Turkey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the
1948 Summer Olympics
File:Flag of Turkey.svg
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in London
Competitors58 in 7 sports
Flag bearerMuharrem Candaş[1]
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
6
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 58 competitors, 57 men and one woman, took part in 42 events in seven sports.[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nasuh Akar Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight 31 July
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gazanfer Bilge Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight 31 July
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Celal Atik Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight 31 July
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yasar Dogu Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight 31 July
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight 6 August
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mehmet Oktav Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight 6 August
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Halit Balamir Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight 31 July
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Adil Candemir Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight 31 July
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kenan Olcay Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight 6 August
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Muhlis Tayfur Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight 6 August
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ruhi Sarıalp Athletics Men's triple jump 3 August
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Halil Kaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 6 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists, all male, represented Turkey in 1948

Individual road race
Team road race

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, all men, represented Turkey in 1948.

Men's foil
  • Nihat Balkan
  • Nejat Tulgar
Men's sabre
  • Sabri Tezcan
  • Rıza Arseven
  • Merih Sezen
Men's team sabre
  • Merih Sezen, Nihat Balkan, Rıza Arseven, Sabri Tezcan, Vural Balcan

Football

Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[3]
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Rank
Halit Balamir Flyweight File:Flag of Finland.svg Viitala (FIN)
L 1–2 		File:Flag of France.svg Baudric (FRA)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Johansson (SWE)
W Fall 		File:State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg Raeisi (IRI)
W 3–0 		Bye — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nasuh Akar Bantamweight File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg May (CAN)
W Fall 		File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Wenger (SUI)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Persson (SWE)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Trimpont (BEL)
W Fall 		File:Flag of France.svg Kouyos (FRA)
W Fall 		File:US flag 48 stars.svg Leeman (USA)
W Fall 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gazanfer Bilge Featherweight File:State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg Saadian (IRI)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Tóth (HUN)
W Fall 		File:Flag of France.svg Jouaville (FRA)
W Fall 		File:US flag 48 stars.svg Moore (USA)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Finland.svg Hietala (FIN)
W Fall 		Bye File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sjölin (SWE)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Celal Atik Lightweight File:US flag 48 stars.svg Koll (USA)
W Fall 		File:Flag of India.svg Singh (IND)
W Fall 		File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Ries (RSA)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Finland.svg Leppänen (FIN)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Italy.svg Nizzola (ITA)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Frändfors (SWE)
W Fall 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yaşar Doğu Welterweight File:Flag of India.svg Bhargava (IND)
W Fall 		File:State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg Zandi (IRI)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1953).svg Moustafa (EGY)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Sóvári (HUN)
W Fall 		Bye File:US flag 48 stars.svg Merrill (USA)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Australia.svg Garrard (AUS)
W Fall 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Adil Candemir Middleweight File:Flag of Australia.svg Arthur (AUS)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Vachon (CAN)
W 2–1 		File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Bowey (GBR)
W Fall 		File:US flag 48 stars.svg Brand (USA)
L Fall 		Bye — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Muharrem Candaş Light heavyweight File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Istaz (BEL)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Finland.svg Mellavuo (FIN)
W 3–0 		Bye File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stöckli (SUI)
L 1–2 		File:US flag 48 stars.svg Wittenberg (USA)
L Fall 		Did not advance 4
Sadik Esen Heavyweight File:Flag of Sweden.svg Antonsson (SWE)
L 0–3 		File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lardon (SUI)
W 3–0 		Bye File:Flag of Australia.svg Armstrong (AUS)
L Fall 		Did not advance 4
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Rank
Kenan Olcay Flyweight File:Flag of Norway.svg Clausen (NOR)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Denmark.svg Thomsen (DEN)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1953).svg Abdel-El (EGY)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Szilágyi (HUN)
L 1–2 		Bye File:Flag of Italy.svg Lombardi (ITA)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Halil Kaya Bantamweight File:Flag of France.svg Arenzana (FRA)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Biris (GRE)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Bencze (HUN)
L 0–3 		Bye File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1953).svg Hassan (EGY)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mehmet Oktav Featherweight Bye File:Flag of Finland.svg Talosela (FIN)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Anderberg (SWE)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1953).svg Kandil (EGY)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Austria.svg Weidner (AUT)
W 2–1 		Bye 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ahmet Şenol Lightweight File:Flag of France.svg Falaux (FRA)
W 2–1 		File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Myland (GBR)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Damage (LBN)
L 0–3 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Freij (SWE)
L Fall 		Did not advance 6
Ali Özdemir Welterweight File:Flag of Finland.svg Männikkö (FIN)
L 0–3 		Retired 16
Muhlis Tayfur Middleweight File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Groot (NED)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Bolzi (ARG)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Austria.svg Vogel (AUT)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Finland.svg Kinnunen (FIN)
L 0–3 		Bye File:Flag of Sweden.svg Grönberg (SWE)
L 0–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak Light heavyweight File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Ramírez (ARG)
W 3–0 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Nilsson (SWE)
L 0–3 		File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Richmond (GBR)
L Fall 		Did not advance 8
Ahmet Kireççi Heavyweight File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Inderbitzin (SUI)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Nilsson (SWE)
W Fall 		File:Flag of Finland.svg Kangasniemi (FIN)
W 3–0 		Bye File:Flag of Italy.svg Fantoni (ITA)
W 3–0 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ↑ "Flagbearers for Türkiye". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Turkey at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 689–696. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

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