European Wrestling Championships 1937

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The European wrestling championships in 1937 took place in May in Greco-Roman style in Paris and in October in freestyle in Munich .

Greco-Roman

Results

class gold silver bronze
-56 kg FinlandFinland Väinö Perttunen SwedenSweden Egon Svensson Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Antonín Nič
-61 kg FinlandFinland Kustaa Pihlajamäki German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Heinrich Schwarzkopf SwedenSweden Einar Karlsson
-66 kg FinlandFinland Lauri Koskela SwedenSweden Herbert Olofsson German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Fritz Weikart
-72 kg German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Fritz Schäfer Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Karel Zvonar NetherlandsNetherlands Walter Massop
-79 kg SwedenSweden Ivar Johansson German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Ludwig Schweickert EstoniaEstonia Voldemar Mägi
-87 kg SwedenSweden Nils Åkerlindh EstoniaEstonia August Neo German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Werner Seelenbinder
+87 kg EstoniaEstonia Kristjan Palusalu SwedenSweden John Nyman Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Josef Klapuch

Medal table

rank country gold silver bronze
1 FinlandFinland Finland 3 0 0
2 SwedenSweden Sweden 2 3 1
3 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1 2 2
4th EstoniaEstonia Estonia 1 1 1
5 Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 1 2
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0 0 1

Freestyle

Results

class gold silver bronze
-56 kg German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Jakob Brendel SwedenSweden Herman Tuvesson FinlandFinland William Mannula
-61 kg Hungary 1918Hungary Ferenc Tóth FinlandFinland Kustaa Pihlajamäki Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Josef Polak
-66 kg German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Heinrich Nettesheim SwedenSweden Gösta Jönsson-Frändfors SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Vordermann
-72 kg German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Fritz Schäfer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Willy scared FinlandFinland Antti Mäki
-79 kg SwedenSweden Ivar Johansson Hungary 1918Hungary János Rihetzky SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Datwyler
-87 kg SwedenSweden Axel Cadier German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Paul Böhmer Hungary 1918Hungary József Palotás
+87 kg German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Kurt Hornfischer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Willy Lardon Hungary 1918Hungary Gyula Bóbis

Medal table

rank country gold silver bronze
1 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 4th 1 0
2 SwedenSweden Sweden 2 2 0
3 Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 1 1 2
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 0 2 2
5 FinlandFinland Finland 0 1 2
6th Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 0 1