Charles Riolo, already in charge of EISA’s administration and accounts since the death of Walter Blaser, was unanimously elected secretary-treasurer. Dr. Walter Wuelfing, the president of the FRG federa tion, joined the technical commission. Charles Riolo (SUI), EISA’s honorary secretary-treasurer. Whilst practising various sports (rowing, athletics, climbing, gym nastics, swimming, skating and skiing), he devoted himself to the ad ministration of various clubs. Secretary of the rowing section of the Lausanne Sports Club, he became in 1953 the secretary of the Swiss Rowing Federation. Joining the FISA council in 1956, he occupied the post of secretary- treasurer for 21 years. His work was recognized by the IOC in 197fj, when it awarded him the bronze medal of the Olympic Order. He made an equally significant contribution to the development of the General Association of International Sports Federations, whose treasurer he became in 1968. August 30th—September 1st 1957 — Duisburg 47th men’s European championships Preliminary heats 4 +: 12 started El: 1. URS 2. SUI 3. POL 4. ESP 5. FRA 6. BEL Eli: 1. GER 2. SUI 3. BEL 4. FRA 5. POL 6. ESP RI: 1. SUI 2. SWE 3. ESP RII: 1. DEN 2. NED 3. POL 4. FRA 5. BEL The Dutch and the Poles were given the same time, 7’25“7. As the second place was a qualifying one, this dead-heat made it necessary to run an extra heat, so that one of the crews would qualify for a place in the final. The Dutch won this in 7’23”9 against 7’29”2. 2-: 12 entered - 11 started - FIN (scratched) El: 1. ROM 2. URS 3. DEN 4. FRA 5. POL ED: 1. ALT 2. GBR 3. GER 4. NED 2. SUI 6. TUR RI: 1. GER 2. SUI 3. URS 4. FRA 5. TUR RII: 1. GBR 2. NED 3. DEN lx: 13 started EL 1. AUT 2. POL 3. ROM 4. NED 5. SUI Eli: 1. GER 2. URS 3. YUG 4. ESP Astonishment and satisfaction among the home crowd, when Ivanov the terrible stopped rowing 25 metres short of the finish, yielding to the local sculler, Klaus von Fer- sen, who had shown him a clean pair of heels. EDI: 1. AUS 2. DEN 3. USA 4. ESP RI: 1. POL 2. SUI 3. USA 4. ESP RII: 1. URS 2. ROM 3. FRA RIII: 1. YUG 2. DEN 3. NED 2 +: 10 started EL 1. POL 2. ITA 3. DEN 4. TUR 5. ESP Eli: 1. GER 2. FIN 3. BEL 4. URS 5. ROM RI: 1. ROM 2. ITA 3. BEL 4. TUR RII: 1. FIN 2. URS 3. DEN 4. ESP 116 4-: 11 started El: 1. GER 2. USA 3. GBR 4. HUN 5. YUG 6. SWE Eli: 1. ROM 2. URS 3. DEN 4. SUI 5. FRA RI: 1. DEN 2. USA 3. HUN 4. FRA RII: 1. URS 2. GBR 3. YUG 4. SUI - SWE (scratched) 2x: 9 started El: 1. GER 2. SUI 3. YUG 4. SWE 5. TUR Eli: 1. URS 2. BEL 3. ITA 4. DEN RI: 1. SUI 2. ITA 3. SWE RII: 1. BEL 2. YUG 3. DEN 4. TUR 8 +: 12 crews El: 1. URS 2. GER 3. TCH 4. ROM 5. YUG 6. BEL Eli: 1. ITA 2. HUN 3. DEN 4. SWE 5. NED 6. FRA RI: 1. GER 2. NED 3. DEN 4. FRA 5. YUG RII: 1. TCH 2. HUN 3. ROM 4. SWE 5. BEL Finals 4 + : 1. GER 2. URS 3. SUI 4. SWE 5. DEN 6. NED A slow start for the Soviet crew. The Germans held them off during the last quarter of the race. 2-: 1. GBR 2. AUT 3. ROM 4. GER 5. NED 6. SUI The British pair, Davidge and Leadley, went into the lead at 300 metres and stayed there. Christopher Davidge was to become one of FISA’s chief administrators, as chair man of the Regattas and Technical Installations Commis sion. lx: 1. AUS 2. GER 3. URS 4. AUT 5. POL 6. YUG This time Ivanov was beaten, but Von Fersen could only finish second, behind the Australian, Stuart Mackenzie. 2 + : 1. GER 2. URS 3. POL 4. ROM 5. ITA 6. FIN Von Groddeck and Arndt retained their tide. 4-: 1. GER 2. URS 3. ROM 4. DEN 5. USA 6. GBR A close contest with fortunes alternating between the German and Soviet crews. The finish was very exciting. The German crew offered powerful resistance to the fierce finish of the oarsmen from Rostov. 2x: 1. URS 2. GER 3. BEL 4. SUI 5. YUG 6. ITA A further victory for the Olympic champions, Tiukalov and Berkutov. The Swiss double, composed of Thomas Keller (hide did anyone know that he was about to be come president of FISA) and his friend, Hans Frohofer, took fourth place. 8 + : 1. ITA 2. URS 3. TCH 4. GER 5. HUN 6. NED The first Italian victory in the premier event since 1950.
