European Rowing Championships 2018 - foursome without a helmsman

Aerial view of the Strathclyde Loch racing course

As part of the European Rowing Championships in 2018 , the four-man competition without a helmsman was held on the Strathclyde Loch regatta course between August 2nd and 4th, 2018 . A total of nine nations took part, each with one boat, and two prelims, a hope run and an A and a B final were held. While the German starters took sixth and last place in the A-final, the Russian team won ahead of Romania and Poland.

Teams

nation	Rowers
Denmark	Silja Davidsen Nikoline Laidlaw Luise Lund Hansen Tanja Ehlers
Germany	Sophie Oksche Frauke Hacker Ida Kruse Alexandra Höffgen
Greece	Dimitra-Sofia Tsamopoulou Ioanna Bitzilaiou Margarita Georgoudi Anneta Kyridou
Great Britain	Sara Parfett Caragh McMurtry Emily Ashford Josephine Wratten
Italy	Veronica Calabrese Ilaria Broggini Aisha Rocek Giorgia Pelacchi
Netherlands	Hermijntje Drenth Willeke Vossen Marleen Verburgh Kirsten Wielaard
Poland	Monika Chabel Maria Wierzbowska Olga Michałkiewicz Joanna Dittmann
Romania	Roxana-Georgiana Parascanu Mădălina Hegheş Mădălina-Gabriela Caşu Iuliana Buhuş
Russia	Ekaterina Sevostianova Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Elena Oriabinskaia

competition

Prelims

The two preliminary runs were held on August 2, 2018. The first two boats of the prelims qualified directly for the finals, while the others had the opportunity to qualify for the finals via the repechage.

Forward 1

space	nation	Time in min				qualification
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Russia	1: 37.91	3: 20.47	5: 04.17	6: 46.30	final
2	Poland	1: 38.81	3: 22.68	5: 06.74	6: 47.13
3	Great Britain	1: 37.97	3: 22.21	5: 06.02	6: 47.14	Reunion
4th	Netherlands	1: 39.31	3: 21.76	5: 07.82	6: 53.89
5	Greece	1: 40.06	3: 25.47	5: 15.23	7: 09.61

Forward 2

space	nation	Time in min				qualification
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Romania	1: 37.32	3: 21.30	5: 07.56	6: 50.63	final
2	Germany	1: 39.97	3: 23.04	5: 08.98	6: 51.52
3	Italy	1: 39.82	3: 24.94	5: 10.45	6: 53.95	Reunion
4th	Denmark	1: 39.86	3: 24.24	5: 10.02	6: 54.87

Reunion

From the hope race, which was held on August 3, 2018, the two best teams qualified for the A final. Meanwhile, the other teams had to start in the B final.

space	nation	Time in min				qualification
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Great Britain	1: 37.13	3: 20.46	5: 03.72	6: 46.43	final
2	Netherlands	1: 37.92	3: 21.44	5:05.00	6: 47.68
3	Denmark	1: 39.62	3: 23.73	5: 07.43	6: 50.13	B final
4th	Italy	1: 40.05	3: 25.77	5: 08.93	6: 51.47
5	Greece	1: 40.25	3: 26.29	5: 10.12	6: 52.09

Finals

The two finals were held on August 4th.

A final

space	nation	Time (min)
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Russia	1: 37.81	3: 20.38	5: 02.33	6: 39.97
2	Romania	1: 37.01	3: 19.11	5: 01.84	6: 41.87
3	Poland	1: 38.29	3: 20.49	5: 03.29	6: 42.58
4th	Great Britain	1: 37.41	3: 20.72	5: 05.07	6: 45.48
5	Netherlands	1: 37.98	3: 19.82	5: 03.81	6: 46.32
6th	Germany	1: 39.63	3: 21.88	5: 06.04	6: 47.68

B final

space	nation	Time (min)
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Denmark	1: 41.29	3: 26.30	5: 11.16	6: 54.56
2	Italy	1: 42.23	3: 28.43	5: 12.62	6: 55.44
3	Greece	1: 42.29	3: 27.86	5: 13.41	6: 57.16

Web links

• Results page at worldrowing.com
• List of results at europeanchampionships.com
• further result lists ( preliminary run 1 , preliminary run 2 , repechage , A-final , B-final )