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 | ||||||||
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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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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