1926 European Rowing Championships

The 1926 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss city of Lucerne.[1] The competition was for men only and they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+).

1926 European Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Lucerne
Location	Lucerne, Switzerland
Dates	?–6 September

Competition

The regatta was held on Lake Lucerne; the 1908 European Rowing Championships had also been held there.[2] From 1933 onwards, the nearby Rotsee was used for regattas instead. The final race day in 1926 was Monday, 6 September. The Italian eight was from Canottieri Bucintoro in Venice.[3]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x[4]	Switzerland Josef Schneider		Hungary Béla Szendey		Belgium Fernand Vintens
M2x[5]	Switzerland Rudolf Bosshard Maurice Rieder		Italy Michelangelo Bernasconi Alessandro de Col		Belgium ?
M2-[6]	Switzerland Alois Reinhard Willy Siegenthaler		Italy Jean Cipollina Massimo Ballestrero[lower-alpha 1]		Netherlands Hein van Suylekom Carel van Wankum
M2+[7]	Switzerland Edouard Schädeli Willy Müller Fernand Eggenschwyler (cox)		Italy Pier Luigi Vestrini Renzo Vestrini Cesare Milani (cox)		Netherlands J.H.A. Langen van den Valk H.S. de Vries Tjong (cox)
M4-[8]	Switzerland Alois Reinhard Otto Bühlmann Kaspar Zimmermann Willy Siegenthaler		Netherlands B.C.M. van Ogtrop Roelof Hommema Egbertus Waller P.A. Kroesen		Portugal [lower-alpha 2]
M4+[9]	Italy Antonio Ghiardello Mario Ghiardello Giovanni-Battista Pastine Andrea Ghiardello Ugo Giangrande (cox)		Switzerland Karl Schöchlin Hans Schöchlin Paul Käser Wilhelm Wippermann Theophil Mosimann (cox)		Poland Franciszek Bronikowski Leon Birkholc Mieczyslaw Figurski Franciszek Janik Franciszek Brzesinski (cox)
M8+[10]	Netherlands Hans Kruyt Teun Beijnen F.M. Joseph Appel Ooiman A. van Asgum J.B. Bosscher Tjallie James K.J. Stigter M.O. Davis (cox)		Italy Vincenzo Fabiano Francesco Fabiano Angelo Olgeni Gildo Foco Terenzio Catullo Giuseppe Camuffo Aldo Olgeni Aldo Bettini Gino Bettini (cox)	+0.3 sec[3]	Belgium Robert Swartelé Maurice Swartelé Theo Wambeke Alphonse Dewette J. van Parys Hippolyte Schouppe C. de Jonghe Jean Bauwens (cox)

Footnotes

1. This is likely to be wrong as Ballestrero is listed as a coxswain in several sources.
2. The source does not list the names of the team members.

References

1. "Event Information". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
2. "Event Information". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
3. "La nostra storia" [Our history] (in Italian). Canottieri Bucintoro. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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6. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
7. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
8. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
9. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
10. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 June 2018.