FINN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

[Click on year for results. Where available reports are also included]

 

The years 1956 to 1996 are in grouped pages with brief reports and top third of the results taken from FINNatics: 1956 to 1975 and 1975 to 1996.

 

Each year is also bookmarked below within the above pages by year.

 

From 1997 to the present, full results are published including the reports from FINNFARE.

 

 

Year

Venue

Gold

Silver

Bronze

1956

Loosdrechter, Holland

Jurgen Vogler GDR

D Poissant FRA

Andre Nelis BEL

1957

Naples, Italy

Andre Nelis BEL

Adelchi Palaschiar ITA

Jurgen Vogler DDR

1958

Cascais, Portugal

Adelchi Palaschiar ITA

Warburg NED

Reist SUI

1959

Silsersee, Switzerland

Jan de Jong NED

Pinaud FRA

Jurgen Vogler DDR

1960

Ostende, Belgium

Paul Elvstrom DEB

Willi Kuhweide FRG

Andre Nelis BEL

1961

Warnemunde, GDR

Willi Kuhweide FRG

Goran Andersson SWE

Walter Gartner DDR

1962

Kiel, FRG

Boris Jacobsson SWE

Francis Jammes FRA

Jan de Long NED

1963

Lake Balaton, Hungary

Boris Jacobsson SWE

B Straubinger GER

B Andersson SWE

1964

Oereseund, Denmark

Willi Kuhweide FRG

Henning Wind DEN

W Maarse NED

1965

Cascais, Portugal

B Dehmel DDR

Valentin Mankin USSR

Willi Kuhweide FRG

1966

Attersee, Austria

Hubert Raudaschl AUT

Jorg Bruder BRA

U Kohler SUI

1967

Naples, Italy

A von Grunewaldt SWE

Willi Kuhweide FRG

J Mier DDR

1968

Medemblik, Holland

Arne Akerson SWE

Henning Wind DEN

Uwe Mares GER

1969

Warnemunde, GDR

Arne Akerson SWE

Borge Sall SWE

Guy Liljegren SWE

1970

Dublin, Ireland

Thomas Lundquist SWE

Guy Liljegren SWE

J Mier DDR

1971

Athens, Greece

B Binkhorst NED

Magnus Olin SWE

G Finaczy  HUN

1972

Medemblik, Holland

Christian Schroder DDR

Thomas Lundquist SWE

Magnus Olin SWE

1973

Wladislawowo, Poland

Christian Schroder DDR

Leonard Gustafsson SWE

Jurgen Wolff DDR

1974

Niendorf, FRG

Guy Liljegren SWE

Busquet FRA

Elias Hatzipavlis GRE

1975

Palamos, Spain

Serge Maury FRA

David Howlett GBR

Mauro Pelaschier ITA

1976

Port Camargue, France

Serge Maury FRA

Andrei Balashov USSR

Gus Miller USA

1977

Istanbul, Turkey

Joaquin Blanco ESP

Minski Fabris YUG

Peter Vollebregt NED

1978

Marstrand, Sweden

Fabris Minski YUG

Joaquin Blanco ESP

Jochen Schumann DDR

1979

Malcesine, Italy

John Bertrand USA

Jochen Schumann DDR

Kent Carlsson SWE

1980

Helsinki, Finnland

Chris Law GBR

John Bertrand USA

Andrei Balashov USSR

1981

Athens, Greece

Lasses Hjortnas DEN

Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN

Otto Pohlmann GER

1982

Masnou, Spain

Lasses Hjortnas DEN

Mark Neeleman NED

Thomas Schmid GER

1983

Neusiedlersee, Austria

Jochen Schumann DDR

Frank Butzmann DDR

Lasses Hjortnas DEN

1984

Wladislawowo, Poland

Mike McIntyre GBR

Peter Vilby DEN

Jacek Sobkowiak POL

1985

Athens, Greece

Lasses Hjortnas DEN

Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN

Peter Vilby DEN

1986

Hyeres, France

Oleg Khoperski RUS

Johan Heders SWE

Heiko Birke DDR

1987

Rungsted, Denmark

Stuart Childerley GBR

Peter Vilby DEN

Otto Strandvig DEN

1988

Medemblik. Holland

Jose Luis Doreste ESP

Eric Megenthaler MEX

Hans Spitzauer AUT

1989

Helsinki, Finnland

Hans Spitzauer AUT

O M von Blomencron SUI

Lauri Rechardt FIN

1990

Hayling Island, UK

Stig Westergaard DEN

Hans Spitzauer AUT

O M on Blomencron SUI

1991

Anzio, Italy

Lawrence Lamieux CAN

Jose van der Ploeg ESP

Kiko Villalonga ESP

1992

Gdansk, Poland

Stuart Childerley GBR

Oleg Khoperski RUS

Dirk Lowe GER

1993

L'Estatit, Spain

Stig Westergaard DEN

Jose Maria v d Ploeg ESP

Hans Spitzauer AUT

1994

Cesme, Turkey

Jose Maria van der Ploeg ESP

Luca Devoti ITA

Fredrik Loof SWE

1995

Lake Balaton, Hungary

Jose Maria Van der Ploeg ESP

Fredrik Loof SWE

Philippe Presti FRA

1996

Hospitalet, Spain

Jose Maria Van der Ploeg ESP

Mateusz Kusznierewicz POL

Sebastien Godefroid BEL

1997

Report

Split, Croatia

Luca Devoti ITA

Xavier Rohart FRA

Emilios Papathansiou GRE

1998

report

Vilamoura, Portugal

Sebastien Godefroid BEL

Maichael Maier CZE

Iain Percy GBR

1999

Report

Oostende, Belgium

Iain Percy GBR

Mateusz Kusznierewicz POL

Richard Clarke CAN

2000

Report

Palma, Spain

Mateusz Kusznierewicz POL

Karlo Kuret CRO

David Burrows IRL

2001

Report

Malcesine, Italy

Emilios Papathansiou GRE

Andrew Simpson GBR

Xavier Rohart FRA

2002

Report

Cesme, Turkey

Ben Ainslie, GBR

Luca Devoti ITA

Karlo Kuret CRO

2003

Report

Marstrand, Sweden

Ben Ainslie GBR

Mateusz Kusznierewicz POL

Sebastien Godefroid BEL

2004

Report

La Rochelle, France

Mateusz Kusznierewicz POL

Ben Ainslie GBR

Guillaume Florent FRA

2005

Report

Kalmar, Sweden

Ben Ainslie GBR

Dan Slater, NZL

Gasper Vincec SLO

2006

report

Palamos, Spain

Ed Wright, GBR

Guillaume Florent, FRA

Marin Misura, CRO

2007
report
Lake Balton, Hungary Eduard Skornyakov, RUS Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, CRO Emilios Papathanasiou, GRE

2008
report

Scarlino, Italy Ben Ainslie, GBR Ivan Kljakoviv Gaspic, CRO Guillaume Florent, FRA