Mahmut Atalay (30 March 1934 – 4 December 2004) was a Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach.

It took him a relatively long time to grow into the Turkish top class of freestyle wrestlers.

[3] After the 1960 Olympic champion İsmail Ogan, who wrestled in Mahmut's weight class, ended his active career, the way was clear for him to compete in the international championships.

He achieved remarkable victories over the world-class wrestlers Abdollah Movahed, Iran, Guliko Sagaradze and Sarbeg Beriashvili, both USSR and Enju Valchev Dimov, Bulgaria.

[4] He became the national champion 15 times, and besides his Olympic gold won several medals at other international competitions.