1949 European Rowing Championships

The 1949 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Bosbaan in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. The competition was for men only, they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+) in late August.[1]

1949 European Rowing Championships
Venue	Bosbaan
Location	Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dates	August

Medal summary – men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time[1]	Country & rowers	Time[1]	Country & rowers	Time
M1x[2]	United States John Kelly	7:08	Czechoslovakia František Vrba		Switzerland Hansjakob Keller
M2x[3]	Denmark Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen	6:57.2	Italy Mario Ustolin Giorgio Cavallini		France Jacques Maillet Christian Guilbert
M2-[4]	Sweden Evert Gunnarsson Bernt Torberntsson	7:28.2	Belgium Charles Van Antwerpen Jos Rosa		Italy Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni
M2+[5]	Italy Giuseppe Ramani Aldo Tarlao Luciano Marion (cox)	7:55.0	Denmark Leif Hermansen Ole Scavenius Jensen John Vilhelmsen (cox)	7:55.2	Belgium Eugeen Jacobs Hippolyte Mattelé Cyrille Proost (cox)
M4-[6]	Italy Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi		Denmark Eivin Kristensen Erik Thorsen Richard Littrup Carl Johan Petersen		Norway Carl Monssen Harald Kråkenes Thorstein Kråkenes Kristoffer Lepsøe
M4+[7]	Italy Vladimiro Bobig Mario Tagliapietra Romeo Santin Marcello Basso Eugenio Suzzi (cox)	6:45.2	Switzerland Walter Näpflin Carmelito Bolli Franz Zumbühl Walter Lüchinger Walter Ludin (cox)		Denmark Niels Kristensen Ove Nielsen Peter Hansen Bent Blach Petersen Sv. E. Larsen (cox)
M8+[8]	Italy Angelo Fioretti Mario Acchini Fortunato Maninetti Bonifacio De Bortoli Enrico Ruberti Pietro Sessa Ezio Acchini Luigi Gandini Alessandro Bardelli (cox)	6:11	Czechoslovakia Karel Vaněk Bogdan Kopecký Josef Kalaš František Petříček Antonín Lánský Jaroslav Vavřena Richard Hereyk Václav Roubík Josef Šindelář (cox)		Netherlands Gijsbertus Dutry van Haeften Willem Algie André Nijhof Hans Bokelman Cornélis Hoogenboom Richard Buss Hendrik Druyff Gerard Kemperman Max Rood (cox)

References

1. "Die Europameister im Rudern". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 5 (202). 30 August 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 21 March 2018.(registration required)
2. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
3. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
4. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
5. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
6. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
7. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
8. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 22 March 2018.