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Turkmenistan at the Olympics

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Turkmenistan has joined in 8 Summer Olympic Games, beginning with the 1996 Summer Olympics. Before this, athletes from Turkmenistan were on the Soviet Union team, and in 1992, they were on the Unified Team. So far, Turkmenistan has not joined the Winter Olympic Games.

In 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Turkmenistan won its first medal as its own country. Polina Guryeva won a silver medal in weightlifting.

Some other famous Turkmen athletes have won Olympic medals, but they were competing for other countries. Marat Nyýazow won medals for the Soviet Union in 1960, and Daniyar İsmayilov now competes for Turkey. In 1992, Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew was on the Unified Team but could not compete.

Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, has an Olympic Park. The National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan was created in 1990.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Summer sport

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1900–1912as part of  Russian Empire
1920–1948did not participate
1952–1988as part of  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelonaas part of  Unified Team
1996 Atlanta70000-
2000 Sydney80000-
2004 Athens90000-
2008 Beijing100000-
2012 London100000-
2016 Rio de Janeiro90000-
2020 Tokyo9010177
2024 Paris60000-
2028 Los Angelesfuture event
2032 Brisbane
Total0101137
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Weightlifting0101
Totals (1 entries)0101

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEventDate
 SilverPolina Guryeva2020 Tokyo WeightliftingWomen's 59 kg7027 July 2021

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