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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

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

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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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Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists, all male, represented Turkey in 1948

Individual road race
Team road race

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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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

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Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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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  Viitala (FIN)
L 1–2 		 Baudric (FRA)
W 3–0 		 Johansson (SWE)
W Fall 		 Raeisi (IRI)
W 3–0 		Bye — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Adil Candemir Middleweight  Arthur (AUS)
W Fall 		 Vachon (CAN)
W 2–1 		 Bowey (GBR)
W Fall 		 Brand (USA)
L Fall 		Bye — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mehmet Oktav Featherweight Bye  Talosela (FIN)
W 3–0 		 Anderberg (SWE)
W Fall 		 Kandil (EGY)
W 3–0 		 Weidner (AUT)
W 2–1 		Bye 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Art competitions

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Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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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