1949 European Wrestling Championship blev afholdt i Istanbul ( Tyrkiet ) fra 3. til 5. juni. Deltagerne konkurrerede kun i freestyle wrestling .
| Placere | Land | Guld | Sølv | Bronze | i alt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| en | Kalkun | 6 | en | en | otte |
| 2 | Sverige | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Iran | 0 | fire | en | 5 |
| fire | Egypten | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Finland | 0 | 0 | en | en |
| Italien | 0 | 0 | en | en |
| Vægten | Guld | Sølv | Bronze |
| op til 52 kg | Ali Yucel | Mansour Raissi | Carl Bengt Johansson |
| op til 57 kg | Nasuh Akar | Kurt Pettersen | Saad Hafiz Shehata |
| op til 62 kg | Ulle Anderberg | Hassan Sadian | Nurettin Zafer |
| op til 67 kg | Server Meric | Abdullah Mojtabawi | Paavo Pihlajamäki |
| op til 73 kg | Celal Atik | Ali Ghaffari | Per Berlin |
| op til 79 kg | Yasar Dogu | Axel Grönberg | Mohamed Musa |
| op til 87 kg | Adil Jandemir | vikingepalme | Nasir Javid |
| over 87 kg | Bertil Antonsson | Muharrem Jandash | Natale Vecchi |
| Ali Yucel | |
| Mansour Raissi | |
| Carl Bengt Johansson | |
| fire | Lennart Viitala |
| ? | Charles Valet |
| ? | Muhammad abd al-Hamid al-Ward |
| Nasuh Akar | |
| Kurt Pettersen | |
| Saad Hafiz Shehata | |
| fire | Niylo Turkkila |
| ? | Said-Mohammad Khadem |
| Ulle Anderberg | |
| Hassan Sadian | |
| Nurettin Zafer | |
| fire | Charles Cuyo |
| fire | Ilmari Ruikka |
| ? | Ali Mahmoud Hasan |
| Server Meric | |
| Abdullah Mojtabawi | |
| Paavo Pihlajamäki | |
| fire | Garibaldo Nizzola |
| 5 | Jan Koles |
| 7 | Rene Chesnot |
| ? | El Sayed Mohammed Qandil |
| Celal Atik | |
| Ali Ghaffari | |
| Per Berlin | |
| fire | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc |
| 5 | Muhammad Ahmed Usman |
| 5 | Henrik Hansen |
| Yasar Dogu | |
| Axel Grönberg | |
| Mohamed Musa | |
| fire | André Bruno |
| fire | Abbas Zandi |
| ? | Jacques Brovers |
| Adil Jandemir | |
| vikingepalme | |
| Nasir Javid |
| Bertil Antonsson | |
| Muharrem Jandash | |
| Natale Vecchi | |
| ? | Syed Timuri |