Turkey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.^[1]

Turkey at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Rome
Competitors	49 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Nuri Turan
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 7 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 9
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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Müzahir Sille	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Gold	Mithat Bayrak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Gold	Tevfik Kis	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Gold	Ahmet Bilek	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Gold	Mustafa Dagistanli	Wrestling	Freestyle Featherweight
Gold	Hasan Güngör	Wrestling	Freestyle Middleweight
Gold	Ismet Atli	Wrestling	Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Silver	Ismail Ogan	Wrestling	Freestyle Welterweight
Silver	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Freestyle Heavyweight

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	10	3	13
Equestrian	3		3
Football	14		14
Wrestling	16		16
Sailing	1		1
Swimming	2		2
Total	46	3	49

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle^[2]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Final round	Rank
Ahmet Bilek	52 kg	Matsubara (JPN) W Points	Simons (USA) W Fall	Aliyev (URS) W Points	Nawab (PAK) W Fall	Neff (EUA) W Fall	Seifpour (IRI) W Points
Hüseyin Akbaş	57 kg	Yaghoubi (IRI) D Points	Shakhov (URS) L Points	Jaskari (FIN) L Fall	Did not advance				14
Mustafa Dağıstanlı	62 kg	Penttilä (FIN) W Points	Marte (AUT) W Fall	Kellermann (HUN) W Fall	Mewis (BEL) W Points	Akhtar (PAK) W Fall	Sato (JPN) D Points	Kolev (BUL) W Points
Hayrullah Şahin	67 kg	Stamulus (AUS) W Fall	Tajiki (IRI) L Points	Nizzola (ITA) D Points	Did not advance				8
İsmail Ogan	73 kg	Balavadze (URS) W Points	Heinze (EUA) W Points	Chand (IND) W Fall	Villiers (RSA) W Points	Kaneko (JPN) W Points	Bashir (PAK) W Points	Blubaugh (USA) L Points
Hasan Güngör	79 kg	Graffigna (ARG) W Fall	Gardzhev (BUL) W Points	Mahdizadeh (IRI) D Points	Hollósi (HUN) W Points			DeWitt (USA) W Fall
İsmet Atlı	87 kg	Kostov (BUL) W Points	Steckle (CAN) W Points	Holzherr (SUI) W Points	Albul (URS) W Points	Palm (SWE) W Points		Takhti (IRI) W Points
Hamit Kaplan	+87 kg	Sosnowski (POL) W Fall	Akhmedov (BUL) D Points	Nazir (PAK) W Fall	Kerslake (USA) W Points	Dzarasov (URS) D Points		Dietrich (EUA) D Points

Men's Greco-Roman^[3]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Final round	Rank
Kazim Gedik	52 kg	Kochergin (URS) L Fall	Pârvulescu (ROU) L Fall	Did not advance					17
Yaşar Yılmaz	57 kg	El-Sayed (UAR) W Points	Lauchle (USA) W Fall	Dubier (FRA) W Points	Ichiguchi (JPN) L Points			Petrov (BUL) D Points	5
Müzahir Sille	62 kg	Neumair (EUA) W Points	Macioch (POL) W Points	Freij (SWE) W Fall	Mansour (UAR) W Fall	Şulţ (ROU) L Points		Polyák (HUN) W Points
Adil Güngör	67 kg	Seger (EUA) W Points	Brötzner (AUT) D Points	Gondzik (POL) D Points	Gheorghe (ROU) D Points	Did not advance			5
Mithat Bayrak	73 kg	Horvat (YUG) W Points	Berger (AUT) W Fall	Nyström (SWE) W Points	Rizmayer (HUN) W Points	Hamarnik (URS) D Points	Maritschnigg (EUA) W Fall	Schiermeyer (FRA) W Points
Kazım Ayvaz	79 kg	Magnani (ITA) W Points	Schummer (LUX) W Fall	Hazrati (IRI) W Points	Kormaník (TCH) W Fall	Dubicki (POL) D Points	Dobrev (BUL) L Points	Ţăranu (ROU) L Points	4
Tevfik Kış	87 kg	Rusterholz (SUI) W Points	Bimbalov (BUL) D Points	Smoliński (POL) W Points	Bye	Vanhanen (FIN) W Points		Kartozia (URS) W Points
Tan Tarı	+87 kg	Bohdan (URS) L Fall	Svensson (SWE) D Points	Did not advance					9

References

1. Turkey at the 1960 Roma Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
2. "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 509–545. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
3. "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 473–499. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.