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Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
TUR

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Competitors
  
43 in 8 sports

Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Turkish National Olympic Committee

Website
  
olimpiyat.org.tr (English) (Turkish)

MedalsRanked 33rd
  
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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.

Contents

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
  • Mevlüt Bora
  • Erol Küçükbakırcı
  • Ali Hüryılmaz
  • Seyit Kırmızı
  • 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
  • Özman Gıraud
  • Güneş Yunus
  • Swimming

    Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Feridun Aybars
  • Heat — 59.32s (→ did not advance)
  • References

    Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wikipedia


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