Turkey_at_the_Summer_Olympics
Turkey at the Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Turkey, then the Ottoman Empire, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then, 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 has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since their first appearance in 1936. Turkish athletes have won a total of 103 medals, divided into 41 golds, 26 silvers and 36 bronzes. Turkey won the most medals in wrestling. The National Olympic Committee for Turkey, Turkish National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1911.
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IOC code | TUR |
NOC | Turkish National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 32nd |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Medals by Summer Sport Leading in that sport
List of Medalists
Athletes with most medals
Change MedalistsMain articles: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and 2004 Summer Olympics medal table
Disqualified MedalistsMain articles: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, 2012 Summer Olympics medal table, and List of stripped Olympic medals
See alsoExternal links
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