Turkey, officially named Türkiye by the IOC, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions: Antwerp 1920, because of sanction against the Central Powers including the Ottoman Empire, Los Angeles 1932 during the period of the Great Depression, and Moscow 1980, as part of the United States-led boycott. Notably, the 2024 Summer Olympics marked the first time since 1984 that Turkey did not secure at least one gold medal.
Silver medalist shooter Yusuf Dikeç became an internet phenomenon, gaining widespread fame for his apparent nonchalance and being more casually dressed compared to other athletes.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Turkey fielded a full squad of men's team recurve and one women's in individual recurve, by virtue of their silver-medal victory (for men's team recurve), which obtaining one of three available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany; meanwhile the nations grab one women's quota through the 2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament in Essen, Germany.
Turkish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
Turkey entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Turkey entered eight boxers (three men and five women) into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Buse Naz ÃÂakñroÃÂlu (women's flyweight) and defending champion Busenaz Sürmeneli (women's welterweight), along with four rookies (Gümüà Â, Erdemir, Akbaà Â, and ÃÂzer), secured the spots on the Turkish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. Later on, Kaan Aykutsun (men's middleweight) qualified himself to Paris 2024, by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Esra Yñldñz (women's featherweight) secured her spot following the triumph in quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. TuÃÂrulhan Erdemir remove from Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics â Men's 71 kg.
Turkey entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympics after securing those quotas through the UCI Nation Ranking.
For the first time since 2016, Turkey entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Enver Yñldñrñm qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the men's individual sabre event at the 2024 Europe Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg. Later on, Nisanur Erbil got her quotas through the re-allocation of unused quota places.
Turkey fielded a squad of five male gymnasts for Paris after being one of the top nine teams not yet qualified at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. This was the first time that Turkey fielded a full team in Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics.
Individual finals
Turkish modern pentathletes confirmed two quota places for the Olympic games. BuÃÂra ÃÂnal and ðlke ÃÂzyüksel secured their spots in their respective event through the release of the final Olympic ranking.
Turkey entered one rower to compete at Paris 2024.
<small>Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage</small>
Turkish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2024 ILCA 6 World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia; and 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.
<small>M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated â did not advance into the medal race; C = Cancelled race</small>
Turkish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Turkish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):
Turkey entered one table tennis player into Paris 2024. Sibel Altñnkaya qualified for the games by virtue of being nominated into the top twelve ranked players in the women's single class through the release of the final world ranking for Paris 2024.
Turkey qualified five athletes to compete at the games. All of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in their respective division.
Turkey women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the pool B round and securing one of two available berths at the 2023 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Tokyo, Japan.
Turkey entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Muhammed Furkan ÃÂzbek (men's 73 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
Turkey qualified one wrestler for each of the following events. Six wrestlers qualified for the games with a top five result through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; three wrestlers qualified for the games by winning the semifinal match at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and two wrestlers qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.