Turkey at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
| Turkey at the 1997 Mediterranean Games | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | TUR |
| NOC | Turkish Olympic Committee |
| in Bari, Italy | |
| Competitors | 251 in 25 sports |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
|
| Mediterranean Games appearances (overview) | |
Turkey competed at the 1997 Mediterranean Games held in Bari, Italy from 13 to 25 June 1997. Turkish athletes won a total of 65 medals, including 28 golds, finishing third in the medal table.
Medals
| Medal | Athlete | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Serap Aktaş | Athletics | Women's marathon |
| Gold | Soner Karagöz | Boxing | Men's 54 kg |
| Gold | Serdar Yağlı | Boxing | Men's 57 kg |
| Gold | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu | Boxing | Men's 63.5 kg |
| Gold | Akif Pirim | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg |
| Gold | Hamza Yerlikaya | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg |
| Gold | Hakkı Başar | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| Gold | Mevlana Kulaç | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 54 kg |
| Gold | Harun Doğan | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 58 kg |
| Gold | Yüksel Şanlı | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 69 kg |
| Gold | Kamil Kocaağaoğlu | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 76 kg |
| Gold | Zekeriya Güçlü | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg |
| Gold | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | Men's 54 kg snatch |
| Gold | Halil Mutlu | Weightlifting | Men's 54 kg clean & jerk |
| Gold | Hafız Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 64 kg snatch |
| Gold | Fedail Güler | Weightlifting | Men's 70 kg snatch |
| Gold | Fedail Güler | Weightlifting | Men's 70 kg clean & jerk |
| Gold | Mehmet Yılmaz | Weightlifting | Men's 76 kg snatch |
| Gold | Dursun Sevinç | Weightlifting | Men's 83 kg snatch |
| Gold | Dursun Sevinç | Weightlifting | Men's 83 kg clean & jerk |
| Gold | Bünyamin Sudaş | Weightlifting | Men's 91 kg snatch |
| Gold | Bünyamin Sudaş | Weightlifting | Men's 91 kg clean & jerk |
| Gold | Sunay Bulut | Weightlifting | Men's 99 kg snatch |
| Gold | Erdinç Aslan | Weightlifting | Men's +108 kg snatch |
| Gold | Erdinç Aslan | Weightlifting | Men's +108 kg clean & jerk |
| Gold | Hüseyin Özkan | Judo | Men's 65 kg |
| Gold | Yıldız Aras | Karate | Women's openweight |
| Gold | Natalia Nasaridze | Archery | Women's individual |
| Silver | Turkey women's national basketball team | Basketball | Women's tournament |
| Silver | Bülent Ulusoy | Boxing | Men's 67 kg |
| Silver | Ercüment Aslan | Boxing | Men's 71 kg |
| Silver | Sinan Şamil Sam | Boxing | Men's +91 kg |
| Silver | Suat Çelen | Gymnastics | Men's floor |
| Silver | Turkey men's national football team | Football | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Ergüder Bekişdamat | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg |
| Silver | Mecnun Güler | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg |
| Silver | Şaban Donat | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 125 kg |
| Silver | Sedat Artuç | Weightlifting | Men's 59 kg snatch |
| Silver | Mücahit Yağcı | Weightlifting | Men's 64 kg clean & jerk |
| Silver | Sunay Bulut | Weightlifting | Men's 99 kg clean & jerk |
| Silver | Selim Tataroğlu | Judo | Men's +95 kg |
| Silver | Zeynel Çelik | Karate | Men's 80 kg |
| Silver | Turkey men's national volleyball team | Volleyball | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Turkey women's national volleyball team | Volleyball | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Lale Öztürk | Athletics | Women's marathon |
| Bronze | Bedri Çınar | Boxing | Men's 51 kg |
| Bronze | Malik Beyleroğlu | Boxing | Men's 75 kg |
| Bronze | Ercan Yıldız | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg |
| Bronze | Muharrem Demireğen | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 63 kg |
| Bronze | Sedat Artuç | Weightlifting | Men's 59 kg clean & jerk |
| Bronze | Hafız Süleymanoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 64 kg clean & jerk |
| Bronze | Mücahit Yağcı | Weightlifting | Men's 64 kg snatch |
| Bronze | Mehmet Yılmaz | Weightlifting | Men's 76 kg clean & jerk |
| Bronze | Gülnigar Gülsaran | Judo | Women's 48 kg |
| Bronze | Neşe Yazıcı | Judo | Women's 61 kg |
| Bronze | Gamze Sakızlıgil | Judo | Women's 66 kg |
| Bronze | Zarife Yıldırım | Judo | Women's 72 kg |
| Bronze | Özden Gökalp | Karate | Men's 50 kg |
| Bronze | Hakan Yağlı | Karate | Men's 60 kg |
| Bronze | Leyla Gedik | Karate | Women's 60 kg |
| Bronze | Haldun Alagaş | Karate | Men's 70 kg |
| Bronze | Nuran Fırat | Karate | Women's +65 kg |
| Bronze | İbrahim Erçin | Karate | Men's +80 kg |
| Bronze | Gülberk Gültekin Duygu Akşit |
Tennis | Women's doubles |
| Bronze | Derya Büyükuncu | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Football | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 13 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Karate | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 16 | 21 | 65 |
References
- 1997 Mediterranean Games Results
- Cem Atabeyoğlu (2000), Akdeniz Oyunları ve Türkiye, Turkish National Olympic Committee Publications, Istanbul.