title: 1950 European Rowing Championships
text: # 1950 European Rowing Championships
  
  The 1950 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Idroscalo in the Italian city of Milan. The competition was for men only, they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+).
  
  ## Background
  
  With rowing officials from around the world coming to the regatta, the International Rowing Federation (FISA) held an ordinary congress on 30 August 1950 in Milan. It was at that congress that it was decided that women's rowing would be trialled. The first test event over the shorter agreed 1,000 m distance was run at the 1951 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon a day prior to the men's competition starting.
  
  ## Medal summary – men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time |
  | M1x | Denmark Erik Larsen | | Netherlands Tom Neumeier | | Switzerland Thomas Keller | |
  | M2x | Denmark Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen | | Italy Antonio Balossi Lodovico Sommaruga | | Switzerland Arnoldo Gianella Ilvo Prosperi | |
  | M2- | Switzerland Hans Kalt Kurt Schmid | | Italy Erio Bettega Nicolo Simone | | Belgium Charles Van Antwerpen Jos Rosa | |
  | M2+ | Italy Giuseppe Ramani Aldo Tarlao Luciano Marion (cox) | | Switzerland Alex Siebenhaar Walter Lüchinger Walter Ludin (cox) | | Belgium Eugène Jacobs Hippolyte Mattelé Cyrille Proost (cox) | |
  | M4- | Italy Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi | | Denmark Ib Nielsen Georg Nielsen Børge Hougaard Holger Larsen | | Switzerland Gaston Sermier Bernard Guex Marcel Giddey Claude Brélaz | |
  | M4+ | Denmark Niels Kristensen Ove Nielsen Peter Hansen Bent Blach Petersen Eivin Kristensen (cox) | | Italy Romeo Santin Amadeo Scarpi Marcello Basso Albino Trevisan Giovanni Vorano (cox) | | Netherlands Gijsbertus Dutry van Haeften Rudolphus Johannes van Geuns Gerhard van Olden Willem Algie Wilhelm Engelbrecht (cox) | |
  | M8+ | Italy Angelo Fioretti Pietro Sessa Fortunato Maninetti Bonifacio De Bortoli Mario de Bortoli Uberto Urbani Mario Chicco Luigi Gandini Alessandro Bardelli (cox) | | Denmark Jörgen Carlsen Ib Höjfang Henry Skovgaard Otto Prior-Buse Poul Martin Poulsen Aksel Bonde Helge Muxoll Schrøder Jörn Kjeldsen S. A. Langberg Nielsen (cox) | | Great Britain J. L. M. Crick Brian Lloyd Alistair MacLeod William Windham R. K. Hayward James Crowden David Macklin Harry Almond R. J. Blow (cox) | |
  