2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - Eight (Men)

sport	rowing
discipline	Eighth
gender	Men
Attendees	63 athletes from 7 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	8-13 August 2016
Medalist  United Kingdom  Germany  Netherlands

The rowing competition in the men's eighth as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from August 8th to 13th, 2016 in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon . 63 athletes in seven teams competed.

The competition, which was held over the Olympic rowing distance of 2000 meters, began with two preliminary runs. The first-placed teams qualified directly for the final, all others had to go to the repechage . Here the first four of five boats qualified for the final. In the final on August 13, six teams competed for Olympic medals.

The teams qualified for the next round are highlighted in light green.

In the final, a duel between the world champions from 2013 to 2015 from Great Britain and the defending champions and European and vice world champions from 2013 to 2015 from Germany was expected. However, the British eighth had been weakened in favor of the four-without and had not shown convincing performances at the European Championships and the World Cups . However, the British won the Olympic final confidently ahead of the Germany eighth , in which five Olympic champions rowed from London, including the helmsman. The Dutch, classified as secret favorites, won the bronze medal.

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	Germany Filip Adamski , Andreas Kuffner , Eric Johannesen , Maximilian Reinelt , Richard Schmidt , Lukas Müller , Florian Mennigen , Kristof Wilke , Martin Sauer (Stm.)
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	United Kingdom Matthew Gotrel , Constantine Louloudis , Peter Reed , Paul Bennett , Mohamed Sbihi , Alex Gregory , George Nash , William Satch , Phelan Hill (Stm.)
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	Germany Maximilian Munski , Malte Jakschik , Andreas Kuffner , Felix Drahotta , Maximilian Reinelt , Eric Johannesen , Richard Schmidt , Hannes Ocik , Martin Sauer (Stm.)
World best time ( 5: 19.35 min , Lucerne 2012 )	Canada Gabriel Bergen , Douglas Csima , Robert Gibson , Conlin McCabe , Malcolm Howard , Andrew Byrnes , Jeremiah Brown , Will Crothers , Brian Price (stm.)

Attendees

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	United Kingdom	Paul Bennett Scott Durant Matthew Gotrel Matt Langridge Tom Ransley Peter Reed William Satch Andrew Triggs Hodge Phelan Hill (Stm.)
	Germany	Felix Drahotta Malte Jakschik Eric Johannesen Andreas Kuffner Maximilian Munski Hannes Ocik Maximilian Reinelt Richard Schmidt Martin Sauer (st.)
	Netherlands	Kaj Hendriks Robert Lücken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenbogaard Mechiel Versluis Tone Wieten Peter Wiersum (St.)
	New Zealand	Michael Brake Isaac Grainger Stephen Jones Alex Kennedy Shaun Kirkham Thomas Murray Brook Robertson Joseph Wright Caleb Shepherd (stm.)
International qualification	United States	Mike DiSanto Samuel Dommer Austin Hack Alexander Karwoski Stephen Kasprzyk Robert Munn Glenn Ochal Hans Struzyna Samuel Ojserkis ( st .)
	Poland	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Marcin Brzeziński Robert Fuchs Krystian Aranowski Michał Szpakowski Mikołaj Burda Piotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski (stm.)
	Italy	Vincenzo Capelli Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Matteo Stefanini Pierpaolo Frattini Mario Paonessa Fabio Infimo Emanuele Liuzzi Enrico D'Aniello (st.)

As the fifth-placed team at the 2015 World Rowing Championships , a Russian rowing team qualified for the men's eighth competition. Inside were Artyom Kossow , Ivan Balandin , Alexander Kulesh , Vladislav Ryabtsev , Nikita Morgatschow , Alexander Kornilov , Anton Saruzki , Dmitri Kuznetsov and helmsman Pawel Safonkin reported. In the course of the publication of the McLaren report in the Russian state doping affair on July 18, however, numerous Russian rowers were banned from the Olympic Games by the World Rowing Association, so that Russia could no longer occupy the eighth place. Italy moved up based on the results of the qualifying regatta in Lucerne.

Prelims

Monday 8th August 2016

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	United Kingdom	Bennett , Durant , Gotrel , Langridge , Ransley , Reed , Satch , Hodge , Hill (Stm.)	5: 34.23	final
2	Netherlands	Hendriks , Lücken , Meylink , Röell , Siegelaar , Uittenbogaard , Versluis , Wieten , Wiersum (Stm.)	5: 36.16	Reunion
3	New Zealand	Brake , Grainger , Jones , Kennedy , Kirkham , Murray , Robertson , Wright , Shepherd (Stm.)	5: 36.28
4th	Italy	Capelli , Agamennoni , Venier , Stefanini , Frattini , Paonessa , Infimo , Liuzzi , D'Aniello (st.)	5: 52.83

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Germany	Drahotta , Jakschik , Johannesen , Kuffner , Munski , Ocik , Reinelt , Schmidt , Sauer (Stm.)	5: 38.22	final
2	United States	DiSanto , Dommer , Hack , Karwoski , Kasprzyk , Munn , Ochal , Struzyna , Ojserkis (Stm.)	5: 40.16	Reunion
3	Poland	Schodowski , Wilangowski , Brzeziński , Fuchs , Aranowski , Szpakowski , Burda , Juszczak , Trojanowski (Stm.)	5: 42.32

Reunion

planned for Wednesday, August 10, 2016 , postponed to Thursday, August 11, 2016

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	United States	DiSanto , Dommer , Hack , Karwoski , Kasprzyk , Munn , Ochal , Struzyna , Ojserkis (Stm.)	5: 51.13	final
2	Netherlands	Hendriks , Lücken , Meylink , Röell , Siegelaar , Uittenbogaard , Versluis , Wieten , Wiersum (Stm.)	5: 52.95
3	New Zealand	Brake , Grainger , Jones , Kennedy , Kirkham , Murray , Robertson , Wright , Shepherd (Stm.)	5: 56.94
4th	Poland	Schodowski , Wilangowski , Brzeziński , Fuchs , Aranowski , Szpakowski , Burda , Juszczak , Trojanowski (Stm.)	5: 59.22
5	Italy	Capelli , Agamennoni , Venier , Stefanini , Frattini , Paonessa , Infimo , Liuzzi , D'Aniello (st.)	6: 05.12	-

final

Saturday, August 13, 2016
Note: Determination of places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Bennett , Durant , Gotrel , Langridge , Ransley , Reed , Satch , Hodge , Hill (Stm.)	5: 29.63
2	Germany	Drahotta , Jakschik , Johannesen , Kuffner , Munski , Ocik , Reinelt , Schmidt , Sauer (Stm.)	5: 30.96
3	Netherlands	Hendriks , Lücken , Meylink , Röell , Siegelaar , Uittenbogaard , Versluis , Wieten , Wiersum (Stm.)	5: 31.59
4th	United States	DiSanto , Dommer , Hack , Karwoski , Kasprzyk , Munn , Ochal , Struzyna , Ojserkis (Stm.)	5: 34.23
5	Poland	Schodowski , Wilangowski , Brzeziński , Fuchs , Aranowski , Szpakowski , Burda , Juszczak , Trojanowski (Stm.)	5: 34.62
6th	New Zealand	Brake , Grainger , Jones , Kennedy , Kirkham , Murray , Robertson , Wright , Shepherd (Stm.)	5: 36.64

Another classification without finals

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
7th	Italy	Capelli , Agamennoni , Venier , Stefanini , Frattini , Paonessa , Infimo , Liuzzi , D'Aniello (st.)	-

Web links

• Results on the website of the World Rowing Association
• Eighth (men) on the website www.sports-reference.com