Rowing - European Championships Munich 2022

The remaining milestone

The European Championships Munich 2022 will complete the list of milestones at the Olympic Regatta Centre Munich: the Olympic Games in 1972, the World Rowing Championships in 1981 and 2007 as well as 13 World Rowing Cup regattas between 1998 and 2012 were held at this venue which is so rich in tradition.

In 2022, the Olympic Regatta Centre will celebrate a double premiere: for the first time in its history, it will host the European Championships in both rowing and canoe sprint. In rowing, around 660 rowers will race for gold, silver, and bronze in 18 medal events.

All medal events

Single Sculls (W1x, M1x)

The home of rowing

Clean water is the sport's natural habitat which is why all rowers are committed to the application of environmentally-sustainable practices in the use and management of water. In numerous clubs, rowers have the opportunity to practise rowing as a community sport or to pursue it as a competitive sport. One of the oldest rowing regattas is the annual duel between the eights of the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, which has been held since 1829. Rowing is one of the oldest Olympic sports and was added to the Olympic programme at the start of the modern Olympic Games in 1896.

Writing history’s next chapter

In 2022, the Munich Olympic Regatta Centre will celebrate a double premiere: For the first time in its history, the Olympic legacy venue will host the European Rowing Championships and European Canoe Sprint Championships. Originally built for the 1972 Olympic Games, the Regatta Centre has served as a venue for a multitude of events and still today offers world-class and fair competition conditions. The Olympic standard course features eight lanes at a length of 2,000 metres.

in a nutshell

All 18 medal events from single sculls to eights are held over the Olympic distance of 2,000 metres. Boat classes are differentiated in terms of technique between sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling the rower uses two oars or sculls.

About the federation

The European Rowing Confederation (referred to as European Rowing) represents the 46 European national rowing federations, including Israel, and is recognised by World Rowing as the Continental Confederation for Europe. It is governed by the European Rowing Board and based at the World Rowing Offices in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The European Rowing Board duties are set out in the ERC Statutes, and include monitoring and managing the staging of the European Rowing Championships, the European Rowing Junior, U23 and Indoor Championships and other European Rowing events. It also supports the development and promotion of rowing across the European continent and the cooperation between European national federations. It works closely with World Rowing on dates of competitions to ensure a coherent calendar of events for the sport.