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hastalığını ileri sürerek 1952’de
atletizmi bıraktığını açıkladı.
1956’da Olimpiyat Üç
Ülkede Yapıldı
1956 Olimpiyat tarihine, üç olim-
piyatın birden düzenlendiği yıl
olarak geçti. Avustralya’da ‘kış
sporlarına uygun dağ bulunma-
masından ‘dolayı Kış Oyunları
İtalya’nın Cortina d’Ampezzo
kış sporları merkezinde,
‘Avustralya’ya girecek hayvan-
ların altı ay karantinada tutul-
ma zorunluluğundan dolayı’ da
binicilik oyunları ya da başka bir
deyişle ‘Atlı Olimpiyat’ İsveç’in
Stockholm kentinde gerçekleşti.
İngiltere Kraliçesi II. Elizabeth
ve kız kardeşi Prenses
Margareth’in de izlediği yarış-
malarda Türk binicileri drama-
tik sahneler yaşadılar. Konkur
Komple’de 19 ülkeden 57
binicinin mücadelesinde Yzb. Nail
Gönenli ‘Temel’ adlı atıyla 13.,
Yzb. Fethi Gürcan ‘Rih’ adlı atıyla
17. sırayı aldılar. İkinci günkü ara-
zi yarışmalarında ‘Rih’ adlı atı-
nın engele takılması üzerine dü-
şen Yzb. Gürcan yaralanarak he-
likopterle hastaneye kaldırıldı.
Yzb. Nail Gönenli de atı ‘Temel’in
son engellerden birine takılması
üzerine, atının üzerinden birkaç
metre ileriye fırlayarak yuvar-
landı. Ancak atına yeniden bine-
rek yarışmayı 12. olarak tamam-
ladı. Helikopterle hastaneye kal-
dırılan Yzb. Gönenli’nin ayağının
kırıldığından dolayı alçıya alındığı
haberi üzerine İsveç Kralı Gustav
ile İngiltere Kraliçesi II. Elizabeth
geçmiş olsun telgrafı gönderdiler.
İsveç Olimpiyat Komitesi ve
İsveç Binicilik Federasyonu,
1956 Olimpiyat Oyunları Binicilik
Yarışmaları’nın 50. Yıldönümü
traditional Kırkpınar Wrestling
Champion in 1958.
İrfan Atan placed 4
th
, Haydar
Zafer and Cemal Sarıbacak
placed 5
th
in freestyle and Ahmet
Şenol, Ali Özdemir and İsmet
Atlı placed 5
th
and Hasan Bozbey
placed 6
th
in Greco-Roman style
to inscribe their names to the
Olympic Honours Log.
Turkish National Amateur
Football Team beat Dutch
Antilles 2-1 with a goal each
from Yalçın Çaka and Muzaffer
Tokaç, lost 7-1 to Hungary and
shared the fifth rank in the
Olympics Games together with
Austria, Brazil and Denmark. The
national squad was composed
of Erdoğan Akın, Rıdvan Bolatlı,
Mustafa Ertan, Basri Dirimlili,
Ercüment Güder, Necdet Şentürk,
Vasıf Çetiner, Tekin Bilge, Yalçın
Çaka, Muzaffer Tokaç, Macit
Gürdal and Kamil Atlan and
our goal against Hungary was
scored by Ercüment Güder.
Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkey’s bronze
medallist athlete in 1948 London
Olympic Games, won the third
rank in the 1950 European
Athletics Championships and be-
came the World Champion at
the World Military Track & Field
Championships in 1951 and 1952.
He quitted athletics in 1952, due
to health issues.
Games of the 1956
Olympiad Were Organized
in Three Countries
1956 went down into the Olympic
history as the only year with-
in which three Olympic Games
were organized. Winter Olympic
Games were organized in Italy’s
Cortina d’Ampezzo winter sports
center, instead of Australia, due
to the lack of suitable mountain-
ous venues there. Equestrian
events could not be held in
Australia due to quarantine reg-
ulations requiring 6 months of
quarantine and it was decided
to contest separate Equestrian
Olympic Games in Stockholm,
Sweden.
Turkish equestrians experienced
dramatic incidents during the
competitions spectated also by
Queen Elizabeth II of England
and her sister Princess Margaret.
Captain Nail Gönenli ranked 13
th
on his horse ‘Temel’ and Captain
Fethi Gürcan ranked 17
th
on
his horse ‘Rih’ in the Concours
Complete event where 57 eques-
trians from 19 countries com-
peted. Captain Fethi Gürcan on
Rih was injured and transferred
to a hospital by helicopter as his
horse stumbled over an obstacle
during the Cross Country event
held the next day. Captain Nail
Gönenli was also thrown a few
meters away as his horse Temel
stumbled over an obstacle, how-
ever he remounted and managed
to finish the race in the 12
th
place.
Upon hearing the news that hos-
pitalized Captain Nail Gönenli
had a broken leg and encased in
plaster, King of Sweden Gustav
and Queen Elizabeth II of England
sent him get-well telegrams.
Swedish Olympic Committee and
Swedish Equestrian Federation
organized a ceremony at the
Stockholm Stadium in 2006 to
commemorate the 50
th
anniver-
sary of the 1956 Olympic Games
Equestrian Competitions. Four
participants of the 1956 equestri-
an events were invited to partic-
ipate at the celebrations. 84 year
old Kemal Özçelik, together with
his old Swedish, Canadian and
Austrian opponents, joined the
honours tour in a horse-drawn
carriage accompanied by the
Swedish Royal Cavalry Regiment.
18.000 spectators gave a stand-
ing ovation to the old eques-
trians, bearing the flags of
their countries.
“It is flattering to be remembered
after 50 years. I was very excited
when I was on the tour bearing
Şampiyon Mustafa Dağıstanlı, antrenörleri Celal Atik ve Yaşar Doğu ile.
Champion Mustafa Dağıstanlı, with his trainers Celal Atik and Yaşar Doğu.
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