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Turkey at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in London
Competitors58 in 7 sports
Flag bearerMuharrem Candaş[1]
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
6
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 58 competitors, 57 men and one woman, took part in 42 events in seven sports.[2]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Nasuh Akar Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight 31 July
 Gold Gazanfer Bilge Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight 31 July
 Gold Celal Atik Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight 31 July
 Gold Yasar Dogu Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight 31 July
 Gold Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight 6 August
 Gold Mehmet Oktav Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight 6 August
 Silver Halit Balamir Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight 31 July
 Silver Adil Candemir Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight 31 July
 Silver Kenan Olcay Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight 6 August
 Silver Muhlis Tayfur Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight 6 August
 Bronze Ruhi Sarıalp Athletics Men's triple jump 3 August
 Bronze Halil Kaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 6 August

Athletics

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Cycling

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Four cyclists, all male, represented Turkey in 1948

Individual road race
Team road race

Equestrian

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Fencing

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Six fencers, all men, represented Turkey in 1948.

Men's foil
  • Nihat Balkan
  • Nejat Tulgar
Men's sabre
  • Sabri Tezcan
  • Rıza Arseven
  • Merih Sezen
Men's team sabre
  • Merih Sezen, Nihat Balkan, Rıza Arseven, Sabri Tezcan, Vural Balcan

Football

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Wrestling

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Men's freestyle[3]
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Rank
Halit Balamir Flyweight  Viitala (FIN)
L 1–2
 Baudric (FRA)
W 3–0
 Johansson (SWE)
W Fall
 Raeisi (IRI)
W 3–0
Bye 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nasuh Akar Bantamweight  May (CAN)
W Fall
 Wenger (SUI)
W 3–0
 Persson (SWE)
W 3–0
 Trimpont (BEL)
W Fall
 Kouyos (FRA)
W Fall
 Leeman (USA)
W Fall
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gazanfer Bilge Featherweight  Saadian (IRI)
W Fall
 Tóth (HUN)
W Fall
 Jouaville (FRA)
W Fall
 Moore (USA)
W Fall
 Hietala (FIN)
W Fall
Bye  Sjölin (SWE)
W 3–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Celal Atik Lightweight  Koll (USA)
W Fall
 Singh (IND)
W Fall
 Ries (RSA)
W Fall
 Leppänen (FIN)
W 3–0
 Nizzola (ITA)
W Fall
 Frändfors (SWE)
W Fall
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yaşar Doğu Welterweight  Bhargava (IND)
W Fall
 Zandi (IRI)
W Fall
 Moustafa (EGY)
W Fall
 Sóvári (HUN)
W Fall
Bye  Merrill (USA)
W 3–0
 Garrard (AUS)
W Fall
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Adil Candemir Middleweight  Arthur (AUS)
W Fall
 Vachon (CAN)
W 2–1
 Bowey (GBR)
W Fall
 Brand (USA)
L Fall
Bye 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Muharrem Candaş Light heavyweight  Istaz (BEL)
W 3–0
 Mellavuo (FIN)
W 3–0
Bye  Stöckli (SUI)
L 1–2
 Wittenberg (USA)
L Fall
Did not advance 4
Sadik Esen Heavyweight  Antonsson (SWE)
L 0–3
 Lardon (SUI)
W 3–0
Bye  Armstrong (AUS)
L Fall
Did not advance 4
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Rank
Kenan Olcay Flyweight  Clausen (NOR)
W 3–0
 Thomsen (DEN)
W 3–0
 Abdel-El (EGY)
W Fall
 Szilágyi (HUN)
L 1–2
Bye  Lombardi (ITA)
L 1–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Halil Kaya Bantamweight  Arenzana (FRA)
W Fall
 Biris (GRE)
W Fall
 Bencze (HUN)
L 0–3
Bye  Hassan (EGY)
L 0–3
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mehmet Oktav Featherweight Bye  Talosela (FIN)
W 3–0
 Anderberg (SWE)
W Fall
 Kandil (EGY)
W 3–0
 Weidner (AUT)
W 2–1
Bye 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ahmet Şenol Lightweight  Falaux (FRA)
W 2–1
 Myland (GBR)
W Fall
 Damage (LBN)
L 0–3
 Freij (SWE)
L Fall
Did not advance 6
Ali Özdemir Welterweight  Männikkö (FIN)
L 0–3
Retired 16
Muhlis Tayfur Middleweight  Groot (NED)
W 3–0
 Bolzi (ARG)
W Fall
 Vogel (AUT)
W Fall
 Kinnunen (FIN)
L 0–3
Bye  Grönberg (SWE)
L 0–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak Light heavyweight  Ramírez (ARG)
W 3–0
 Nilsson (SWE)
L 0–3
 Richmond (GBR)
L Fall
Did not advance 8
Ahmet Kireççi Heavyweight  Inderbitzin (SUI)
W Fall
 Nilsson (SWE)
W Fall
 Kangasniemi (FIN)
W 3–0
Bye  Fantoni (ITA)
W 3–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Art competitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Türkiye". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Turkey at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  3. ^ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 689–696. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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