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Turkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Berlin
Competitors	48 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Saim Polatkan
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 48 competitors, 46 men and 2 women, took part in 26 events in 7 sports. Turkey won its first-ever Olympic medals at these games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Yaşar Erkan	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Bronze	Ahmet Kireççi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight

Basketball

First Round

Chile 30,  Turkey 16

Scoring by half: 15–5, 15–11

First consolation round

Egypt 33,  Turkey 23

Scoring by half: 19–14, 14–9

Cycling

Four cyclists, all male, represented Turkey in 1936

Individual road race

• Kazım Bingen
• Kirkor Canbazyan
• Orhan Suda
• Talat Tunçalp

Team road race

• Kazım Bingen
• Kirkor Canbazyan
• Orhan Suda
• Talat Tunçalp

Equestrian

Fencing

Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Turkey in 1936.

Men's sabre

• Enver Balkan
• Orhan Adaş
• Cihat Teğin

Men's team sabre

• Ilhami Çene, Enver Balkan, Cihat Teğin, Abdul Halim Tokmakçioğlu, Orhan Adaş

Women's foil

• Suat Aşani
• Halet Çambel

Football

Round of 16

Turkey	0–4	Norway
	Report	Martinsen 30', 70' Brustad 53' Kvammen 80'

Sailing

Wrestling

References

1. "Flagbearers for Türkiye". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
2. "Turkey at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
3. "Yaşar Erkan". Olympics.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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