1949 European Wrestling Championships

1949 European Wrestling Championships Wrestling pictogram.svg 100 TUR Istanbul, Turkey 3–5 June Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center 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.http://www.icec.org/tr/kurumsal/tarihce Kurumsal/Tarihçe | ICEC Turkish 2017-09-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005830/http://www.icec.org/tr/kurumsal/tarihce 2021-09-02 2017-09-09 http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrest/start.php/ Wayback Machine https://web.archive.org/web/20090313024550/http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrest/start.php/ 2021-09-02 2009-03-13 Medal table TUR flagcountry 6 1 1 yes 2 3 2 0 4 1 IRI 1925 0 0 2 EGY 1922 0 0 1 0 0 1 Medal summary Men's freestyle Flyweight52 kgAli Yücel TURMansour Raeisi IRI 1925Bengt Johansson SWEBantamweight57 kgNasuh Akar TURKurt Pettersen SWESeyid Hafiz Shehata EGY 1922Featherweight62 kgOlle Anderberg SWEHassan Saadian IRI 1925Nurettin Zafer TURLightweight67 kgServet Meriç TURAbdollah Mojtabavi IRI 1925Paavo Pihlajamäki FINWelterweight73 kgCelal Atik TURAli Ghaffari IRI 1925Per Berlin SWEMiddleweight79 kgYaşar Doğu TURAxel Grönberg SWEMuhammed Musa EGY 1922Light heavyweight87 kgAdil Candemir TURViking Palm SWENasser Javid IRI 1925Heavyweight+87 kgBertil Antonsson SWEMuharrem Candaş TURNatale Vecchi ITA References External links FILA Database Category:1949 in sport wrestling Category:European Wrestling Championships Category:International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey Category:Sports competitions in Istanbul European Wrestling Championships Wrestling Category:1940s in Istanbul Category:June 1949 in Turkey