1949 European Rowing Championships Explained

1949 European Rowing Championships
Venue:	Bosbaan
Location:	Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dates:	August
Prev:	1947 Lucerne
Next:	1950 Milan

The 1949 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Bosbaan in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. The competition was for men only, they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+) in late August.^[1]

Medal summary – men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x^[2]	John Kelly	7:08	František Vrba		Hansjakob Keller
M2x^[3]	Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen	6:57.2	Mario Ustolin Giorgio Cavallini		Jacques Maillet Christian Guilbert
M2-^[4]	Evert Gunnarsson Bernt Torberntsson	7:28.2	Charles Van Antwerpen Jos Rosa		Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni
M2+^[5]	Giuseppe Ramani Aldo Tarlao Luciano Marion (cox)	7:55.0	Leif Hermansen Ole Scavenius Jensen John Vilhelmsen (cox)	7:55.2	Eugène Jacobs Hippolyte Mattelé Cyrille Proost (cox)
M4-^[6]	Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi		Eivin Kristensen Erik Thorsen Richard Littrup Carl Johan Petersen		Carl Monssen Harald Kråkenes Thorstein Kråkenes Kristoffer Lepsøe
M4+^[7]	Vladimiro Bobig Mario Tagliapietra Romeo Santin Marcello Basso Eugenio Suzzi (cox)	6:45.2	Walter Näpflin Carmelito Bolli Franz Zumbühl Walter Lüchinger Walter Ludin (cox)		Niels Kristensen Ove Nielsen Peter Hansen Bent Blach Petersen Sv. E. Larsen (cox)
M8+^[8]	Angelo Fioretti Mario Acchini Fortunato Maninetti Bonifacio De Bortoli Enrico Ruberti Pietro Sessa Ezio Acchini Luigi Gandini Alessandro Bardelli (cox)	6:11	Karel Vaněk Bogdan Kopecký Josef Kalaš František Petříček Antonín Lánský Jaroslav Vavřena Richard Hereyk Václav Roubík Josef Šindelář (cox)		Gijsbertus Dutry van Haeften Willem Algie André Nijhof Hans Bokelman Cornélis Hoogenboom Richard Buss Hendrik Druyff Gerard Kemperman Max Rood (cox)

Notes and References

1. News: Die Europameister im Rudern . 21 March 2018 . . 5 . 202 . 30 August 1949 . 4 . de . 21 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180321192934/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19490830-0-4-313-0 . dead .
2. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer) . Sport Komplett . 22 March 2018. de.
3. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier) . Sport Komplett . 22 March 2018. de.
4. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann) . Sport Komplett . 22 March 2018. de.
5. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 22 March 2018. de.
6. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 22 March 2018. de.
7. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 22 March 2018. de.
8. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) . Sport Komplett . 22 March 2018. de.