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{{Short description|International rowing event}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
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The '''European Rowing Championships''' is an international [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] [[regatta]] organised by [[International Rowing Federation|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 [[Europe]]an nation for competition purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-european-rowing-championships/event-information|title=2015 European Rowing Championships / Event information - worldrowing.com}}</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 [[Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Amsterdam Olympics]] were regarded as a replacement event; the [[Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp Olympics]] or the [[Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics|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 [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics|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 [[Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 (London)]] and [[Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 (Helsinki)]].{{fact|date=August 2021}}

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>{{cite web|title=Women in rowing|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/click-women-rowing-photo-contest|publisher=World Rowing|access-date=19 April 2015|date=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Start ohne "Schallvorteile" |url= http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2532889X-19620709-0-3-72-0&highlight=Europameisterschaften%201962%7CEuropameisterschaften%7CRudern%7C1962%7C07 |access-date=11 January 2018 |work=[[Neues Deutschland]] |volume=17 |issue=186 |date=9 July 1962 |page=3 | language=de |url-access=registration }}</ref> but even then men's and women's events were held on different days, and in some years at different venues.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

On 27 May 2006 the FISA members voted to re-introduce a separate European Rowing Championships in its own right.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

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>{{cite journal |title=Antworten auf Anfragen aus unserem Leserkreis |trans-title=Answers to inquiries from our readers |journal=<!-- Ruder Club Bern news -->R.C.B. Nachrichten |date=October–December 1932 |volume=1 |issue=6 |pages=6–7 |url=https://rowing.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/Telegramm/historische_Clubnachrichten/RCB_Nachrichten-1932-6.pdf |access-date=16 June 2018 |location=Bern |language=de}}</ref> The next change after that was the inclusion of women's rowing.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

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.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

In 2015, European Rowing announced that the 2018 edition of the championships would form part of the first [[European Championships (multi-sport event)|European Championships]], a co-branded multi-sport event organised by, and consisting of the European championships of, the individual European sports federations.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

==Editions==
The first regatta held as a '''European Rowing Championships''' was held in 1893.<ref>Part sourced from the official programme of the [[2017 European Rowing Championships|European Rowing Championships 2017]], 26–28 May 2017, Račice, Czech Republic</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/rowing/1019489-world-rowing-cups-for-2015-and-2016-to-fit-in-with-rio-olympic-preparations-fisa-announce|title=World Rowing Cups for 2015 and 2016 to fit in with Rio Olympic preparations, FISA announce}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2014/06/03/Events-and-Attractions/notes.aspx|title=Event Notes: Brandenburg, Germany To Host 2016 European Rowing Championships}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/rowing-joins-the-innovative-european-sports-championships |title=Rowing joins the innovative European Sports Championships |publisher=worldrowing.com |date=26 March 2015 |access-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> {{#tag:ref|2018 Edition Part of the [[European Championships (multi-sport event)|European Championships]]|group=lower-alpha}}

Para events added to games since 2020.

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! width=30|# || width=30|Year || width=200|Host City || width=200|Host Country || width=30|Events
|-
|align=center|1||'''[[1893 European Rowing Championships|1893]]''' || [[Lake Orta]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} ||  align=center|3
|-
|align=center|2||'''[[1894 European Rowing Championships|1894]]''' || [[Mâcon]] || {{flag|France|1830}} ||  align=center|4
|-
|align=center|3||'''[[1895 European Rowing Championships|1895]]''' || [[Ostend]] || {{BEL}} || align=center|4
|-
|align=center|4||'''[[1896 European Rowing Championships|1896]]''' || [[Geneva]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|4
|-
|align=center|5||'''[[1897 European Rowing Championships|1897]]''' || [[Pallanza]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} || align=center|4
|-
|align=center|6||'''[[1898 European Rowing Championships|1898]]''' || [[Turin]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|7||'''[[1899 European Rowing Championships|1899]]''' || [[Ostend]] || {{BEL}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|8||'''[[1900 European Rowing Championships|1900]]''' || [[Paris]] || {{flag|France|1830}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|9||'''[[1901 European Rowing Championships|1901]]''' || [[Zürich]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|10||'''[[1902 European Rowing Championships|1902]]''' || [[Strasbourg]]/[[Kehl]] || {{flagcountry|German Empire}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|11||'''[[1903 European Rowing Championships|1903]]''' || [[Venice]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} ||  align=center|5
|-
|align=center|12||'''[[1904 European Rowing Championships|1904]]''' || [[Paris]] || {{flag|France|1830}} ||  align=center|5
|-
|align=center|13||'''[[1905 European Rowing Championships|1905]]''' || [[Ghent]] || {{BEL}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|14||'''[[1906 European Rowing Championships|1906]]''' || [[Pallanza]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|15||'''[[1907 European Rowing Championships|1907]]''' || [[Strasbourg]]/[[Kehl]] || {{flagcountry|German Empire}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|16||'''[[1908 European Rowing Championships|1908]]''' || [[Lucerne]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|17||'''[[1909 European Rowing Championships|1909]]''' || [[Paris]] || {{flag|France|1830}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|18||'''[[1910 European Rowing Championships|1910]]''' || [[Ostend]] || {{BEL}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|19||'''[[1911 European Rowing Championships|1911]]''' || [[Como]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|20||'''[[1912 European Rowing Championships|1912]]''' || [[Geneva]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|21||'''[[1913 European Rowing Championships|1913]]''' || [[Ghent]] || {{BEL}} ||  align=center|5
|-
|colspan="5" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|'''1914–1919: not held due to [[World War I]]'''
|-
|align=center|22||'''[[1920 European Rowing Championships|1920]]''' || [[Mâcon]] || {{flag|France|1830}} ||  align=center|5
|-
|align=center|23||'''[[1921 European Rowing Championships|1921]]''' || [[Amsterdam]] || {{NED}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|24||'''[[1922 European Rowing Championships|1922]]''' || [[Barcelona]] || {{flag|Spain|1785}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|25||'''[[1923 European Rowing Championships|1923]]''' || [[Como]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|26||'''[[1924 European Rowing Championships|1924]]''' || [[Zürich]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|6
|-
|align=center|27||'''[[1925 European Rowing Championships|1925]]''' || [[Prague]] || {{TCH}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|28||'''[[1926 European Rowing Championships|1926]]''' || [[Lucerne]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|29||'''[[1927 European Rowing Championships|1927]]''' || [[Como]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|30||'''[[1929 European Rowing Championships|1929]]''' || [[Bydgoszcz]] || {{flagcountry|Second Polish Republic}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|31||'''[[1930 European Rowing Championships|1930]]''' || [[Liège]] || {{BEL}} ||  align=center|7
|-
|align=center|32||'''[[1931 European Rowing Championships|1931]]''' || [[Paris]] || {{flag|France|1830}} ||  align=center|7
|-
|align=center|33||'''[[1932 European Rowing Championships|1932]]''' || [[Belgrade]] || {{YUG}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|34||'''[[1933 European Rowing Championships|1933]]''' || [[Budapest]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|35||'''[[1934 European Rowing Championships|1934]]''' || [[Lucerne]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|36||'''[[1935 European Rowing Championships|1935]]''' || [[Berlin]] || {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|37||'''[[1937 European Rowing Championships|1937]]''' || [[Amsterdam]] || {{NED}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|38||'''[[1938 European Rowing Championships|1938]]''' || [[Milan]] || {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} || align=center|7
|-
|colspan="5" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|'''1939–1946: not held due to [[World War II]]'''
|-
|align=center|39||'''[[1947 European Rowing Championships|1947]]''' || [[Lucerne]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|40||'''[[1949 European Rowing Championships|1949]]''' || [[Amsterdam]] || {{NED}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|41||'''[[1950 European Rowing Championships|1950]]''' || [[Milan]] || {{ITA}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|42||'''[[1951 European Rowing Championships|1951]]''' || [[Mâcon]] || {{flag|France|1830}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|43||'''[[1953 European Rowing Championships|1953]]''' || [[Copenhagen]] || {{DEN}} || align=center|7
|-
|align=center|44||'''[[1954 European Rowing Championships|1954]]''' || [[Amsterdam]] || {{NED}} || align=center|12
|-bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|align=center rowspan=2 |45
|'''[[1955 European Rowing Championships (women)|1955]]'''
| [[Bucharest]] (Women)
| {{flagcountry|Romanian People's Republic}}
| align=center|5
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|'''[[1955 European Rowing Championships (men)|1955]]'''
| [[Ghent]] (Men)
| {{BEL}}
| align=center|7
|-
|align=center|46||'''[[1956 European Rowing Championships|1956]]''' || [[Bled]] || {{YUG}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|47||'''[[1957 European Rowing Championships|1957]]''' || [[Duisburg]] || {{FRG}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|48||'''[[1958 European Rowing Championships|1958]]''' || [[Poznań]] || {{flagcountry|Polish People's Republic}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|49||'''[[1959 European Rowing Championships|1959]]''' || [[Mâcon]] || {{flag|France|1830}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|50||'''[[1960 European Rowing Championships|1960]]''' || [[London]] || {{GBR}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|51||'''[[1961 European Rowing Championships|1961]]''' || [[Prague]] || {{TCH}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|52||'''[[1962 European Rowing Championships|1962]]''' || [[East Berlin]] || {{GDR}} || align=center|5
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|align=center rowspan=2|53
|'''[[1963 European Rowing Championships (men)|1963]]'''
| [[Copenhagen]] (Men)
| {{DEN}}
| align=center|7
|-bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|'''[[1963 European Rowing Championships (women)|1963]]'''
| [[Moscow]] (Women)
| {{URS}}
| align=center|5
|-
|align=center|54||'''[[1964 European Rowing Championships|1964]]''' || [[Amsterdam]] || {{NED}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|55||'''[[1965 European Rowing Championships|1965]]''' || [[Duisburg]] || {{FRG}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|56||'''[[1966 European Rowing Championships|1966]]''' || [[Amsterdam]] || {{NED}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|57||'''[[1967 European Rowing Championships|1967]]''' || [[Vichy]] || {{flag|France|1830}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|58||'''[[1968 European Rowing Championships|1968]]''' || [[East Berlin]] || {{GDR}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|59||'''[[1969 European Rowing Championships|1969]]''' || [[Klagenfurt]] || {{AUT}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|60||'''[[1970 European Rowing Championships|1970]]''' || [[Tata, Hungary|Tata]] || {{flagcountry|Hungarian People's Republic|civil}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|61||'''[[1971 European Rowing Championships|1971]]''' || [[Copenhagen]] || {{DEN}} || align=center|12
|-
|align=center|62||'''[[1972 European Rowing Championships|1972]]''' || [[Brandenburg an der Havel]] || {{GDR}} || align=center|5
|-
|align=center|63||'''[[1973 European Rowing Championships|1973]]''' || [[Moscow]] || {{URS}} || align=center|12
|-
|colspan="5" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|'''1974–2006: not held due to the [[World Rowing Championships]]'''
|-
|align=center|64||'''[[2007 European Rowing Championships|2007]]''' || [[Poznań]] || {{POL}} || align=center|14
|-
|align=center|65||'''[[2008 European Rowing Championships|2008]]''' || [[Marathon, Greece|Marathon]] || {{GRE}} || align=center|14
|-
|align=center|66||'''[[2009 European Rowing Championships|2009]]''' || [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]] || {{flag|Belarus|1995}} || align=center|14
|-
|align=center|67||'''[[2010 European Rowing Championships|2010]]''' || [[Montemor-o-Velho]] || {{POR}} || align=center|22
|-
|align=center|68||'''[[2011 European Rowing Championships|2011]]''' || [[Plovdiv]] || {{BUL}} || align=center|14
|-
|align=center|69||'''[[2012 European Rowing Championships|2012]]''' || [[Varese]] || {{ITA}} || align=center|14
|-
|align=center|70||'''[[2013 European Rowing Championships|2013]]''' || [[Seville]] || {{ESP}} || align=center|17
|-
|align=center|71||'''[[2014 European Rowing Championships|2014]]''' || [[Belgrade]] || {{SRB}} || align=center|17
|-
|align=center|72||'''[[2015 European Rowing Championships|2015]]''' || [[Poznań]] || {{POL}} || align=center|17
|-
|align=center|73||'''[[2016 European Rowing Championships|2016]]''' || [[Brandenburg an der Havel]] || {{GER}} || align=center|17
|-
|align=center|74||'''[[2017 European Rowing Championships|2017]]''' || [[Račice (Litoměřice District)|Račice]] || {{CZE}} || align=center|18
|-
|align=center|75||'''[[2018 European Rowing Championships|2018]]''' || [[Glasgow]] || {{GBR}} || align=center|17
|-
|align=center|76||'''[[2019 European Rowing Championships|2019]]''' || [[Lucerne]] || {{SUI}} || align=center|17
|-
|colspan="5" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|'''Para since 2020'''
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|align=center|77||'''[[2020 European Rowing Championships|2020]]''' || [[Poznań]] || {{POL}} || align=center|22
|-
|align=center|78||'''[[2021 European Rowing Championships|2021]]''' || [[Varese]] || {{ITA}} || align=center|22
|-
|align=center|79||'''[[2022 European Rowing Championships|2022]]''' || [[Oberschleißheim]] || {{GER}} || align=center|23
|-
|align=center|80||'''[[2023 European Rowing Championships|2023]]''' || [[Bled]] || {{SLO}} || align=center|21
|-
|align=center|81||'''[[2024 European Rowing Championships|2024]]''' || [[Szeged]] || {{HUN}} || align=center|21
|-
|align=center|82||'''[[2025 European Rowing Championships|2025]]''' || [[Plovdiv]] || {{BUL}} || align=center|20
|-
|align=center|83||'''[[2026 European Rowing Championships|2026]]''' || [[Varese]] || {{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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

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 | gold_URS = 94 | silver_URS = 39 | bronze_URS = 24| name_URS = ''{{URS}}''
 | gold_ITA = 96 | silver_ITA = 116 | bronze_ITA = 81
 | gold_SUI = 60 | silver_SUI = 42 | bronze_SUI = 50
 | gold_ROU = 51 | silver_ROU = 50 | bronze_ROU = 48
 | gold_FRA = 49 | silver_FRA = 82 | bronze_FRA = 86
 | gold_GER = 46 | silver_GER = 48 | bronze_GER = 34
 | gold_GBR = 46 | silver_GBR = 33 | bronze_GBR = 29
 | gold_BEL = 45 | silver_BEL = 38 | bronze_BEL = 38
 | gold_NED = 35 | silver_NED = 59 | bronze_NED = 61
 | gold_GDR = 30 | silver_GDR = 39 | bronze_GDR = 18| name_GDR = ''{{GDR}}''
 | gold_FRG = 26 | silver_FRG = 16 | bronze_FRG = 19| name_FRG = ''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_HUN = 23 | silver_HUN = 18 | bronze_HUN = 30
 | gold_GRE = 21 | silver_GRE = 18 | bronze_GRE = 4
 | gold_POL = 16 | silver_POL = 34 | bronze_POL = 36
 | gold_DEN = 15 | silver_DEN = 25 | bronze_DEN = 15
 | gold_CZE = 13 | silver_CZE = 10 | bronze_CZE = 14
 | gold_UKR = 15 | silver_UKR = 10 | bronze_UKR = 21
 | gold_BLR = 10 | silver_BLR = 7 | bronze_BLR = 9
 | gold_CRO = 9 | silver_CRO = 6 | bronze_CRO = 6
 | gold_LTU = 8 | silver_LTU = 11 | bronze_LTU = 7
 | gold_NOR = 8 | silver_NOR = 5 | bronze_NOR = 10
 | gold_TCH = 7 | silver_TCH = 21 | bronze_TCH = 36| name_TCH = ''{{TCH}}''
 | gold_RUS = 7 | silver_RUS = 9 | bronze_RUS = 11
 | gold_AUT = 6 | silver_AUT = 18 | bronze_AUT = 10 
 | gold_IRL = 6 | silver_IRL = 6 | bronze_IRL = 6
 | gold_SRB = 4 | silver_SRB = 7 | bronze_SRB = 12
 | gold_EST = 4 | silver_EST = 3 | bronze_EST = 3 
 | gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 4 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_FIN = 2 | silver_FIN = 3 | bronze_FIN = 2
 | gold_YUG = 2 | silver_YUG = 1 | bronze_YUG = 8| name_YUG = ''{{YUG}}''
 | gold_AIN = 2 | silver_AIN = 0 | bronze_AIN = 2| skip_AIN= yes | name_AIN = [[Individual Neutral Athletes]]
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 4 | bronze_ESP = 11
 | gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 3 | bronze_POR = 3
 | gold_SVK = 1 | silver_SVK = 2 | bronze_SVK = 1
 | gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 5
 | gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 2 | bronze_ISR = 1
 | gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 0
 | gold_AZE = 0 | silver_AZE = 1 | bronze_AZE = 0
 | gold_GEO = 0 | silver_GEO = 1 | bronze_GEO = 0
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 3
 | gold_MLD = 0 | silver_MLD = 0 | bronze_MLD = 2
}}

==See also==
* [[European Rowing U23 Championships]]
* [[European Rowing U19 Championships]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://worldrowing.com Official World Rowing homepage]
* {{commons category-inline|European Rowing Championships}}

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