1947 European Rowing Championships

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1947 European Rowing Championships
Venue Rotsee
Location Lucerne, Switzerland
Nations15
  1938 Milan

The 1947 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Rotsee in the Swiss city of Lucerne. The competition was for men only, they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and 15 nations participated. [1] It was the first European Rowing Championships held after World War II, and it was the second time that the regatta was held on the Rotsee; the previous regatta was in 1934. [2]

Rotsee lake in Switzerland

The Rotsee is a natural rowing lake on the northern edge of Lucerne, Switzerland. It is 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) long with virtually no current and protected from winds by nearby hills making it an ideal rowing venue.

Lucerne City in Switzerland

Lucerne is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name. With a population of about 81,057 people, Lucerne is the most populous town in Central Switzerland, and a nexus of economics, transportation, culture, and media of this region. The city's urban area consists of 17 municipalities and towns located in three different cantons with an overall population of about 250,000 people.

The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a European nation for competition purposes.

Medal summary – men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Country & rowersTimeCountry & rowersTimeCountry & rowersTime
M1x [3] Flag of France.svg  France
Jean Séphériadès
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Ben Piessens
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Hansjakob Keller
M2x [4] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Henk van der Meer
Tom Neumeier
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Arnoldo Gianella
Ilvo Prosperi
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Vavrena
Frantisek Vrba
M2- [5] Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Søren Jensen
Jørn Snogdahl
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Gert Watzke
Kurt Watzke
Flag of France.svg  France
Jérôme Havlik
Pierre Rivière
M2+ [6] Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Béla Zsitnik
Antal Szendey
Szaniszlo Latinovits (cox)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Giovanni Steffè
Aldo Tarlao
Alvino Grio (cox)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Finn Pedersen
Tage Henriksen
Carl-Ebbe Andersen (cox)
M4- [7] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Giuseppe Moioli
Elio Morille
Giovanni Invernizzi
Franco Faggi
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Karel Vaněk
Josef Schejbal
Jiří Romovacek
Václav Roubík
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Hermann Betschart
Ernst Rufli
Gotthard Oehninger
Karl Schmid
M4+ [8] Flag of France.svg  France
Gaston Piéddeloup
Claude Loewenstein
Gérald Maquat
Jean Roulin
Marcel Boigegrain (cox)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Reginaldo Polloni
Riccardo Cerutti
Renato Macario
Francesco Gotti
Domenico Cambieri (cox)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Bogdan Kopecky
Miroslav Merk
Miroslav Ptacek
Jaroslav Dlohoska
Zdenek Dvorak (cox)
M8+ [9] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Angelo Fioretti
Mario Acchini
Fortunato Maninetti
Bonifacio De Bortoli
Enrico Ruberti
Pietro Sessa
Ezio Acchini
Luigi Gandini
Alessandro Bardelli (cox)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Charles Willumsen
Holger Larsen
Niels Rasmussen
Ib Nielsen
Jarl Emcken
Poul Korup
Børge Hougaard
Gerhardt Sørensen
Niels Wamberg (cox)
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Walter Stapfer
Erich Schriever
Rudolf Reichling
Peter Stebler
Émile Knecht
Heiri Zoller
Fritz Stapfer
Jakob Knöpfel
Franco Brentani (cox)

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