Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
sent a team to compete at the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
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Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
. In total, 67 Turkish athletes went to Beijing, including 19 women.


Medalists

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Competitors


Archery


Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events


Boxing


Cycling


Mountain biking


Judo


Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Open M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;


Shooting

;Men


Swimming

;Men ;Women


Table tennis


Taekwondo


Weightlifting

;Men ;Women


Wrestling

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


See also

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