1949 European Wrestling Championships

The 1949 European Wrestling Championships was held from 3 to 5 June 1949 in Istanbul, Turkey. In the championship where only men's freestyle competitions were held, Turkey ranked first in the team rankings. Individually, Turkey ranked first with 6 gold medals and one silver and bronze medal each, followed by Sweden with two gold and bronze medals each and 3 silver medals, and Iran with 4 silver and 1 bronze medal.[1][2]

1949 European Wrestling Championships
Host cityTurkey Istanbul, Turkey
Dates3–5 June
StadiumIstanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center
Champions
Freestyle Turkey

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Turkey*6118
2 Sweden2327
3 Iran0415
4 Egypt0022
5 Finland0011
 Italy0011
Totals (6 entries)88824

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Ali Yücel
 Turkey
Mansour Raisi
 Iran
Bengt Johansson
 Sweden
Bantamweight
57 kg
Nasuh Akar
 Turkey
Kurt Pettersen
 Sweden
Seyid Hafiz Shehata
 Egypt
Featherweight
62 kg
Olle Anderberg
 Sweden
Hasan Sedyan
 Iran
Nurettin Zafer
 Turkey
Lightweight
67 kg
Servet Meriç
 Turkey
Abdullah Mojtabavi
 Iran
Paavo Pihlajamäki
 Finland
Welterweight
73 kg
Celal Atik
 Turkey
Ali Ghaffari
 Iran
Per Berlin
 Sweden
Middleweight
79 kg
Yaşar Doğu
 Turkey
Axel Grönberg
 Sweden
Muhammed Musa
 Egypt
Light heavyweight
87 kg
Adil Candemir
 Turkey
Viking Palm
 Sweden
Naser Javid
 Iran
Heavyweight
+87 kg
Bertil Antonsson
 Sweden
Muharrem Candaş
 Turkey
Natale Vecchi
 Italy

References

  1. "Kurumsal/Tarihçe | ICEC Turkish". 2017-09-09. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  2. "Wayback Machine". Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
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