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 MedalName SportEvent Vehbi Akdağ Wrestling Men's Freestyle Featherweight
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