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Sporting event delegation
Turkey at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Flag bearerHamit Kaplan
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Mithat Bayrak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
 Gold Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Freestyle Bantamweight
 Gold Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight
 Silver Rıza Doğan Wrestling Greco-Roman Lightweight
 Silver İbrahim Zengin Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight
 Bronze Dursun Ali Eğribaş Wrestling Greco-Roman Flyweight
 Bronze Hüseyin Akbaş Wrestling Freestyle Flyweight

Competitors

Equestrian

Bedri Böke, Nail Gönenli, Arslan Güneş, Fethi Gürcan; Salih Koç, Kemal Özçelik

Wrestling

Hüseyin Akbaş, Adil Atan, İsmet Atlı, Mithat Bayrak, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Rıza Doğan, Dursun Ali Eğribaş, Adil Güngör, Hamit Kaplan, Müzahir Sille, Bayram Şit, Yaşar Yılmaz, İbrahim Zengin

Notes

  1. otherwise Alparslan or Alpaslan Güneş

References

  1. "Hamit Kaplan". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. "Alpaslan Güneş". olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad: Ryttarolympiaden, Stockholm 1956: En återblick i ord och bild - Official Report 1956 Equestrian, pp. 262–263 (digitised version at LA84.com)
  4. Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956, pp. 730–760 (digitised version at LA84.com)
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
Africa
America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)
Turkey at the Olympics
Summer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
Intercalated Games1906
Turkey did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott. 


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