Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TUR
Nocname:	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Website:
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	43
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Gıyasettin Yılmaz^[1]
Rank:	33
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	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]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• 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)

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

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Feridun Aybars

• Heat - 59.32s (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gıyasettin Yılmaz . olympedia.org . 8 January 2024.
2. Web site: Turkey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TUR/summer/1972/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-02-21 . sports-reference.com.