GDR wrestling championships 1949
1949 were first GDR championships in wrestling held. The wrestling was done in the Greco-Roman style . The competitions were held at three different locations: on 15./16. October in Greiz (feather and middleweight), on 22./23. October in Berlin (bantam, light and light heavyweight) and on 5./6. November in Leipzig (flying, world championship and heavyweight). Of the eight titles to be awarded, seven went to Thuringia.
Results
| class | space | Surname | country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | 1. | Erich Hoffmann | Thuringia |
| Bantamweight | 1. | Fritz Albrecht | Thuringia |
| Featherweight | 1. | F. Viehweg | Saxony |
| lightweight | 1. | Helmut Albrecht | Thuringia |
| Welterweight | 1. | Hans Schedler | Thuringia |
| medium weight | 1. | Kurt Hoffmann | Thuringia |
| Light heavyweight | 1. | Herbert Albrecht | Thuringia |
| Heavyweight | 1. | Adolf Sillmann | Thuringia |