European Rowing Championships

European Rowing Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	midyear
Frequency	annual
Inaugurated	1893
Organised by	FISA

The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a European nation for competition purposes.

The championships date back to 1893, the year after FISA was founded. Over time, the competition grew in status and as it was not restricted to European countries, became regarded as the quasi-world championships. The World Rowing Championships were commenced in 1962 and the last European Championships were held in 1973 as from 1974, the World Championships became an annual event. The European Championships were re-introduced in 2007 but with a narrower focus on Europe.

History

The first regatta held as a European Rowing Championships was held in 1893 and these continued annually until 1913; the 1914 to 1919 events did not occur due to World War I. The annual schedule was next interrupted in 1928 when the Amsterdam Olympics were regarded as a replacement event; the 1920 Antwerp Olympics or the 1924 Paris Olympics had previously not been a reason for skipping the European Championships. The next time the Olympics were held in Europe, i.e. the 1936 Berlin Olympics, again saw the European Championships skipped. World War II saw the 1939 to 1946 regattas cancelled. The next European event was held in 1947, with subsequent years skipped due to Europe-based Olympics in 1948 (London) and 1952 (Helsinki).

The 1951 European Rowing Championships is notable as the first test event for international women's rowing organised by the International Rowing Federation (FISA). Regattas continued under that name until 1973. From 1962, the event was replaced (one year in four) by the World Rowing Championships, which then became an annual event from 1974. Women's events were introduced in 1954, the first international races for women, but even then men's and women's events were held on different days, and in some years at different venues.

On 27 May 2006 the FISA members voted to re-introduce a separate European Rowing Championships in its own right.

In the first regatta there were only three events (men's single, coxed four and eight) and only ten entries. Races were 3,000 m long, except for singles – which were only 2,000 m. Coxed pair was first raced in the following year and double scull was added in 1898. Coxless pair was added in 1924 and coxless four was added the year after. The next change after that was the inclusion of women's rowing.

In 2007, when the European Rowing Championship was re-introduced, there were 14 Olympic boat classes racing over 2,000m. Historically the leading European nations, notably Great Britain and Germany, had taken a haphazard approach to attending the championships. Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, however, both fully committed to the event going forward, and from that date, the championships have progressed rapidly to represent one of the key events in world rowing; given the historic and modern strength of European rowing, they rank behind only the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup Series. In Olympic years, when World Championships are not held, they provide a key test ahead of the Olympic regatta, in addition to a significant competitive opportunity in their own right.

In 2015, European Rowing announced that the 2018 edition of the championships would form part of the first European Championships, a co-branded multi-sport event organised by, and consisting of the European championships of, the individual European sports federations.

Editions

The first regatta held as a European Rowing Championships was held in 1893.

Edition Year Host City Country Events 1 1893 Lake Orta Italy 3 2 1894 Mâcon France 4 3 1895 Ostend Belgium 4 4 1896 Geneva Switzerland 4 5 1897 Pallanza Italy 4 6 1898 Turin Italy 5 7 1899 Ostend Belgium 5 8 1900 Paris France 5 9 1901 Zürich Switzerland 5 10 1902 Strasbourg Germany 5 11 1903 Venice Italy 5 12 1904 Paris France 5 13 1905 Ghent Belgium 5 14 1906 Pallanza Italy 5 15 1907 Rhine Germany 5 16 1908 Lucerne Switzerland 5 17 1909 Paris France 5 18 1910 Ostend Belgium 5 19 1911 Como Italy 5 20 1912 Geneva Switzerland 5 21 1913 Ghent Belgium 5 1914–1919 not held because of World War I 22 1920 Mâcon France 5 23 1921 Amstel Netherlands 5 24 1922 Barcelona Spain 5 25 1923 Como Italy 5 26 1924 Zürich Switzerland 6 27 1925 Prague Czechoslovakia 7 28 1926 Lucerne Switzerland 7 29 1927 Como Italy 7 30 1929 Bydgoszcz Poland 7 31 1930 Liège Belgium 7 32 1931 Paris France 7 33 1932 Belgrade Yugoslavia 7 34 1933 Budapest Hungary 7 35 1934 Lucerne Switzerland 7 36 1935 Berlin Germany 7 37 1937 Amsterdam Netherlands 7 38 1938 Milan Italy 7 1939–1946 not held because of World War II 39 1947 Lucerne Switzerland 7 40 1949 Amsterdam Netherlands 7 41 1950 Milan Italy 7 42 1951 Mâcon France 7 43 1953 Copenhagen Denmark 7 44 1954 Amsterdam Netherlands 12 45 1955 Bucharest/Ghent Romania/Belgium 12 46 1956 Bled Yugoslavia 12 47 1957 Duisburg West Germany 12 48 1958 Poznań Poland 12 49 1959 Mâcon France 12 50 1960 London United Kingdom 5

Edition Year Host City Country Events 51 1961 Prague Czechoslovakia 12 52 1962 East Berlin East Germany 5 53 1963 Copenhagen/Moscow Denmark/Soviet Union 12 54 1964 Amsterdam Netherlands 12 55 1965 Duisburg West Germany 12 56 1966 Amsterdam Netherlands 5 57 1967 Vichy France 12 58 1968 East Berlin East Germany 5 59 1969 Klagenfurt Austria 12 60 1970 Tata Hungary 5 61 1971 Copenhagen Denmark 12 62 1972 Brandenburg East Germany 5 63 1973 Moscow Soviet Union 12 1974–2006 not held because of World Rowing Championships 64 2007 Poznań Poland 14 65 2008 Marathon Greece 14 66 2009 Brest Belarus 14 67 2010 Montemor-o-Velho Portugal 22 68 2011 Plovdiv Bulgaria 14 69 2012 Varese Italy 14 70 2013 Seville Spain 17 71 2014 Belgrade Serbia 17 72 2015 Poznań Poland 17 73 2016 Brandenburg Germany 17 74 2017 Račice Czech Republic 18 75 2018 Glasgow United Kingdom 17 76 2019 Lucerne Switzerland 17

All time medal table (2007–2019)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	25	23	17	65
2	Italy	21	19	21	61
3	Romania	21	11	12	44
4	Greece	20	7	1	28
5	Great Britain	14	16	15	45
6	Czech Republic	13	10	11	34
7	France	12	8	11	31
8	Ukraine	10	4	13	27
9	Poland	9	24	12	45
10	Belarus	9	7	9	25
11	Switzerland	7	4	10	21
12	Netherlands	6	21	16	43
13	Russia	6	9	10	25
14	Croatia	6	4	5	15
15	Estonia	4	3	1	8
16	Serbia	3	7	10	20
17	Denmark	3	6	1	10
18	Hungary	3	1	2	6
19	Austria	2	4	1	7
20	Ireland	2	3	2	7
21	Norway	2	1	6	9
22	Portugal	1	3	2	6
23	Sweden	1	2	2	5
24	Slovakia	1	2	1	4
25	Spain	1	1	5	7
26	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3
27	Lithuania	0	2	1	3
28	Belgium	0	1	4	5
29	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
32	Slovenia	0	0	3	3
Totals (32 entries)		203	206	206	615

See also

• European Rowing U23 Championships

External links

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