ATHENS (CIHAN) - Turkey reached its target of ten medals in 28th Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
Turkey won three gold medals, three silvers and four bronze medals during 16–day competition to take 22nd place.
Turkey has won three gold medals at the Olympic games, all of them in weightlifting. Halil Mutlu, Taner Sagir and Nurcan Taylan all won gold medals.
Turkish Bahri Tanrikulu won the under 80 kg taekwondo silver medal at the Olympics.
Turkish teenage boxer Atagün Yalcinkaya lost the final bout in boxing 48 kg class against Cuba's world champion Yan Bhartelemy and was consoled with silver medal.
Turkish wrestler ªeref Eroglu won silver medal in Greco-Roman 66kg class.
Turkish wrestler Aydin Polatci won bronze medal in free-style 120kg class by outscoring Kazak Marid Mutalimov 3-1.
Turkey's hammer Esref Apak was rewarded with bronze medal as International Olympic Committee stripped hammer champion Adrian Annus of Hungary of his gold medal after failing to take a drugs test.
Mehmet Özal also won bronze medal by beating Iranian Mesud Hashimzade 3-2.
Sedat Artuç won his bronze medal at 56 kg class in weightlifting.
21 female and 45 male Turkish athletes competed for medals at the games.
Turkey won 36 golden medals, 19 silvers and 19 bronzes in all summer games.