Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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gold=4
silver=1
bronze=1
total=6
rank=19

Turkey competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Gold

* Halil Mutlu — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (54 kg)
* Naim Süleymanoğlu — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (64 kg)
* Hamza Yerlikaya — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)
* 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=

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women nearly earned two medals. Elif Altankaynak 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 Altankaynak → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (4-2)
* Natalia Nasaridze → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
* Elif Eksi → Round of 64, 47th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Okyay Kucukkayalar → Round of 64, 59th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:
* Altankaynak, Nasaridze, and Eksi → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-1)

=Athletics=

Men's Decathlon
* Alper Kasapoglu:* Final Result — 7575 points (→ 29th place)

Women's Javelin Throw
* Aysel Taş:* Qualification — 57.86m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon
* Serap Aktas — 2:36.14 (→ 23rd place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*Yaşar Giritli
*# First Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand) on points (4-19)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*Soner Karagöz
*# First Round — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 3-15

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
*Serdar Yağlı
*# First Round — Lost to Josian Lebon (Mauritius), 8-9

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
*Vahdettin İşsever
*# First Round — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 2-14

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
*Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
*# First Round — Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea), 21-5
*# Second Round — Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 1-23

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
*Çahit Sürme
*# First Round — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 1-11

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
*Malik Beyleroğlu → Silver Medal
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Defeated Zsolt Erdel (Hungary), 9-8
*# Quarterfinals — Defeated Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 16-12
*# Semifinals — Defeated Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), 11-11 (referee decision)
*# Final — Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 3-11

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
*Yusuf Öztürk
*# First Round — Lost to Pedro Aurino (Italy), 7-15

=Swimming=

Men's 400m Freestyle
* Çan Ergenekan
*# Heat — 4:02.39 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke
* Derya Büyükunçu
*# Heat — 56.71 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke
* Derya Büyükunçu
*# Heat — 2:04.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly
* Derya Büyükunçu
*# Heat — 54.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly
* Çan Ergenekan
*# Heat — 2:01.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
* Nida Zuhal
*# Heat — 1:04.11 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly
* Nida Zuhal
*# Heat — 2:18.46 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

=Weightlifting=

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)
*Dursun Sevinc:* Final — 165.0 + 197.5 = 362.5 (→ 7th place)

References

*cite book |title=The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results |author=(ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. |publisher=Peachtree Publishers |location=Atlanta |year=1997 |isbn=1-56145-150-9 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-13
*cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-02-13