2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - Eighth (women)

sport	rowing
discipline	Eighth
gender	Women
Attendees	63 athletes from 7 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	8-13 August 2016
Medalists  United States  United Kingdom  Romania

The rowing competition in the women'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.

The Americans, who had won all major competitions and titles since 2006, were the big favorites in the competition. In fact, they managed a convincing victory in the final, in which the British selection won silver ahead of the third-placed Romanians.

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	United States Erin Cafaro , Zsuzsanna Francia , Esther Lofgren , Taylor Ritzel , Meghan Musnicki , Elle Logan , Caroline Lind , Caryn Davies , Mary Whipple (Stf.)
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	United States Victoria Opitz , Meghan Musnicki , Amanda Polk , Lauren Schmetterling , Emily Regan , Kerry Simmonds , Tessa Gobbo , Heidi Robbins , Katelin Snyder (Stf.)
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	United Kingdom Catherine Greves , Melanie Wilson , Frances Houghton , Polly Swann , Jessica Eddie , Olivia Carnegie-Brown , Karen Bennett , Zoe Lee , Zoe de Toledo (Stf.)
World best time ( 5: 54.16 min , Lucerne 2013 )	United States Amanda Polk , Kerry Simmonds , Emily Regan , Lauren Schmetterling , Grace Luczak , Caroline Lind , Victoria Opitz , Heidi Robbins , Katelin Snyder (Stf.)

Attendees

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	United States	Amanda Elmore Tessa Gobbo Eleanor Logan Meghan Musnicki Amanda Polk Emily Regan Lauren Butterfly Kerry Simmonds Katelin Snyder (Stf.)
	New Zealand	Genevieve Behrent Kelsey Bevan Emma Dyke Kerri Gowler Grace Prendergast Kayla Pratt Rebecca Scown Ruby Tew Frances Turner (Dep.)
	Canada	Caileigh Filmer Susanne Grainger Antje von Seydlitz-Kurzbach Natalie Mastracci Cristy Nurse Lisa Roman Christine Roper Lauren Wilkinson Lesley Thompson (Stf.)
	United Kingdom	Karen Bennett Olivia Carnegie-Brown Jessica Eddie Catherine Greves Frances Houghton Zoe Lee Polly Swann Melanie Wilson Zoe de Toledo (Stf.)
International qualification	Romania	Mădălina Bereș Andreea Boghian Adelina Boguș Roxana Cogianu Irina Dorneanu (registered but blocked), Iuliana Popa (substitute) Laura Oprea Mihaela Petrilă Ioana Strungaru Daniela Druncea (Stf.)
	Netherlands	Wianka van Dorp Sophie Souwer Lies Rustenburg Jose van Veen Elisabeth Hogerwerf Claudia Belderbos Monica Lanz Olivia van Rooijen Ae-Ri Noort (Stf.)
	Australia	Charlotte Sutherland Meaghan Volker Fiona Albert Lucy Stephan Molly Goodman Jessica Morrison Olympia Aldersey Alexandra Hagan Sarah Banting (Stf.)

As the fifth-placed team at the 2015 World Rowing Championships , a Russian rowing team qualified for the women's eighth competition. Inside were Alexandra Fyodorova , Anastasia Karabelschtschikowa , Jelena Lebedeva , Jelena Oriabinskaja , Yulia Popova , Ekaterina Potapowa , Alevtina Sawkina , Anastasia Tichanowa and tax wife Ksenija Volkova 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. Australia moved up based on the results of the qualifying regatta in Lucerne.

In the Romanian boat, the initially nominated rower Irina Dorneanu was replaced by Iuliana Popa, who was nominated as a substitute rower, a few days before the Olympic Games due to a positive doping test for the drug meldonium .

Prelims

Monday 8th August 2016

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	United States	Elmore , Gobbo , Logan , Musnicki , Polk , Regan , Schmetterling , Simmonds , Snyder (Stf.)	6: 06.34	final
2	Netherlands	van Dorp , Souwer , Rustenburg , van Veen , Hogerwerf , Belderbos , Lanz , van Rooijen , Noort (Stf.)	6: 14.36	Reunion
3	Romania	Bereș , Boghian , Boguș , Cogianu , Popa , Oprea , Petrilă , Strungaru , Druncea (Stf.)	6: 16.24
4th	Australia	Sutherland , Volker , Albert , Stephan , Goodman , Morrison , Aldersey , Hagan , Banting (Stf.)	6: 22.68

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	United Kingdom	Bennett , Carnegie-Brown , Eddie , Greves , Houghton , Lee , Swann , Wilson , de Toledo (Stf.)	6: 09.52	final
2	New Zealand	Behrent , Bevan , Dyke , Gowler , Prendergast , Pratt , Scown , Tew , Turner (Stf.)	6: 12.05	Reunion
3	Canada	Filmer , Grainger , von Seydlitz-Kurzbach , Mastracci , Nurse , Roman , Roper , Wilkinson , Thompson (Stf.)	6: 12.44

Reunion

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

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Canada	Filmer , Grainger , von Seydlitz-Kurzbach , Mastracci , Nurse , Roman , Roper , Wilkinson , Thompson (Stf.)	6: 28.07	final
2	Romania	Bereș , Boghian , Boguș , Cogianu , Popa , Oprea , Petrilă , Strungaru , Druncea (Stf.)	6: 32.63
3	New Zealand	Behrent , Bevan , Dyke , Gowler , Prendergast , Pratt , Scown , Tew , Turner (Stf.)	6: 34.90
4th	Netherlands	van Dorp , Souwer , Rustenburg , van Veen , Hogerwerf , Belderbos , Lanz , van Rooijen , Noort (Stf.)	6: 35.96
5	Australia	Sutherland , Volker , Albert , Stephan , Goodman , Morrison , Aldersey , Hagan , Banting (Stf.)	6: 40.45	-

final

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

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United States	Elmore , Gobbo , Logan , Musnicki , Polk , Regan , Schmetterling , Simmonds , Snyder (Stf.)	6: 01.49
2	United Kingdom	Bennett , Carnegie-Brown , Eddie , Greves , Houghton , Lee , Swann , Wilson , de Toledo (Stf.)	6: 03.98
3	Romania	Bereș , Boghian , Boguș , Cogianu , Popa , Oprea , Petrilă , Strungaru , Druncea (Stf.)	6: 04.10
4th	New Zealand	Behrent , Bevan , Dyke , Gowler , Prendergast , Pratt , Scown , Tew , Turner (Stf.)	6: 05.48
5	Canada	Filmer , Grainger , von Seydlitz-Kurzbach , Mastracci , Nurse , Roman , Roper , Wilkinson , Thompson (Stf.)	6: 06.04
6th	Netherlands	van Dorp , Souwer , Rustenburg , van Veen , Hogerwerf , Belderbos , Lanz , van Rooijen , Noort (Stf.)	6: 08.37

Another classification without finals

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
7th	Australia	Sutherland , Volker , Albert , Stephan , Goodman , Morrison , Aldersey , Hagan , Banting (Stf.)	-

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marius Suiu: Irina Dorneanu a fost depistată pozitiv cu Meldonium şi va rata Jocurile Olimpice. In: www.monitorulsv.ro. Monitorul de Suceava, July 29, 2016, accessed August 9, 2016 (Romanian).