| 1956 European Rowing Championships | |
| Venue: | Lake Bled |
| Location: | Bled, Yugoslavia |
| Prev: | 1955 Ghent (men) |
| Next: | 1957 Duisburg |
The 1956 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Bled in the city of Bled which, at the time, was located in Yugoslavia.[1] Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+). Many of the men competed two months later at the Olympic Games in Melbourne; women would first be allowed to compete at Olympic level in 1976.
FISA, the International Rowing Federation, decided at its congress held just prior to the 1955 Championships in Ghent to award the 1956 Championships to Bled, and that the 1957 Championships were to be hosted by Duisburg.[2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | ||
| W1x[3] | Ingrid Scholz | Eva Sika | Kornélia Pap | ||||
| W2x[4] | Svetla Bartakova Hana Musilova | Nina Opalenko Ekaterina Semlyanskaya | Hertha Manger Gisela Pünner | ||||
| W4+[5] | Olimpiada Mikhaylova Galina Putyrskaya Lyudmila Blasko Natalya Morozova Vera Savrimovich (cox) | Maria Dopierala Maria Golebiewska Sabina Zdzienicka Maria Kowalska Danuta Migocka (cox) | Felicia Urziceanu Elsa Oxenfeld Stela Georgescu Lucia Dumitrescu Angela Codreanu (cox) | ||||
| W4x+[6] | Yevgeniya Tserbakova Lidiya Zontova Galina Kopilova Lyubov Trosenkova Viktoriya Dobrodeeva (cox) | Istvánné Granek Ida Orodán Józsefné Raskó Jánosné Kőszegi Ilona Skotniczky (cox) | Florica Bruteanu Viorica Udrescu Stela Stanciu Maria Laub Stefania Borisov (cox) | ||||
| W8+[7] | Lyudmila Matveyeva Vera Taranda Alexandra Afonykina Vera Mikhaylova Nina Korobkova Zinaida Korotova Zinaida Trofimova Tamara Stolyarova Maria Fomicheva (cox) | Felicia Urziceanu Marta Kardos Iuliana Toganel Rita Schob Sonia Bulugioiu Elsa Oxenfeld Etelca Laub Maria Bucur-Maimon Angela Codreanu (cox) | Ingrid Matthes Marianne Falk Gerda Weith Ursula Nawrot Ingeborg Könnecke Hella Schulz Anita Blankenfeld Helga Richter Ursula Gesch (cox) | ||||