1946 European Wrestling Championships

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

1946 European Championships
Host city	Sweden, Stockholm
Dates	20–22 October 1946
Champions
Freestyle	Turkey
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sweden)

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

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

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