Lightweight, Freestyle (≤67 kilograms), Men

The 1946 European Champion was Turk Celal Atik who defeated Sweden’s Gösta Frändfors in the final match. The two likewise dominated the class in London, as both survived through five rounds to meet in the final round with the gold medal on the line, Atik winning by fall in 4:03. The bronze medal decider was unusual as a tie-break match was required, with Swiss Hermann Baumann defeating Italy’s Garibaldo Nizzola by unanimous decision. Atik would move up in weight and win the 1949 European and 1951 World Championships as a welterweight, but he never again competed at the Olympics. Frändfors had actually competed at the 1936 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in featherweight freestyle. He was also a silver medalist at the 1937 Europeans in this class, and won the 1947 World Championships in featherweight Greco-Roman.