“SUMMER OLIMPIC GAMES & TURKEY” ( ) THE PROJECT SPORT AND US

First Participants 1896 Athens; (Games of the I Olympiad)Mehmet Koç (wrestler), (IOC refuse, not certificated) 1900 Paris ; --- No participant (athletes) 1904 St. Louis(ABD); --- No participant 1906 Athens; --- Ottomans 30 athletes  İ stanbul, İ zmir, Selanik Minorities: English, Greek, Armenian, Jewish Yorgo Alibrantis  World Record Climbing Rope (10 meters, still he holds record, 114 sec.) 1908 London ; --- Aleko Mulos (special invitation) First official Athlete to participate in Olympic Games

1912 Stockholm ; --- two athletes – Vahrom Papazyan  1500m. (sponsor) – Mıgırdıç Mıgıryan  Discuss Thrown (family support) – Shot Put (Left-Right) – Decathlon (Injury-long jump) 1916 Berlin ; --- because of World War I ( ), not hold 1920 Antwers ; --- Not invited (Loser of W.W.I.) 1924 Paris ; January 1924 decision 171 (no success, 50000) 1928 Amsterdam ; kg. (Tayyar Yalaz 4th) Soccer team 7-1 beaten by Egytp

1932 Los Angeles ; --- Sava Hazencio ğ lu – Journalist, Cumhuriyet (no budget) 1936 Berlin ; athletes, 12 managers, 2 coaches, 4 referees (total 78), 2 woman (fencing) Ahmet Kireççi (Mersinli), 78kg (Free Style)  First Medal (Bronze) Yaşar Erkan, 61kg (Greko)  First Gold Medal 1940 Tokyo ; – 1944 Londra --- because of World War II ( ), not hold 1948 London ; athletes+16=83 6 gold (wrestling), 4 silver (wrestling), 2 bronze (wrestling and track&field – triple jump Ruhi Sarıalp, first & only medal in olympic games)

1952 Helsinki ; --- Nasuh Akar, Gazanfer Bilge, Halil Kaya Yaşar Do ğ u, Ruhi Sarıalp (IOC refuse, they are amateurs, reason they took money) 2 gold (wrestling), 1 bronz (wrestling) 1956 Stocholm ; --- Equestrian Games, first&only 2 riders (military) 1956 Melbourne wrestlers(only), 12 managers & coaches & referees (total=27) 3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze 1960 Rome; athletes, 31 managers & coaches & referees (total=86) 7 gold medal, the most (all in wrestling) 2 silver ( all in wrestling)

1964 Tokyo; --- Track&field, weight-lifting, wrestling, sailing 25 athletes, 16 managers&coaches&referees 2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze (wrestling) 1968 Mexico City; shooters, 4 athletes, 6 boxers, 20 wrestlers (total=33 athletes) 21 managers & coaches & referees 2 gold (wrestling) İ smail Akçay took 4th place in marathon 1972 Munich; silver (wrestling) 1976 Montreal; --- No Medal Peri Suzan Özkum (diver)

1980 Moscow ; -- Turkey boycotted this olympic game 3 managers & 1 referee 1984 Los Angeles ; -- 1 bronze (wrestling) 2 bronz (boxing), first medals since 1948 in track&field besides wrestling 1988 Seoul; -- 1 gold, Naim Süleymano ğ lu (weight-lifting, olympic record for Turkey) 1 silver (wrestling) 1992 Barcelona; gold (weight lifting, wrestling) 2 silver, 2 bronz – 1 silver, 1 bronze (Demonstration Sport, Taekwando, Ayşegül Ergin, Arzu Tan) Hülya Şenyurt  First medal for Turkish women in olympics

1996 Atlanta; gold (2 weight lifting, 2 wrestling) 1 silver (boxing), 1 bronze (wrestling) 2000 Sdyney -- 3 gold (weight lifting, wrestling, judo) Hüseyin Özkan (judo)  First gold medal besides weight lifting & wrestling 2 bronze  Taekwando - Hamide Bıçkın Wrestling - Adem Bereket (doping)

2004 Athens; Nurcan Taylan weight lifting Gold (first gold medal in women) Taner Sagir weight lifting Gold, Halil Mutlu weight lifting Gold Sedat Artuç weight lifting Bronz Esref Apak hummer, Bronze ( First medal in Track & Field reagrding to throwing event) Seref Eroglu wrestling Silver, Mehmet Özal wrestling Bronze, Aydin Polatçi wrestling Bronz Atagün Yalçinkaya Boxing Silver (Youngest Turkish Athlete who won the medal) Bahri Tanrikulu Taekwando Silver

2008 Pekin; Ramazan Şahin 66 kg. wrestling Gold Nazmi Avluca 84 kg wrestling Bronze Sibel Özkan 48 kg weight lifting silver Elvan Abeylegesse athletics m silver Elvan Abeylegessee athletics 5000m silver Azize Tanrıkulu 57 kg Taekwando silver Servet Tazegül 68kg Taekwando Bronze Yakup Kılıç 57 kg. Boxing Bronze

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