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Turkey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors46 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Mehmet Yurdadön[1]
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
3
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 46 competitors, 45 men and 1 woman, took part in 49 events in 10 sports.[2]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Eyüp Can Boxing Men's flyweight 9 August
 Bronze Turgut Aykaç Boxing Men's featherweight 9 August
 Bronze Ayhan Taşkın Wrestling Men's freestyle +100 kg 10 August

Archery

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In its first Olympic archery competition, Turkey was represented by two men.

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Necdet Ayaz 5000 m 14:36.89 11 did not advance
Mehmet Terzi Marathon 2:14:20 16
Ahmet Altun DNF
Mehmet Yurdadön DNF
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Semra Aksu 100 m 11.86s 6 did not advance

Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Fencing

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Two fencers, both men, represented Turkey in 1984.

Men's foil
Men's épée

Judo

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 53.39 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
  • Heat — 54.22 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:55.92 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:07.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
  • Heat — 54.22 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 56.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
  • Heat — 57.75 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:07.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:36.54 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:59.36 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Mehmet Yurdadön". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Turkey at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-16.