1949 European Wrestling Championships
Wrestling event
1949 European Wrestling Championships | |
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Host city | Istanbul, Turkey |
Dates | 3–5 June |
Stadium | Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center |
Champions | |
Freestyle | Turkey |
← 1947 1966 → |
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]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Turkey* | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Iran | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight 52 kg | Ali Yücel Turkey | Mansour Raeisi Iran | Bengt Johansson Sweden |
Bantamweight 57 kg | Nasuh Akar Turkey | Kurt Pettersen Sweden | Seyid Hafiz Shehata Egypt |
Featherweight 62 kg | Olle Anderberg Sweden | Hassan Saadian Iran | Nurettin Zafer Turkey |
Lightweight 67 kg | Servet Meriç Turkey | Abdollah 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 | Nasser Javid Iran |
Heavyweight +87 kg | Bertil Antonsson Sweden | Muharrem Candaş Turkey | Natale Vecchi Italy |
References
External links
- FILA Database
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