1953 European Rowing Championships
| Host City | København |
|---|---|
| Country |  DEN |
| Held | — |
| Competitors | 78 |
| Countries | 11 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Sculls | Men | — | Medal | 3 | 3 |
| Coxless Pairs | Men | — | Medal | 6 | 3 |
| Coxed Pairs | Men | — | Medal | 9 | 3 |
| Double Sculls | Men | — | Medal | 6 | 3 |
| Coxless Fours | Men | — | Medal | 12 | 3 |
| Coxed Fours | Men | — | Medal | 15 | 3 |
| Eights | Men | — | Medal | 27 | 3 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |  URS |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Denmark | DEN |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | France |  FRA |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Switzerland |  SUI |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | Yugoslavia |  YUG |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Belgium |  BEL |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Germany |  GER |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Norway |  NOR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Poland |  POL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Great Britain |  GBR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Sculls, Men | Perica Vlašić |
YUG
|
Teodor Kocerka |
POL
|
Achille Giovannoni |
FRA
|
| Coxless Pairs, Men | Igor Buldakov / Viktor Ivanov |
URS
|
Michel Knuysen / Bob Baetens |
BEL
|
Finn Pedersen / Kjeld Østrøm |
DEN
|
| Coxed Pairs, Men | Guy Nosbaum / Daniel Forget |
FRA
|
Helmut Heinhold / Otto Nordmeyer |
GER
|
René Verhoeven / Henri de Brie |
BEL
|
| Double Sculls, Men | Peter Stebler / Erich Schriever |
SUI
|
Ernest Verbin / Yury Sorokin |
URS
|
Dragutin Petrovečki / Milan Korošec |
YUG
|
| Coxless Fours, Men | Denmark |
DEN
|
Norway |
NOR
|
Great Britain |
GBR
|
| Coxed Fours, Men | Czechoslovakia |
TCH
|
Soviet Union |
URS
|
Switzerland |
SUI
|
| Eights, Men | Soviet Union |
URS
|
Denmark |
DEN
|
France |
FRA
|