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competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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Medalists

Results by event

Archery

In its fourth Olympic archery competition, Turkey's women nearly earned two medals.

Elif Altınkaynak Elif Altınkaynak Çahlıyan (born 20 August 1974) is a Turkish archer. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she placed 4th in the women's individual contest, and fourth in the team contest with the Turkish team. At the 20 ...

made it to the semifinals in the individual competition, and the women's team made it there in the team round. However, the semifinals were as far as any Turkish archer got, and Altankaynak and the team both lost there and in the bronze medal matches. Women's Individual Competition: *

→ Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (4-2) * Natalia Nasaridze → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1) *

Elif Ekşi Elif Ekşi (born 21 March 1967) is a Turkish archer. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlant ...

→ Round of 64, 47th place (0-1) Men's Individual Competition: *

Okyay Küçükkayalar Okyay Küçükkayalar (born 8 July 1978) is a Turkish archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and comm ...

→ Round of 64, 59th place (0-1) Women's Team Competition: * Altınkaynak, Nasaridze, and Ekşi → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-1)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

Men's Decathlon *

Alper Kasapoğlu Alper Kasapoğlu (born 8 January 1966) is a Turkish athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as At ...

:* Final Result — 7575 points (→ 29th place) Women's Javelin Throw *

Aysel Taş Aysel Taş (born 21 October 1964), née Aysel Shevkedova ( bg, Айсел Шевкедова), is a female javelin thrower from Bulgaria with Turkish ethnicity, who competed for Turkey after her emigration. At the 1983 European Athletics Junior ...

:* Qualification — 57.86m (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon *

Serap Aktaş Serap Aktaş (born September 25, 1971 in Ceyhan, Turkey) is a Turkish female middle and long-distance runner, who later specialized in marathon. She holds various Turkish records. In 1994, she finished the Istanbul Marathon first in the women's c ...

— 2:36.14 (→ 23rd place)

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Yaşar Giritli Yaşar Giritli (born 1 August 1969) is a retired male boxer from Turkey. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division by Thail ...

*# First Round — Lost to

Somrot Kamsing Somrot Kamsing ( th, สมรถ คำสิงห์, born 1971-09-24) is a retired male boxer from Thailand, who competed for his Asian country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. An older brother of Somluck Kamsing, he was defeated in Atlanta, Geo ...

(Thailand) on points (4-19) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) *

Soner Karagöz Soner Karagöz (born 3 January 1972) is a Turkish boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly ...

*# First Round — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 3-15 Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) *

Serdar Yağlı Serdar Yağlı (born 1 January 1978) is a Turkish boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonl ...

*# First Round — Lost to

Josian Lebon Josian Lebon (born 6 August 1973) is a Mauritian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly ...

(Mauritius), 8-9 Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Vahdettin İşsever *# First Round — Lost to

Hocine Soltani Hocine Soltani (December 1972 – March 2002) was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the li ...

(Algeria), 2-14 Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) *

Nurhan Süleymanoğlu Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (born February 28, 1971) is a Kazakhstan-born Turkish former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2007. As an amateur, he participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he was stopped in the second round of the l ...

*# First Round — Defeated Aboubacar Diallo (Guinea), 21-5 *# Second Round — Lost to

Héctor Vinent Héctor Vinent Cháron (born July 25, 1972, in Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, J ...

(Cuba), 1-23 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) *

Cahit Sürme Cahit is a Turkish given name for males. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jahid ( Arabic: جاهِد ''jāhid''), which means "effort, strive" or "endeavour" and stems from the Arabic verb ''jahada'' ( Arabic: َجَهَد) "to do effort t ...

*# First Round — Lost to

Oleg Saitov Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov (russian: Оле́г Элекпа́евич Саи́тов; (born May 26, 1974 in Novokuybyshevsk, Russian SFSR to a Volga Tatar father and ethnic Russian mother) is a Russian former Olympic boxer. He won the Olympic ...

(Russia), 1-11 Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) *

Malik Beyleroğlu Malik Beyleroğlu (born January 21, 1970) is a former amateur boxer from Turkey(Azerbaijani origin), born in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's middleweight ...

→ Silver Medal *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated

Zsolt Erdel Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven ...

(Hungary), 9-8 *# Quarterfinals — Defeated

Tomasz Borowski Tomasz Borowski (born 15 April 1970) is a Polish boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly ...

(Poland), 16-12 *# Semifinals — Defeated

Mohamed Bahari Mohamed Bahari (born June 29, 1976 in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria) is a boxing, boxer from Algeria. Bahari won the bronze medal in the middleweight division (71–75 kg) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He shared the podium with US boxe ...

(Algeria), 11-11 (referee decision) *# Final — Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 3-11 Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * Yusuf Öztürk *# First Round — Lost to

Pedro Aurino Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ...

(Italy), 7-15

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Men's 400m Freestyle *

Can Ergenekan Can Erol Ergenekan (born April 28, 1972) is an Olympic butterfly swimmer with dual-citizenship from Turkey and United States. He trained with Tualatin Hills, Galatasaray, and the University of Minnesota swim teams. During his time with the Univ ...

*# Heat — 4:02.39 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100m Backstroke *

Derya Büyükunçu Derya is a Turkish and Kurdish unisex given name. The word is derived from the Persian دریا ("Daryā"), meaning ''sea''. In Old Persian it was pronounced 𐎭𐎼𐎹drayah-. In Turkish it is pronounced DER-Yaa and is used for both female and ...

*# Heat — 56.71 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 200m Backstroke *

Derya Büyükuncu Derya Büyükuncu (; born 2 July 1976) is a six-time Olympic backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Turkey. The tall athlete at is a member of Galatasaray Swimming. His coach is Zehra Büyükuncu. He participated in six consecutive Summer Oly ...

*# Heat — 2:04.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 100m Butterfly *

*# Heat — 54.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 200m Butterfly *

*# Heat — 2:01.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly *

Nida Zuhal Nida Zuhal (born 24 June 1975) is a Turkish swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the C ...

*# Heat — 1:04.11 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Women's 200m Butterfly *

*# Heat — 2:18.46 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg) *

Dursun Sevinç Dursun Sevinç (born 16 March 1972 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division. Achievements ; World Weightlifting Championships: ;European Weightlifting Championships: ;Mediterranean Games: ; ...

:* Final — 165.0 + 197.5 = 362.5 (→ 7th place)

References

* * {{country at games navbox, Turkey, Olympics Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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1996 in Turkish sport