1913 European Rowing Championships

The 1913 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal in the Belgian city of Ghent.^[1] The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+). These were the last European Rowing Championships before the annual regatta was interrupted by WWI; the next championships would be held in 1920 in Mâcon.^[2]

1913 European Rowing Championships
Poster advertising the 1913 Championships
Venue	Ghent–Terneuzen Canal
Location	Ghent, Belgium
Dates	24 August 1913
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Background

It was the first time that the German rowing federation sent competitors to the European Rowing Championships and they were immediately successful, winning two out of the five boat classes (M1x and M8+).^[3] The single sculls competition descended into a farce, with the umpire twice calling for a restart. The Italian rower Giuseppe Sinigaglia and the Russian rower Anatol Peresselenzeff, who started for France, were then disqualified. In the eventual final Polydore Veirman capsized and the German rower Friedrich Graf was the only one to reach the finish line.^[4]

Medal summary

The German eight on its way to gold in Ghent

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x[5]	Germany Friedrich Graf		[a]
M2x[6]	France Hermann Barrelet Anatol Peresselenzeff		Italy Giuseppe Sinigaglia Nino Torlaschi		Germany Bernhard von Gaza Wenzel Joesten
M2+[7]	France Gabriel Poix Maurice Monney-Bouton		Switzerland Charles Holzmann Alfred Felber		Italy Franco Gianolio Giorgio Lajolo Gustavo Canton (cox)
M4+[8]	Switzerland Hans Walter Max Rudolf Paul Schmid Walter Schoeller Charles Muhr (cox)		Germany Werner Furthmann Max Vetter Oscar Cordes Lorenz Eismayer Johann-Baptist Strohschnitter (cox)		France[b]
M8+[9]	Germany Werner Furthmann Josef Fremersdorf Richard Piez Kurt Hoffmann Oscar Cordes Max Vetter Georg Oertel Lorenz Eismayer Johann Baptist Strohschnitter (cox)	6:35	Switzerland Hans Walter Max Rudolf Paul Schmid F. Bon Georges Thoma Wilhelm Walter H. Studer Walter Schoeller A. Wolf (cox)	6:42	Italy Emilio Lucca Enrico Marinoni Ettore Lucioni Giuseppe Sinigaglia Franco Lajolo Giorgio Gianolio Nino Torlaschi Alfredo Taroni Plinio Urio (cox)	6:46

Footnotes

1. Only Graf reached the finish line in the final.
2. The source does not list the names of the team members.