Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤72 kilograms), Men

Sweden’s Rudolf Svedberg was the 1935 European Champion, and won six straight matches to reach the final match against Germany’s Fritz Schäfer. This was a re-match of the 1935 European final, won by Svedberg, and he again defeated Schäfer to win the gold medal, but only by a 2-1 decision. Schäfer later won the Europeans in 1937-39, defeating Svedberg in the 1938 final, and also won the 1937 European title in freestyle. The bronze medal went to Finland’s Eino Virtanen, who had won a silver medal at the 1931 Worker’s Olympiad and would later win the 1946 European middleweight title. His brother, Lasse Virtanen, won bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in track & field at the 1932 Olympics.