Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

The Women's eight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas.

Women's eight at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
The finish of the race and medal ceremony
Venue	Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
Date	8–13 August 2016
Competitors	56 from 7 nations
Winning time	6:01.49
Medalists
Emily Regan Kerry Simmonds Amanda Polk Lauren Schmetterling Tessa Gobbo Meghan Musnicki Elle Logan Amanda Elmore Katelin Snyder  United States Katie Greves Melanie Wilson Frances Houghton Polly Swann Jessica Eddie Olivia Carnegie-Brown Karen Bennett Zoe Lee Zoe de Toledo  Great Britain Roxana Cogianu Ioana Strungaru Mihaela Petrilă Iuliana Popa Mădălina Beres Laura Oprea Adelina Boguș Andreea Boghian Daniela Druncea  Romania

Schedule

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

Heats

Heat 1

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

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

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

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Regan, Simmonds, Polk, Schmetterling, Gobbo, Musnicki, Logan, Elmore, Snyder	United States	6:01.49
	Greves, Wilson, Houghton, Swann, Eddie, Carnegie-Brown, Bennett, Lee, De Toledo	Great Britain	6:03.98
	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