Turkey competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Medalists Results by event Archery In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Turkey again came within one victory of a medal. The women's team again made it to the semifinal before losing there. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by Germany to eliminate them from medal contention. Women's Team Competition: Altankaynak, Keskin Şatır, Nasaridze – bronze medal match, 4th place (2-2) Men's Team Competition: Orbay, Satir, and Akbal – quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1) Athletics Men's competition Men's Long Jump Mesut Yavaş Qualifying – 7.35 m (did not advance) Men's Pole Vault Ruhan Işım Qualifying – DNS Women's competition Women's 1,500m Süreyya Ayhan Round 1 – 04:08.37 Semifinal – 04:09.42 (did not advance) Women's 5,000m Ebru Kavaklıoğlu Round 1 – 15:49.15 (did not advance) Women's Discus Oksana Mert Qualifying – 55.02 m (did not advance) Women's Marathon Serap Aktaş Final – 2:42:40 (37th place) Boxing Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Ramazan Ballıoğlu Round 1 – Lost to Marian Velicu of Romania (→ did not advance) Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Halil İbrahim Turan Round 1 – Lost to Hicham Mesbahi of Morocco (→ did not advance) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Agasi Agaguloglu Round 1 – Defeated Kangde Mai of China Round 2 – Defeated Cermeno Nehomar of Venezuela Quarterfinal – Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba (→ did not advance) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Ramazan Palyani Round 1 – Defeated Ali Haider of Pakistan Round 2 – Defeated Vlademir Dos Santos Pereira of Brazil Quarterfinal – Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance) Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Selim Palyani Round 1 – Defeated Abdel Jebahi of France Round 2 – Defeated David Jackson of United States Quarterfinal – Lost to Alexandr Maletin of Russia (→ did not advance) Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Nurhan Süleymanoğlu Round 1 – Defeated Michael Strange of Canada Round 2 – Lost to Sergey Bykovsky of Belarus (→ did not advance) Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Bülent Ulusoy Round 1 – Defeated Jin-Suk Bae of Korea Round 2 – Defeated Dante Craig of United States Quarterfinal – Lost to Vitalie Gruşac of Moldova (→ did not advance) Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Fırat Karagöllü Round 1 – Defeated Michael Roche of Ireland Round 2 – Lost to Frédéric Esther of France (→ did not advance) Men's