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The 1896 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Geneva in the Swiss city of Geneva on 6 September. The competition was for men only, five nations competed (Austria-Hungary, Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland), and the regatta had four boat classes (M1x, M2+, M4+, M8+). At the FISA Congress held on the same day as these championships, four nations were represented.

Event schedule

Four races took place on 6 September 1896. As only five nations competed, no heats had to be rowed. The regatta used a 2000 m course:

• 2.30pm: French Cup (Coxed four)
• 3.30pm: Belgian Cup (Single scull)
• 4.30pm: Adriatic Cup (Coxed pair)
• 5.30pm: Italian Cup (Eight)

Medal summary

The following medals were won:

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x	Switzerland Ben Longchamp	?	Italy Vittorio Leone	+13"	Austria-Hungary Jaroslav Langhaus	?
M2+	Belgium Marcel Nisol Edmond Delaet	9'40"	France Jules Demaré Jamen	9'49"2	Italy Cino Ceni Giuseppe Belli G. Pucci (cox)	10'49"
M4+	France Delfieu Boudou Mallet Pentoux	8'33"2	Belgium François Goossens François Jansen Léopold De Bloe Georges Boisson	8'46"	Italy Ezio Carlesi Silvio Slettini Alberto Bertolani Attilio Balena Gragnani (cox)	n/a
M8+	France Laurent J. Lelarge Joseph Guillon Dachin Mérat Descotes Luyton Petavy	7'52"	Belgium Louis Choisy Gustave Brandes Octave Schepens Léonce Roels Henri de Keyser Isidore Devriendt Prosper Bruggeman Victor De Bisschop Jean Dewitte (cox)	8'0"8	Italy Arturo Masciardi Giuseppe de Col Italo Bernasconi Antonio Bianchi Tommaso Padovani Miro Masciardi Arnaldo Padovani Luigi Riva G. Pucci (cox)	8'10"8

Footnotes

1. The competitor from the Société nautique de la Marne did not finish
2. Rowing Club de Lausanne
3. Rowing Club of Genoa
4. Velarki-Club Slavia in Prague
5. The boat from the See-Club of Zurich came fourth
6. Société royale nautique d'Anvers
7. La Société nautique de Marne et le Rowing-Gluli français
8. La Société Litertas de Florence
9. Rowing Club de Lausanne came fourth
10. Société de "l'Aviron de Marseillan"
11. Reported in Le Gaulois as "Fayet"
12. Reported in Le Gaulois as "Penloux"
13. Sport nautique belge
14. Club of Livourne
15. Club nautique de Lyon
16. Reported by Sport Komplett as "Daclin"
17. Reported by Sport Komplett as "Descottes"

References

1. "Event Information". World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
2. "Rowing and Olympism" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. p. 908. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
3. "Championnats d'Europe". Annuaire français de l'aviron [French directory of rowing] (in French). 1899. p. 156. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
4. "Yachting : Les régates de Genève". Le Gaulois (in French). 7 September 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
5. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
6. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
7. ^ Morabito, Franco (26 January 2008). "Timonieri azzurri del passato, alla ricerca dei nomi" [Blue coxswains of the past, looking for names] (Press release) (in Italian). Rome: Italian Rowing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
8. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
9. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

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