Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Participant (Turkey)

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In 2008 Turkey took part in the Summer Olympics for the 15th time . The delegation included 67 athletes.

The Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi was founded in 1908 and accepted by the International Olympic Committee in 1911 .

Participants by sport

Archery

• Göktuğ Yusuf Erkin - men
• Zekiye Keskin Şatır - women

Boxing

• Furkan Memiş - 51 kg
• Yakup Kılıç - 57 kg
• Onur Şipal - 60 kg
• Adem Kılıççı - 69 kg
• Bahram Muzaffer - 81 kg

Weightlifting

Men

• 77 kg - Taner Sağır
• 56 kg - Sedat Artuç
• 105 kg - Bünyamin Sudaş
• 85 kg - İzzet İnce

Women

• Nurcan Taylan - 48 kg
• Sibel Özkan - 48 kg

Nurcan Taylan's ratings were deleted in 2016 because she was caught in post- doping tests .

The ratings of Sibel Özkan were deleted in 2016 because she was also convicted of doping during follow-up tests. She had to return the silver medal.

Judo

• Sezer Huysuz men - 73 kg
• Hakan Balta men - 65 kg

athletics

discipline	Men	Women
800 m		Merve Aydın
5000 m		Elvan Abeylegesse Alemitu Bekele
10,000 m	Selim Bayrak	Elvan Abeylegesse
marathon	Abdil Ceylan	Bahar Dogan
100 m hurdles		Nevin Yanıt
3000 m obstacle	Halil Akkaş	Türkan Erismis Aslı Çakır
20 km walking	Recep Çelik
Long jump		Karin Mey Melis
Discus throw	Ercüment Olgundeniz
Hammer throw	Eşref Apak	Sviatlana Sudak-Torun

Cycling

• Bilal Akgül men - mountain bike

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

• Soner sucu 60 kg
• Şeref Eroğlu 66 kg
• Şeref Tüfenk 74 kg
• Nazmi Avluca 84 kg
• Mehmet Özal 96 kg
• Rıza Kayaalp 120 kg

Freestyle

• Sezar Akgül - 55 kg
• Tevfik Odabaşı - 60 kg
• Ramazan Şahin - 66 kg
• Ahmet Gülhan - 74 kg
• Serhat Balcı - 84 kg
• Hakan Koç - 96 kg
• Aydın Polatçı - 120 kg
• Mustaf Vural - Hafif kilo

shoot

• Yusuf Dikeç men - air pistol 10 m. And 50 m. Shooting

swim

• Derya Büyükuncu men - back 100 sts - 200 sts
• Demir Atasoy Men - Back 100 M.
• Deniz Nazar Men - Freestyle 400 M.
• Kaan Tayla Men - Freestyle 50 M. - 100 M.
• Ömer Arslanoğlu Men - Layer 100 M.
• Gülşah Günenç women - butterfly 200 m.
• İris Rosenberger Women - Butterfly 100 M.
• Dilara Buse Günaydın Women - Back 100 M.
• Serkan Atasay Men - 200 M. Freestyle
• Onur Uras Men - 100 M. Butterfly
• Ediz Yıldırımer - 1500 m. Freestyle

sailing

• Kemal Muslupaş men
• Ertuğrul İçingir men
• Ali Kemal Tüfekçi men
• Deniz Çınar men
• Ateş Çınar men

Taekwondo

• Servet tazegül men - 68 kg
• Bahri Tanrıkulu men - 80 kg
• Azize Tanrıkulu women - 57 kg
• Sibel Guler women - 67 kg

Table tennis

• Melek Hu - single women
• Cem Zeng - single men

Web links

• Page on www.beijing2008.cn ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Website of the Turkish National Olympic Committee  ( page no longer available )
• Turkish Olympic Team 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ IOC disqualified four athletes from the 2008 and 2012 Games. Because of doping: Pyatnytsia loses medal. , Kicker online, August 10, 2016; accessed on August 13, 2016
2. ↑ Weightlifter Sibel Özkan has to give back the silver medal for doping. Doping: Weightlifter loses silver www.sport1.de, July 22, 2016; accessed on August 16, 2016