Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:TUR
Nocname:Turkish National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1928
Website: 
Location:Amsterdam
Competitors:31
Sports:6
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Officials:Selim Sırrı Tarcan
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

31 competitors participated at six sports branches of athletics, cycling, fencing, football, weightlifting and wrestling.[1]

In the Amsterdam Olympics, Turkey received fourth place for the first time ever. Tayyar Yalaz was the Turkish Olympian, whose name was listed in the official table of honor, which lists six best contestants in each event. He wrestled in the 67 kg division of Greco-Roman style to come in fourth.[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's 100 m flat

Men's 800 m flat

Men's 1500 m flat

Men's Running high jump

Men's 400 m relay

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Track races

1 km against time

1 km scratch

4 km pursuit race

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Football

See main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The soccer team was beaten 7-1 by Egypt on May 28, 1928. Alaeddin scored Turkey's only goal. For Egypt, Moktar El-Tetch scored 3, Gamil El-Zobair scored one, Mohamed Houda scored 2, and Ali Reyadh scored one.

Team: Muhlis S., Ulvi Z., Burhan I., Şükrü H., Osman S., Alaeddin E., Nafız O., Latif Y., Cevad R., Mehmet S., Kemal F., Kadri D., Nihat A., Sabih M., Bedri H., Bekir R., Zeki R., İsmet S., Feyzi R., Şevki M.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Featherweight

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Greco-Roman style

Bantamweight (- 58 kg)

Featherweight (58 – 62 kg)

Lightweight (62 - 67.5 kg)

Middleweight (67.5 – 75 kg)

Light heavyweight (75 - 82.5 kg)

Heavyweight (+ 82.5 kg)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Turkey at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TUR/summer/1928/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-04-25 . sports-reference.com.
  2. http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313E603BF9486D4371D03F62AD22E1A9C73 Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey