1897 European Rowing Championships

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1897 European Rowing Championships
Venue Lake Maggiore
Location Pallanza, Italy
Dates8 September 1897
1898 Turin  

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]

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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]

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Country & rowersTime [4] Country & rowersTime [4] Country & rowersTime [4]
M1x [5] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [lower-alpha 1]
Joseph Deleplanque
8'55"Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [lower-alpha 2]
Fiorenzo Pagliano
9'12"5 [lower-alpha 3]
M2+ [lower-alpha 4] [6] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [lower-alpha 5]
Edouard Lescrauwaet
Eugène Govaerts
8'36"Flag of France.svg  France [lower-alpha 6]
Carlos Deltour
Antoine Védrenne
Dubordieu (cox)
8'50"5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [lower-alpha 7]
Boldoni
de Marchi
G. Pucci [7] (cox)
8'58"
M4+ [8] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [lower-alpha 8]
François Goossens
François Jansen
Léopold De Bloe
Georges Boisson
7'46"Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [lower-alpha 9]
Ezio Carlesi
Silvio Slettini
Ettore Sebastiani
Alberto Bertolani
7'52"Flag of France.svg  France [lower-alpha 10]
Laurent
Guillon
Merat
J. Lelarge
n/a [lower-alpha 11]
M8+ [lower-alpha 12] [9] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [lower-alpha 13] }
Edouard Lescrauwaet
Eugène Govaerts
Adolphe Lippens
Maurice Hemelsoet
Charles Malis
Charles Van Weddingen
Arthur De Meyer
Louis Lys
6'43"Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [lower-alpha 14]
Ernesto Vettori
Italo Ponis
Cino Ceni
Alberto Grazzini
Ottorino Castagnoli
Giorgio Bensa
Giuseppe Belli
Cesare Galardelli
G. Pucci [7] (cox)
6'44"5Flag of France.svg  France [lower-alpha 15]
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)

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