Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

Women's eight
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

The finish of the race and medal ceremony
VenueLagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
Date8–13 August 2016
Competitors56 from 7 nations
Winning time6:01.49
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emily Regan
Kerry Simmonds
Amanda Polk
Lauren Schmetterling
Tessa Gobbo
Meghan Musnicki
Elle Logan
Amanda Elmore
Katelin Snyder
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Katie Greves
Melanie Wilson
Frances Houghton
Polly Swann
Jessica Eddie
Olivia Carnegie-Brown
Karen Bennett
Zoe Lee
Zoe de Toledo
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roxana Cogianu
Ioana Strungaru
Mihaela Petrilă
Iuliana Popa
Mădălina Beres
Laura Oprea
Adelina Boguș
Andreea Boghian
Daniela Druncea
 Romania
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The Women's eight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas.[1]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3)

Date Time Round
Monday, 8 August 2016 8:50 Heats
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 9:50 Repechage
Saturday, 13 August 2016 11:06 Final

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Regan, Simmonds, Polk, Schmetterling, Gobbo, Musnicki, Logan, Elmore, Snyder  United States 6:06.34 FA
2 Van Dord, Belderbos, Rustenburg, Van Veen, Hogerwerf, Souwer, Lanz, Van Rooijen, Noort  Netherlands 6:14.36 R
3 Cogianu, Strungaru, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Oprea, Boguș, Boghian, Druncea  Romania 6:16.24 R
4 Albert, Morrison, Hagan, Volker, Goodman, Aldersey, Stephan, Sutherland, Banting  Australia 6:22.68 R

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Greves, Wilson, Houghton, Swann, Eddie, Carnegie-Brown, Bennett, Lee, De Toledo  Great Britain 6:09.52 FA
2 Pratt, Scown, Tew, Bevan, Prendergast, Gowler, Behrent, Dyke, Turner  New Zealand 6:12.05 R
3 Nurse, Roman, von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Roper, Wilkinson, Grainger, Mastracci, Filmer, Thompson-Willie  Canada 6:12.44 R

Repechage[edit]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Nurse, Roman, von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Roper, Wilkinson, Grainger, Mastracci, Filmer, Thompson-Willie  Canada 6:28.07 FA
2 Cogianu, Strungaru, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Oprea, Boguș, Boghian, Druncea  Romania 6:32.63 FA
3 Pratt, Scown, Tew, Bevan, Prendergast, Gowler, Behrent, Dyke, Turner  New Zealand 6:34.90 FA
4 Van Dord, Belderbos, Rustenburg, Van Veen, Hogerwerf, Souwer, Lanz, Van Rooijen, Noort  Netherlands 6:35.96 FA
5 Albert, Morrison, Hagan, Volker, Goodman, Aldersey, Stephan, Sutherland, Banting  Australia 6:40.45

Final[edit]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Regan, Simmonds, Polk, Schmetterling, Gobbo, Musnicki, Logan, Elmore, Snyder  United States 6:01.49
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greves, Wilson, Houghton, Swann, Eddie, Carnegie-Brown, Bennett, Lee, De Toledo  Great Britain 6:03.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cogianu, Strungaru, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Oprea, Boguș, Boghian, Druncea  Romania 6:04.10
4 Pratt, Scown, Tew, Bevan, Prendergast, Gowler, Behrent, Dyke, Turner  New Zealand 6:05.48
5 Nurse, Roman, von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Roper, Wilkinson, Grainger, Mastracci, Filmer, Thompson-Willie  Canada 6:06.04
6 Van Dord, Belderbos, Rustenburg, Van Veen, Hogerwerf, Souwer, Lanz, Van Rooijen, Noort  Netherlands 6:08.37

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rowing". Rio 2016 website. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.