1908 European Rowing Championships
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{{Infobox sports competition event
| name = 1908 European Rowing Championships
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| venue = Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee)
| location = Lucerne, Switzerland
| dates = 30 August 1908
| competitors =
| nations = Four
| prev = 1907 Strasbourg
| next = 1909 Paris
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The 1908 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in the Swizz city of Lucerne.{{cite web |title= Event Information |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1908-european-championships/event-information |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=5 August 2018}} The competition, held on 30 August, was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+).{{cite web |last1=Ustolin |first1=Maurizio |title=Trieste |url=http://www.canottaggio.org/1_news/2009_2news/0411_scipione.shtml |publisher=Italian Rowing Federation |accessdate=5 August 2018 |language=it |date=11 April 2009}} Many of the rowers had a month earlier competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Rowing at the 1908 London Summer Games |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ROW/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ROW/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 5 August 2018 }}
Medal summary
Four nations (Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland) competed in five events.{{cite book |last1=Mallory |first1=Peter |title=International rowing turns professional |page=740 |url=http://www.anacc.org/new/news/petermallorysecondaparte.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023732/http://www.anacc.org/new/news/petermallorysecondaparte.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2018 |accessdate=27 July 2018 |chapter=73. Early Rowing in Italy: Scipione Del Giudice – Gli Scarronzoni }}
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