Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Turkey is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been 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 National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	60 in 11 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Athletics

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		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Marathon	N/A
Yasmani Copello	400 m hurdles
Mert Girmalegesse	Marathon	N/A
Ramil Guliyev	200 m
Salih Korkmaz	20 km walk	N/A
Kaan Kigen Özbilen	Marathon	N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Meryem Bekmez	20 km walk	N/A
Yasemin Can	5000 m
	10000 m	N/A

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Özkan Baltacı	Men's hammer throw
Necati Er	Men's triple jump
Eda Tuğsuz	Women's javelin throw

Boxing

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.[4]

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

Cycling

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.[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Gymnastics

Artistic

Turkey entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Ferhat Arıcan and rookie Navlı 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.[6][7]

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	All-around
İbrahim Çolak	Rings	N/A			N/A					N/A			N/A
Ahmet Önder	Parallel bars	N/A					N/A			N/A					N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Nazlı Savranbaşı	All-around

Karate

Turkey entered five 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.[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uğur Aktaş	Men's +75 kg
Ali Sofuoğlu	Men's kata
Serap Özçelik	Women's −55 kg
Merve Çoban	Women's −61 kg
Meltem Hocaoğlu	Women's +61 kg

Sailing

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.[9][10]

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.[11]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Alican Kaynar	Men's Finn											N/A
Ateş Çınar Deniz Çınar	Men's 470											N/A
Dilara Uralp	Women's RS:X
Ecem Güzel	Women's Laser Radial											N/A

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

Shooting

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.[12]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ömer Akgün	Men's 10 m air rifle
Yusuf Dikeç	Men's 10 m air pistol
İsmail Keleş
Özgür Varlık	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol

Swimming

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)):[13][14]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Berkay-Ömer Öğretir	Men's 100 m breaststroke
	Men's 200 m breaststroke
Hüseyin Emre Sakçı	Men's 100 m breaststroke
Beril Böcekler	Women's 400 m freestyle			N/A
	Women's 800 m freestyle			N/A
	Women's 1500 m freestyle			N/A
Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş	Women's 200 m individual medley
Merve Tuncel	Women's 800 m freestyle			N/A
	Women's 1500 m freestyle			N/A

Taekwondo

Turkey entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rukiye Yıldırım (women's 49 kg), İrem Yaman (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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rukiye Yıldırım	Women's −49 kg
İrem Yaman	Women's −57 kg
Nur Tatar	Women's −67 kg
Nafia Kuş	Women's +67 kg

Volleyball

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.[15]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Quarter-finals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 July 2021 16:25 v	China	v	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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27 July 2021 16:25 v	Italy	v	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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29 July 2021 21:45 v	United States	v	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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31 July 2021 14:20 v	Argentina	v	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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2 August 2021 14:20 v	Russia	v	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

Wrestling

Turkey qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom 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) at the 2019 World Championships.[16]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

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	−57 kg
Taha Akgül	−125 kg

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
Cenk İldem	−97 kg
Rıza Kayaalp	−130 kg

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