Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

competed at the

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, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Turkish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its debut in

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. Turkey did not attend the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

in Antwerp, the

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in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide

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, and the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The

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( tr, Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi, ''TMOK'') sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 65 athletes, 45 men and 20 women, competed in 10 sports. There was only a single competitor in shooting and taekwondo. The Turkish team featured two defending Olympic champions from Sydney: Greco-Roman wrestler

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, and weightlifter and world record holder

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, who competed at his fourth Olympic Games as the most sophisticated athlete of the team. Among the Turkish athletes, three of them were born in the former Soviet Union (two of which were previously played for the Unified Team at the

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), namely archer

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, long distance runner

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, and Belarusian-born heptathlete

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. Finn sailor

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, who achieved a top ten finish in Sydney four years earlier, was appointed by the committee to carry the Turkish flag in the opening ceremony. Turkey left Athens with a total of eleven Olympic medals (three golds, four silver, and four bronze), being considered its most successful Olympics with respect to the overall medal count since

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. Nearly half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, including a third straight defense for

in the men's bantamweight class on his final Olympic bid.

Medalists

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Archery

Four Turkish archers (one man and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.

Athletics

Turkish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events * Eşref Apak originally took a fource place. After a series of doping-related disqualifications he moved up to second place after the gold medalist

Koji Murofushi is a former Japanese-Romanian hammer thrower and Sports science, sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Summer ...

of Japan. However as he had been suspended from the sport for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided not to award the both silver and bronze medals. ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

Boxing

Turkey sent eight boxers to the Olympics in Athens.

Judo

Three Turkish judoka (two men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. ;Men ;Women

Sailing

Turkish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events. ;Men ;Open M = Medal race; OCS =

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of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Turkey has qualified a single shooter. ;Men

Swimming

Turkish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): ;Men ;Women

Taekwondo

One Turkish taekwondo jin qualified to compete in the men's 80 kg class.

Weightlifting

Nine Turkish weightlifters qualified for the following events: ;Men ;Women

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
{{DEFAULTSORT:Turkey At The 2004 Summer Olympics Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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