Turkey at the 1955 Mediterranean Games | |
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IOC code | TUR |
NOC | Turkish Olympic Committee |
in Barcelona, Spain | |
Competitors | 40 in 5 sports |
Medals Ranked 5th |
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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.
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]
Medal | Athlete | Sport | Event |
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![]() | Ekrem Koçak | Athletics | Men's 800 m |
![]() | Ekrem Koçak | Athletics | Men's 1500 m |
![]() | Ahmet Bilek | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg |
![]() | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg |
![]() | Rıza Doğan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg |
![]() | Bekir Büke | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 79 kg |
![]() | Süleyman Baştimur | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg |
![]() | Hamit Kaplan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman +87 kg |
![]() | Cahit Önel | Athletics | Men's 1500 m |
![]() | Osman Coşgül | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
![]() | Tonguç Tursan | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
![]() | Erturan Haydar | Athletics | Men's marathon |
![]() | Çetin Şahiner | Athletics | Men's high jump |
![]() | Tevfik Yüce | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Athletics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Wrestling | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Rowing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |