1947 European Rowing Championships Explained

1947 European Rowing Championships
Venue:	Rotsee
Location:	Lucerne, Switzerland
Nations:	15
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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]

Medal summary – men's events

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rotsee – das Mekka der Ruderer . Regionalzeitung Rontaler AG . 16 March 2018 . de . 31 January 2012.
2. Web site: Rudersport . Naturarena Rotsee . 16 March 2018 . de.
3. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer) . Sport Komplett . 16 March 2018. de.
4. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier) . Sport Komplett . 16 March 2018. de.
5. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann) . Sport Komplett . 16 March 2018. de.
6. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 16 March 2018. de.
7. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 16 March 2018. de.
8. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 16 March 2018. de.
9. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) . Sport Komplett . 16 March 2018. de.