| Turkey at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TUR |
| NOC | Turkish National Olympic Committee |
| Website | olimpiyat |
| inNagano | |
| Competitors | 1 (man) in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Arif Alaftargil |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Turkey sent a delegation to compete at the1998 Winter Olympics inNagano,Japan from 7–22 February 1998. This was Turkey's 12th time appearing at aWinter Olympic Games. The Turkish delegation to Nagano consisted of a singlealpine skier,Arif Alaftargil. In themen's slalom, he finished in 29th place.
TheTurkish Olympic Committee was recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee on 1 January 1911.[1] They have participated in almost everySummer Olympic Games since, except for1920,1932, and the boycotted1980 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Since their first Winter Olympics participation at the1936 Winter Olympics, Turkey has only missed three editions of the Winter Games, the1952,1972, and the1980 Winter Olympics.[2] Nagano was Turkey's 12th appearance at a Winter Olympics.[2] The 1998 Winter Olympics were held from 7–22 February 1998; a total of 2,176 athletes took part, representing 72National Olympic Committees.[4] The Turkish delegation to Nagano consisted of a single alpine skier, Arif Alaftargil.[5] He was chosen as the flag bearer for theopening ceremony.[2]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[6]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Arif Alaftargil was 24 years old at the time of the Nagano Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut.[7] In the two-runmen's slalom, held on 21 February, he finished the first run in a time of 1 minute and 12.36 seconds.[8] He completed the second run in a similar time of 1 minute and 12.73 seconds,[9] making his combined time 2 minutes and 25.09 seconds.[10] This placed him 29th, out of 31 skiers who finished both legs of the race; however over 30 skiers failed to finish both runs.[10] The gold medal was won in 1 minute and 49.31 seconds byHans Petter Buraas ofNorway, the silver by fellow NorwegianOle Kristian Furuseth, and the bronze was taken byThomas Sykora ofAustria.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Arif Alaftargil | Men's slalom | 1:12.36 | 1:12.73 | 2:25.09 | 29 |