Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Turkey sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total, 67 Turkish athletes went to Beijing, including 19 women.

Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Beijing
Competitors	67 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Mehmet Özal
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
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
Gold	Ramazan Şahin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg
~~Silver~~	~~Elvan Abeylegesse~~	~~Athletics~~	~~Women's 5000 m~~
~~Silver~~	~~Elvan Abeylegesse~~	~~Athletics~~	~~Women's 10,000 m~~
Silver	Azize Tanrıkulu	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
~~Silver~~	~~Sibel Özkan~~	~~Weightlifting~~	~~Women's 48 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

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1	2
Total	1	1	3	5

Competitors

Below is a list of competitors by sport and selected biographies.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	6	9	15
Boxing	5	0	5
Cycling	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Sailing	5	1	6
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	8	3	11
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Weightlifting	4	2	6
Wrestling	13	0	13
Total	48	19	67

Abdil Ceylan

Abdil Ceylan
Personal information
Born	(1983-04-30) April 30, 1983 (age 42) Çifteler, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
Sport
Club	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü
Coached by	Metin Sazak
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10,000m: 29:45.42 (2006) HM: 1:06.13 (2005) Mar: 2:16.13 (2007)

Abdil Ceylan (born 30 April 1983 in Çifteler, Eskişehir Province, Turkey) is a Turkish long-distance and marathon runner. He participated at the 2008 Olympics.

He was coached by Metin Sazak and competed for the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü club.

He graduated from Gazi University in Ankara, where he studied in the School of Physical Education and Sports.

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Göktuğ Ergin	Men's individual	660	23	Pombo (POR) (42) W 106–103	Lee C-h (KOR) (8) L 109–117	Did not advance
Zekiye Şatır	Women's individual	644	16	Romantzi (GRE) (49) L 103–105	Did not advance

Athletics

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

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Halil Akkaş	3000 m steeplechase	8:44.70	12	Did not advance
Selim Bayrak	5000 m	DNS		Did not advance
Selim Bayrak	10000 m	N/a		27:29.33	11
Abdil Ceylan	Marathon	N/a		2:31:43	71
Recep Çelik	20 km walk	N/a		1:32:54	49

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eşref Apak	Hammer throw	74.45	16	Did not advance
Ercüment Olgundeniz	Discus throw	60.83	20	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
~~Elvan Abeylegesse~~	~~5000 m~~	14:58.79	5 Q	N/a		15:42.74	DSQ (originally silver)
~~Elvan Abeylegesse~~	~~10000 m~~	N/a				29:56.34	DSQ (originally silver)
Merve Aydın	800 m	2:04.75	4	Did not advance
Alemitu Bekele	5000 m	15:10.92	3 Q	N/a		15:48.48	7
Aslı Çakır	3000 m steeplechase	10:05.76	14	N/a		Did not advance
Bahar Doğan	Marathon	N/a				2:37:12	50
Türkan Erişmiş	3000 m steeplechase	9:48.54	14	N/a		Did not advance
Nevin Yanıt	100 m hurdles	12.94	3 q	13.28	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Karin Melis Mey	Long jump	6.42	24	Did not advance
Sviatlana Sudak Torun	Hammer throw	68.22	18	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Furkan Ulaş Memiş	Flyweight	Kumar (IND) L RET	Did not advance
Yakup Kılıç	Featherweight	Bye	Shimizu (JPN) W 12–9	Chadi (ALG) W 13–6	Lomachenko (UKR) L 1–10	Did not advance
Onur Şipal	Lightweight	Pedraza (PUR) L 3–10	Did not advance
Adem Kılıçcı	Welterweight	Saunders (GBR) L 3–14	Did not advance
Bahram Muzaffer	Light heavyweight	Aziz (KEN) W 8–3	Egan (IRL) L 2–10	Did not advance

Cycling

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bilal Akgül	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	35

Judo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sezer Huysuz	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Iverson (AUS) W 1000–0000	Si (CHN) L 0001–0010	Did not advance

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Ertuğrul İçingir	RS:X	DSQ	28	15	19	27	19	12	23	23	6	EL	172	22
Kemal Muslubaş	Laser	4	42	27	19	15	27	7	15	32	CAN	EL	146	18
Deniz Çınar (s) Ateş Çınar (c)	470	23	13	26	22	22	23	26	21	28	22	EL	198	28

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Sedef Köktentürk	RS:X	26	25	26	27	28	24	24	DNF	27	25	EL	242	27

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Ali Kemal Tüfekçi	Finn	20	21	13	18	14	19	6	17	CAN	CAN	EL	107	20

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

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yusuf Dikeç	10 m air pistol	566	45	Did not advance
Yusuf Dikeç	50 m pistol	552	23	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ömer Aslanoğlu	200 m breaststroke	2:17.93	51	Did not advance
Serkan Atasay	200 m individual medley	2:05.25	42	Did not advance
Demir Atasoy	100 m breaststroke	1:02.25	39	Did not advance
Derya Büyükuncu	100 m backstroke	55.43	30	Did not advance
Derya Büyükuncu	200 m backstroke	1:59.86	22	Did not advance
Deniz Nazar	400 m individual medley	4:30.80	28	N/a		Did not advance
Kaan Tayla	50 m freestyle	22.66	37	Did not advance
Onur Uras	100 m butterfly	54.79	58	Did not advance
Ediz Yıldırımer	1500 m freestyle	16.28.79	35	N/a		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dilara Buse Günaydın	100 m breaststroke	1:10.45	28	Did not advance
Dilara Buse Günaydın	200 m breaststroke	2:31.86	32	Did not advance
Gülşah Günenç	200 m butterfly	2:14.44	32	Did not advance
İris Rosenberger	100 m butterfly	1:01.67	44	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cem Zeng	Men's singles	Merotohun (NGR) W 4–2	Karakašević (SRB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Melek Hu	Women's singles	Bye	Pan L-c (TPE) W 4–1	Schall (GER) W 4–2	Fukuhara (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Servet Tazegül	Men's −68 kg	Viera (CUB) W 4–3	Son T-J (KOR) L 0–1	Did not advance	Bekkers (NED) W 3–2	Lopez (PER) W 1–0	Did not advance
Bahri Tanrıkulu	Men's −80 kg	S Lopez (USA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Azize Tanrıkulu	Women's −57 kg	Teo (MAS) W 7–4	D Lopez (USA) W 2–1	Zubčić (CRO) W 5–3	Bye		Lim S-J (KOR) L 0–1
Sibel Güler	Women's −67 kg	Sánchez (ARG) L 0–4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Sedat Artuç	−56 kg	~~115~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Taner Sağır	−77 kg	~~165~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
İzzet İnce	−85 kg	170	6	~~190~~	DNF	170	DNF
Bünyamin Sudaş	−105 kg	166	15	207	14	373	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Nurcan Taylan	−48 kg	84	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
~~Sibel Özkan~~	~~−48 kg~~	88	2	111	2	199	DSQ (officially silver)

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sezar Akgül	−55 kg	Bye	Matsunaga (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Diatta (SEN) W 3–0 ^PO	Mansurov (UZB) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	7
Tevfik Odabaşı	−60 kg	Ramazanov (MKD) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						16
Ramazan Şahin	−66 kg	Bye	Garzón (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Taghavi (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Tushishvili (GEO) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Stadnik (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP
Ahmet Gülhan	−74 kg	Abdo (AUS) W 3–0 ^PO	Saitiev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Cho B-K (KOR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		9
Serhat Balcı	−84 kg	Bye	Cross (CAN) W 3–1 ^PP	Salas (CUB) W 3–0 ^PO	Abdusalomov (TJK) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Danko (UKR) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Hakan Koç	−96 kg	Bye	Kehrer (GER) W 3–1 ^PP	Muradov (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Tibilov (UKR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	7
Aydın Polatçı	−120 kg	Bye	Ishchenko (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP	Mutalimov (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Soner Sucu	−60 kg	Bye	Albiev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Monzón (CUB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		7
Şeref Eroğlu	−66 kg	Gergov (BUL) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						16
Şeref Tüfenk	−74 kg	Abdulov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						16
Nazmi Avluca	−84 kg	Bye	Khasaia (GEO) W 3–1 ^PP	Tahmasebi (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Fodor (HUN) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Ma Sy (CHN) W 3–1 ^PP
Mehmet Özal	−96 kg	Kryoka (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP	Ežerskis (LTU) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					11
Rıza Kayaalp	−120 kg	Bye	Mizgaitis (LTU) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					11