There are 2 years left until the start of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA, where 351 medals will be competed in 36 sports.
According to the statement of the Turkish National Olympic Committee (TMOK), Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympic Games for the third time after 1932 and 1984, with the organization to be held between 14-30 July 2028.
It will be the third city to achieve this feat, after Los Angeles, Paris and London.
With 5 new branches added to the program by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), baseball/softball, cricket and lacrosse will return to the Olympic program in Los Angeles in 2028, while squash and flag football will take part in the Olympics for the first time.
The number of female athletes will exceed the number of male athletes in Los Angeles in 2028
Los Angeles 2028 will also make Olympic history for female athletes.
More quotas will be allocated for female athletes than men in the organization, and for the first time in Olympic history, the number of female athletes will exceed the number of male athletes.
While the number of teams in women's football will increase to 16, 12 teams will compete in men's football. The number of men's and women's teams will be equal in water polo, a new weight class will be added for women in boxing, and mixed team competitions will be held in many branches.
The games will also feature an ever-changing dynamic visual identity instead of a fixed logo for the first time in Olympic history. The opening ceremony will be held jointly at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium, and the closing ceremony will be hosted by the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
In Los Angeles 2028, women's football will be expanded to a record 16 teams, while men's football will be organized with 12 teams, consistent with previous Olympic games. For the first time in Olympic history, the football tournament will feature more women's teams than men's teams.
For the first time, there will be 12 teams each for men and women in water polo. In boxing, a new weight class will be added for women and thus there will be 7 weight classes for both men and women.
3x3 basketball will be organized with the participation of 12 women's and 12 men's teams. Contrary to Olympic tradition, athletics races will be held in the first week and swimming races will be held in the second week.
Türkiye's Olympic journey started with the participation of gymnast Aleko Mulos in the 1908 London Olympic Games, and as the Republic of Türkiye, it took part in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games for the first time.
Türkiye, which has achieved many historical successes in its Olympic journey of more than 118 years, competed in the Summer Olympic Games with 902 athletes and was represented in 25 different sports branches.
The first medal in the Olympic history of Turkish sports was the bronze medal won by Ahmet Kireççi in freestyle wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, while the first Olympic gold medal came from Yaşar Erkan in Greco-Roman wrestling at the same games.
While Hülya Şenyurt won the first Olympic medal for female athletes with a bronze medal in judo in Barcelona 1992, the first Olympic gold medal for women was won by Nurcan Taylan in Athens 2004.
Türkiye has won a total of 112 medals in the Summer Olympic Games it has participated in so far. 41 of these medals were recorded as gold, 30 as silver and 41 as bronze. The most successful sport in Türkiye's Olympic history is wrestling with 68 medals, followed by weightlifting with 11 medals and boxing and taekwondo with 10 medals.
At Paris 2024, Türkiye won a total of 8 medals, 3 silver and 5 bronze.
Los Angeles is on the way to 2028. Istanbul 2027 European Games are important
While national athletes continue their fight for quota on the road to Los Angeles 2028, one of the most important stops in this process will be the Istanbul 2027 European Games to be hosted by Türkiye.
There will be 26 sports branches, 22 of which will be Olympic, at the Istanbul 2027 European Games (16-27 June).
Los Angeles will be offered quota opportunities in 21 of the Olympic branches, either directly or through a points system. Beyond being Europe's largest multi-sport organization, Istanbul 2027 is a critical preparation and quota process for the Olympics.
Sports fans who want to buy Los Angeles 2028 tickets must first complete the pre-registration process by creating a profile on the official ticket platform "Official LA28 Tickets".