Turkey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Turkey competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

* Huseyin Ozkan — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg)
* Halil Mutlu — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (56 kg)
* Hamza Yerlikaya — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (85 kg)

Bronze

* Hamide Bikçin — Taekwondo, Women's 57 kg
* Adem Bereket — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (76 kg)

Results by event

=Archery=

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Turkey again came within one victory of a medal. The women's team again made it to the semifinal before losing there. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by Germany to eliminate them from medal contention.

Women's Team Competition:
* Altankaynak, Satir, Nasaridze – bronze medal match, 4th place (2-2)

Men's Team Competition:
* Orbay, Satir, and Akbal – quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)

=Athletics=

Men's competition

Men's Long Jump
* Mesut Yavas
*# Qualifying – 7.35 m (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault
* Ruhan Isim
*# Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's 1,500m
* Sureyya Ayhan
*# Round 1 – 04:08.37
*# Semifinal – 04:09.42 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000m
* Ebru Kavaklioglu
*# Round 1 – 15:49.15 (did not advance)

Women's Discus
* Oksana Mert
*# Qualifying – 55.02 m (did not advance)

Women's Marathon
* Serap Aktas
*# Final – 2:42:40 (37th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*Ramazan Ballioglu
**Round 1 – Lost to Marian Velicu of Romania (→ did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
*Halil Ibrahim Turan
**Round 1 – Lost to Hicham Mesbahi of Morocco (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*Agasi Agaguloglu
**Round 1 – Defeated Kangde Mai of China
**Round 2 – Defeated Cermeno Nehomar of Venezuela
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
*Ramazan Palyani
**Round 1 – Defeated Ali Haider of Pakistan
**Round 2 – Defeated Vlademir Dos Santos Pereira of Brazil
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
*Selim Palyani
**Round 1 – Defeated Abdel Jebahi of France
**Round 2 – Defeated David Jackson of United States
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Alexandr Maletin of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
*Nurhan Suleymanoglu
**Round 1 – Defeated Michael Strange of Canada
**Round 2 – Lost to Sergey Bykovsky of Belarus (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
*Bulent Ulusoy
**Round 1 – Defeated Jin-Suk Bae of Korea
**Round 2 – Defeated Dante Craig of United States
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Vitaly Grusac of Moldova (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Firat Karagollu
**Round 1 – Defeated Michael Roche of Ireland
**Round 2 – Lost to Frédéric Esther of France (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
*Akin Kakauridze
**Round 1 – Defeated Mariano Natalio Carrera of Argentina
**Round 2 – Defeated Jung-Bin Im of Korea
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan (→ did not advance)

=Sailing=

Men's Mistral
* Ertugrul Icingir
*# Race 1 – 26
*# Race 2 – (37) OCS
*# Race 3 – 24
*# Race 4 – 11
*# Race 5 – 15
*# Race 6 – 28
*# Race 7 – 29
*# Race 8 – 25
*# Race 9 – (37) OCS
*# Race 10 – 22
*# Race 11 – 37 DSQ
*# Final – 217 (31st place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
* Enver Adakan Ali
*# Race 1 – 5
*# Race 2 – 7
*# Race 3 – (17)
*# Race 4 – 7
*# Race 5 – 9
*# Race 6 – (23)
*# Race 7 – 11
*# Race 8 – 3
*# Race 9 – 4
*# Race 10 – 7
*# Race 11 – 13
*# Final – 66 (8th place)

Women's Mistral
* Ilknur Akdogan
*# Race 1 – (30) DNF
*# Race 2 – 27
*# Race 3 – (28)
*# Race 4 – 28
*# Race 5 – 26
*# Race 6 – 25
*# Race 7 – 28
*# Race 8 – 28
*# Race 9 – 27
*# Race 10 – 28
*# Race 11 – 24
*# Final – 241 (28th place)

Open Laser
* Ali Kemal Tufekci
*# Race 2 – (40)
*# Race 3 – 33
*# Race 4 – (37)
*# Race 5 – 29
*# Race 6 – 28
*# Race 7 – 36
*# Race 8 – 30
*# Race 9 – 14
*# Race 10 – 24
*# Race 11 – 27
*# Final – 254 (34th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Aytekin Mindan
*# Preliminary Heat – 1:54.86 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Aytekin Mindan
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:01.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Hakan Kiper
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:07.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Derya Büyükunçu
*# Preliminary Heat – 56.21 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Orel Oral
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:09.51 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Ayse Diker
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:04.65 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Ilkay Dikmen
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:11.51 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Ilkay Dikmen
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:33.34 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Derya Erke
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:07.26 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Derya Erke
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:21.28 (did not advance)

References

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). "The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)". Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
*International Olympic Committee (2001). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]