Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Turkey competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 43 competitors, 42 men and 1 woman, took part in 43 events in 8 sports.

Athletics
Men's 800 metres
 * Mehmet Tümkan
 * Heat &mdash; 1:49.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
 * Mehmet Tümkan
 * Heat &mdash; 3:44.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
 * Hikmet Şen
 * Heat &mdash; 14:26.0 (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Arif Doğru
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Davey Armstrong (USA), 1:4

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Kemal Sonunur
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Constantin Gruescu (ROM), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Mehmet Kumova
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Mayaki Seydou (NIG), 2:3

Cycling
Six cyclists represented Turkey in 1972.


 * Individual road race
 * Ali Hüryılmaz &mdash; 73rd place
 * Mevlüt Boradid not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Rıfat Çalışkan &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Haluk Günözgen &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)


 * Team time trial
 * Mevlüt Bora
 * Erol Küçükbakırcı
 * Ali Hüryılmaz
 * Seyit Kırmızı

Fencing
Four fencers, three men and one woman, represented Turkey in 1972.


 * Men's foil
 * Bülent Erdem


 * Men's épée
 * Ali Tayla


 * Men's sabre
 * Mehmet Akpınar


 * Women's foil
 * Özden Ezinler

Shooting
Four male shooters represented Turkey in 1972.


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Mehmet Dursun


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Mehmet Dursun


 * Trap
 * Fettah Güney


 * Skeet
 * Özman Gıraud
 * Güneş Yunus

Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Feridun Aybars
 * Heat &mdash; 59.32s (→ did not advance)