# 2018 European Rowing Championships

The 2018 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships for European members of the International Rowing Federation (FISA) plus Israel. They were held as part of a new multi-sport European Championships at the Strathclyde Country Park near Motherwell, Scotland.

## Background

2018 was the first time that the European Rowing Championships, first held in 1893, were being held in Scotland. Competitions were being held in 17 boat classes with both lightweight and open weight events. Nearly 500 rowers were participating. The host, British Rowing, had nominated a 53-strong team for the competition.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | Kjetil Borch Norway | 6:49.95 | Mindaugas Griškonis Lithuania | 6:50.68 | Roman Röösli Switzerland | 6:52.06 |
| M2- | Croatia (CRO) Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | 6:26.42 | France (FRA) Valentin Onfroy Théophile Onfroy | 6:27.40 | Romania (ROU) Marius Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosă | 6:29.39 |
| M2x | France (FRA) Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | 6:10.21 | Romania (ROU) Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache | 6:10.71 | Great Britain (GBR) Harry Leask Jack Beaumont | 6:10.84 |
| M4- | Romania (ROU) Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc | 5:54.34 | Great Britain (GBR) Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston | 5:55.71 | France (FRA) Benoît Demey [fr] Édouard Jonville [fr] Sean Vedrinelle [fr] Benoît Brunet [fr] | 5:56.49 |
| M4x | Italy (ITA) Filippo Mondelli Andrea Panizza Luca Rambaldi Giacomo Gentili | 5:41.92 | Lithuania (LTU) Dovydas Nemeravičius Saulius Ritter Rolandas Maščinskas Aurimas Adomavičius | 5:43.40 | Poland (POL) Szymon Pośnik Maciej Zawojski Dominik Czaja Wiktor Chabel | 5:43.88 |
| M8+ | Germany (GER) Johannes Weißenfeld Felix Wimberger Max Planer Torben Johannesen Jakob Schneider Malte Jakschik Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer | 5:27.48 | Netherlands (NED) Vincent van der Want Boudewijn Röell Maarten Hurkmans Simon van Dorp Mechiel Versluis Ruben Knab Lex van den Herik Freek Robbers Diederik van Engelenburg | 5:29.51 | Romania (ROU) Vlad Dragoș Aicoboae Adrian Damii Alexandru Matincă Constantin Radu Constantin Adam Sergiu Bejan Cristi Ilie Pîrghie Alexandru Cosmin Macovei Adrian Munteanu | 5:29.71 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Michael Schmid Switzerland | 6:54.93 | Martino Goretti Italy | 6:56.30 | Sam Mottram Great Britain | 6:57.18 |
| LM2x | Norway (NOR) Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | 6:20.85 | Ireland (IRL) Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan | 6:22.84 | Italy (ITA) Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | 6:23.32 |
| LM4x | Italy (ITA) Catello Amarante II Paolo Di Girolamo Andrea Micheletti Matteo Mulas | 6:01.01 | Czech Republic (CZE) Jiří Kopáč Jan Vetešník Milan Viktora Jan Cincibuch | 6:09.13 | Netherlands (NED) Jorke Kooijenga Koen van Brussel Bart Lukkes Ward van Zeijl | 6:10.54 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | Jeannine Gmelin Switzerland | 7:31.15 | Magdalena Lobnig Austria | 7:32.62 | Diana Dymchenko Ukraine | 7:32.67 |
| W2- | Romania (ROU) Mădălina Bereș Denisa Tîlvescu | 7:15.53 | Netherlands (NED) Elsbeth Beeres Laila Youssifou | 7:17.34 | Italy (ITA) Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi | 7:17.86 |
| W2x | France (FRA) Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino | 6:55.99 | Netherlands (NED) Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard | 6:56.29 | Lithuania (LTU) Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė | 6:56.54 |
| W4- | Russia (RUS) Ekaterina Sevostianova Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Elena Oriabinskaia | 6:39.97 | Romania (ROU) Mădălina Hegheș Iuliana Buhuș Mădălina Gabriela Cașu Roxana Parascanu | 6:41.87 | Poland (POL) Olga Michałkiewicz Joanna Dittmann Monika Chabel Maria Wierzbowska | 6:42.58 |
| W4x | Poland (POL) Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann | 6:20.92 | Ukraine (UKR) Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Yevheniya Dovhodko | 6:23.86 | Netherlands (NED) Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers | 6:24.95 |
| W8+ | Romania (ROU) Ioana Vrînceanu Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu Adriana Ailincai Maria Tivodariu Beatrice-Madalina Parfenie Iuliana Popa Mădălina Bereș Denisa Tîlvescu Daniela Druncea | 6:08.98 | Great Britain (GBR) Anastasia Merlott Chilly Rebecca Girling Fiona Gammond Katherine Douglas Holly Hill Holly Norton Karen Bennett Rebecca Shorten Matilda Horn | 6:10.09 | Netherlands (NED) Ellen Hogerwerf Marloes Oldenburg Lies Rustenburg José van Veen Ymkje Clevering Monica Lanz Aletta Jorritsma Carline Bouw Dieuwke Fetter | 6:10.78 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Alena Furman Belarus | 7:41.60 | Laura Tarantola France | 7:45.94 | Clara Guerra Italy | 7:47.71 |
| LW2x | Netherlands (NED) Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis | 6:57.35 | Poland (POL) Weronika Deresz Joanna Dorociak | 6:58.39 | Switzerland (SUI) Patricia Merz Frederique Rol | 7:00.36 |

### Medal table

Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR)* | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |