Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics

American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan...

. 46 competitors, 45 men and 1 woman, took part in 49 events in 10 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Boxing Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The boxing schedule began on July 29 and ended on August 11. Twelve men's boxing events were contested.-Light Flyweight :...	Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
		Boxing Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The boxing schedule began on July 29 and ended on August 11. Twelve men's boxing events were contested.-Light Flyweight :...	Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
		Wrestling Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:...	Men's Super Heavyweight

Archery

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

Men's Individual Competition:

• Kemal Erer — 2386 points (→ 40th place)
• Izzet Avçi — 2361 points (→ 45th place)

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

• Necdet Ayaz
• Heat — 14:36.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Mehmet Terzi
  Mehmet Terzi
  Mehmet Terzi is a former medal-winning long-distance runner from Turkey, who specialized in marathon. Since 2004, he serves as the president of the Turkish Athletic Federation ....
  
   — 2:14:20 (→ 16th place)
• Ahmet Altun — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Mehmet Yurdadön — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 100 metres

• Bemra Aksu
• First Heat — 11.86s (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Mustafa Genç
• First Round — Lost to Carlos Motta
  Carlos Motta (boxer)
  Carlos Motta Taracena is a retired boxer from Guatemala who competed in the light flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
  
   (GUA), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Çemal Öner
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Bararq Bahtobe (CIV), 4-1
• Third Round — Lost to Pedro Decima (ARG), 1-4

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Turkey in 1984.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the nineteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 1 to 2 1984. 58 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Haluk Yamaç
  Haluk Yamaç
  Haluk Yamaç is a Turkish fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the nineteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 7 to 8 1984. 63 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Ali Murat Dizioğlu
  Ali Murat Dizioğlu
  Ali Murat Dizioğlu is a Turkish fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Kemal Sabri Özün
• Heat — 53.39 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

• Gökhan Attaroglu
• Heat — 54.22 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

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

Men's 400m Freestyle

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

• Gökhan Attaroglu
• Heat — 54.22 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

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

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Ihsan Sadri Özün
• Heat — 56.55 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

• Kemal Sadri Özün
• Heat — 57.75 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

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

Men's 200m Individual Medley

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

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Kemal Sadri Özün, Ihsan Sadri Özün, Ahmed Nakkas, and Gökhan Attaroglu
• Heat — 3:36.54 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

• Gökhan Attaroglu, Kemal Sabri Özün, Ahmed Nakkas, and Ihsan Sadri Özün
• Heat — 7:59.36 (→ did not advance, 12th place)