1926 European Rowing Championships
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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 | ?â6 September 1926 |
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 | |||
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| Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | |
| M1x[4] |  Switzerland Josef Schneider |
 Hungary Béla Szendey |
 Belgium Fernand Vintens |
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| M2x[5] | Switzerland Rudolf Bosshard Maurice Rieder |
 Italy Michelangelo Bernasconi Alessandro de Col |
Belgium Edmond Van Parys Adolphe Schnaphauf |
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| M2-[6] | Switzerland Alois Reinhard Willy Siegenthaler |
Italy Jean Cipollina Massimo Ballestrero[a] |
 Netherlands Hein van Suylekom Carel van Wankum |
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| 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) |
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| M4-[8][9] | Switzerland Alois Reinhard Otto Bühlmann Kaspar Zimmermann Willy Siegenthaler |
Netherlands B.C.M. van Ogtrop Roelof Hommema Egbertus Waller P.A. Kroesen |
 Portugal Mario Fernandez Garcia Francisco Westwoad Leotte Jose Augusto Cardoso Leitas Samuel de Moraes Sarmento Martino |
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| M4+[10] | 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) |
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| M8+[11] | 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 De Wette J. Van Parys Hippolyte Schouppe C. De Jonghe Jean Bauwens G. Nachez (cox) |
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Footnotes
- This is likely to be wrong as Ballestrero is listed as a coxswain in several sources.