Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games


Turkey 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.
MedalNameSportEvent
Eşref ApakAthleticsMen's Hammer Throw
TurkeyBasketballWomen's Team
Atagün YalçınkayaBoxingMen's 51 kg
Bülent UlusoyBoxingMen's 69 kg
Selim TataroğluJudoMen's + 100 kg
Belkıs Zehra KayaJudoWomen's + 78 kg
Yıldız ArasKarateWomen's Open
TurkeyVolleyballWomen's Team
Gülbeyi AktıWeightliftingMen's 56 kg - Snatch
Sedat ArtuçWeightliftingMen's 62 kg - Clean and Jerk
Ekrem CelilWeightliftingMen's 69 kg - Clean and Jerk
Bünyamin SudaşWeightliftingMen's 105 kg - Clean and Jerk
Nurcan TaylanWeightliftingWomen's 53 kg - Snatch
Nurcan TaylanWeightliftingWomen's 53 kg - Clean and Jerk
Emine BilginWeightliftingWomen's 58 kg - Snatch
Selçuk ÇebiWrestlingMen's Grecoroman 66 kg
Mahmut AltayWrestlingMen's Grecoroman 74 kg
Serhat BalcıWrestlingMen's Freestyle 84 kg
Hakan KoçWrestlingMen's Freestyle 96 kg
Aydın PolatçıWrestlingMen's Freestyle 120 kg
TurkeyArcheryWomen's team
Selçuk AydınBoxingLightweight
Savaş KayaBoxingMiddleweight
İhsan Yıldırım TarhanBoxingLight heavyweight
TurkeyFootballMen's team
TurkeyGolfMen's team
Aynur SamatJudoWomen's 48–52 kg
TurkeyFootballMen's team
Yıldız ArasKarateWomen's +65 kg
Saim Kaya, Saim KayaRowingMen's double sculls
Mete YeltepeRowingMen's lightweight single sculls
Yusuf DikeçShootingMen 10 m Air pistol
Gülbeyi AktıWeightliftingMen's 56 kg - Clean and Jerk
Sedat ArtuçWeightliftingMen's 62 kg - Snatch
Yasin ArslanWeightliftingMen's 69 kg - Snatch
Reyhan ArabacıoğluWeightliftingMen's 77 kg - Clean and Jerk
Mehmet YılmazWeightliftingMen's 77 kg - Snatch
Bünyamin SudaşWeightliftingMen's 105 kg - Snatch
Sibel ÖzkanWeightliftingWomen's 48 kg - Clean and Jerk
Serkan ÖzdenWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 84 kg
Yekta Yılmaz GülWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Tevfik OdabaşıWrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kg
Zeynep YıldırımWrestlingWomen's 51 kg
Fahrettin ÖzataWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg
Derya Bard SarıaltınArcheryWomen's individual
Ercüment OlgundenizAthleticsMen's discus throw
TurkeyAthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 m Relay
Binnaz UsluAthletics800 m
Anzhela AtroshchenkoAthleticsHeptathlon
Abdülkadir KoçakBoxingLight flyweight
Serdar AvcıBoxingBantamweight
Yakup KılıçBoxingFeatherweight
Önder ŞipalBoxingSuper lightweight
Hamza Hakan SayınGolfMen's Individual
Bektaş DemirelJudoMen's 60–66 kg
Burhan KoçanJudoMen's 81–90 kg
Neşe Şensoy YıldızJudoWomen's -48 kg
Seda KaradağJudoWomen's 73–78 kg
Şevket BaştürkKarateMen's -60 kg
Zeynel ÇelikKarateMen's 75–80 kg
Yusuf BaşerKarateMen's Open
Vildan DoğanKarateWomen's -50 kg
Gülcihan UstaoğluKarateWomen's 60–65 kg
İhsan Emre Vural, Ahmet YumrukayaRowingMen's Lightweight coxless pair
Halil İbrahim ÖztürkShootingMen 10 m Air rifle
Ekrem CelilWeightliftingMen's 69 kg - Snatch
Mehmet YılmazWeightliftingMen's 77 kg - Clean and Jerk
Emine BilginWeightliftingWomen's 58 kg - Clean and Jerk
Erkan DündarWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg
Uğur TüfenkWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 60 kg
Mehmet ÖzalWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 96 kg
Ramazan DemirWrestlingMen's freestyle 55 kg
Levent KaleliWrestlingMen's freestyle 66 kg

Results by event

[Archery]

Men's individual
  • Mehmet Darılmaz - 14th place
  • Doğan Gürsel - 7th place
  • Okyay Tunc Küçükkayalar - 11th place
Women's individual
Women's team

[Artistic gymnastics]

Athletics">Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games">Athletics

Men's
  • İsmail 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

[Basketball]

Men
Women

[Beach volleyball]

Men
  • Semih Çıtak, Mehmet Akif Gürgen, Bülent Kandemir, Erkan Togan
Women
  • Ebru Bayram, Nejla Güçlü, Zülfiye Gündoğdu, Müjgan Keskin

[Boxing]

Canoe, flat">Canoe sprint">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
  • İclal Maviş K1 500 m
  • Gamze Togay K1 500 m '''K1 1000 m '''

Cycling, road">Road bicycle racing">Cycling, road

Individual time trial
Road race
  • M. Mustafa Karaselek
  • Kemal Küçükbay
  • Mustafa Maral
  • Mehmet Mutlu
  • Orhan Şahin
  • Behçet Usta

Equestrian">Equestrianism">Equestrian

Individual jumping
  • Sencer Can
  • İhsan Sencer Horasan
  • Hulki Karagülle
  • İskender 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">Association football">Football

Men

[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, İbrahim 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 İmamoğlu, Serpil İskenderoğlu, 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
Women's

[Karate]

Men's
Women's

[Rhythmic gymnastics]

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

Rowing">Rowing (sport)">Rowing

Men's

Sailing">Sailing (sport)">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">Shooting sports">Shooting

Men
Women
  • Saliha Kurteş 10 m Air rifle
  • Nihan Gürer '''Trap'''

Swimming">Swimming (sport)">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
  • İsmet 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
  • İrfan 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, İzzet C. Kartaltepe, Ulaş Kıyak, İsmail Cem Kurtar, Ömer Laçin, Soner Mezgitçi – lost to Greece by 2-3 - 8th place
Women

[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">Olympic weightlifting">Weightlifting

Men's
Women's

[Wrestling]

Men's Greco-Roman style:
Men's freestyle
Women's
  • Zeynep Yıldırım 51 kg Silver medal
  • Nadir Uğrun Perçin 59 kg'''