Turkey at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Sydney
Flag bearer Hamza Yerlikaya[1]
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
3
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Hüseyin Özkan Judo Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg)
 Gold Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's Flyweight (56 kg)
 Gold Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (85 kg)
 Bronze Hamide Bıkçın Tosun Taekwondo Women's (57 kg)
 Bronze Adem Bereket Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight (76 kg)

Results by event

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Turkey again came within one victory of a medal. The women's team again made it to the semifinal before losing there. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by Germany to eliminate them from medal contention.

Men's individual
Hasan Orbay Serdar Şatır Özdemir Akbal
1/32 eliminations Defeated Juan Carlos Manjarrez Godinez
Mexico 		165-153 Lost to Sebastien Flute
France 		160-156 Lost to Scott Hunter-Russell
Australia 		154-146
1/16 eliminations Lost to Yong-Ho Jang
Korea 		169-160 - - - - - -
Women's individual
Elif Altınkaynak Zekiye Keskin Şatır Natalia Nasaridze
1/32 eliminations Defeated Jennifer Chan
Philippines 		160-143 Lost to Nataliya Burdeyna
Ukraine 		166-157 Lost to Kirstin Lewis
South Africa 		154-153
1/16 eliminations Lost to Alison Williamson
Great Britain 		157-154 - - - - - -

Women's Team Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualifying – 7.35 m (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 1,500m

  • Round 1 – 04:08.37
  • Semifinal – 04:09.42 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000m

  • Round 1 – 15:49.15 (did not advance)

Women's Discus

  • Qualifying – 55.02 m (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final – 2:42:40 (37th place)

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ramazan Ballıoğlu Light flyweight  Velicu (ROU)
L 8–20 		Did not advance
Halil İbrahim Turan Flyweight  Mesbahi (MAR)
L 11–17 		Did not advance
Agasi Agaguloglu Bantamweight  Kangde (CHN)
W 17–4 		 Cermeño (COL)
W 11–3 		 Rigondeaux (CUB)
L 5–14 		Did not advance
Ramazan Palyani Featherweight  Ali (PAK)
W 5–4 		 Pereira (BRA)
W (RSC) 		 Sattarkhanov (KAZ)
L 11–12 		Did not advance
Selim Palyani Lightweight  Jebahi (FRA)
W 14–5 		 Jackson (USA)
W (WO) 		 Maletin (RUS)
L (RSC) 		Did not advance
Nurhan Süleymanoğlu Light welterweight  Strange (CAN)
W 9–3 		 Bykovsky (BLR)
L 8–8 		Did not advance
Bülent Ulusoy Welterweight  Jin-seok (KOR)
W 8–6 		 Craig (USA)
W 9–4 		 Grușac (MDA)
L 10–19 		Did not advance
Fırat Karagöllü Light middleweight  Roche (IRL)
W 17–4 		 Esther (FRA)
L 16–18 		Did not advance
Akın Kuloğlu Middleweight  Carrera (ARG)
W (RSC) 		 Jeong-bin (KOR)
W (RET) 		 Alakbarov (AZE)
L 8–18 		Did not advance

Legend: RSC – Referee stopped contest

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Mistral

  • Race 1 – 26
  • Race 2 – (37) OCS
  • Race 3 – 24
  • Race 4 – 11
  • Race 5 – 15
  • Race 6 – 28
  • Race 7 – 29
  • Race 8 – 25
  • Race 9 – (37) OCS
  • Race 10 – 22
  • Race 11 – 37 DSQ
  • Final – 217 (31st place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Race 1 – 5
  • Race 2 – 7
  • Race 3 – (17)
  • Race 4 – 7
  • Race 5 – 9
  • Race 6 – (23)
  • Race 7 – 11
  • Race 8 – 3
  • Race 9 – 4
  • Race 10 – 7
  • Race 11 – 13
  • Final – 66 (8th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Race 1 – (30) DNF
  • Race 2 – 27
  • Race 3 – (28)
  • Race 4 – 28
  • Race 5 – 26
  • Race 6 – 25
  • Race 7 – 28
  • Race 8 – 28
  • Race 9 – 27
  • Race 10 – 28
  • Race 11 – 24
  • Final – 241 (28th place)

Open Laser

  • Race 2 – (40)
  • Race 3 – 33
  • Race 4 – (37)
  • Race 5 – 29
  • Race 6 – 28
  • Race 7 – 36
  • Race 8 – 30
  • Race 9 – 14
  • Race 10 – 24
  • Race 11 – 27
  • Final – 254 (34th place)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 1:54.86 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:01.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:07.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 56.21 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:09.51 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:04.65 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:11.51 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:33.34 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:07.26 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:21.28 (did not advance)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Halil Mutlu 56 kg 130.0 135.0 138.0 160.0 167.5 170.0 305.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Naim Süleymanoğlu 62 kg 145.0 145.0 145.0 – – – DNF –
Yasin Arslan 69 kg 130.0 135.0 137.5 160.0 165.0 170.0 300.0 14
Mehmet Yılmaz 77 kg 155.0 155.0 160.0 180.0 187.5 192.5 347.5 10
Ayhan Çiçek 140.0 145.0 150.0 175.0 180.0 185.0 325.0 13
Bünyamin Sudaş 94 kg 175.0 175.0 177.5 215.0 220.0 220.0 392.5 7
Abdulaziz Alpak 105 kg 165.0 175.0 180.0 210.0 210.0 210.0 DNF –

Wrestling

Further information: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Harun Doğan 58 kg  Cuciuc (MDA)
L 2–6 		 Zakhartdinov (UZB)
L 0–3 		 Ramazanov (RUS)
L WO 		4 did not advance 15
Yüksel Şanlı 69 kg  Oziti (NGR)
W 6–0 		 McIlravy (USA)
L 3–6 		— 2 did not advance 9
Adem Bereket 76 kg  Mchedlidze (GEO)
W 3–0 		 Ritter (HUN)
W 3–2 		— 1 Q  Khinchagov (UZB)
W 5–2 		 Slay (USA)
L 1–3 		 Eui-jae (KOR)
L 0–3F 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ali Özen 85 kg  Khadartsev (UZB)
L 0–3 		 Hyung-mo (KOR)
L 2–5 		— 3 did not advance 18
Ahmet Doğu 97 kg  Heidari (IRI)
L 1–6 		 Scherrer (SUI)
L 3–4 		— 3 did not advance 16
Aydın Polatçı 130 kg  Gombos (HUN)
W 3–0 		 Taymazov (UZB)
L 0–3 		— 2 did not advance 11
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Elimination pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ercan Yıldız 54 kg  Rivas (CUB)
L 0–10 		 Pellew (NZL)
W 16–0 		 Eyvazov (AZE)
L 0–3 		3 did not advance 11
Şeref Eroğlu 63 kg  Samurgashev (RUS)
L 2–5 		 Zawadzki (POL)
W WO 		— 2 did not advance 10
Nazmi Avluca 76 kg  Bichinashvili (AZE)
W 3–0 		 Jin-soo (KOR)
L 1–3 		— 2 did not advance 13
Hamza Yerlikaya 85 kg  Asell (FIN)
W 3–0 		 Zander (GER)
W 5–1 		— 1 Q  Méndez (CUB)
W 3–0 		 Vakhtangadze (GEO)
W 3–0 		 Bárdosi (HUN)
W 3–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hakkı Başar 97 kg  Chkhaidze (GEO)
L 2–4 		 Wroński (POL)
L 1–7 		— 3 did not advance 16
Fatih Bakır 130 kg  Evseichik (ISR)
L 0–3 		 Sitnik (POL)
W 1–0 		 Vála (CZE)
W 3–0 		2 did not advance 8

References

  1. ^ "Hamza Yerlikaya". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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