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European Rowing Championships
Status active
Genre sports event
Date(s) midyear
Frequency annual
Inaugurated 1893
Most recent 2025
Organised by World Rowing

The European Rowing Championships is a major international competition for rowers. It brings together athletes from European countries. Israel also takes part, even though it's not officially a European nation for sports. This big event is organized by World Rowing. This organization was known as FISA until 2020.

The championships first started way back in 1893. This was just one year after FISA was created. For a long time, this competition was so important that it was almost like a world championship. This was because rowers from all over the world could join, not just from Europe.

Then, the official World Rowing Championships began in 1962. The last European Championships of that era happened in 1973. From 1974 onwards, the World Championships became an annual event. Because of this, the European Championships stopped for a while.

However, the European Championships were brought back in 2007. This time, they focused only on European nations.

History of the Rowing Championships

The very first European Rowing Championships took place in 1893. These events happened every year until 1913. The championships were paused from 1914 to 1919 because of World War I.

The yearly schedule was also interrupted sometimes by the Olympic Games. For example, the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics took the place of the championships that year. The 1936 Berlin Olympics also meant the European Championships were skipped.

World War II caused the championships to be cancelled from 1939 to 1946. The event returned in 1947. It was then skipped again in 1948 and 1952 when the Olympics were held in Europe.

A special moment happened at the 1951 European Rowing Championships. This was the first time that international women's rowing events were tested by FISA. Women's events were officially added in 1954. At first, men's and women's races were held on different days. Sometimes, they even took place in different cities.

On May 27, 2006, the members of FISA voted to bring back the European Rowing Championships as a separate, important event.

When the championships first started in 1893, there were only three types of races. These were men's single scull, coxed four, and eight. Only ten teams entered the competition. Most races were 3,000 meters long. The single scull race was shorter, at 2,000 meters.

More race types were added over the years. The coxed pair was included in 1894. The double scull was added in 1898. The coxless pair joined in 1924, and the coxless four was added the next year. After that, women's rowing was introduced.

When the European Rowing Championships returned in 2007, there were 14 Olympic boat classes. All races were 2,000 meters long. At first, some top European countries, like Great Britain and Germany, didn't always send their best rowers.

However, after the 2012 Summer Olympics, these countries started taking the European Championships very seriously. Since then, the championships have become one of the most important rowing events in the world. They are now considered almost as important as the Olympic Games and World Championships. In Olympic years, these championships are a key test for rowers before the Olympics.

In 2015, European Rowing announced something new. The 2018 championships would be part of the first European Championships. This is a larger event that brings together different European sports championships.

Past Competitions

The first European Rowing Championships took place in 1893. Since 2020, events for Para rowers (athletes with disabilities) have also been added.

# Year Host City Host Country Events
1 1893 Lake Orta  Italy 3
2 1894 Mâcon  France 4
3 1895 Ostend  Belgium 4
4 1896 Geneva  Switzerland 4
5 1897 Pallanza  Italy 4
6 1898 Turin  Italy 5
7 1899 Ostend  Belgium 5
8 1900 Paris  France 5
9 1901 Zürich  Switzerland 5
10 1902 Strasbourg/Kehl  Germany 5
11 1903 Venice  Italy 5
12 1904 Paris  France 5
13 1905 Ghent  Belgium 5
14 1906 Pallanza  Italy 5
15 1907 Strasbourg/Kehl  Germany 5
16 1908 Lucerne  Switzerland 5
17 1909 Paris  France 5
18 1910 Ostend  Belgium 5
19 1911 Como  Italy 5
20 1912 Geneva  Switzerland 5
21 1913 Ghent  Belgium 5
1914–1919: not held due to World War I
22 1920 Mâcon  France 5
23 1921 Amsterdam  Netherlands 5
24 1922 Barcelona  Spain 5
25 1923 Como  Italy 5
26 1924 Zürich  Switzerland 6
27 1925 Prague  Czechoslovakia 7
28 1926 Lucerne  Switzerland 7
29 1927 Como  Italy 7
30 1929 Bydgoszcz  Poland 7
31 1930 Liège  Belgium 7
32 1931 Paris  France 7
33 1932 Belgrade  Yugoslavia 7
34 1933 Budapest  Hungary 7
35 1934 Lucerne  Switzerland 7
36 1935 Berlin  Germany 7
37 1937 Amsterdam  Netherlands 7
38 1938 Milan  Italy 7
1939–1946: not held due to World War II
39 1947 Lucerne  Switzerland 7
40 1949 Amsterdam  Netherlands 7
41 1950 Milan  Italy 7
42 1951 Mâcon  France 7
43 1953 Copenhagen  Denmark 7
44 1954 Amsterdam  Netherlands 12
45 1955 Bucharest (Women)  Romania 5
1955 Ghent (Men)  Belgium 7
46 1956 Bled  Yugoslavia 12
47 1957 Duisburg  West Germany 12
48 1958 Poznań  Poland 12
49 1959 Mâcon  France 12
50 1960 London  United Kingdom 5
51 1961 Prague  Czechoslovakia 12
52 1962 East Berlin  East Germany 5
53 1963 Copenhagen (Men)  Denmark 7
1963 Moscow (Women)  Soviet Union 5
54 1964 Amsterdam  Netherlands 12
55 1965 Duisburg  West Germany 12
56 1966 Amsterdam  Netherlands 5
57 1967 Vichy  France 12
58 1968 East Berlin  East Germany 5
59 1969 Klagenfurt  Austria 12
60 1970 Tata  Hungary 5
61 1971 Copenhagen  Denmark 12
62 1972 Brandenburg an der Havel  East Germany 5
63 1973 Moscow  Soviet Union 12
1974–2006: not held due to the World Rowing Championships
64 2007 Poznań  Poland 14
65 2008 Marathon  Greece 14
66 2009 Brest  Belarus 14
67 2010 Montemor-o-Velho  Portugal 22
68 2011 Plovdiv  Bulgaria 14
69 2012 Varese  Italy 14
70 2013 Seville  Spain 17
71 2014 Belgrade  Serbia 17
72 2015 Poznań  Poland 17
73 2016 Brandenburg an der Havel  Germany 17
74 2017 Račice  Czech Republic 18
75 2018 Glasgow  United Kingdom 17
76 2019 Lucerne  Switzerland 17
Para since 2020
77 2020 Poznań  Poland 22
78 2021 Varese  Italy 22
79 2022 Oberschleißheim  Germany 23
80 2023 Bled  Slovenia 21
81 2024 Szeged  Hungary 21
82 2025 Plovdiv  Bulgaria 20

Medal Winners (1893-2025)

This table shows the total number of medals won by different countries from 1893 up to the 2025 championships. Please note that the medals won by Alsace-Lorraine (one gold, three silvers, and nine bronzes) are included in Germany's total.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy 96 116 81 293
2  Soviet Union 94 39 24 157
3  Switzerland 60 42 50 152
4  Romania 51 50 48 149
5  France 49 82 86 217
6  Germany 46 48 34 128
7  Great Britain 46 33 29 108
8  Belgium 45 38 38 121
9  Netherlands 35 59 61 155
10  East Germany 30 39 18 87
11  West Germany 26 16 19 61
12  Hungary 23 18 30 71
13  Greece 21 18 4 43
14  Poland 16 34 36 86
15  Denmark 15 25 15 55
16  Ukraine 15 10 21 46
17  Czech Republic 13 10 14 37
18  Belarus 10 7 9 26
19  Croatia 9 6 6 21
20  Lithuania 8 11 7 26
21  Norway 8 5 10 23
22  Czechoslovakia 7 21 36 64
23  Russia 7 9 11 27
24  Austria 6 18 10 34
25  Ireland 6 6 6 18
26  Serbia 4 7 12 23
27  Estonia 4 3 3 10
28  Sweden 2 4 3 9
29  Finland 2 3 2 7
30  Yugoslavia 2 1 8 11
 Individual Neutral Athletes 2 0 2 4
31  Spain 1 4 11 16
32  Portugal 1 3 3 7
33  Slovakia 1 2 1 4
34  Bulgaria 1 1 5 7
35  Israel 0 2 1 3
36  Turkey 0 2 0 2
37  Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1
 Georgia 0 1 0 1
 Latvia 0 1 0 1
40  Slovenia 0 0 3 3
41  Moldova 0 0 2 2
Totals (41 entries) 762 795 759 2,316

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Campeonato Europeo de Remo para niños

  • European Rowing U23 Championships
  • European Rowing U19 Championships
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