Turkey at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

Turkey at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish Olympic Committee
in Split, Yugoslavia
Competitors	188 in 25 sports
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 5 Silver 5 Bronze 14 Total 24
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
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Turkey competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979. A total of 188 Turkish athletes participated, winning 5 gold, 5 silver and 14 bronze medals to finish 6th in the medal table.

Medals

Medal	Athlete	Sport	Event
Gold	Salih Bora	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Gold	Nurettin Kurt	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg
Gold	Şenol Tenekecioğlu	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg
Gold	Halil Aras	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg
Gold	Hüseyin Çokal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle +100 kg
Silver	Necmi Akkoyun	Boxing	Men's 51 kg
Silver	Ömer Sakızcı	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg
Silver	Muhammet Oruç	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg
Silver	Erol Mutlu	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Silver	Kenan Ege	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg
Bronze	Mehmet Terzi	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	Selami Karakelle	Boxing	Men's 75 kg
Bronze	Bülent Angın	Boxing	Men's 54 kg
Bronze	Mehmet Ali Öztürk	Boxing	Men's +81 kg
Bronze	Mehmet Serhat Karadağ	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
Bronze	Hüseyin Yalınkılıç	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 68 kg
Bronze	Osman Uzun	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Bronze	Polat Aydın	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Bronze	Mehmet Donbay	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Bronze	Harun Akkaya	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Bronze	Ahmet Özdemir	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Süheyl Yeşilnur	Judo	Men's 78 kg
Bronze	Kamil Korucu	Judo	Men's +95 kg
Bronze	Turkey team	Table tennis	Men's team

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Boxing	0	1	3	4
Wrestling	5	4	5	14
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Judo	0	0	3	3
Table tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	5	5	14	24

References

• 1979 Mediterranean Games Results (official report, archived)