Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics


Turkey sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total, 67 Turkish athletes went to Beijing, including 19 women.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
WrestlingMen's freestyle 66 kg
AthleticsWomen's 5000 m
AthleticsWomen's 10,000 m
TaekwondoWomen's 57 kg
WeightliftingWomen's 48 kg
BoxingMen's 57 kg
TaekwondoMen's 68 kg
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 84 kg

Competitors

Below is a list of Turkey's competitors by sport and selected biographies.
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery112
Athletics6915
Boxing505
Cycling101
Judo101
Sailing516
Shooting101
Swimming8311
Table tennis112
Taekwondo224
Weightlifting426
Wrestling13013
Total481967

Abdil Ceylan

Abdil Ceylan is a Turkish long-distance and marathon runner. He participated at the 2008 Olympics.
He was coached by Metin Sazak and competed for the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü club.
He graduated from Gazi University in Ankara, where he studied in the School of Physical Education and Sports.

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Weightlifting

;Men
;Women

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman