The 1897 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Maggiore in the Italian commune of Pallanza on 8 September. The competition was for men only, four nations competed (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, it was decided that the double scull boat class would be introduced in the following year.
Event schedule Four races took place on 8 September 1897. As only four nations competed, no heats had to be rowed. The regatta used a 2000 m course:
3pm: French Cup (Coxed four) 4pm: Belgian Cup (Single scull) 5pm: Adriatic Cup (Coxed pair) 6pm: Italian Cup (Eight)
Medal summary Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time M1x Joseph Deleplanque 8'55" Fiorenzo Pagliano 9'12"5 M2+ Edouard Lescrauwaet Eugène Govaerts 8'36" Carlos Deltour Antoine Védrenne Dubordieu (cox) 8'50"5 Boldoni de Marchi G. Pucci (cox) 8'58" M4+ François Goossens François Jansen Léopold De Bloe Georges Boisson 7'46" Ezio Carlesi Silvio Slettini Ettore Sebastiani Alberto Bertolani 7'52" Laurent Guillon Merat J. Lelarge n/a M8+ } Edouard Lescrauwaet Eugène Govaerts Adolphe Lippens Maurice Hemelsoet Charles Malis Charles Van Weddingen Arthur De Meyer Louis Lys 6'43" Ernesto Vettori Italo Ponis Cino Ceni Alberto Grazzini Ottorino Castagnoli Giorgio Bensa Giuseppe Belli Cesare Galardelli G. Pucci (cox) 6'44"5 Deguine Maurice Carton Émile Lejeune Gadebled Maurice Henon van Heeckoet Henon P. van Heeckoet 6'47"
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