European Rowing Championships

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The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a European nation for competition purposes.[1]

History

The first European rowing Championships were held in 1893 and continued under that name until the 1960s. As of 1962, the event was replaced (one year in four) by the World Rowing Championships, which then became an annual event from 1974. Women's events were introduced in 1954, but even then men's and women's events were held on different days.

On 27 May 2006 the FISA members voted to re-introduce a separate European Rowing Championships in its own right.

In the first event there were only 3 events (men's single, coxed four and eight) and only ten entries. Races were 3,000 m long, except for singles – which were only 2,000 m.

In 2007, when the European Rowing Championship was re-introduced, there were 14 Olympic boat classes racing over 2,000m. Historically the leading European nations, notably Great Britain and Germany, had taken a haphazard approach to attending the championships. Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, however, both committed to the event going forward, and from that date, the championships have progressed rapidly to represent one of the key events in world rowing, behind only the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup Series.

Venues (1893–1973)

Venues (since 2007)

Year City Country Note
2007 Poznań
Lake Malta		  Poland
2008 Marathon
Schinias		  Greece
2009 Brest  Belarus
2010 Montemor-o-Velho  Portugal
2011 Plovdiv  Bulgaria
2012 Varese  Italy
2013 Seville  Spain
2014 Belgrade  Serbia
2015 Poznań  Poland [2]
2016 Brandenburg  Germany [3]

Medal table (2007–2015)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Greece 20 7 1 28
2  Germany 14 16 14 44
3  Italy 14 15 11 40
4  Romania 14 4 8 26
5  Czech Republic 11 9 7 27
6  Ukraine 10 3 10 23
7  France 9 4 8 21
8  Great Britain 8 10 8 26
9  Lithuania 7 4 1 12
10  Poland 6 16 8 30
11  Belarus 6 5 7 18
12  Russia 4 7 5 16
13  Yugoslavia 3 7 9 19
14  Denmark 3 3 1 7
 Estonia 3 3 1 7
16   Switzerland 3 2 5 9
17  Netherlands 2 8 9 19
18  Croatia 2 3 5 10
19  Portugal 1 3 2 6
20  Austria 1 3 1 5
21  Bulgaria 1 0 2 3
 Hungary 1 0 2 3
23  Norway 0 1 5 6
24  Spain 0 1 3 4
25  Sweden 0 2 2 4
26  Slovakia 0 2 1 3
27  Belgium 0 1 2 3
28  Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1
 Finland 0 1 0 1
30  Slovenia 0 0 2 2
31  Ireland 0 0 1 1
TOTAL 143 143 141 427

References

  1. ↑ ERC Eligibility.
  2. ↑ http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/rowing/1019489-world-rowing-cups-for-2015-and-2016-to-fit-in-with-rio-olympic-preparations-fisa-announce
  3. ↑ https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2014/06/03/Events-and-Attractions/notes.aspx

External links

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