Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Atlanta, Georgia
Competitors	53
Flag bearer	Derya Büyükuncu^[1]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 6
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	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's Flyweight (54 kg)
Gold	Naim Süleymanoğlu	Weightlifting	Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
Gold	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)
Gold	Mahmut Demir	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)
Silver	Malik Beyleroglu	Boxing	Men's Middleweight
Bronze	Akif Pirim	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg)

Results by event

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women nearly earned two medals. Elif Altınkaynak made it to the semifinals in the individual competition, and the women's team made it there in the team round. However, the semifinals were as far as any Turkish archer got, and Altankaynak and the team both lost there and in the bronze medal matches.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Elif Altınkaynak → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (4-2)
• Natalia Nasaridze → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
• Elif Ekşi → Round of 64, 47th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Okyay Küçükkayalar → Round of 64, 59th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Altınkaynak, Nasaridze, and Ekşi → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-1)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Decathlon

• Alper Kasapoğlu

• Final Result — 7575 points (→ 29th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Aysel Taş

• Qualification — 57.86m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Serap Aktaş — 2:36.14 (→ 23rd place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Yaşar Giritli
  1. First Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand) on points (4-19)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Soner Karagöz
  1. First Round — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 3-15

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Serdar Yağlı
  1. First Round — Lost to Josian Lebon (Mauritius), 8-9

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Vahdettin İşsever
  1. First Round — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 2-14

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
  1. First Round — Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea), 21-5
  2. Second Round — Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 1-23

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Cahit Sürme
  1. First Round — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 1-11

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Malik Beyleroğlu → Silver Medal
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), 9-8
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 16-12
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 11-11 (referee decision)
  5. Final — Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 3-11

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Yusuf Öztürk
  1. First Round — Lost to Pedro Aurino (Italy), 7-15

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 4:02.39 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükunçu
  1. Heat — 56.71 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Derya Büyükuncu
  1. Heat — 2:04.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Derya Büyükuncu
  1. Heat — 54.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Can Ergenekan
  1. Heat — 2:01.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Nida Zuhal
  1. Heat — 1:04.11 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Nida Zuhal
  1. Heat — 2:18.46 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

• Dursun Sevinç

• Final — 165.0 + 197.5 = 362.5 (→ 7th place)

References

1. "Derya Büyükuncu". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

Sources

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.