Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Turkey (listed as TUR) participated in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. With one hundred female and one hundred ninety-six male athletes participating, Turkey garnered seventy-three medals, marking this as its most successful participation in an international multi-sport gaming event in its history.

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual

• Mehmet Darılmaz - 14th place
• Doğan Gürsel - 7th place
• Okyay Tunc Küçükkayalar - 11th place

Women's individual

• Derya Bard Sarıaltın Bronze medal
• Damla Günay - 14th place
• Zekiye Keskin Şatır - 11th place

Women's team

• Derya Bard Sarıaltın, Damla Günay, Zekiye Keskin Şatır – defeated Italy by 236-232 - Silver medal

Artistic gymnastics

• Göksu Üçtaş
• Ebru Karaduman

Athletics

Men's

• Ä°smail Aslan 100 m, 200 m
• Tuncay Örs 400 m Hurdles – 52.55' – 8th place
• Selahattin Çobanoğlu 800 m
• Ramazan Çuğlan 1500 m
• Halil Akkaş 3000 m Steeplechase
• Abdülkadir Türk Half marathon – 1:08:10.00 - 9th place
• Ercüment Olgundeniz Discus throw 59.16 m - Bronze medal
• Eşref Apak Hammer throw – 77.88 m - Gold medal
• Ferhat Çiçek Long jump – 7.50 m – 11th place
• Ferhat Çiçek Triple jump – 16.03 m – 11th place
• Fatih Yazıcı Shot put

Men's handicap

• Ömer Cantay 1500 m wheelchair 3:30.94 – 6th place

Women's

• Saliha Memiş 100 m - 12.09' 13th place at the semifinals
• Esen Kızıldağ 100 m Hurdles 13.97' – 7th place
• Birsen Bekgöz 200 m - 24.33' 9h place at the semifinals, 400 m Hurdles - 50.03' 14th place at the semifinals
• Pınar Saka 400 m – 54.75 – 7th place
• Özge Gürler 400 m Hurdles - 58.24' 11th place at the semifinals
• Anzhela Atroshchenko, Birsen Bekgöz, Özge Gürler, Saliha Memiş, Pınar Saka 4 × 100 m Relay – 45.93' – 6th place
• Anzhela Atroshchenko, Birsen Bekgöz, Özge Gürler, Saliha Memiş, Pınar Saka, Binnaz Uslu 4 × 400 m Relay – 3:40.75' - Bronze medal
• Binnaz Uslu 800 m – 2:02.68' - Bronze medal
• Türkan Bozkurt Erişmiş Half marathon – 1:17:56.00 - 5th place
• Yeliz Ay 20 km Walk - not finished
• Candeğer Kılınçer Oğuz High jump – 1.82 m – 5th place
• Filiz Kadoğan Shot put 16.45 m - 5th place
• Anzhela Atroshchenko Heptathlon (100 m Hurdles: 14.15' – 4th place -, 200 m: 25.26' 4th ace, 800 m: 2:16.61' – 4th place, High jump: 1.70 m – 5th place, Javelin throw: 40.73 m – 4th place, Long jump: 6.17 m – 3rd place, Shot put: 13.22 m – 3rd place) - 5,870p - Bronze medal

Basketball

Men

• Ender Arslan, Fırat Aydemir, Volkan Çetintahra, Hüseyin Demiral, Ermal Kurtoğlu, Reha Öz, Barış Özcan, Cevher Özer, Valentin Pastal, Kaya Peker, Kerem Tunçeri, Erkan Veyseloğlu - 4th place

Women

• Gülşah Akkaya, Korel Engin, Yasemin Horasan, Şaziye Ä°vegin, Arzu Özyiğit, Esmeral Tunçluer, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Aylin Yıldızoğlu, Nevriye Yılmaz, Serap Yücesır, Müjde Yüksel Gold medal

Beach volleyball

Men

• Semih Çıtak, Mehmet Akif Gürgen, Bülent Kandemir, Erkan Togan

Women

• Ebru Bayram, Nejla Güçlü, Zülfiye Gündoğdu, Müjgan Keskin

Boxing

• Abdülkadir Koçak Light flyweight (48 kg) Bronze medal
• Atagün Yalçınkaya Flyweight (51 kg) Gold medal
• Serdar Avcı Bantamweight (54 kg) Bronze medal
• Yakup Kılıç Featherweight (57 kg) Bronze medal
• Selçuk Aydın Lightweight (60 kg) Silver medal
• Önder Şipal Super lightweight (64 kg) Bronze medal
• Bülent Ulusoy Welterweight (69 kg) Gold medal
• Savaş Kaya Middleweight (75 kg) Silver medal
• Ä°hsan Yıldırım Tarhan Light heavyweight (81 kg) Silver medal
• Kurban Günebakan Super heavyweight (+91 kg)

Canoe, flat

Men's

• Akın Ağzer Çiçek K1 500 m
• Fırat Akça K1 1000 m
• Gökhan Bahadır, Tolga Turan K2 500 m
• Abdurrahman Demir, Murat Zeki Güçlü K2 1000 m

Women's

• Ä°clal Maviş K1 500 m
• Gamze Togay K1 500 m K1 1000 m

Cycling, road

Individual time trial

• Kemal Küçükbay – 13th place
• Mehmet Mutlu – 15th place

Road race

• M. Mustafa Karaselek
• Kemal Küçükbay
• Mustafa Maral
• Mehmet Mutlu
• Orhan Şahin
• Behçet Usta

Equestrian

Individual jumping

• Sencer Can
• Ä°hsan Sencer Horasan
• Hulki Karagülle
• Ä°skender Pisak
• Ata Zorlu

Team jumping

• Sencer Can, Sencer Horasan, Hulki Karagülle, Ata Zorlu

Fencing

Men's individual épée

• Ulaş Barış Badoğlu

Men's individual foil

• Adnan Özsanat
• Utku Uluşahin

Men's individual sabre

• Erdoğan Kızıldağ
• Kerem Seyfi Yıldırım

Women's individual épée

• Emel Işık

Women's individual foil

• Ilgın Güçlüer
• Tuğba Nilay Güngör

Football

Men

• Volkan Babacan, Can Arat, Cafercan Aksu, Ertan Aktepe, Serhat Akyüz, Serkan Atak, Bulut Basmaz, Ä°brahim Dağaşan, Emre Hamzaoğlu, Bekir Irtegun, Ramazan Kahya, Doğa Kaya, Serdar Kurtuluş, Muhammet Reis, Soner Sakarya, Feridun Sungur, Arda Turan, Sezgin Yılmaz – lost to Spain by 0-1 - Silver medal

Golf

Men's Individual

• Mustafa Hocaoğlu – 295p- 5th place
• Gencer Özcan – 299p- 6th place
• Hamza Hakan Sayın – 294p - Bronze medal

Team

• Mustafa Hocaoğlu, Gencer Özcan, Hamza Hakan Sayın – 583p - Silver medal

Women's Individual

• Nejla Gerçek – 316p – 9th place
• Zakire Korkmaz – 336p – 17th place
• Elçin Ulu – 331p – 15th place

Team

• Nejla Gerçek, Zakire Korkmaz, Elçin Ulu – 641p – 4th place

Handball

Men

• Şevket Altuğ, Şenol Boyar, Oğuzhan Büyük, Ä°brahim Demir, Ramazan Döne, Bülent Erkol, Cavit Eyövge, Okan Halay, Enis Kahya, Volga Karslıoğlu, Ümit Kırkayak, Taner Öymen, Hüseyin Pamuk, Ömer Savaş, Okan Yalçıner, Yasin Yüzbaşıoğlu

Women

• Sevda Akbulut, Güneş Atabay, Duygu Aydoğan, Asiye Çelik, Sevilay Ä°mamoğlu, Serpil Ä°skenderoğlu, Eda Maden, Seda Maden, Gonca Nahçıvanlı, Melda Deniz Olcay, Yeliz Özel, Esra Sarı, Serpil Soylu, Nergis Türkay, Ceren Üstün, Yeliz Yılmaz – 5th place

Judo

Men's

• Halil Ä°brahim Uzun -60 kg – 4th place
• Bektaş Demirel 60–66 kg Bronze medal
• Sezer Huysuz 66–73 kg Silver medal
• Ä°rakli Uznadze 73–81 kg
• Burhan Koçan 81–90 kg Bronze medal
• Murat Gemalmaz 90–100 kg
• Selim Tataroğlu +100 kg Gold medal

Women's

• Neşe Şensoy Yıldız -48 kg Bronze medal
• Aynur Samat 48–52 kg Silver medal
• Özge Nur Akyüz 52–57 kg
• Canan Kastan 57–63 kg
• Ebru Aktan 63–70 kg
• Seda Karadağ 73–78 kg Bronze medal
• Belkıs Zehra Kaya +78 kg Gold medal

Karate

Men's

• Şevket Baştürk -60 kg Bronze medal
• Bahattin Kandaz 60–65 kg
• Haldun Alagas 65–70 kg
• Ä°smail Hakkı Şen 70–75 kg
• Zeynel Çelik 75–80 kg Bronze medal
• Okay Arpa +80 kg
• Yusuf Başer Open Bronze medal

Women's

• Vildan Doğan -50 kg Bronze medal
• Gülderen Çelik 50–55 kg
• Esra Sertdemir 55–60 kg
• Gülcihan Ustaoğlu 60–65 kg Bronze medal
• Yıldız Aras +65 kg Silver medal
• Yıldız Aras Open Gold medal

Rhythmic gymnastics

All-Around

• Gizem Oylumlu – 48.275p – 10th place
• Berfin Serdil Sütcü – 49.425p – 9th place

Rowing

Men's

• Hasan Özcan Single sculls
• Saim Kaya, Saim Kaya Double sculls Silver medal
• Ä°hsan Emre Vural, Ahmet Yumrukaya Lightweight coxless pair Bronze medal
• Mete Yeltepe Lightweight single sculls Silver medal
• Atakan Çolak, Murat Türker Lightweight double sculls

Sailing

Men's Single-handed Dinghy-Laser

• Kemal Muslubaş – 96p – 11th place
• Güray Zümbül – 125p – 13th place

Double-handed Dinghy-470

• Okan Akdağ, Levent Peynirci – 118p – 12th place
• Efe Karakaplan, Hakan Karakaplan – 135p – 13th place

Windsurfer - Mistral

• Koray Ezer – 77p - 7th place

Women's

• Ayda Ünver Single-handed Dinghy-Laser – 88p – 9th place

Shooting

Men

• Yusuf Dikeç 10 m Air pistol – 681p - Silver medal
• Aydın Güçlü 10 m Air pistol
• Halil Ä°brahim Öztürk 10 m Air rifle – 694.7p (Turkey record) Bronze medal
• Halil Ä°brahim Öztürk 50 m Rifle 3 positions
• Abdurrahman Akgün 50 m rifle prone - 7th place
• Murat Şahin 50 m Rifle prone
• Yusuf Karamuk Skeet
• Güçhan Olker Skeet
• Oğuzhan Tüzün Trap – 4th place

Women

• Saliha Kurteş 10 m Air rifle
• Nihan Gürer Trap

Swimming

Men's

• Emre Çelik 100 m Backstroke, 200 m Backstroke
• Ömer Aslanoğlu 50 m Breaststroke, 100 m Breaststroke
• Engin Can Eter 50 m Breaststroke, 100 m Breaststroke, 200 m Breaststroke
• Mert Karşıyakalılar 50 m Butterfly, 100 m Butterfly
• Onur Uras 50 m Butterfly, 100 m Butterfly, 200 m Butterfly
• Eren Onurlu 50 m Butterfly, 100 m Freestyle
• Aytekin Mindan 200 m Freestyle

Men's Handicap S/10

• Ä°smet Ayık 100 m Freestyle
• Mustafa Yılmaz 100 m Freestyle

Women's

• Gizem Papila 50 m Freestyle
• Derya Erke 100 m Backstroke – 1:04.84' - 8th place
• Gülşah Gönenç 200 m Butterfly 2:15.57' Turkey record
• Özlem Yasemin Taşkın 800 m Freestyle

Table tennis

Men's

• Halil Hacı Single, Double
• Ä°rfan Tavukçuoğlu Single, Double

Women's

• Azize Baş Single, Double
• Ayşe Şen Single, Double

Tennis

Men's

• Haluk Akkoyun Single, Double
• Ergun Zorlu Double
• Ümit Barış Ergüden Single

Women's

• Çağla Büyükakçay Single
• Pemra Özgen Single
• Çağla Büyükakçay, Pemra Özgen Double lost to Italy by 0-2 - 4th place

Volleyball

Men

• Hakan Akışık, Osman Babagiray, Orhan Cinoğlu, Arslan Ekşi, Barış Hamaz, Özkan Hayırlı, Ä°zzet C. Kartaltepe, Ulaş Kıyak, Ä°smail Cem Kurtar, Ömer Laçin, Soner Mezgitçi – lost to Greece by 2-3 - 8th place

Women

• Elif Ağca, Neslihan Demir, Deniz Hakyemez, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Gülden Kayalar, Eda Erdem, Gözde Kırdar, Aysun Özbek, Özlem Özçelik, Fatma D. Sipahioğlu, Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Bahar Mert – won Greece by 3-0 - Gold medal

Water polo

Men

• Halil Beşkardeşler, Hakan Çalışır, Emre Coşkun, Orkun Darnel, Can Güven, Yiğithan Hantal, Sezai Kayhan Kızıltan, Oytun Okman, Atilla Sezer, Cahit Sılay, Anıl Sönmez, Michael Taylan, Aytaç Yeğin – 8th place

Weightlifting

Men's

• Gülbeyi Aktı 56 kg Snatch: 113 kg Gold medal, Clean and jerk: 141 kg Silver medal
• Sedat Artuç 62 kg Snatch: 126 kg Silver medal, Clean and jerk: 160 kg Gold medal
• Yasin Arslan 69 kg Snatch:Silver medal
• Ekrem Celil 69 kg Snatch:Bronze medal, Clean and jerk Gold medal
• Reyhan Arabacıoğlu 77 kg Clean and jerk: Silver medal
• Mehmet Yılmaz 77 kg Snatch:Silver medal, Clean and jerk Bronze medal
• Ä°zzet Ä°nce 85 kg
• Bünyamin Sudaş 105 kg : Snatch: 178 kg Silver medal, Clean and jerk: 226 kg (MR) Gold medal

Women's

• Sibel Özkan 48 kg Snatch: 70 kg 4th place, Clean and jerk: 90 kg Silver medal
• Emine Karademir 53 kg Snatch: 77 kg – 6th place, Clean and jerk: 90 kg – 7th place
• Nurcan Taylan 53 kg Snatch: 87 kg (MR), Gold medal, Clean and jerk: 108 kg (MR), Gold medal
• Emine Bilgin 58 kg Snatch: 91 kg - Gold medal, Clean and jerk: 110 kg Bronze medal

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman style:

• Erkan Dündar 55 kg Bronze medal
• Uğur Tüfenk 60 kg Bronze medal
• Selçuk Çebi 66 kg Gold medal
• Mahmut Altay 74 kg Gold medal
• Serkan Özden 84 kg Silver medal
• Mehmet Özal 96 kg Bronze medal
• Yekta Yılmaz Gül 120 kg Silver medal

Men's freestyle

• Ramazan Demir 55 kg Bronze medal
• Tevfik Odabaşı 60 kg Silver medal
• Levent Kaleli 66 kg Bronze medal
• Fahrettin Özata 74 kg Silver medal
• Serhat Balcı 84 kg Gold medal
• Hakan Koç 96 kg Gold medal
• Aydın Polatçı 120 kg Gold medal

Women's

• Zeynep Yıldırım 51 kg Silver medal
• Nadir Uğrun Perçin 59 kg

See also

• Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

• 2005 Mediterranean Games web site
• Official Site