Turkey_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics
Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Turkey competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were 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 Olympic Committee |
| Website | olimpiyat |
| in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) | |
| Competitors | 108 in 18 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Merve Tuncel Berke Saka |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Busenaz Sürmeneli |
| Medals Ranked 35th |
|
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Mete Gazoz | Archery | Men's individual | 31 July |
| Gold | Busenaz Sürmeneli | Boxing | Women's welterweight | 7 August |
 Silver | Eray Şamdan | Karate | Men's 67 kg | 5 August |
| Silver | Buse Naz Çakıroğlu | Boxing | Women's flyweight | 7 August |
 Bronze | Hakan Reçber | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg | 25 July |
| Bronze | Hatice Kübra İlgün | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg | 25 July |
| Bronze | Rıza Kayaalp | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg | 2 August |
| Bronze | Yasemin Adar | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 76 kg | 2 August |
| Bronze | Ferhat Arıcan | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 3 August |
| Bronze | Taha Akgül | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg | 6 August |
| Bronze | Ali Sofuoğlu | Karate | Men's kata | 6 August |
| Bronze | Merve Çoban | Karate | Women's 61 kg | 6 August |
| Bronze | Uğur Aktaş | Karate | Men's +75 kg | 7 August |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Judo | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Karate | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Modern pentathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Swimming | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Total | 58 | 50 | 108 |
Two Turkish archers booked Olympic places in the men’s individual recurve and the women's individual recurve by finishing in the top 4 of the Europe Continental Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey, thereby also qualifying for the Mixed Team Event.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Mete Gazoz | Men's individual | 669 | 10 |  Henckels (LUX)W 6–0 |
 Tyack (AUS)W 7–3 |
Worth (AUS) W 7–1 |
 Ellison (USA)W 7–3 |
 Furukawa (JPN)W 7–3 |
 Nespoli (ITA)W 6–4 |
|
| Yasemin Anagöz | Women's individual | 652 | 19 |  Barrett (CAN)W 6–2 |
 Yang (CHN)W 6–2 |
 Kang C-y (KOR)L 2–6 |
Did not advance | |||
| Mete Gazoz Yasemin Anagöz |
Mixed team | 1321 | 7 | — |  ROCW 6–2 |
 Indonesia (INA)W 6–2 |
 Netherlands (NED)L 3–5 |
 Mexico (MEX)L 2–6 |
4 | |
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 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jak Ali Harvey | 100 m | Bye | 10.25 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Emre Zafer Barnes | Bye | 10.47 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ramil Guliyev | 200 m | 20.54 | 2 Q | — | 20.31 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Yasmani Copello | 400 m hurdles | 49.00 | 2 Q | — | 47.88 | 3 q | 47.81 NR | 6 | |
| Ramil Guliyev Jak Ali Harvey Kayhan Özer Ertan Özkan |
4 × 100 m relay | DSQ | — | Did not advance | |||||
| Yavuz Ağralı | Marathon | — | 2:21:00 | 52 | |||||
| Polat Kemboi Arıkan | DNF | ||||||||
| Abdulselam İmük | 20 km walk | — | 1:32:27 | 48 | |||||
| Salih Korkmaz | DNF | ||||||||
| Şahin Şenoduncu | 1:27:39 | 34 | |||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Yasemin Can | 5000 m | 14:50.92 | 6 q | 14:46.49 | 8 |
| 10000 m | — | 31:10.05 | 11 | ||
| Meryem Erdoğan | Marathon | — | DNF | ||
| Meryem Bekmez | 20 km walk | — | 1:35:08 | 22 | |
| Evin Demir | 1:39:55 | 41 | |||
| Ayşe Tekdal | 1:38:40 | 39 | |||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Necati Er | Men's triple jump | 17.13 | 2 Q | 17.25 | 6 |
| Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | 5.65 | 12 q | 5.70 | 10 |
| Eşref Apak | Men's hammer throw | 76.76 | 8 q | 76.71 | 9 |
| Özkan Baltacı | 63.63 | 31 | Did not advance | ||
| Emel Dereli | Women's shot put | 17.81 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Eda Tuğsuz | Women's javelin throw | 62.31 | 5 q | 64.00 | 4 |
| Tuğçe Şahutoğlu | Women's hammer throw | 66.06 | 27 | Did not advance | |
Turkey entered one female player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Neslihan Yiğit | Women's singles |  Hany (EGY)W (21–5, 21–5) |
Chen Yf (CHN) L (14–21, 9–21) |
2 | Did not advance | ||||
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. At the same tournament, Buse Naz Çakıroğlu scored a quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the women's flyweight division.[5][6]
| 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 |  Zoirov (UZB)L 0–5 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Necat Ekinci | Men's welterweight |  Radzionau (BLR)L 2–3 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Bayram Malkan | Men's light heavyweight | Bye |  Samed (GHA)W RSC |
 Alfonso (AZE)L 0–5 |
Did not advance | ||
| Buse Naz Çakıroğlu | Women's flyweight | Bye | Rakhimova (UZB) W 3–2 |
 Jitpong (THA)W 5–0 |
 Huang H-w (TPE)W 5–0 |
 Krasteva (BUL)L 0–5 |
|
| Esra Yıldız | Women's lightweight | Bye |  Sánchez (ARG)W 5–0 |
 Potkonen (FIN)L 2-3 |
Did not advance | ||
| Busenaz Sürmeneli | Women's welterweight | Bye |  Koszewska (POL)W 5–0 |
 Lysenko (UKR)W 5–0 |
 Borgohain (IND)W 5–0 |
Gu H (CHN) W 3–0 |
|
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.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onur Balkan | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Ahmet Örken | Did not finish | ||
Turkey entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian İrem Karamete claimed a spot in the women's foil as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| İrem Karamete | Women's foil | Bye | Ross (USA) L 5–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
Artistic
Turkey entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Ferhat Arıcan and rookie Nazlı 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.[9][10]
- 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 | Parallel bars | — | 14.233 | — | 15.566 | — | 4 Q | — | 15.633 | — | | ||||||
| Adem Asil | All-around | 14.033 | 12.400 | 14.800 | 14.766 | 14.091 | 14.100 | 84.524 | 15 Q | 14.300 | 13.166 | 13.700 | 15.133 | 12.600 | 13.600 | 82.499 | 15 |
| Rings | — | 14.800 | — | 14.800 | 6 Q | — | 14.600 | — | 7 | ||||||||
| Vault | — | 14.766 | — | 4 Q | — | 14.449 | — | 6 | |||||||||
| İbrahim Çolak | Rings | — | 14.933 | — | 4 Q | — | 14.866 | — | 5 | ||||||||
| Ahmet Önder | All-around | 14.600 | 13.333 | 14.366 | 14.333 | 15.200 | 13.833 | 85.665 | 8 Q | — | 12.900 | 13.866 | 14.333 | — | 41.099 | DNF | |
| Vault | — | 14.466 | — | 14.466 | 8 Q | — | 14.066 | — | 7 | ||||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
| Nazlı Savranbaşı | All-around | 12.900 | 11.933 | 11.033 | 11.933 | 47.799 | 71 | Did not advance | |||||
Turkey entered five judoka (four men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Mihraç Akkuş | Men's −60 kg | — |  Namgyel (BHU)W 01–00 |
 Smetov (KAZ)L 00–01 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Bilal Çiloğlu | Men's −73 kg | Bye |  Slman (JOR)W 01–00 |
Ono (JPN) L 00–01 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Vedat Albayrak | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Nagase (JPN) L 00–01 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Mihael Žgank | Men's −90 kg | Bye |  Silva (CUB)W 01–00 |
Brown (USA) W 01–00 |
van 't End (NED) W 01–00 |
 Trippel (GER)L 00–01 |
Bye | Bobonov (UZB) L 00–01 |
5 |
| Gülkader Şentürk | Women's –48 kg | — |  Figueroa (ESP)L 00–01 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Kayra Sayit | Women's +78 kg | — |  Atangana (CMR)W 01–00 |
Kalanina (UKR) W 01–00 |
Sone (JPN) L 00–01 |
Did not advance | Han M-j (KOR) W 01–00 |
 Dicko (FRA)L 00–01 |
5 |
Turkey entered seven 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.[12]
- Kumite
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Eray Şamdan | Men's –67 kg | Farzaliyev (AZE) W 7–1 |
Assadilov (KAZ) L 2–6 |
El-Sawy (EGY) W 4–1 |
Sago (JPN) W 2–1 |
2 Q | Al-Masatfa (JOR) W 2–0 |
Da Costa (FRA) L 0–5 |
|
| Uğur Aktaş | Men's +75 kg |  Arkania (GEO)W 3–1 |
Araga (JPN) L 3–5 |
Yuldashev (KAZ) W 11–3 |
Horne (GER) W WO |
2 q |  Ganjzadeh (IRI)L 2–2 |
Did not advance | |
| Serap Özçelik | Women's −55 kg | Bahmanyar (IRI) L 4–5 |
Goranova (BUL) L 1–5 |
Wen (TPE) L 4–5 |
— | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Merve Çoban | Women's −61 kg | Someya (JPN) W 4–0 |
 Garcés (VEN)W 6–2 |
Heurtault (FRA) L 0–2 |
Yin X-y (CHN) L 2–2+ |
2 Q |  Preković (SRB)L 0–2 |
Did not advance | |
| Meltem Hocaoğlu | Women's +61 kg | Berultseva (KAZ) D 5–5 |
Uekusa (JPN) L 4–5 |
Semeraro (ITA) L 4–9 |
Zaretska (AZE) L 0–4 |
5 | Did not advance | ||
- Kata
| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Ranking round | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Ali Sofuoğlu | Men's kata | 27.28 | 2 Q | 27.32 | 2 Q | Park H-j (KOR) W 27.26–26.14 |
|
| Dilara Bozan | Women's kata | 24.76 | 3 Q | 25.78 | 3 q |  Lau (HKG)L 26.52–26.94 |
4 |
Turkey athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. İlke Özyüksel confirmed places each in the women's event, after booked the sixth of eight available spots at world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) |
Swimming (200 m freestyle) |
Riding (show jumping) |
Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) |
Total points | Final rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | ||||
| İlke Özyüksel | Women's | 184 | 1 | 27 | 185 | 2:15.89 | 20 | 279 | 7 | 5 | 293 | 11:47.64 | 3 | 593 | 1350 | 5 |
Turkey qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing sixth in the A-final and securing the second of three berths available at the 2021 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.[13]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Onat Kazaklı | Men's single sculls | 7:20.11 | 3 QF | Bye | 7:32.86 | 4 SC/D | 7:32.19 | 6 FD | 7:13.65 | 21 | |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
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.[14][15]
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.[16]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Onur Cavit Biriz | RS:X | 15 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 17 | EL | 210 | 20 | |
| Alican Kaynar | Finn | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 | — | 5 | 81 | 8 | ||
| Ateş Çınar Deniz Çınar |
470 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | — | 10 | 93 | 10 | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Dilara Uralp | RS:X | 16 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | EL | 245 | 24 | |
| Ecem Güzel | Laser Radial | 4 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 20 | — | EL | 172 | 20 | ||
| Okyanus Arıkan Beste Kaynakçı |
470 | 20 | DPI | 18 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 14 | — | EL | 127.1 | 17 | ||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
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.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ömer Akgün | Men's 10 m air rifle | 629.8 | 5 Q | 207.3 | 4 |
| Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | 1147 | 36 | Did not advance | ||
| Yusuf Dikeç | Men's 10 m air pistol | 572 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| İsmail Keleş | 572 | 25 | Did not advance | ||
| Özgür Varlık | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | 555 | 24 | Did not advance | |
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)):[18][19]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yiğit Aslan | 800 m freestyle | 7:56.18 | 24 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Ümitcan Güreş | 100 m butterfly | 52.44 | =35 | Did not advance | |||
| Berkay Ömer Öğretir | 100 m breaststroke | 59.82 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.73 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
| Berke Saka | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.66 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Hüseyin Emre Sakçı | 100 m breaststroke | 59.87 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| Baturalp Ünlü | 200 m freestyle | 1:49.75 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Beril Böcekler | 400 m freestyle | 4:08.27 | 16 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Deniz Ertan | 800 m freestyle | 8:36.29 | 23 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 m freestyle | 16:13.22 | 17 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | 200 m individual medley | 2:14.41 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
| Defne Taçyıldız | 200 m butterfly | 2:10.00 | 12 Q | 2:11.27 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Merve Tuncel | 400 m freestyle | 4:11.06 | 19 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:25.62 | 12 | — | Did not advance | |||
| 1500 m freestyle | 16:00.51 | 11 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Beril Böcekler Deniz Ertan Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Merve Tuncel |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:10.96 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||
Turkey entered five athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rukiye Yıldırım (women's 49 kg), Hatice Kübra İlgün (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. Meanwhile, Hakan Reçber scored a semifinal victory in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Turkish taekwondo squad at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[20]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Hakan Reçber | Men's −68 kg | Bye |  Pontes (BRA)W 25–15 |
 Sinden (GBR)L 19–39 PTG |
Did not advance |  Burns (NZL)W 23–8 |
 Husić (BIH)W 22–13 |
|
| Rukiye Yıldırım | Women's −49 kg | Bye | Abdelsalam (EGY) W 21–20 |
 Ramírez (COL)W 31–30 |
Cerezo (ESP) L 19–39 PTG |
Bye |  Semberg (ISR)L 22–27 |
5 |
| Hatice Kübra İlgün | Women's −57 kg | Bye |  Lindo (CRC)W 16–5 |
Zolotic (USA) L 9–17 |
Did not advance |  Laaraj (MAR)W 6–0 |
 Alizadeh (EOR)W 8–6 |
|
| Nur Tatar | Women's −67 kg | — |  Anyanacho (NGR)W 12–7 |
McPherson (USA) L 1–3 |
Did not advance | |||
| Nafia Kuş | Women's +67 kg | — |  Rodríguez (DOM)L 5–7 |
Did not advance | ||||
Indoor
- Summary
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Turkey women's | Women's tournament |  ChinaW 3–0 |
 ItalyL 1–3 |
 United StatesL 2–3 |
 ArgentinaW 3–0 |
 ROCW 3–2 |
3 Q |  South KoreaL 2–3 |
Did not advance | ||
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.[21]
- Team roster
The roster was announced on 7 July 2021.[22]
Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti
- 2 Simge Aköz L
- 3 Cansu Özbay S
- 4 Tuğba Şenoğlu OS
- 5 Şeyma Ercan OS
- 6 Kübra Akman MB
- 7 Hande Baladın OS
- 9 Meliha İsmailoğlu OS
- 11 Naz Aydemir S
- 13 Meryem Boz OP
- 14 Eda Erdem Dündar (c) MB
- 18 Zehra Güneş MB
- 99 Ebrar Karakurt OP
- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 418 | 401 | 1.042 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Italy |
5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 409 | 377 | 1.085 | |
| 3 |  Turkey |
5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 434 | 416 | 1.043 | |
| 4 | ROC |
5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 422 | 378 | 1.116 | |
| 5 | China |
5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 374 | 385 | 0.971 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 275 | 375 | 0.733 |
| 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 16:25 |
China |
0–3 | Turkey |
Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luis Macias (MEX) |
| (21–25, 14–25, 14–25) Results Statistics | ||||
| 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 16:25 |
Italy |
3–1 | Turkey |
Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG) |
| (25–22, 23–25, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics | ||||
| 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 21:45 |
United States |
3–2 | Turkey |
Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Kang Joo-hee (KOR) |
| (25–19, 25–20, 17–25, 20–25, 15–12) ResultsStatistics | ||||
| 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 14:20 |
Argentina |
0–3 | Turkey |
Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Sumie Myoi (JPN), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE) |
| (23–25, 20–25, 18–25) Results Statistics | ||||
| 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 14:20 |
ROC |
2–3 | Turkey |
Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP) |
| (25–21, 23–25, 23–25, 25–15, 10–15) Results Statistics | ||||
- Quarter-final
| 4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 09:00 |
South Korea |
3–2 | Turkey |
Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Patricia Rolf (USA) |
| (17–25, 25–17, 28–26, 18–25, 15–13) Results Statistics | ||||
Turkish weightlifters qualified for three quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.[23]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Muhammed Furkan Özbek | Men's −67 kg | 142 | 6 | DNF | 142 | DNF | |
| Nuray Levent | Women's −64 kg | 100 | 6 | 120 | 9 | 220 | 9 |
Turkey qualified nine wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them 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) wrestling at the 2019 World Championships, while four additional licenses were awarded to the Turkish wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.[24][25] Another Turkish wrestler claimed one of the remaining slots in the women's freestyle 76 kg to complete the nation's roster at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[26]
- 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 | Men's 57 kg | Atri (IRI) L 2–3 |
Did not advance | 11 | |||
| Osman Göçen | Men's 86 kg | Takatani (JPN) W 2–2 |
Naifonov (ROC) L 1–12 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Süleyman Karadeniz | Men's 97 kg | Ibragimov (UZB) W 3–3 |
Yergali (KAZ) W 8–7 |
Snyder (USA) L 0–5 |
Bye | Conyedo (ITA) L 2–6 |
5 |
| Taha Akgül | Men's −125 kg | Dhesi (CAN) W 5–0 |
Steveson (USA) L 0–8 |
Did not advance |  Lazarev (KGZ)W 4–0 |
 Mönkhtöriin (MGL)W 5–0 |
|
- 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 | ||
| Kerem Kamal | Men's 60 kg |  Ciobanu (MDA)L 0–8 |
Did not advance | 15 | |||
| Cenk İldem | Men's 97 kg | Milov (BUL) L 1–3 |
Did not advance | 12 | |||
| Rıza Kayaalp | Men's 130 kg |  Knystautas (LTU)W 5–1 |
Popp (GER) W 6–2 |
López (CUB) L 0–2 |
Bye | Mirzazadeh (IRI) W 7–2 |
|
- Women's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Evin Demirhan | Women's 50 kg | Hildebrandt (USA) L 0–11 |
Did not advance | 16 | |||
| Yasemin Adar | Women's −76 kg | Ferreira (BRA) W 6–0 |
Gray (USA) L 4–6 |
Did not advance |  Sghaier (TUN)W 2–0 F |
Medet Kyzy (KGZ) W 4–0 F |
|
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