| 1922 European Rowing Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Port of Barcelona |
| Location | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
The 1922 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in the Port of Barcelona in the Spanish city Barcelona. [1] The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+), the same ones as had been used at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. [2]
Igor Aleksandrovich Rudakov is a Russian former coxswain who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960, 1964, 1968, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
The 1969 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Wörthersee in the Austrian city of Klagenfurt. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 5 to 7 September for women, and a few days later for men. Women entered in five boat classes, and 15 countries—including the United States—sent 47 boats. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes. An innovation was that petite finals were held to determine places 7 to 12.
The 1958 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Malta in the city of Poznań in Poland. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes, and women entered in five boat classes.
The 1959 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Mâcon regatta course on the Saône in Mâcon, France. The event for women was held from 14 to 16 August, and 16 races were held. The event for men was held from 20 to 23 August. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes, and women entered in five boat classes.
The 1957 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Wedau Regatta Course in the city of Duisburg which, at the time, was located in West Germany. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes, and women entered in five boat classes. Many of the men competed two months later at the Olympic Games in Melbourne; women would first be allowed to compete at Olympic level in 1976. Women competed from 23 to 25 August. Men competed the following week.
The 1956 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Bled in the city of Bled which, at the time, was located in Yugoslavia. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes, and women entered in five boat classes. Many of the men competed two months later at the Olympic Games in Melbourne; women would first be allowed to compete at Olympic level in 1976.
The 1954 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Bosbaan regatta course in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. This edition is particularly notable for the fact that it was the first time that women were allowed to compete as part of the championships, after three years of trial regattas for them. Women from 13 countries were represented with 34 boats, and they competed in five boat classes from 20 to 22 August. The men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes a week later, from 26 to 29 August. It would be another 22 years until women would first be allowed to compete at Olympic level in 1976.
The 1935 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships for men held on the Berlin-Grünau Regatta Course in the German capital of Berlin. The event was a test run for the rowing part of the 1936 Summer Olympics that were to be held at the same venue. The rowers competed in all seven Olympic boat classes.
The 1926 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss city of Lucerne. The competition was for men only and they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes.
The 1929 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Bydgoszcz Regatta Course in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz in the suburb of Łęgnowo. The competition was for men only and they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes.
The 1925 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Vltava (Moldau) in the Czechoslovakian capital Prague on 3 and 4 September. The competition was for men only and they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes as they had been rowed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the first time that the coxless four boat class was part of the regatta.
The 1924 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Zürich in the Swiss city of Zürich. The competition was for men only and they competed in six of the seven Olympic boat classes as they had been rowed earlier in the summer at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris; the new Olympic boat class of coxless four (M4-) was also part of the European Rowing Championships, but the only competitor would be Switzerland and they didn't want to win the European championship by row-over. It was the first time that the coxless pair boat class was part of the regatta.
The 1923 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Como in the Italian Lombardy region. The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes, the same ones as had been used at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
The 1921 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Amstel in the Dutch capital city Amsterdam from 9 to 11 September. The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes, the same ones as had been used at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
The 1920 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on 15 August on the Saône in the French city Mâcon. The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes, the same ones as used at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp later in the same month. These were the first European Rowing Championships held after WWI; the previous championships had been held in 1913 in Ghent.
The 1900 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in Paris on the Seine in early September. The 1900 regatta was held between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge, the same venue that had been used for the 1900 Summer Olympics a week earlier. The length of the regatta course was 1,750 metres (5,740 ft). The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes.
The 1904 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in Courbevoie, a suburb of Paris, on the Seine on a day in the middle of August. The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes. The 1904 Summer Olympics had been held in St. Louis, United States, just two weeks prior but no European rowers had attended.
The 1908 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in the Swizz city of Lucerne. The competition, held on 30 August, was for men only and they competed in five boat classes. Many of the rowers had a month earlier competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
The 1912 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Geneva in the Swiss city of Geneva. The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes. The 1912 Olympic rowing competition had been held a month earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.
Guillaume Visser was a Belgian rower. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm with the men's coxed four where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Over a ten-year period, he won 19 medals at European Championships, including 13 gold medals.
