European Rowing Championships

The European Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organised by World Rowing (named FISA until 2020) for European rowing nations, plus Israel, which, though not a member of the European federation, is treated as a European nation for competition purposes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The championships date back to 1893, the year after FISA (the International Rowing Federation) 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).Template:Fact

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,<ref name=WR2>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but even then men's and women's events were held on different days, and in some years at different venues.Template:Fact

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

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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The next change after that was the inclusion of women's rowing.Template:Fact

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.Template:Fact

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.Template:Fact

Editions

The first regatta held as a European Rowing Championships was held in 1893.<ref>Part sourced from the official programme of the European Rowing Championships 2017, 26–28 May 2017, Račice, Czech Republic</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref group="lower-alpha">2018 Edition Part of the European Championships</ref>

Para events added to games since 2020.

#	Year	Host City	Host Country	Events
1	1893	Lake Orta	Template:Flagcountry	3
2	1894	Mâcon	Template:Flag	4
3	1895	Ostend	Template:BEL	4
4	1896	Geneva	Template:SUI	4
5	1897	Pallanza	Template:Flagcountry	4
6	1898	Turin	Template:Flagcountry	5
7	1899	Ostend	Template:BEL	5
8	1900	Paris	Template:Flag	5
9	1901	Zürich	Template:SUI	5
10	1902	Strasbourg/Kehl	Template:Flagcountry	5
11	1903	Venice	Template:Flagcountry	5
12	1904	Paris	Template:Flag	5
13	1905	Ghent	Template:BEL	5
14	1906	Pallanza	Template:Flagcountry	5
15	1907	Strasbourg/Kehl	Template:Flagcountry	5
16	1908	Lucerne	Template:SUI	5
17	1909	Paris	Template:Flag	5
18	1910	Ostend	Template:BEL	5
19	1911	Como	Template:Flagcountry	5
20	1912	Geneva	Template:SUI	5
21	1913	Ghent	Template:BEL	5
1914–1919: not held due to World War I
22	1920	Mâcon	Template:Flag	5
23	1921	Amsterdam	Template:NED	5
24	1922	Barcelona	Template:Flag	5
25	1923	Como	Template:Flagcountry	5
26	1924	Zürich	Template:SUI	6
27	1925	Prague	Template:TCH	7
28	1926	Lucerne	Template:SUI	7
29	1927	Como	Template:Flagcountry	7
30	1929	Bydgoszcz	Template:Flagcountry	7
31	1930	Liège	Template:BEL	7
32	1931	Paris	Template:Flag	7
33	1932	Belgrade	Template:YUG	7
34	1933	Budapest	Template:Flagcountry	7
35	1934	Lucerne	Template:SUI	7
36	1935	Berlin	Template:Flagcountry	7
37	1937	Amsterdam	Template:NED	7
38	1938	Milan	Template:Flagcountry	7
1939–1946: not held due to World War II
39	1947	Lucerne	Template:SUI	7
40	1949	Amsterdam	Template:NED	7
41	1950	Milan	Template:ITA	7
42	1951	Mâcon	Template:Flag	7
43	1953	Copenhagen	Template:DEN	7
44	1954	Amsterdam	Template:NED	12
45	1955	Bucharest (Women)	Template:Flagcountry	5
	1955	Ghent (Men)	Template:BEL	7
46	1956	Bled	Template:YUG	12
47	1957	Duisburg	Template:FRG	12
48	1958	Poznań	Template:Flagcountry	12
49	1959	Mâcon	Template:Flag	12
50	1960	London	Template:GBR	5
51	1961	Prague	Template:TCH	12
52	1962	East Berlin	Template:GDR	5
53	1963	Copenhagen (Men)	Template:DEN	7
	1963	Moscow (Women)	Template:URS	5
54	1964	Amsterdam	Template:NED	12
55	1965	Duisburg	Template:FRG	12
56	1966	Amsterdam	Template:NED	5
57	1967	Vichy	Template:Flag	12
58	1968	East Berlin	Template:GDR	5
59	1969	Klagenfurt	Template:AUT	12
60	1970	Tata	Template:Flagcountry	5
61	1971	Copenhagen	Template:DEN	12
62	1972	Brandenburg an der Havel	Template:GDR	5
63	1973	Moscow	Template:URS	12
1974–2006: not held due to the World Rowing Championships
64	2007	Poznań	Template:POL	14
65	2008	Marathon	Template:GRE	14
66	2009	Brest	Template:Flag	14
67	2010	Montemor-o-Velho	Template:POR	22
68	2011	Plovdiv	Template:BUL	14
69	2012	Varese	Template:ITA	14
70	2013	Seville	Template:ESP	17
71	2014	Belgrade	Template:SRB	17
72	2015	Poznań	Template:POL	17
73	2016	Brandenburg an der Havel	Template:GER	17
74	2017	Račice	Template:CZE	18
75	2018	Glasgow	Template:GBR	17
76	2019	Lucerne	Template:SUI	17
Para since 2020
77	2020	Poznań	Template:POL	22
78	2021	Varese	Template:ITA	22
79	2022	Oberschleißheim	Template:GER	23
80	2023	Bled	Template:SLO	21
81	2024	Szeged	Template:HUN	21
82	2025	Plovdiv	Template:BUL	20
83	2026	Varese	Template:ITA

All-time medal table

Total of medals from 1893 to 2025. Alsace-Lorraine won one gold, three silvers and nine bronzes which are added to Germany's total medals.Template:Citation needed

See also

• European Rowing U23 Championships
• European Rowing U19 Championships

External links

• Official World Rowing homepage
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