1920 European Rowing Championships

The 1920 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on 15 August on the Saône in the French city Mâcon.[1] The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+), the same ones as used at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp later in the same month.[2] These were the first European Rowing Championships held after WWI; the previous championships had been held in 1913 in Ghent.[3]

1920 European Rowing Championships
Spectators line the shore of the Saône
Venue	Saône
Location	Mâcon, France
Dates	15 August

Medal summary

Max Schmid won the single scull

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x[4]	Switzerland Max Schmid		Italy Giovanni di Vaio		Belgium Jacques Haller
M2x[5]	France Alfred Plé Gaston Giran		Switzerland Wilhelm Walter Karl Schöchlin		Belgium Émile Denis Paul Wilbrant
M2+[6]	France Gabriel Poix Maurice Monney-Bouton Ernest Barberolle (cox)		Switzerland Édouard Candeveau Alfred Felber Paul Piaget (cox)		Belgium Georges Van Den Bossche Oscar Van Den Bossche
M4+[7]	Switzerland Hans Walter Max Rudolf Willy Brüderlin Paul Rudolf Paul Staub (cox)		Belgium Oscar Bekaert Adrien D'Hondt Robert Demulder Jules van Wambeke Jean Van Silfhout (cox)		France
M8+[8]	Switzerland Hans Walter Max Rudolf Willy Brüderlin Paul Rudolf Franz Türler Charles Freuler Fran Roesli Rudolf Bosshard Paul Staub (cox)		Belgium Daniël Clarembaux Jozef Hermans Charles Lalemand Gustave De Mulder Félix Taymans René Smet Julien Crickx Maurice Requillé		Italy Giuseppe de Col Michelangelo Bernasconi Carlo Cosmati Edoardo Natella Paolino Porta Ambrogio Pessina Enzo Malinverno Angelo Maiocchi Plinio Urio (cox)

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  Plé and Giran won gold in the double scull
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  Poix, Monney-Bouton and cox Barberolle won the coxed pair
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  The Grasshopper Club Zürich team won the coxed four
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  Grasshopper Club Zürich also won the eight event

References

1. "Event Information". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
3. "Event Information". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
4. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
5. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
6. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
7. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
8. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 13 July 2018.