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Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Munich
Competitors43 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Gıyasettin Yılmaz[1]
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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

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

Athletics

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Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:49.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:44.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 14:26.0 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Cycling

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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

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

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Women's foil

Shooting

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Four male shooters represented Turkey in 1972.

50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

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Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 59.32s (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Gıyasettin Yılmaz". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  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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