Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics


Turkey competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
31 competitors participated at six sports branches of athletics, cycling, fencing, football, weightlifting and wrestling.
In the Amsterdam Olympics, Turkey received fourth place for the first time ever. Tayyar Yalaz was the Turkish Olympian, whose name was listed in the official table of honor, which lists six best contestants in each event. He wrestled in the 67 kg division of Greco-Roman style to come in fourth.

Athletics

Men's 100 m flat
Men's 800 m flat
Men's 1500 m flat
Men's Running high jump
Men's 400 m relay
Track races
1 km against time
1 km scratch
4 km pursuit race
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
The soccer team was beaten 7-1 by Egypt on May 28, 1928. Alaeddin scored Turkey's only goal. For Egypt, Moktar El-Tetch scored 3, Gamil El-Zobair scored one, Mohamed Houda scored 2, and Ali Reyadh scored one.
Team: Muhlis S., Ulvi Z., Burhan I., Şükrü H., Osman S., Alaeddin E., Nafız O., Latif Y., Cevad R., Mehmet S., Kemal F., Kadri D., Nihat A., Sabih M., Bedri H., Bekir R., Zeki R., İsmet S., Feyzi R., Şevki M.

Weightlifting

Featherweight
Men's Greco-Roman style
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight