1946 European Wrestling Championships

Host city

Dates20–22 October 1946

Freestyle

The 1946 European Wrestling Championships were held in 20–22 October 1946 Stockholm, Sweden. The competitions were held only in freestyle wrestling.^[1]^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	3	2	2	7
2	Sweden*	2	3	2	7
3	Finland	2	0	2	4
4	Hungary	1	1	0	2
5	Switzerland	0	2	1	3
6	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		8	8	8	24

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Lennart Viitala Finland	Malte Håkansson Sweden	Georges Labadie France
Bantamweight 57 kg	Lajos Bencze Hungary	Nasuh Akar Turkey	Erkki Johansson Sweden
Featherweight 62 kg	Gazanfer Bilge Turkey	Olle Anderberg Sweden	Paavo Hietala Finland
Lightweight 67 kg	Celal Atik Turkey	Gösta Frändfors Sweden	Lauri Kangas Finland
Welterweight 73 kg	Yaşar Doğu Turkey	Kálmán Sóvari Hungary	Karl Schaad Switzerland
Middleweight 79 kg	Eino Virtanen Finland	Mahmut Çeterez Turkey	Axel Grönberg Sweden
Light heavyweight 87 kg	Bengt Fahlkvist Sweden	Fritz Stöckli Switzerland	Muharrem Candaş Turkey
Heavyweight +87 kg	Bertil Antonsson Sweden	Willy Lardon Switzerland	Mehmet Çoban Turkey

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List of medalists Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle

Medal summary