Turkey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Turkey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Flag bearer	Hamit Kaplan[1]
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 7
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 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mithat Bayrak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Gold	Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Wrestling	Freestyle Bantamweight
Gold	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling	Freestyle Heavyweight
Silver	Rıza Doğan	Wrestling	Greco-Roman Lightweight
Silver	İbrahim Zengin	Wrestling	Freestyle Welterweight
Bronze	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	Wrestling	Greco-Roman Flyweight
Bronze	Hüseyin Akbaş	Wrestling	Freestyle Flyweight

Bedri Böke, Nail Gönenli, Arslan Güneş,^[a] Fethi Gürcan; Salih Koç, Kemal Özçelik^[3]

Hüseyin Akbaş, Adil Atan, İsmet Atlı, Mithat Bayrak, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Rıza Doğan, Dursun Ali Eğribaş, Adil Güngör, Hamit Kaplan, Müzahir Sille, Bayram Şit, Yaşar Yılmaz, İbrahim Zengin^[4]