1959 European Rowing Championships

1959 European Rowing Championships
1959 European Rowing Championships
Venue	Mâcon regatta course
Location	Mâcon, France
Dates	14–16 August 1959 (women); 20–23 August 1959 (men)
	← 1958 Poznań 1960 London →

The 1959 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Mâcon regatta course on the Saône in Mâcon, France. The event for women was held from 14 to 16 August,^[1] and 16 races were held.^[2] The event for men was held from 20 to 23 August.^[3] Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+).

Medal summary – women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Event	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
W1x^[4]	Hungary Kornélia Pap		Soviet Union Emiliya Mukhina		Austria Eva Sika
W2x^[5]	Soviet Union Nina Opalenko Lyudmila Otrosko		Romania Magda Jifcu Dora Lakatos		Czechoslovakia Svetla Bartakova Hana Musilova
W4+^[6]	Soviet Union Valentina Terekhova Nadezhda Skunkova Ella Sergeyeva Nina Shamanova Viktoriya Dobrodeeva (cox)		Romania Felicia Urziceanu Maria Trinks Stela Gavan-Georgescu Marta Kardos Stefania Borisov (cox)		Hungary Alajosne Labody Gyözöne Lukachich Zsuzsa Rakitay Ottone Nagy Rudolfne Radvanyi (cox)
W4x+^[7]	Soviet Union Olimpiada Mikhaylova Valentina Kalegina Galina Putyrskaya Larisa Pisareva Zinaida Andreyeva (cox)		East Germany Herta Weissig Gisela Heisse Hannelore Göttlich Helga Richter Hannelore Schneider (cox)		Romania Magda Jifcu Emilia Rigard Doina Ciolacu Stela Stanciu Angela Codreanu (cox)
W8+^[8]	Soviet Union Valentina Sirsikova Vera Rebrova Nonna Petsernikova Lidiya Zontova Sinayda Kirillina Nina Korobkova Zinaida Korotova Nadezhda Gontsarova Viktoriya Dobrodeeva (cox)		East Germany Anita Blankenfeld Ingeborg Peter Ingrid Drews Waltraud Dinter Hilde Amelang Marianne Schulze Hella Schulz Marianne Falk Ursula Wiek (cox)		Hungary Alajosne Labody Maria Zakaly Laszlone Halasz Magda Helmich Judit Szalatnay Zsuzsa Rakitay Gyözöne Lukachich Ottone Nagy Rudolfne Radvanyi (cox)

Medal summary – men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Event	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x^[9]	Soviet Union Vyacheslav Ivanov		West Germany Klaus von Fersen		Poland Teodor Kocerka
M2x^[10]	Soviet Union Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov		Czechoslovakia Václav Kozák Pavel Schmidt		Netherlands Peter Bakker Co Rentmeester
M2-^[11]	West Germany Ingo Kliefoth Bernd Kruse		Soviet Union Oleg Golovanov Valentin Boreyko		Austria Alfred Sageder Josef Kloimstein
M2+^[12]	West Germany Klaus Riekemann Hans-Joachim Berendes Hans-Dieter Maier (cox)		Italy Renzo Ostino Giovanni Anselmi Vincenzo Bruno (cox)		Romania Stelian Petrov Ion Voican Oprea Păunescu (cox)
M4-^[13]	Switzerland Gottfried Kottmann Rolf Streuli Émile Ess Hansruedi Scheller		West Germany Günter Schroers Manfred Uellner Victor Hendrix Manfred Kluth		Czechoslovakia Ludek Musil René Líbal Miroslav Jíška Jindřich Blažek
M4+^[14]	West Germany Klaus Wegner Gerd Cintl Horst Effertz Claus Heß Michael Obst (cox)		Netherlands Maarten Christiaan Fehmers Cornelis Jacobus Westermann Peter van Haaps Feye Meye Ivan Vanier (cox)		Sweden Kjell Hansson Ulf Gustafsson Lennart Hansson Lars-Eric Gustafsson Bengt Gunnarsson (cox)
M8+^[15]	West Germany Hans Lenk Karl-Heinz Hopp Klaus Bittner Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck Kraft Schepke Frank Schepke Walter Schröder Manfred Rulffs Willi Padge (cox)		Czechoslovakia Pavel Hofmann Václav Jindra Bohumil Janoušek Jan Švéda Josef Švec Luděk Pojezný Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koníček (cox)		Soviet Union Igor Khokhlov Boris Fyodorov Georgy Gushchenko Anatoly Antonov Yury Popov Yaroslav Cherstvy Georgiy Bryulgart Oleg Vasiliev Yuri Polyakov (cox)

References

^ "Sport am Wochenende". Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 14, no. 201. 24 July 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 24 February 2018.(registration required)
^ Smalman-Smith, Helena. "1958 and 1959 Women's European Rowing Championships". Rowing Story. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ "Ausreiseverbot nimmt Olympiachancen". Neue Zeit (in German). Vol. 15, no. 170. 24 July 1959. p. 5. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.(registration required)
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Einer)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Doppelzweier)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Vierer m.Stfr.)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Doppelvierer m.Stfr.)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[1] "Sport am Wochenende". Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 14, no. 201. 24 July 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 24 February 2018.(registration required)

[British_rowing-2] Smalman-Smith, Helena. "1958 and 1959 Women's European Rowing Championships". Rowing Story. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[Ausreiseverbot_Olympiachancen-3] "Ausreiseverbot nimmt Olympiachancen". Neue Zeit (in German). Vol. 15, no. 170. 24 July 1959. p. 5. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.(registration required)

[4] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Einer)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[5] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Doppelzweier)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[6] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Vierer m.Stfr.)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[7] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Doppelvierer m.Stfr.)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[8] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter)". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[9] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[10] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[11] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[12] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[13] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[14] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[15] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

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Pre-WWI events ♂	1893 Lake Orta 1894 Mâcon 1895 Ostend 1896 Geneva 1897 Pallanza 1898 Turin 1899 Ostend 1900 Paris 1901 Zürich 1902 Strasbourg/Kehl 1903 Venice 1904 Paris 1905 Ghent 1906 Pallanza 1907 Strasbourg/Kehl 1908 Lucerne 1909 Paris 1910 Ostend 1911 Como 1912 Geneva 1913 Ghent
Inter-war events ♂	1920 Mâcon 1921 Amsterdam 1922 Barcelona 1923 Como 1924 Zürich 1925 Prague 1926 Lucerne 1927 Como 1929 Bydgoszcz 1930 Liège 1931 Paris 1932 Belgrade 1933 Budapest 1934 Lucerne 1935 Berlin 1937 Amsterdam 1938 Milan
Post-WWII events	1947 Lucerne ♂ 1949 Amsterdam ♂ 1950 Milan ♂ 1951 Mâcon 1953 Copenhagen 1954 Amsterdam 1955 Bucharest ♀ 1955 Ghent ♂ 1956 Bled 1957 Duisburg 1958 Poznań 1959 Mâcon 1960 London ♀ 1961 Prague 1962 East Berlin ♀ 1963 Copenhagen ♂ 1963 Moscow ♀ 1964 Amsterdam 1965 Duisburg 1966 Amsterdam ♀ 1967 Vichy 1968 East Berlin ♀ 1969 Klagenfurt 1970 Tata ♀ 1971 Copenhagen 1972 Brandenburg an der Havel ♀ 1973 Moscow
2007 onwards	2007 Poznań 2008 Marathon 2009 Brest 2010 Montemor-o-Velho 2011 Plovdiv 2012 Varese 2013 Seville 2014 Belgrade 2015 Poznań 2016 Brandenburg an der Havel 2017 Račice 2018 Glasgow 2019 Lucerne 2020 Poznan 2021 Varese 2022 Oberschleißheim 2023 Bled 2024 Szeged 2025 Belgrade
♂ = men-only event ♀ = women-only event