| 1937 European Rowing Championships | |
| Venue: | Bosbaan |
| Location: | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Dates: | August |
| Prev: | 1935 Berlin |
| Next: | 1938 Milan |
The 1937 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships for men held on the Bosbaan in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. The construction of the Bosbaan was an unemployment project, with the forest planted from 1934 onwards and the rowing lake finished in 1936.[1] The rowers competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+).
In the coxless four, the Swiss team looked like the certain winners. At 1,900, with one and a half lengths of lead, the boat was hit by a wave that had been reflected from the bulkhead, Hermann Betschart had his oar ripped out of his hands but not before the rowlock bent and the hull was ripped open. The Swiss came second to a standing ovation, having been overtaken by the German boat.[2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | ||
| M1x[3] | Eugen Studach | Josef Hasenöhrl | Roger Verey | ||||
| M2x[4] | Joachim Pirsch Willi Kaidel | Karoly Szandtner Egon Szandtner | Ettore Broschi Giorgio Scherli | ||||
| M2-[5] | Mario Lazzati Ermenegildo Manfredini | Richard Olsen Harry Larsen | Karl Müller Wilhelm Klopfer | ||||
| M2+[6] | Herbert Adamski Gerhard Gustmann Günther Holstein (cox) | Almiro Bergamo Guido Santin Guido Bettini (cox) | Stanisław Kuryłłowicz Lech Manitius Mieczysław Bącler (cox) | ||||
| M4-[7] | Ernst-August Grosskopf Karl Seuser Georg Schmid Werner Immand | Hermann Betschart Oskar Neuenschwander Werner Schweizer Karl Schmid | Hugó Ballya Antal Szendey Frigyes Hollósi László Szabó | ||||
| M4+[8] | Walter Kaps Erich Knorr Heinz Kaufmann Wilhelm Ewerth Wilhelm Mahlow (cox) | Simon de Wit J. A. W. C. Smit Hotse Bartlema Mak Schoorl Gerard Hallie (cox) | Aldo Pellizzoni Lucillo Bobig Guglielmo del Neri Milan Busani Eugenio Suzzi (cox) | ||||
| M8+[9] | Alberto Bonciani Ottorino Quaglierini Enzo Bartolini Dante Secchi Mario Checcacci Giovanni Persico Oreste Grossi Enrico Garzelli Cesare Milani (cox) | Erich Buschmann Herbert Buhtz Walter Volle Joachim Charlé Fritz Braunsdorf Georg Jakstat Walter Fuglsang Eberhard Kösling Karl-Heinz Neumann (cox) | Flemming Jensen Hans Nielsen Poul Byrge Poulsen Carl Berner Bjørner Drøger Kaj Söderberg Remond Larsen Emil Boje Jensen Aage Jensen (cox) | ||||