Turkmenistan at the 2018 Asian Games

Turkmenistan at the; 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	TKM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan
Website	olympic.tm
in Jakarta and Palembang; August 18 – September 2
Flag bearer	Ziyamuhammet Saparov[1]
Medals; Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Turkmenistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[2] Turkmenistan first participated at the Asian Games in 1994 Hiroshima, and at the last edition in Incheon, the country won a silver and a bronze medals.^[3]

Medalists

The following Turkmenistan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Kristina Şermetowa	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg	21 Aug
Bronze	Şyhazberdi Öwelekow	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg	22 Aug
Bronze	Kemal Meredov	Ju-jitsu	Men's 56 kg	24 Aug

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Ju-jitsu	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	2	3

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	0	0	0	0
3	August 21	0	1	0	1
4	August 22	0	0	1	1
5	August 23	0	0	0	0
6	August 24	0	0	1	1
7	August 25	0	0	0	0
8	August 26	0	0	0	0
9	August 27	0	0	0	0
10	August 28	0	0	0	0
11	August 29	0	0	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	0	0
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	0	0
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		0	1	2	3

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Turkmenistan that participated at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Boxing	0	0	0
Judo	3	1	4
Sambo	4	3	7
Swimming	2	0	2
Weightlifting	2	3	5
Wrestling	10	0	10
Total	21	7	28

Boxing

Turkmen Boxing Federation will send their athletes to compete at the Games. After won 11 medals at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the men's and women's boxers has attended international training camps in Ashgabat.^[4]

Judo

Turkmenistan will participate in judo at the Games with 4 judokas (3 men's and 1 women's).^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Muhammet Kossekov	66 kg
Tejen Tejenov	90 kg
Batyr Hojamuhammedov	100 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gulbadam Babamuratova	52 kg

Sambo

Key:

SU – Won by submission.
TT – Won by total throw.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gurtgeldi Gurtgeldiýew	Men's 52 kg	Bye	K Yamamoto (JPN) L 1–3	Did not advance
Ýagmyr Orazdurdyýew	Men's 52 kg	Bye	M Ghusn (SYR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Ruslan Esgerow	Men's 90 kg	Bye	A Aitbek (KAZ) L 1–1	Did not advance		M Ali (BRN) W ^Dsq	N Yokubov (UZB) W 2–1	RA Bahari (INA) W 8–0	K Ustopiriyon (TJK) L 0–3^SU	4
Nurberdihan Orazmämmedow	Men's 90 kg	Bye	T Tampapanna (THA) W 9–0	K Ustopiriyon (TJK) L 1–7	Did not advance	Bye	A Zekenov (KAZ) L 0–2	Did not advance
Aziza Nazarowa	Women's 48 kg	N/A	AZ Kyzy (KGZ) L 0–1	Did not advance			N/A	Did not advance
Aýna Zaripowa	Women's 48 kg	N/A	M Turgunbaeva (UZB) L 0–4^SU	Did not advance		E Bahrami (IRI) W 1–0	N/A	A Zhylkybayeva (KAZ) L 0–2	Did not advance
Zyba Orunowa	Women's 68 kg	Bye	M Amanda (INA) L 1–5	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Merdan Atayev	50 m backstroke	26.08	8 Q	25.88	8
Merdan Atayev	100 m backstroke	56.20	10	Did not advance
Batyr Tachmyradov	50 m breaststroke	31.53	28	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.28	26	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:29.15	17	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Daýanç Asyrow	−85 kg	150	8	175	7	325	7
Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew	+105 kg	190	4	235	4	425	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Kristina Şermetowa	−53 kg	93	1	113	3	206
Gülnabat Kadyrowa	−75 kg	93	7	118	6	211	6
Aysoltan Toychyyeva	−75 kg	88	DNF	—	—	—	—

Wrestling

Turkmenistan set-up ten men's wrestler to compete at the Games.^[6] Şyhazberdi Öwelekow won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman 87 kg, became the only medal for the contingent in the wrestling competition.^[7] Rüstem Nazarow who competed in freestyle 57 kg originally got the 11th place, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Furosemide in a pre-tournament urine test.^[8]

Key:

F – Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rüstem Nazarow	−57 kg	Bye	S Tomar (IND) L 8–12	Did not advance					11 DSQ
Batyr Borjakow	−65 kg	Bye	A Darmansyah (INA) W 11–1	D Takatani (JPN) L 2–13	Did not advance	Bye	M Hussain (PAK) W 11–0	Okassov (KAZ) L 2–5	5
Döwletmyrat Orazgylyjow	−74 kg	Bye	Hosseinkhani (IRI) L 2–12	Did not advance					15
Azat Gajyýew	−86 kg	Bye	Üitümen (MGL) L 0–10	Did not advance					15
Zyamuhammet Saparow	−97 kg	N/A	M Musaev (KGZ) L 2–8	Did not advance		N Ahmadi (AFG) L 6–17	N/A	Did not advance	8
Söhbet Belliýew	−125 kg	N/A	Bye	Nam K-j (KOR) L 0–12	Did not advance		N/A	Did not advance	13

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Seýdylla Täzäýew	−67 kg	Tasmuradov (UZB) L 0–9	Did not advance				15
Şermet Permanow	−77 kg	B S Badr (QAT) W 5–0	B Khasanov (TJK) W 5^F–0	Makhmudov (KGZ) L 0–8	Bye	Kim H-w (KOR) L 0–9	5
Şyhazberdi Öwelekow	−87 kg	Bye	H Nouri (IRI) L 4–13	Did not advance	Bye	M Al-Quhali (YEM) W 8–0
Süleýman Belliýew	−130 kg	Bye	A Sonoda (JPN) L 1–9	Did not advance			9

References

↑ "Sport delegation of Turkmenistan takes part in the opening ceremony of XVIII Summer Asian Games". www.tdh.gov.tm. Turkmenistan State News Agency. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
↑ "Indonesia prepares to light up the Energy of Asia for the Asian Games 2018". Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "TKM Turkmenistan" (in Indonesian). JPNN. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "В мае в Ашхабаде пройдут международные сборы по боксу" (in Russian). Orient. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "Athlete Wrestling Turkmenistan". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
↑ "Iran Wins Two Gold Medals in Greco-Roman: Asian Games". Tasnim News Agency. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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[1] "Sport delegation of Turkmenistan takes part in the opening ceremony of XVIII Summer Asian Games". www.tdh.gov.tm. Turkmenistan State News Agency. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

[2] "Indonesia prepares to light up the Energy of Asia for the Asian Games 2018". Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[3] "TKM Turkmenistan" (in Indonesian). JPNN. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[4] "В мае в Ашхабаде пройдут международные сборы по боксу" (in Russian). Orient. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[5] "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[6] "Athlete Wrestling Turkmenistan". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[7] "Iran Wins Two Gold Medals in Greco-Roman: Asian Games". Tasnim News Agency. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[8] "Asian Games 2018: Turkmenistan wrestler doping case puts wrestling under pressure". The Hindu. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.