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Londra’nın ünlü Wembley
Stadı’nda yapılan madalya tö-
renlerinde 100 bin seyirci altı
kez milli marşımızı dinledi.
Güreşte Nasuh Akar, Gazanfer
Bilge, Celal Atik, Yaşar Doğu,
Mehmet Oktav, Ahmet Kireççi
(altın), Kenan Olcay, Muhlis
Tayfur, Adil Candemir, Halit
Balamır (gümüş), Halil Kaya
(bronz) ile atletizm üç adım at-
lamada Ruhi Sarıalp’in kazan-
dığı bronz madalyalarla Türk
bayrağı 12 kez şeref gönderi-
ne çekildi.
Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti’ni Gündüz
Kılıç’ın iki, Hüseyin Saygun ve
Lefter Küçükandonyadis’in bi-
rer golleriyle 4-0 yendikten
sonra Yugoslavya’ya 3-1 ye-
nilen A Milli Futbol Takımımız
Kore ile birlikte Olimpiyat
beşincisi oldu. Cihat Arman,
Murat Alyüz, Vedii Tosuncuk,
Naci Özkaya, Bülent Eken,
Hüseyin Saygun, Selahattin
Torkal, Fikret Kırcan, Erol
Keskin, Gündüz Kılıç, Lefter
Küçükandonyadis ve Şükrü
Gülesin’den oluşan takımımı-
zın Yugoslavya’ya tek golünü
Şükrü Gülesin kaydetti.
Londra kahramanlarımız yur-
da dönüşlerinde onbinlerce
İstanbullu tarafından çiçekler-
le karşılandılar. Sporcularımızı
karşılayan konvoyun havaala-
nından Taksim’e gelişi uzun süre
unutulmayacak görüntüler ya-
rattı. Binlerce kişi Taksim’deki
Atatürk Anıtı’nın önünde milli
marşımızı okudu. Sporcularımız,
Cumhurbaşkanı İsmet İnönü ve
Başbakan Hasan Saka tarafın-
dan kabul edildiler.
which was boycotted by many
countries and in Los Angeles
1984 boycotted by the Eastern
Block countries.
Mehmet Oktav (62 kg) in
Greco-Roman style, who man-
aged to have our national an-
them played, received a bye in
the first round and then beat
Finnish Talosela on points,
later pinned Swedish Olle
Anderberg by fall in 2’48” and
finally won against Austrian
Georg Weidner on points and
became the champion. Oktav,
who did not have any interna-
tional success before London
nor afterwards, worked as a
coach in our national teams
for many years.
Ahmet Kireççi (Mersinli), our
heavyweight (+87) in Greco-
Roman style, was nicknamed
“Mr. Hello” because he used
to salute all foreigners in the
Uxbridge Olympic Village with
a “Hello! ” Mersinli Ahmet’s
shaved head was consid-
ered as a good luck charm by
the athletes there. Athletes
on their way to competitions
kissed the shaven head of this
splendid and likable Turkish
wrestler. After pinning Swiss
Moritz Jnderbitzin in 13’51”
and Swedish Tor Nilsson in
15’48” by fall, he won against
Finnish T. Ilmari Kangasniemi
on points. A big crowd of
foreign athletes watched
Mersinli’s final match with
Italian Guido Fantoni and they
cheered for the Turkish wres-
tler who won the champion-
ship on points. English wom-
en raced each other to kiss
Mersinli. Queen of England
Elizabeth came in, particular-
ly to see him, and hugged and
kissed “Mr. Hello”. This was on
the entire world press. Thus
Mersinli Ahmet added the title
of first Turkish medalist in two
Olympic Games along with his
title of the first Olympic me-
dalist of Turkey.
A hundred thousand specta-
tors listened to our nation-
al anthem six times during the
medal ceremonies at the fa-
mous Wembley Stadium in
London. The Turkish flag was
hoisted up the pole 12 times
for Nasuh Akar, Gazanfer
Bilge, Celal Atik, Yaşar Doğu,
Mehmet Oktav, Ahmet Kireççi
(gold medalists), Halit Balamir
(silver medalist) and Halil Kaya
(bronze medalist) in wres-
tling; and Ruhi Sarıalp (bronze
medalist) in athletics, tri-
ple jumping.
After beating the People’s
Republic of China 4-0
with two goals by Gündüz
Kılıç, and a goal each from
Hüseyin Saygun and Lefter
Küçükandonyadis, our na-
tional football team lost
against Yugoslavia and
Mersinli Ahmet Kireççi, Başbakan İsmet İnönü ile.
Ahmet Kireççi from Mersin with Prime Minister İsmet İnönü.
Londra Oyunları’na katılan Binicilik Milli Takımımız. /
Our National Equestrian Team that participated in the London Games.
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