Turkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	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.^[2] Turkey won its first-ever Olympic medals at these games.^[3]

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

7 August 1936
16:00

Report, p. 1078

Chile 30, Turkey 16
Scoring by half: 15–5, 15–11

Tennis Courts, Court 2
Referees: E. Ghirimoldi (Italy), Ch. Perschon (Germany), W. Balzereit (Germany)

First consolation round

8 August 1936
17:00

Report, p. 1079

Egypt 33, Turkey 23
Scoring by half: 19–14, 14–9

Tennis Courts, Court 1
Referees: M. Creux (France), J, Christensen (Germany), H. Kalshaus (Germany)

Cycling

Four cyclists, all male, represented Turkey in 1936

Individual road race

Team road race

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

Football

Round of 16

3 August 1936

17:30

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

Mommsenstadion, Berlin

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy)

Sailing

Wrestling

References

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

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[1] "Flagbearers for Türkiye". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[sports-reference-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.

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