Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Turkey sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total, 67 Turkish athletes went to Beijing, including 19 women.

Medalists

| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg Athletics Women's 5000 m Athletics Women's 10,000 m Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Boxing Men's 57 kg Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg | width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalBoxing 0011Taekwondo 0112Wrestling1012 Total 1 1 3 5

Competitors Below is a list of Turkey's competitors by sport and selected biographies.

SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 6 9 15Boxing 5 0 5Cycling 1 0 1Judo 1 0 1Sailing 5 1 6Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 8 3 11Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 2 2 4Weightlifting 4 2 6Wrestling 13 0 13 Total 48 19 67

Abdil Ceylan

Abdil Ceylan (born 30 April 1983 in Çifteler, Eskişehir Province, Turkey) is a Turkish long-distance and marathon runner. He participated at the 2008 Olympics.

He was coached by Metin Sazak and competed for the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü club.

He graduated from Gazi University in Ankara, where he studied in the School of Physical Education and Sports.

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankGöktuğ ErginMen's individual66023 (42)W 106–103 (8)L 109–117Did not advanceZekiye ŞatırWomen's individual64416 (49)L 103–105Did not advance

Athletics

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankHalil Akkaş 3000 m steeplechase8:44.7012Did not advanceSelim Bayrak5000 mDid not advance10000 mcolspan=2 27:29.3311Abdil Ceylan Marathoncolspan=2 2:31:4371Recep Çelik 20 km walkcolspan=2 1:32:5449

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionEşref Apak Hammer throw74.4516Did not advanceErcüment OlgundenizDiscus throw60.8320Did not advance

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankElvan Abeylegesse5000 m14:58.795 Qcolspan=2 15:42.74DSQ(originally silver)10000 mcolspan=4 29:56.34DSQ(originally silver)Merve Aydın800 m2:04.754Did not advanceAlemitu Bekele5000 m15:10.923 Qcolspan=2 15:48.487Aslı Çakır 3000 m steeplechase 10:05.7614colspan=2 Did not advanceBahar Doğan Marathoncolspan=4 2:37:1250Türkan Erişmiş3000 m steeplechase 9:48.5414colspan=2 Did not advanceNevin Yanıt 100 m hurdles 12.943 q13.288Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionKarin Melis MeyLong jump6.4224Did not advanceSviatlana Sudak TorunHammer throw68.2218Did not advance

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFurkan Ulaş MemişFlyweightL Did not advanceYakup KılıçFeatherweightW 12–9W 13–6L 1–10Did not advanceOnur ŞipalLightweightL 3–10Did not advanceAdem KılıçcıWelterweightL 3–14Did not advanceBahram MuzafferLight heavyweightW 8–3L 2–10Did not advance

Cycling

Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankBilal AkgülMen's cross-country (2 laps)35

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSezer HuysuzMen's −73 kgW 1000–0000L 0001–0010Did not advance

Sailing

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Ertuğrul İçingirRS:X28 15 19 27 19 12 23 23 6EL17222Kemal MuslubaşLaser442 2719 15 27 7 15 32 EL14618Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar 4702313 2622 22 23 2621 28 22EL19828

Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Sedef KöktentürkRS:X2625 26 27 24 24 27 25EL24227

Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Ali Kemal TüfekçiFinn20 21 13 18 14 19 6 17 CANCANEL10720 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankYusuf Dikeç10 m air pistol56645Did not advance50 m pistol55223Did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankÖmer Aslanoğlu200 m breaststroke2:17.9351Did not advanceSerkan Atasay200 m individual medley2:05.2542Did not advanceDemir Atasoy100 m breaststroke1:02.2539Did not advanceDerya Büyükuncu100 m backstroke55.4330Did not advance200 m backstroke1:59.8622Did not advanceDeniz Nazar400 m individual medley4:30.80 28colspan=2 Did not advanceKaan Tayla50 m freestyle22.66 37Did not advanceOnur Uras100 m butterfly54.79 58Did not advanceEdiz Yıldırımer1500 m freestyle16.28.7935colspan=2 Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDilara Buse Günaydın100 m breaststroke1:10.4528Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:31.8632Did not advanceGülşah Günenç200 m butterfly2:14.4432Did not advanceİris Rosenberger100 m butterfly1:01.6744Did not advance

Table tennis

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankCem ZengMen's singlesW 4–2 L 1–4Did not advanceMelek HuWomen's singles W 4–1 W 4–2 L 1–4Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinal OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankServet TazegülMen's −68 kgW 4–3L 0–1Did not advanceW 3–2W 1–0 Did not advanceBahri TanrıkuluMen's −80 kgL 0–3Did not advanceAzize TanrıkuluWomen's −57 kgW 7–4W 2–1W 5–3colspan=2 L 0–1 Sibel GülerWomen's −67 kgL 0–4Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankSedat Artuç−56 kg115———Taner Sağır−77 kg165———İzzet İnce−85 kg1706190170Bünyamin Sudaş−105 kg166152071437314

Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankNurcan Taylan−48 kg84———Sibel Özkan−48 kg8821112199DSQ(officially silver)

Wrestling

Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSezar Akgül−55 kgL 0–3 Did not advanceW 3–0 L 0–3 Did not advance7Tevfik Odabaşı−60 kgL 1–3 Did not advance16Ramazan Şahin−66 kg W 3–1 W 3–1 W 3–1 colspan=2 W 3–1 Ahmet Gülhan−74 kgW 3–0 L 0–3 Did not advanceL 1–3 Did not advance9Serhat Balcı −84 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 L 0–3 colspan=2 L 0–3 5Hakan Koç−96 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 Did not advanceL 1–3 Did not advance7Aydın Polatçı −120 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advance8

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSoner Sucu −60 kg L 0–3 Did not advance L 1–3 Did not advance7Şeref Eroğlu −66 kg L 1–3 Did not advance16Şeref Tüfenk −74 kg L 1–3 Did not advance16Nazmi Avluca−84 kg W 3–1 W 3–1 L 1–3 colspan=2 W 3–1 Mehmet Özal −96 kg W 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advance11Rıza Kayaalp−120 kg L 1–3 Did not advance11

See also Turkey at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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