2012 European Rowing Championships

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2012 European Rowing Championships
Location Varese, Italy
Dates14–16 September 2012

The 2012 European Rowing Championships is the sixth edition of the European Rowing Championships, since they were reinstated by decision of FISA in 2006. [1] The event was held in Varese, Italy, between 14 and 16 September 2012.

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Medal summary

Men

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
M1xFlag of Lithuania.svg  Mindaugas Griškonis  (LTU)6:57.56Flag of Croatia.svg  Damir Martin  (CRO)6:57.63Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Georgi Bozhilov  (BUL)6:59.71
LM2xFlag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
Panagiotis Magdanis
Spyridon Giannaros
6:21.58Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)
Pedro Fraga
Nuno Mendes
6:22.27Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Chris Boddy
Michael Mottram
6:23.34
M2xFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
6:14.25Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Alessio Sartori
Romano Battisti
6:15.17Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Nils Jakob Hoff
Kjetil Borch
6:17.78
M2−Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Rogier Blink
Mitchel Steenman
6:28.00Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Álex Sigurbjörnsson
Pau Vela
6:29.17Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)
Nenad Beđik
Nikola Stojić
6:31.50
LM4−Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Luca De Maria
Martino Goretti
Petru Zaharia
Armando Dell'Aquila
6:00.92Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Sam Scrimgeour
Adam Freeman-Pask
William Fletcher
Jonathan Clegg
6:01.74Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)
Nikola Selaković
Miloš Stanojević
Nenad Babović
Miloš Tomić
6:05.46
M4−Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
Nikolaos Goudoulas
Apostolos Goudoulas
Georgios Tziallas
Ioannis Christou
5:56.03Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Marius Cozmiuc
George Palamariu
Cristi Ilie Pîrghie
Florin Curuea
5:57.37Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)
Miloš Vasić
Radoje Đerić
Miljan Vuković
Goran Jagar
5:58.72
M4xFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)
Andrei Jämsä
Allar Raja
Tõnu Endrekson
Kaspar Taimsoo
5:47.91Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
Yuriy Ivanov
Ivan Futryk
Oleksandr Nadtoka
Ivan Dovhodko
5:51.18Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)
Gašper Fistravec
Jan Špik
Jernej Markovc
Matej Rojec
5:52.01
M8+Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Marcin Brzeziński
Maciej Mattik
Mikołaj Burda
Piotr Hojka
Zbigniew Schodowski
Michal Szpakowski
Krystian Aranowski
Rafał Hejmej
Daniel Trojanowski
5:33.23Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Paolo Perino
Giuseppe Vicino
Leopoldo Sansone
Pierpaolo Frattini
Mario Paonessa
Vincenzo Capelli
Sergio Canciani
Andrea Tranquilli
Enrico D'Aniello (cox)
5:34.57Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
Kornel Altman
David Jirka
Jakub Podrazil
Michal Horváth
Jan Pilc
Milan Doleček
Petr Melichar
Matyáš Klang
Martin Šuma
5:35.23

Women

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
W1xFlag of Lithuania.svg  Donata Vištartaitė  (LTU)7:36.26Flag of Serbia.svg  Iva Obradović  (SRB)7:39.87Flag of Estonia.svg  Kaisa Pajusalu  (EST)7:41.81
W2−Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Camelia Lupașcu
Nicoleta Albu
7:14.49Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Caragh McMurtry
Olivia Carnegie-Brown
7:18.65Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
Sonja Kešerac
Maja Anić
7:18.91
LW2xFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Laura Milani
Elisabetta Sancassani
6:53.39Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
Christina Giazitzidou
Alexandra Tsiavou
6:57.62Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Ruth Walczak
Imogen Walsh
6:58.87
W2xFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)
Tatsiana Kukhta
Katsiaryna Shliupskaya
6:58.94Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Giulia Pollini
Giada Colombo
7:02.20Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Maria Diana Bursuc
Adelina Cojocariu
7:03.67
W4xFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
Kateryna Tarasenko
Nataliya Dovgodko
Olha Hurkovska
Yana Dementyeva
6:26.44Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Kamila Socko
Joanna Leszczynska
Sylwia Lewandowska
Natalia Madaj
6:28.42Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Ionelia Zaharia
Ioana Craciun
Camelia Lupașcu
Nicoleta Albu
6:29.98
W8+Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Roxana Cogianu
Viorica Susanu
Cristina Grigoras
Irina Dorneanu
Georgeta Andrunache
Andreea Boghian
Rodica Şerban
Ioana Rotaru
Talida-Teodora Gidoiu
6:06.94Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Claudia Wurzel
Sara Magnaghi
Alessandra Patelli
Giada Colombo
Gabriella Bascelli
Sara Bertolasi
Gaia Palma
Enrica Marasca
Federica Cesarini
6:17.66Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Leonora Kennedy
Claire Mckeown
Monica Relph
Victoria Meyer-Laker
Yasmin Tredell
Zoe Lee
Caragh McMurtry
Olivia Carnegie-Brown
Zoe de Toledo
6:18.31

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2406
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)2125
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)2103
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)2002
5Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)1113
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1102
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1102
8Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)1012
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)1001
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1001
11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0235
12Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)0134
13Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)0101
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0101
15Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0011
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0011
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0011
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0011
Totals (18 entries)14141442

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