1955 European Rowing Championships (women)

The 1955 European Rowing Championships for women were rowing championships held in the Romanian capital city of Bucharest from 4 to 7 August. The competition for men was held later in the month in Ghent.[1][2] The women competed in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+).

1955 European Rowing Championships (women)
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Dates	4–7 August

German participation

The National Olympic Committee of the GDR was granted provisional membership in 1955 and as a next step, East Germany tried to gain membership of the individual sporting organisations that participated in Olympic disciplines. In July 1955, the East German rowing association applied for a license from FISA, the International Rowing Federation, to be able to nominate their rowers at the European Championships in Bucharest (women) and Ghent (men). FISA's response was that the next congress, to be held just prior to the championships in Ghent, will decide on the matter. Therefore, East German teams could not compete in 1955.[3] At the congress, East Germany was unanimously accepted as a new member.[4] The only West German competitor was Ingrid Scholz, who had won silver in single sculls in 1954; she came sixth in 1955.[5]

Medal summary – women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time[5]	Country & rowers	Time[5]	Country & rowers	Time[5]
W1x[6]	Soviet Union Roza Chumakova	3:40.1	Austria Eva Sika	3:40.9	Hungary Kornélia Pap	3:44.6
W2x[7]	Soviet Union Nina Opalenko Ekaterina Semlyanskaya	3:48.4	Romania Elisabeta Gyorgy Edith Schwartz	3:51.9	Czechoslovakia Svetla Bartakova Hana Musilova	3:53.4
W4+[8]	Soviet Union Olimpiada Mikhaylova Galina Putyrskaya Lyudmila Blasko Natalya Morozova Vera Savrimovich (cox)	3:39.5	Romania Etelca Laub Elsa Oxenfeld Ecaterina Erdos Elisabeta Kormos Stefania Gurau (cox)	3:47.7	Czechoslovakia Anna Javurkova Eva Jindrova Marta Brozova Julia Sucha Beluse Koluchova (cox)	3:48.2
W4x+[9]	Soviet Union Yevgenia Tserbakova Lidiya Zontova Galina Kopilova Lyubov Danilova Viktoriya Dobrodeeva (cox)	3:34.5	Romania Stela Stanciu Florica Bruteanu Maria Bucur-Maimon Maria Laub Stefania Gurau (cox)	3:42.6	Hungary Andrasne Solyom Istvanne Granek Jozsefne Rasko Ida Orodan Ilona Skotniczky (cox)	3:43.5
W8+[10]	Soviet Union Lyudmila Matveyeva Vera Taranda Alexandra Afonykina Vera Mikhaylova Nina Korobkova Zinaida Korotova Zinaida Trofimova Tamara Stolyarova Maria Fomicheva (cox)	3:17.8	Romania Felicia Urziceanu Marta Kardos Sonia Bulugioiu Rita Schob Iuliana Toganel Ghizela Rostas Emilia Rigard Lucia Dumitrescu Angela Codreanu (cox)	3:24.0	Hungary Rozsa Albert Jenöne Sarközi Margit Horvath Imrene Kemeny Janosne Sprinzl Janosne Szöke Gyözöne Lukachich Istvanne Hambalgo Antalne Benedek (cox)	3:35.2

References

1. Smalman-Smith, Helena. "1957 Women's European Rowing Championships". Rowing Story. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
2. "Generalproben für die Olympiade 1956". Neue Zeit (in German). 11 (11). 14 January 1955. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2018.(registration required)
3. "Ruderer haben ein Recht auf Anerkennung". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 11 (174). 28 July 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2018.(registration required)
4. "Sektion Rudern anerkannt". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 11 (210). 8 September 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2018.(registration required)
5. "Alle fünf Titel für die Sowjetunion". Neues Deutschland (in German). 10 (184). 9 August 1955. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2018.(registration required)
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7. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Doppelzweier)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2018.
8. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Vierer m.Stfr.)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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