The 1947 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Rotsee in the Swiss city of Lucerne. The competition was for men only, they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and 15 nations participated. It was the first European Rowing Championships held after World War II, and it was the second time that the regatta was held on the Rotsee; the previous regatta was in 1934.
Medal summary – men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time M1x Jean Séphériadès Ben Piessens Hansjakob Keller M2x Henk van der Meer Tom Neumeier Arnoldo Gianella Ilvo Prosperi Jaroslav Vavrena Frantisek Vrba M2- Søren Jensen Jørn Snogdahl Gert Watzke Kurt Watzke Jérôme Havlik Pierre Rivière M2+ Béla Zsitnik Antal Szendey Szaniszlo Latinovits (cox) Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao Alvino Grio (cox) Finn Pedersen Tage Henriksen Carl-Ebbe Andersen (cox) M4- Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi Karel Vaněk Josef Schejbal Jiří Romovacek Václav Roubík Hermann Betschart Ernst Rufli Gotthard Oehninger Karl Schmid M4+ Gaston Piéddeloup Claude Loewenstein Gérald Maquat Jean Roulin Marcel Boigegrain (cox) Reginaldo Polloni Riccardo Cerutti Renato Macario Francesco Gotti Domenico Cambieri (cox) Bogdan Kopecky Miroslav Merk Miroslav Ptacek Jaroslav Dlohoska Zdenek Dvorak (cox) M8+ Angelo Fioretti Mario Acchini Fortunato Maninetti Bonifacio De Bortoli Enrico Ruberti Pietro Sessa Ezio Acchini Luigi Gandini Alessandro Bardelli (cox) Charles Willumsen Holger Larsen Niels Rasmussen Ib Nielsen Jarl Emcken Poul Korup Børge Hougaard Gerhardt Sørensen Niels Wamberg (cox) Walter Stapfer Erich Schriever Rudolf Reichling Peter Stebler Émile Knecht Heiri Zoller Fritz Stapfer Jakob Knöpfel Franco Brentani (cox)
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