1897 European Rowing Championships Explained
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]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|
| Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time |
| M1x[5] |
Joseph Deleplanque | 8'55" |
Fiorenzo Pagliano | 9'12"5 | |
| M2+[6] |
Edouard Lescrauwaet
Eugène Govaerts | 8'36" |
Carlos Deltour
Antoine Védrenne
Dubordieu (cox) | 8'50"5 |
Boldoni
de Marchi
G. Pucci[7] (cox) | 8'58" |
| M4+[8] |
François Goossens
François Jansen
Léopold De Bloe
Georges Boisson | 7'46" |
Ezio Carlesi
Silvio Slettini
Ettore Sebastiani
Alberto Bertolani | 7'52" |
Laurent
Guillon
Merat
J. Lelarge | n/a |
| M8+[9] | |
Edouard Lescrauwaet
Eugène Govaerts
Adolphe Lippens
Maurice Hemelsoet Charles Malis
Charles Van Weddingen
Arthur De Meyer
Louis Lys| 6'43"|
Ernesto Vettori
Italo Ponis
Cino Ceni
Alberto Grazzini
Ottorino Castagnoli
Giorgio Bensa
Giuseppe Belli
Cesare Galardelli
G. Pucci (cox)| 6'44"5|
Deguine
Maurice Carton
Émile Lejeune
Gadebled
Maurice Henon
van Heeckoet
Henon
P. van Heeckoet| 6'47"|}
Notes and References
- Web site: Event Information . . 12 August 2018.
- Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier) . Sport Komplett . 12 August 2018. de.
- Web site: Rowing and Olympism . . 12 August 2018 . 908 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000626/http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1984/ore205/ORE205y.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead .
- Book: Roux Frassati . Tip . Rivista nautica . 1897 . Turin . 275 . https://books.google.com/books?id=tPFdtRayyJMC&pg=PP1 . 12 August 2018 . it . Resoconto ufficiale dei Campionati Europei – 1897.
- Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer) . Sport Komplett . 12 August 2018. de.
- Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 12 August 2018. de.
- Morabito . Franco . 26 January 2008 . Timonieri azzurri del passato, alla ricerca dei nomi . Rome . Italian Rowing Federation . 5 August 2018 . it . Blue coxswains of the past, looking for names.
- Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 12 August 2018. de.
- Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) . Sport Komplett . 12 August 2018. de.
