1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (Turkey)
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The Turkey participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in part with a delegation of 23 male athletes in 24 competitions in four sports.
The Turkish athletes won two gold and three silver medals as well as one bronze medal. As four years earlier, all medals were won in wrestling. Olympic champions were İsmail Ogan (welterweight) and Kâzım Ayvaz (lightweight) in Greco-Roman style, silver won Hüseyin Akbaş (bantamweight), Hasan Güngör (middleweight) and Ahmet Ayık (light heavyweight) in freestyle. The bronze medal went to Hamit Kaplan (heavyweight) in freestyle. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Çetin Şahiner .
Participants by sport
Weightlifting
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Sadık Pekünlü
- Light Heavyweight: 11th place
athletics
- Men
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Muharrem Dalkılıç
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 10,000 m: race not finished
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Çetin Şahiner
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Cahit oil
- 3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Aşkın Tuna
- Triple jump: 23rd place
Wrestling
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Cemal Yanılmaz
- Flyweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Hüseyin Akbaş
- Bantamweight, freestyle: silver
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Hayrullah Şahinkaya
- Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Mahmut Atalay
- Lightweight, freestyle: 4th place
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İsmail Ogan
- Welterweight, freestyle: gold
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Hasan Güngör
- Middleweight, freestyle: silver
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Ahmet Ayık
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver
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Hamit Kaplan
- Heavyweight, freestyle: bronze
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Burhan Bozkurt
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Ünver Beşergil
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place
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Müzahir Sille
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Kâzım Ayvaz
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Mithat Bayrak
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Yavuz Selekman
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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Gıyasettin Yılmaz
- Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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Hamit Kaplan
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
sailing
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Haluk Kakış
- Finn dinghy: 25th place
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Erdoğan Arsal
- Flying Dutchman: 20th place
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Metin Akdurak
- Flying Dutchman: 20th place
Web links
- Turkish Olympic team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )