Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

Athletics

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

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Arif Doğru

* 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)

• Mehmet Kumova

* First Round — Lost to Mayaki Seydou (NIG), 2:3

Cycling

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

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

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

• Faruk Morkal

• Feridun Aybars

Men’s 100m Freestyle — Heat — 59.32s (→ did not advance)

Men’s 100m Butterfly

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database