European Rowing Championships

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.^[1]

History

The first regatta held as an European Rowing Championships was held in 1893, and regattas continued under that name until the 1960s. As of 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,^[2] but even then men's and women's events were held on different days.

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

In the first event there were only 3 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.

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 Sports Championships, a co-branded multisport event organized by, and consisting of the European championships of, the individual European sports federations.

Venues (1893–1973)

1893 Lake Orta, Italy 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 Ostend, Belgium 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 Lake Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland 1909 1910 1911 Como, Italy 1912 1913 Ghent, Belgium, Ghent–Terneuzen Canal 1914-1919 Not held because of World War I

1920 1921 Amstel, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1922 Barcelona, Spain 1923 1924 1925 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1926 Lake Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland 1927 Como, Italy 1928 1929 Bydgoszcz, Poland 1930 Liege, Belgium 1931 Paris, France 1932 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1933 Budapest, Hungary 1934 Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland 1935 Berlin, Germany 1937 Amsterdam, Netherlands 1938 Milan, Italy 1939-1946 Not held because of World War II

1947 Lucerne, Switzerland 1948 1949 Amsterdam, Netherlands 1950 Milan, Italy 1951 Macon, France 1952 1953 Copenhagen, Denmark 1954 Bosbaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1955 Ghent, Belgium, Watersportbaan (Women's events: Bucharest, Romania) 1956 Bled, Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957 Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany 1958 Poznań, Poland 1959 Macon, France 1960 (Women's events) Welsh Harp, Willesden, London, England, UK 1961 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1962 (Women's events) East Berlin, East Germany 1963 Copenhagen, Denmark (Women's events: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) 1964 Bosbaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1965 Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany 1966 (Women's events) Bosbaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1967 Vichy, France 1968 (Women's events) Berlin, Germany 1969 Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria 1970 (Women's events) Tata, Hungary 1971 Copenhagen, Denmark 1972 (Women's events) Brandenburg, East Germany 1973 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Venues (since 2007)

Year	City	Country	Note
2007	Poznań Lake Malta	Poland
2008	Marathon Schinias	Greece
2009	Brest	Belarus
2010	Montemor-o-Velho	Portugal
2011	Plovdiv	Bulgaria
2012	Varese	Italy
2013	Seville	Spain
2014	Belgrade	Serbia
2015	Poznań	Poland	[3]
2016	Brandenburg	Germany	[4]

Medal table (2007–2015)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	20	7	1	28
2	Germany	14	16	14	44
3	Italy	14	15	11	40
4	Romania	14	4	8	26
5	Czech Republic	11	9	7	27
6	Ukraine	10	3	10	23
7	France	9	4	8	21
8	Great Britain	8	10	8	26
9	Lithuania	7	4	1	12
10	Poland	6	16	8	30
11	Belarus	6	5	7	18
12	Russia	4	7	5	16
13	Yugoslavia	3	7	9	19
14	Denmark	3	3	1	7
	Estonia	3	3	1	7
16	Switzerland	3	2	5	9
17	Netherlands	2	8	9	19
18	Croatia	2	3	5	10
19	Portugal	1	3	2	6
20	Austria	1	3	1	5
21	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3
	Hungary	1	0	2	3
23	Norway	0	1	5	6
24	Spain	0	1	3	4
25	Sweden	0	2	2	4
26	Slovakia	0	2	1	3
27	Belgium	0	1	2	3
28	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
30	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
31	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	TOTAL	143	143	141	427

References

1. ERC Eligibility.
2. "Women in rowing". World Rowing. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
3. http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/rowing/1019489-world-rowing-cups-for-2015-and-2016-to-fit-in-with-rio-olympic-preparations-fisa-announce
4. https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2014/06/03/Events-and-Attractions/notes.aspx

External links

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