992–1996	1	0	1	2
11	Servet Tazegül	Taekwondo	2008–2016	1	0	1	2
11	Mete Gazoz	Archery	2016–2024	1	0	1	2
15	Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Boxing	2020–2024	0	2	0	2
16	Rıza Kayaalp	Wrestling	2008–2020	0	1	2	3
17	Hüseyin Akbaş	Wrestling	1956–1964	0	1	1	2
17	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo	2012–2020	0	1	1	2

Change Medalists

Main articles: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and 2004 Summer Olympics medal table

1. Adem Bereket from 4th place to bronze (Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 76 kg)
2. Reyhan Arabacıoğlu from 4th place to bronze (Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg)

Disqualified Medalists

Main articles: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, 2012 Summer Olympics medal table, and List of stripped Olympic medals

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Sibel Özkan	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	9 August 2008
Silver	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres	15 August 2008
Silver	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres	22 August 2008
Gold	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	10 August 2012
Silver	Gamze Bulut	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	10 August 2012

See also

• List of flag bearers for Turkey at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Turkey
• Turkey at the Paralympics

External links

• "Turkey". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Turkey". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/TUR". olympanalyt.com.