European wrestling championships 1939
The European Wrestling Championships in 1939 took place in Oslo at the end of April . As in 1938 in Tallinn just one tournament in Greco-Roman wrestling was held 1939th The most successful nation was Sweden with three first places.
A little later after the tournament, the Second World War began and the European championships were suspended until the European championships in 1946 .
Results
class | gold | silver | bronze |
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-56 kg | Kauko Kiisseli |
Kurt Pettersén Ivar Stokke |
|
-61 kg | Kustaa Pihlajamäki | Ferdinand Schmitz | Ferenc Tóth |
-66 kg | Gosta Andersson | Yasar Dogu | Lauri Koskela |
-72 kg | Fritz Schäfer | Edgar Puusepp | Eino Virtanen |
-79 kg | Ivar Johansson | Ludwig Schweickert | Arvi Pikkusaari |
-87 kg | Nils Åkerlindh | Mustafa Çakmak | August Neo |
+87 kg | Johannes Kotkas | John Nyman | Gyula Bóbis |
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | German Empire | 1 | 2 | 0 |
4th | Estonia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6th | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7th | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 |