Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Turkey at the
1928 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websiteolimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Amsterdam
Competitors31 in 6 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
OfficialsSelim Sırrı Tarcan
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

31 competitors participated at six sports branches of athletics, cycling, fencing, football, weightlifting and wrestling.[1]

In the Amsterdam Olympics, Turkey received fourth place for the first time ever. Tayyar Yalaz was the Turkish Olympian, whose name was listed in the official table of honor, which lists six best contestants in each event. He wrestled in the 67 kg division of Greco-Roman style to come in fourth.[2]

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 m flat

  • Mehmet Ali Aybar - Preliminary contest (1st round) 5th series, eliminated
  • Semih Turkdogan - Preliminary contest (1st round) 6th series, eliminated
  • Sinasi Sahingiray - Preliminary contest (1st round) 10th series, eliminated
  • Enis H. - Preliminary contest (1st round) 16th series, eliminated

Men's 800 m flat

  • Ömer Besim Kosalay - Preliminary contest 6th series, eliminated

Men's 1500 m flat

  • Ömer Besim Kosalay - Preliminary contest 4th series, eliminated

Men's Running high jump

Men's 400 m relay

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Track races

1 km against time

1 km scratch

  • Cavit Cav - Requalifying races 4th series, eliminated

4 km pursuit race

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Football
Turkey National Football Team squad on 28 May 1928.
Coin toss between Turkey and Egypt captains on 28 May 1928.
Main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The soccer team was beaten 7-1 by Egypt on May 28, 1928. Alaeddin scored Turkey's only goal. For Egypt, Moktar El-Tetch scored 3, Gamil El-Zobair scored one, Mohamed Houda scored 2, and Ali Reyadh scored one.

Team: Muhlis S., Ulvi Z., Burhan I., Şükrü H., Osman S., Alaeddin E., Nafız O., Latif Y., Cevad R., Mehmet S., Kemal F., Kadri D., Nihat A., Sabih M., Bedri H., Bekir R., Zeki R., İsmet S., Feyzi R., Şevki M.

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Featherweight

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman style

Bantamweight (- 58 kg)

  • Burhan Conker - 2nd round, eliminated

Featherweight (58 – 62 kg)

  • Saim Arikan - 4th round, eliminated

Lightweight (62 - 67.5 kg)

Middleweight (67.5 – 75 kg)

Light heavyweight (75 - 82.5 kg)

  • Şefik Ahmet Yigner - 2nd round, eliminated

Heavyweight (+ 82.5 kg)

References
  1. "Turkey at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  2. Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey
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