title: 1896 European Rowing Championships
text: # 1896 European Rowing Championships
  
  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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | 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
  
  * ↑ The competitor from the Société nautique de la Marne did not finish
  * ↑ Rowing Club de Lausanne
  * ↑ Rowing Club of Genoa
  * ↑ Velarki-Club Slavia in Prague
  * ↑ The boat from the See-Club of Zurich came fourth
  * ↑ Société royale nautique d'Anvers
  * ↑ La Société nautique de Marne et le Rowing-Gluli français
  * ↑ La Société Litertas de Florence
  * ↑ Rowing Club de Lausanne came fourth
  * ↑ Société de "l'Aviron de Marseillan"
  * ↑ Reported in Le Gaulois as "Fayet"
  * ↑ Reported in Le Gaulois as "Penloux"
  * ↑ Sport nautique belge
  * ↑ Club of Livourne
  * ↑ Club nautique de Lyon
  * ↑ Reported by Sport Komplett as "Daclin"
  * ↑ Reported by Sport Komplett as "Descottes"
  