1937 European Wrestling Championships

1937 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Germany Munchen, Nazi Germany Freestyle Paris, France Greco-Roman
Dates	29-31 October 1937 20 - 22 May 1937
Champions
Freestyle	Germany
Greco-Roman	Sweden

The 1937 European Wrestling Championshipswere held in the men's Freestyle style in Munchen 29-31 October 1937; the Greco-Romane style and in Paris 20 - 22 May 1937.[1][2]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	3	2	10
2	Sweden	4	5	1	10
3	Finland	2	1	2	5
4	Estonia	1	2	1	4
5	Hungary	1	1	2	4
6	Italy	1	0	0	1
7	Switzerland	0	2	2	4
8	Czechoslovakia	0	0	3	3
9	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		14	14	14	42

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Jakob Brendel  Germany	Herman Tuvesson  Sweden	Wiliam Mannula  Finland
61 kg	Ferenc Tóth  Hungary	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Josef Polák  Czechoslovakia
66 kg	Heinrich Nettesheim  Germany	Gösta Frändfors  Sweden	Fritz Vordermann  Switzerland
72 kg	Fritz Schäfer  Germany	Willy Angst  Switzerland	Antti Mäki  Finland
79 kg	Ivar Johansson  Sweden	János Riheczky  Hungary	Paul Dätwyler  Switzerland
87 kg	Axel Cadier  Sweden	Paul Böhmer  Germany	József Palotás  Hungary
87+ kg	Kurt Hornfischer  Germany	Willy Lardon  Switzerland	Gyula Bóbis  Hungary

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Dante Bertoli  Italy	Egon Svensson  Sweden	Antonín Nič  Czechoslovakia
61 kg	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Heinrich Schwarzkopf  Germany	Einar Karlsson  Sweden
66 kg	Lauri Koskela  Finland	Herbert Olofsson  Sweden	Fritz Weikart  Germany
72 kg	Fritz Schäfer  Germany	Karel Zvonař  Estonia	Walter Massop  Netherlands
79 kg	Ivar Johansson  Sweden	Ludwig Schweickert  Germany	Voldemar Mägi  Estonia
87 kg	Nils Åkerlindh  Sweden	August Neo  Estonia	Werner Seelenbinder  Germany
87+ kg	Kristjan Palusalu  Estonia	John Nyman  Sweden	Josef Klapuch  Czechoslovakia

References

1. "Athletes & Results".
2. "International Wrestling Database".

External links

• FILA Database