Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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in
Melbourne
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,
Australia
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and
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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(
equestrian events).
Medalists
Competitors
Equestrian
Bedri Böke,
Nail Gönenli
Nail G̦nenli (13 April 1924 Р1969) was a Turkish equestrian. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known a ...
, Arslan Güneş,
Fethi Gürcan
Fethi Gürcan (1922 – 27 June 1964) was a Turkish major and equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Gürcan graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1943 with the rank of cavalry lieutenant. Having succe ...
;
Salih Koç
Salih Ko̤ (18 June 1917 Р17 May 2000) was a Turkish equestrian. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Oly ...
,
Wrestling
Hüseyin Akbaş,
Adil Atan
Adil Atan ( Abkhaz: name Twanba, 1 January 1929 – 18 April 1989) was a Turkish wrestler. He was born in Adapazarı in the Sakarya Province. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. ...
,
İsmet Atlı
İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics ...
, Mithat Bayrak, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Rıza Doğan, Dursun Ali Eğribaş,
Adil Güngör
Ramazan Adil Güngör (born 1931) is a Turkish wrestler. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 ...
, Hamit Kaplan,
,
Bayram Åžit
Bayram Şit (1930 – 29 May 2019) was a Turkish featherweight freestyle wrestler and coach. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, placing fourth in 1956. He also won a silver medal at the 1954 World Championshi ...
,
Yaşar Yılmaz
Yaşar Yılmaz (born 4 March 1930) is a Turkish former Olympian sports wrestler in the Bantamweight and Featherweight division of Men's Greco-Roman style. He won three times the silver medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in 1955, ...
, Ä°brahim Zengin
[Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956, pp. 730–760]
digitised version at LA84.com
Notes
References
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956
Events
January
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1956 in Turkish sport
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