1897 European Rowing Championships

1897 European Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Maggiore
Location	Pallanza, Italy
Dates	8 September 1897
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The 1897 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Maggiore in the Italian commune of Pallanza on 8 September. ^[1] The competition was for men only, four nations competed (Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland), and the regatta had four boat classes (M1x, M2+, M4+, M8+). At the FISA Congress held on the same day as these championships, it was decided that the double scull boat class would be introduced in the following year. ^{[2] [3]}

Event schedule

Four races took place on 8 September 1897. As only four nations competed, no heats had to be rowed. The regatta used a 2000 m course: ^[4]

• 3pm: French Cup (Coxed four)
• 4pm: Belgian Cup (Single scull)
• 5pm: Adriatic Cup (Coxed pair)
• 6pm: Italian Cup (Eight)

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time [4]	Country & rowers	Time [4]	Country & rowers	Time [4]
M1x [5]	Belgium [a] Joseph Deleplanque	8'55"	Italy [b] Fiorenzo Pagliano	9'12"5	[c]
M2+ [d] [6]	Belgium [e] Edouard Lescrauwaet Eugène Govaerts	8'36"	France [f] Carlos Deltour Antoine Védrenne Dubordieu (cox)	8'50"5	Italy [g] Boldoni de Marchi G. Pucci [7] (cox)	8'58"
M4+ [8]	Belgium [h] François Goossens François Jansen Léopold De Bloe Georges Boisson	7'46"	Italy [i] Ezio Carlesi Silvio Slettini Ettore Sebastiani Alberto Bertolani	7'52"	France [j] Laurent Guillon Merat J. Lelarge	n/a [k]
M8+ [l] [9]	Belgium [m] } Edouard Lescrauwaet Eugène Govaerts Adolphe Lippens Maurice Hemelsoet Charles Malis Charles Van Weddingen Arthur De Meyer Louis Lys	6'43"	Italy [n] Ernesto Vettori Italo Ponis Cino Ceni Alberto Grazzini Ottorino Castagnoli Giorgio Bensa Giuseppe Belli Cesare Galardelli G. Pucci [7] (cox)	6'44"5	France [o] Deguine Maurice Carton Émile Lejeune Gadebled Maurice Henon van Heeckoet Henon P. van Heeckoet	6'47"

Footnotes

1. Club Nautique de Gand
2. Società Canottieri Cerea (Turin)
3. The French rower (Carlos Deltour) did not finish and the Swiss rower (G. Pfyffer) had withdrawn before the start.
4. Only three countries competed in this event.
5. Cercle des Régates de Bruxelles
6. Club Nautique de Castillon
7. Società Canottieri Milano
8. Royal Sport Nautique de Bruxelles
9. S.C. il remo di Livorno
10. Union Nautique de Lyon
11. The French boat had abandoned the race but after the Swiss boat from Seeclub Zürich also abandoned, the French resumed and crossed the finish line.
12. Only three countries competed in this event.
13. Club Nautique de Gand + Cercle des Régates de Bruxelles
14. Libertas di Firenze (Florence)
15. Émulation nautique Boulogne Club (now L'Aviron Boulonnais)

References

1. "Event Information". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 12 August 2018.
2. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
3. "Rowing and Olympism" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. p. 908. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
4. Roux Frassati, Tip (1897). "Resoconto ufficiale dei Campionati Europei – 1897". Rivista nautica (in Italian). Turin. p. 275. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
5. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
6. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
7. Morabito, Franco (26 January 2008). "Timonieri azzurri del passato, alla ricerca dei nomi" [Blue coxswains of the past, looking for names] (Press release) (in Italian). Rome: Italian Rowing Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
8. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
9. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.