1938 European Wrestling Championships

1938 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Estonia, Tallinn
Dates	24–27 April 1938
Champions
Greco-Roman	Sweden
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The 1938 European Wrestling Championships were held in 24–27 April 1938 Tallinn, Estonia in the building of the Estonia Theater. The competitions were held only in Greco-Roman wrestling. 72 athletes from 13 countries took part in 7 weight categories.^[1][2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	3	0	1	4
2	Sweden	2	4	1	7
3	Germany	1	1	2	4
4	Estonia	1	1	1	3
5	Latvia	0	1	0	1
6	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Väinö Perttunen  Finland	Kurt Pettersén  Sweden	Ferdinand Schmitz  Germany
61 kg	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Egon Svensson  Sweden	Egil Solsvik  Norway
66 kg	Lauri Koskela  Finland	Heinrich Nettesheim  Germany	Gösta Andersson  Sweden
72 kg	Fritz Schäfer  Germany	Rudolf Svedberg  Sweden	Antti Mäki  Finland
79 kg	Ivar Johansson  Sweden	Georgs Ozolinš  Latvia	Voldemar Roolaan  Estonia
87 kg	Axel Cadier  Sweden	Nikolai Karklin  Estonia	Werner Seelenbinder  Germany
87+ kg	Johannes Kotkas  Estonia	John Nyman  Sweden	Mehmet Çoban  Turkey

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