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Turkey at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Turkey at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Munich
Competitors	43 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Gıyasettin Yılmaz
Medals; Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 43 competitors, 42 men and 1 woman, took part in 43 events in 8 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Vehbi Akdağ	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Featherweight

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Mehmet Tümkan

Heat — 1:49.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

Mehmet Tümkan

Heat — 3:44.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

Hikmet Şen

Heat — 14:26.0 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Arif Doğru

First Round — Lost to Davey Armstrong (USA), 1:4

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Kemal Sonunur

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Constantin Gruescu (ROM), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Mehmet Kumova

First Round — Lost to Mayaki Seydou (NIG), 2:3

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Turkey in 1972.

Individual road race

Ali Hüryılmaz — 73rd place
Mevlüt Boradid not finish (→ no ranking)
Rıfat Çalışkan — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Haluk Günözgen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

Fencing

Four fencers, three men and one woman, represented Turkey in 1972.

Men's foil

Bülent Erdem

Men's épée

Ali Tayla

Men's sabre

Mehmet Akpınar

Women's foil

Özden Ezinler

Shooting

Four male shooters represented Turkey in 1972.

50 m rifle, three positions

Mehmet Dursun

50 m rifle, prone

Mehmet Dursun

Trap

Fettah Güney

Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Feridun Aybars

Heat — 59.32s (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Gıyasettin Yılmaz". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Turkey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

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[1] "Gıyasettin Yılmaz". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[sports-reference-2] "Turkey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

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Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics