Turkey at the 1955 Mediterranean Games

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Turkey at the
1955 Mediterranean Games
Flag of Turkey.svg
IOC code TUR
NOC Turkish Olympic Committee
in Barcelona, Spain
Competitors40 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
8
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
14
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)

Turkey participated in the 1955 Mediterranean Games held in Barcelona, Spain, from 16 to 25 July 1955, with a delegation of 40 male athletes. Turkey won a total of 14 medals, including 8 gold, and finished fifth in the overall medal table.

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Turkish athletes competed in athletics, basketball, fencing, wrestling, and rowing at the Games. [1] In Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the only wrestling style contested, Turkey entered eight wrestlers and claimed six gold and one bronze medal, finishing first in the team standings in this discipline. [2]

Medals

MedalAthleteSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ekrem Koçak Athletics Men's 800 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ekrem Koçak Athletics Men's 1500 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ahmet Bilek Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rıza Doğan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bekir Büke Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 79 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Süleyman Baştimur Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +87 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cahit Önel Athletics Men's 1500 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Osman Coşgül Athletics Men's 5000 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tonguç Tursan Rowing Men's single sculls
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Erturan Haydar Athletics Men's marathon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Çetin Şahiner Athletics Men's high jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tevfik Yüce Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics 2226
Wrestling 6017
Rowing 0101
Total83314

References

  1. "İkinci Akdeniz Oyunları dün başladı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 17 July 1955. p. 8.
  2. "Güreş takımımız şampiyon oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 20 July 1955. p. 8.