Turkey at the 2016 summer olympics

1. Olympics and Turkey at the
2016 Summer Olympics

2. Olympic Games
 The Modern Olympic Games are most important sports events in the world.
 Olympics are featuring summer and winter competitions.
 Olympics are held in every four years.
 The first Modern Olympic Games are held in Atina, Greece in 1896 with 43
competitions.
 241 athletes join the first Modern Olympic Games from 14 different countries.

3. Summer Olympics
 Summer Olympics are held in every four years.
 The tradition that started in 1904 was gold for the winner of the competition, silver for
the second and bronze for the third.
 As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the athletes are struggling against each other in 28
different sports.
 31 Summer Olympics have been held until now.

4. Winter Olympics
 Winter Olympics are held in every four years.
 Winter Olympics consist of sports available on snow and ice.
 The first Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France in 1924.
 22 Winter Olmpics have been held until now.

5. Olympic Rings
 The olympic rings was first used in the 1920 Olympics to represent five continents.
 The blue ring represents Europe, the yellow ring is represents Asia, the black ring
represents Africa, the green ring represents Australia and the red ring represents
America.

6. Turkey’s Olimpic History
 Turkey has won 37 gold medals, 23 silver medals and 22 bronze medals throughout
the history of the Olympic Games.
 The most succesful Olympic games in Turkey were Rome 1960. Turkey has
participated with a total of 55 athletes and earned the gold medal at the Olympic
Games in Rome with 7 gold and 2 silver medals.
 The Most medal winning Olympic Games in Turkey were London in 1948. Turkey won
6 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze medals won total of 12 medals in London 1948 Olympic
Games.
 Turkey sent athletes to Olympic Games in London for the first time in 1908.
 Turkish Olympic Team has completed the latest Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil in
2016 with 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals.

7. 2016 Summer Olympics
 2016 Summer Olympics were in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many cities became candidate
for the organisation. But Rio de Janeiro won. That Olympics became first Olympics in
South America.
 2016 Summer Olympics have 26 sports branche.
 Rugby Sevens and golf added from Federation for the first time.
 Approximately 12.500 athletes join the 2016 Summer Olympics from 205 different
countries.
 “a New World” was motto of 2016 Summer Olympics.
 Kosovo and South Sudan attended the Summer Olympics for the first time.
 The United States topped the medal table, winning the most golds(46) and most
medals overall(121). Great Britain finished second and became the first of Modern
Olympics history to increase the number of medals after being host nation of Summer
Olympics. China finished third. Host country Brazil finished thirteenth with 7 gold
medals.
 Bahrain, Fiji, Jordan, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Tajikistan, Ivory Coast and
Vietnam each won their first gold medals.

9. Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics
 103 athletes join 2016 Summer Olympics from Turkey.
 Flag bearers of Turkey was Rıza Kayaalp(opening) and Taha Akgül(closing).
 Turkey finished 41st with 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals.

10. Archery
 Turkey sent 2 archers for olympics.(Mete gazoz and Yasemin Ecem
Anagöz)
 Mete Gazoz eliminated at round of 32 against van den Berg(Netherlands).
 Yasemin Ece Anagöz eliminated at round of 32 against Alejandra
Valencia(Mexico).
 Mete Gazoz was the youngest athlete of Turkey in 2016 Summer Olympics(17).

11. Athletics
 Turkey sent 27 athletes for athletics of 2016 Summer Olympics.
 Polat Kemboi Arıkan took the thirteenth place at Men’s 10.000 Metres Finals.
 Ramil Guliyev took the eighth place at Men’s 200 Metres Finals.
 Yasmani Copello took third place at Men’s 400 Metres Hurdles Finals and he won
bronze medal.
 Yasemin Can took the sixth place at Women’s 5.000 Metres Finals and she took the
seventh place at Women’s 10.000 Metres.
 Other Athletes didn’t make it to the final round.

12. Boxing
 Turkey sent 6 boxers for Olympics. Onur Şipal became the first boxer to be selected
to the from Olympic Team with special invite.
 However none of them didn’t win medal.

13. Badminton
 Turkey has qualified one badminton player for the Women’s single.
 Özge Bayrak eliminated at the stage with 1-1 record.

14. Basketball
 Turkey women’s basketball team qualified for the Olympics with quarterfinal victory at
the 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in France.
 Turkey women’s basketball team eliminated at the Quarterfinal against Spain with
64-62 score.

15. Canoeing
 Turkey sent one canoeist for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
 Lasma Liepa raced in two categories but she eliminated at semifinals

16. Cycling
 Turkey sent two riders fort he men’s Olympic Road Race.
 Ahmet Örken and Onur Balkan didn’t finish the race.

17. Equestrian
 Turkey sent one jumping rider for Olympics.
 Ömer Karaevli eliminated at the round 1 of Qualification.

18. Fencing
 Turkey sent one fencer for Olympic competition.
 Irem Karamete eliminated at round of 32 against Thibus(France) with 6-15 score

19. Gymnastics
 Turkey sent two artistic gymnasts for the Olympics Games.
 Ferhat Arıcan and Tutya Yılmaz claimed their Olmpic spot at the Olympic Test Event
in Rio de Janeiro.
 Ferhat Arıcan and Tutya Yılmaz didn’t make it to the final round.

20. Judo
 Turkey sent four jodokas fo Olympic Games.
 Kayra Sait eliminated at bronze medal match and she took the fourth place.
 Other athletes didn’ make it to medal round.

21. Modern Pentathlon
 Turkey has received invitation from UIPM to send Ilke Özyüksel in the modern
pentathlon to olympics for the first time.
 Ilke Özyüksel took thirtyfiveth place.

22. Rowing
 Turkey sent one boat in the men’s lighweight double sculls for the Olympics.
 Hüseyin Kandemir and Cem Yılmaz took the sixteenth place.

23. Sailing
 Turkey sent six sailors for Olympics.
 None of them didn’t make it to the final round.

24. Shooting
 Turkey sent four shooters for Olympics.
 None of them didn’t make it to the final round

25. Swimming
 Turkey sent four swimmers for Olympics.
 Nezir Karap, Ekaterina Avramova, Nida Eliz Üstündağ eliminated at Qualification.
 Zeynep Güneş raced in three categories. She eliminated at Qualification in the one of
her categories. She eliminated at semifinal in the other two categories.

26. Table Tennis
 Turkey sent 2 table tennis players for Olympics.
 Ahmet Li eliminated at Round 2 against Wang(China) with 0-4 score
 Melek Hu eliminated at Round 3 against Chen(Taipei) with 0-4 score

27. Taekwondo
 Turkey sent two athletes for Olympics.
 Servet Tazegül played Repechage match but he lost and eliminated after lost
Denisenko(Russia) with 6-19 score.
 Nur Tatar played Repechage match against Chuang(Taipei) and she won bronze
medal with 7-3 score after she lost against Niare(France) with 0-4 score.

28. Tennis
 Turkey sent one tennis player for Olympics fort he first time in Olympic History.
 Çağla Büyükakçay eliminated round of 64 against Makarova(Russia) with 1-2 score.

29. Weightlifting
 Turkey sent four weighlifters for Olympics.
 Mehtap Kurnaz, Duygu Arabacı and Assiya İpek took 12.-13. place.
 Daniyar İsmayilov took the second place and he won silver medal.

30. Wrestling
 Turkey sent 14 wrestlers for Olympics.
 Cenk İldem and Soner Demirtaş won bronze medal.
 Selim Yaşar and Rıza Kayaalp won silver medal.
 Taha Akgül won gold medal.

31. Sources
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
 https://www.cnnturk.com/spor/olimpiyatlar/turkiyenin-olimpiyat-macerasi