1926 European Rowing Championships
# 1926 European Rowing Championships

The 1926 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss city of Lucerne. The competition was for men only and they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+).

## Competition

The regatta was held on Lake Lucerne; the 1908 European Rowing Championships had also been held there. 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.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time |
| M1x | Switzerland Josef Schneider | | Hungary Béla Szendey | | Belgium Fernand Vintens | |
| M2x | Switzerland Rudolf Bosshard Maurice Rieder | | Italy Michelangelo Bernasconi Alessandro de Col | | Belgium Edmond Van Parys Adolphe Schnaphauf | |
| M2- | Switzerland Alois Reinhard Willy Siegenthaler | | Italy Jean Cipollina Massimo Ballestrero | | Netherlands Hein van Suylekom Carel van Wankum | |
| M2+ | 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) | |
| M4- | 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 | |
| M4+ | 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) | |
| M8+ | 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 | Belgium Robert Swartelé Maurice Swartelé Theo Wambeke Alphonse De Wette J. Van Parys Hippolyte Schouppe C. De Jonghe Jean Bauwens G. Nachez (cox) | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ This is likely to be wrong as Ballestrero is listed as a coxswain in several sources.
