1908 European Rowing Championships
VenueLake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee)
LocationLucerne, Switzerland
Dates30 August 1908
NationsFour

The 1908 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in the Swizz city of Lucerne.[1] The competition, held on 30 August, was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+).[2] Many of the rowers had a month earlier competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[3]

Medal summary

Four nations (Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland) competed in five events.[4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time
M1x[5]  France
Gaston Delaplane 		  Switzerland
Ernst Hürlimann 		[a]
M2x[6]  Belgium
Jozef Hermans
Xavier Crombet 		 Italy
Emilio Sacchini
Erminio Dones 		  Switzerland
H. de Kok
Max Geldner
M2+[7]  Belgium
Guillaume Visser
Urbain Molmans
Rodolphe Colpaert (cox) 		 Italy
Ercole Olgeni
Scipione Del Giudice
Giuseppe Mion (cox) 		 France[b]
M4+[8]  Italy
Ercole Olgeni
Scipione Del Giudice
Mario Tres
Brenno Del Giudice
Giuseppe Mion (cox) 		 Belgium
Rodolphe Poma
Oscar Dessomville
Polydore Veirman
Oscar Taelman 		  Switzerland
Albert Breuleux
L. Peter
Th. Schmid
P. Ottiker
E.-W. von Seckendorff (cox)
M8+[9]  Belgium
Rodolphe Poma
Oscar Dessomville
Polydore Veirman
François Vergucht
Georges Mys
Stanislas Kowalski
Marcel Morimont
Oscar Taelman
Raphael van der Waeren (cox) 		 France
Roche
Herbinet
Marius Lejeune
Jobelin
Terrail
G. Lejeune
Peyrouni
Besland 		 Italy
Giovanni Brunialti
Alberto del Nunzio
Archimede de Gregori
Alfredo Tuzi
Armando Garroni
Guido de Cupis
Carlo Gigliesi
Alfonso Serventi

Footnotes

  1. ^ The source does not list further medallists.
  2. ^ The source does not list the names of the team members.

References

  1. ^ "Event Information". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. ^ Ustolin, Maurizio (11 April 2009). "Trieste" (in Italian). Italian Rowing Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1908 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. ^ Mallory, Peter. "73. Early Rowing in Italy: Scipione Del Giudice – Gli Scarronzoni". International rowing turns professional (PDF). p. 740. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  7. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  8. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  9. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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