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.

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, 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. 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.

Para events added to games since 2020.

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

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.

See also

• European Rowing U23 Championships
• European Rowing U19 Championships

External links

• Official World Rowing homepage
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