Turkey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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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]

Turkey at the
1948 Summer Olympics
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

Medalists

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

Athletics

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Cycling

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Four cyclists, all male, represented Turkey in 1948

Individual road race
Team road race

Equestrian

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Fencing

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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

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Wrestling

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Men's freestyle[3]
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Rank
Halit Balamir Flyweight   Viitala (FIN)
L 1–2
  Baudric (FRA)
W 3–0
  Johansson (SWE)
W Fall
  Raeisi (IRI)
W 3–0
Bye  
Nasuh Akar Bantamweight   May (CAN)
W Fall
  Wenger (SUI)
W 3–0
  Persson (SWE)
W 3–0
  Trimpont (BEL)
W Fall
  Kouyos (FRA)
W Fall
  Leeman (USA)
W Fall
 
Gazanfer Bilge Featherweight   Saadian (IRI)
W Fall
  Tóth (HUN)
W Fall
  Jouaville (FRA)
W Fall
  Moore (USA)
W Fall
  Hietala (FIN)
W Fall
Bye   Sjölin (SWE)
W 3–0
 
Celal Atik Lightweight   Koll (USA)
W Fall
  Singh (IND)
W Fall
  Ries (RSA)
W Fall
  Leppänen (FIN)
W 3–0
  Nizzola (ITA)
W Fall
  Frändfors (SWE)
W Fall
 
Yaşar Doğu Welterweight   Bhargava (IND)
W Fall
  Zandi (IRI)
W Fall
  Moustafa (EGY)
W Fall
  Sóvári (HUN)
W Fall
Bye   Merrill (USA)
W 3–0
  Garrard (AUS)
W Fall
 
Adil Candemir Middleweight   Arthur (AUS)
W Fall
  Vachon (CAN)
W 2–1
  Bowey (GBR)
W Fall
  Brand (USA)
L Fall
Bye  
Muharrem Candaş Light heavyweight   Istaz (BEL)
W 3–0
  Mellavuo (FIN)
W 3–0
Bye   Stöckli (SUI)
L 1–2
  Wittenberg (USA)
L Fall
Did not advance 4
Sadik Esen Heavyweight   Antonsson (SWE)
L 0–3
  Lardon (SUI)
W 3–0
Bye   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   Clausen (NOR)
W 3–0
  Thomsen (DEN)
W 3–0
  Abdel-El (EGY)
W Fall
  Szilágyi (HUN)
L 1–2
Bye   Lombardi (ITA)
L 1–2
 
Halil Kaya Bantamweight   Arenzana (FRA)
W Fall
  Biris (GRE)
W Fall
  Bencze (HUN)
L 0–3
Bye   Hassan (EGY)
L 0–3
Did not advance  
Mehmet Oktav Featherweight Bye   Talosela (FIN)
W 3–0
  Anderberg (SWE)
W Fall
  Kandil (EGY)
W 3–0
  Weidner (AUT)
W 2–1
Bye  
Ahmet Şenol Lightweight   Falaux (FRA)
W 2–1
  Myland (GBR)
W Fall
  Damage (LBN)
L 0–3
  Freij (SWE)
L Fall
Did not advance 6
Ali Özdemir Welterweight   Männikkö (FIN)
L 0–3
Retired 16
Muhlis Tayfur Middleweight   Groot (NED)
W 3–0
  Bolzi (ARG)
W Fall
  Vogel (AUT)
W Fall
  Kinnunen (FIN)
L 0–3
Bye   Grönberg (SWE)
L 0–3
 
Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak Light heavyweight   Ramírez (ARG)
W 3–0
  Nilsson (SWE)
L 0–3
  Richmond (GBR)
L Fall
Did not advance 8
Ahmet Kireççi Heavyweight   Inderbitzin (SUI)
W Fall
  Nilsson (SWE)
W Fall
  Kangasniemi (FIN)
W 3–0
Bye   Fantoni (ITA)
W 3–0
 

Art competitions

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References

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  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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