Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg
IOC code TUR
NOC Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website olimpiyat.org.tr  (in English and Turkish)
in Amsterdam
Competitors31 in 6 sports
Officials Selim Sırrı Tarcan
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1908 and not participating in 1920.

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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

Men's 100 m flat

Men's 800 m flat

Men's 1500 m flat

Men's Running high jump

Men's 400 m relay

Cycling

Track races

1 km against time

1 km scratch

4 km pursuit race

Fencing

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Football

Turkey National Football Team on 28 May 1928. Egypt-Turkey 1928 Summer Olympics.jpg
Turkey National Football Team on 28 May 1928.
Coin toss between Turkey and Egypt captains on 28 May 1928. Sport, Olympische Spelen 1928, Amsterdam, Voetbal Egypte-Turkije (uitslag 7-1) Opname de toss, SFA006003328.jpg
Coin toss between Turkey and Egypt captains on 28 May 1928.

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

Featherweight

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman style

Bantamweight (- 58 kg)

Featherweight (58 – 62 kg)

Lightweight (62 - 67.5 kg)

Middleweight (67.5 – 75 kg)

Light heavyweight (75 - 82.5 kg)

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