Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

Men's eight at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date	21–27 July
Competitors	56 from 14 nations
Medalists
Koos Maasdijk Ronald Florijn Jeroen Duyster Michiel Bartman Henk-Jan Zwolle Niels van der Zwan Niels van Steenis Diederik Simon Nico Rienks  Netherlands Mark Kleinschmidt Detlef Kirchhoff Wolfram Huhn Roland Baar Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers Peter Thiede Thorsten Streppelhoff Frank Jörg Richter  Germany Pavel Melnikov Andrey Glukhov Anton Chermashentsev Aleksandr Lukyanov Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich Sergey Matveyev Roman Monchenko Vladimir Volodenkov Vladimir Sokolov  Russia

The men's eight competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Netherlands (NED) Koos Maasdijk Ronald Florijn Jeroen Duyster Michiel Bartman Henk-Jan Zwolle Niels van der Zwan Niels van Steenis Diederik Simon Nico Rienks	Germany (GER) Mark Kleinschmidt Detlef Kirchhoff Wolfram Huhn Roland Baar Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers Peter Thiede Thorsten Streppelhoff Frank Richter	Russia (RUS) Pavel Melnikov Andrey Glukhov Anton Chermashentsev Aleksandr Lukyanov Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich Sergey Matveyev Roman Monchenko Vladimir Volodenkov Vladimir Sokolov

Heats

• FA denotes qualification to Final A.
• R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Koos Maasdijk, Ronald Florijn, Jeroen Duyster, Michiel Bartman, Henk-Jan Zwolle Niels van der Zwan, Niels van Steenis, Diederik Simon, Nico Rienks	Netherlands	5:41.41 FA
2	Greg Stevenson, Phil Graham, Henry Hering, Mark Platt, Darren Barber Andrew Crosby, Scott Brodie, Adam Parfitt, Pat Newman	Canada	5:44.00 R
3	James Stewart, Geoff Stewart, Rob Jahrling, Nick Porzig, Jaime Fernandez Ben Dodwell, Robert Walker, Richard Wearne, Brett Hayman	Australia	5:46.83 R
4	Matthew Parish, Jim Walker, Alex Story, Richard Hamilton, Roger Brown Peter Bridge, Ben Hunt-Davis, Graham Smith, Garry Herbert	Great Britain	5:49.37 R
5	Yevhen Sharonin, Roman Hrynevych, Vitaliy Raievskiy, Valeriy Samara, Oleh Lykov Ihor Martynenko, Ihor Mohylniy, Oleksandr Kapustin, Hryhoriy Dmytrenko	Ukraine	5:55.32 R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Doug Burden, Bob Kaehler, Porter Collins, Ted Murphy, Jamie Koven Jon Brown, Don Smith, Fred Honebein, Steven Segaloff	United States	5:44.87 FA
2	Mark Kleinschmidt, Detlef Kirchhoff, Wolfram Huhn, Roland Baar, Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers, Peter Thiede, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Frank Richter	Germany	5:46.04 R
3	Pavel Melnikov, Andrey Glukhov, Anton Chermashentsev, Aleksandr Lukyanov, Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich, Sergey Matveyev, Roman Monchenko, Vladimir Volodenkov, Vladimir Sokolov	Russia	5:48.63 R
4	Gabriel Marin, Andrei Bănică, Cornel Nemțoc, Dorin Alupei, Viorel Talapan Nicolae Țaga, Valentin Robu, Iulică Ruican, Marin Gheorghe	Romania	5:54.34 R
5	Carmine Abbagnale, Patrick Casanova, Francesco Mattei, Roberto Blanda, Lorenzo Carboncini Mattia Trombetta, Roby La Mura, Franco Zucchi, Vincenzo Di Palma	Italy	5:54.59 R

Repechages

• FA denotes qualification to Final A.
• FB denotes qualification to Final B.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Greg Stevenson, Phil Graham, Henry Hering, Mark Platt, Darren Barber Andrew Crosby, Scott Brodie, Adam Parfitt, Pat Newman	Canada	5:30.76 FA
2	Pavel Melnikov, Andrey Glukhov, Anton Chermashentsev, Aleksandr Lukyanov, Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich, Sergey Matveyev, Roman Monchenko, Vladimir Volodenkov, Vladimir Sokolov	Russia	5:32.98 FA
3	Matthew Parish, Jim Walker, Alex Story, Richard Hamilton, Roger Brown Peter Bridge, Ben Hunt-Davis, Graham Smith, Garry Herbert	Great Britain	5:33.22 FB
4	Carmine Abbagnale, Patrick Casanova, Francesco Mattei, Roberto Blanda, Lorenzo Carboncini Mattia Trombetta, Roby La Mura, Franco Zucchi, Vincenzo Di Palma	Italy	5:34.40 FB

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Mark Kleinschmidt, Detlef Kirchhoff, Wolfram Huhn, Roland Baar, Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers, Peter Thiede, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Frank Richter	Germany	5:30.61 FA
2	James Stewart, Geoff Stewart, Rob Jahrling, Nick Porzig, Jaime Fernandez Ben Dodwell, Robert Walker, Richard Wearne, Brett Hayman	Australia	5:31.33 FA
3	Gabriel Marin, Andrei Bănică, Cornel Nemțoc, Dorin Alupei, Viorel Talapan Nicolae Țaga, Valentin Robu, Iulică Ruican, Marin Gheorghe	Romania	5:31.88 FB
4	Yevhen Sharonin, Roman Hrynevych, Vitaliy Raievskiy, Valeriy Samara, Oleh Lykov Ihor Martynenko, Ihor Mohylniy, Oleksandr Kapustin, Hryhoriy Dmytrenko	Ukraine	5:42.43 FB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Koos Maasdijk, Ronald Florijn, Jeroen Duyster, Michiel Bartman, Henk-Jan Zwolle Niels van der Zwan, Niels van Steenis, Diederik Simon, Nico Rienks	Netherlands	5:42.74
2	Mark Kleinschmidt, Detlef Kirchhoff, Wolfram Huhn, Roland Baar, Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers, Peter Thiede, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Frank Richter	Germany	5:44.58
3	Pavel Melnikov, Andrey Glukhov, Anton Chermashentsev, Aleksandr Lukyanov, Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich, Sergey Matveyev, Roman Monchenko, Vladimir Volodenkov, Vladimir Sokolov	Russia	5:45.77
4	Greg Stevenson, Phil Graham, Henry Hering, Mark Platt, Darren Barber Andrew Crosby, Scott Brodie, Adam Parfitt, Pat Newman	Canada	5:46.54
5	Doug Burden, Bob Kaehler, Porter Collins, Ted Murphy, Jamie Koven Jon Brown, Don Smith, Fred Honebein, Steven Segaloff	United States	5:48.45
6	James Stewart, Geoff Stewart, Rob Jahrling, Nick Porzig, Jaime Fernandez Ben Dodwell, Robert Walker, Richard Wearne, Brett Hayman	Australia	5:58.82

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Gabriel Marin, Andrei Bănică, Cornel Nemțoc, Dorin Alupei, Viorel Talapan Nicolae Țaga, Valentin Robu, Iulică Ruican, Marin Gheorghe	Romania	5:37.65
2	Matthew Parish, Jim Walker, Alex Story, Richard Hamilton, Roger Brown Peter Bridge, Ben Hunt-Davis, Graham Smith, Garry Herbert	Great Britain	5:40.23
3	Carmine Abbagnale, Patrick Casanova, Francesco Mattei, Roberto Blanda, Lorenzo Carboncini Mattia Trombetta, Roby La Mura, Franco Zucchi, Vincenzo Di Palma	Italy	5:41.95
4	Yevhen Sharonin, Roman Hrynevych, Vitaliy Raievskiy, Valeriy Samara, Oleh Lykov Ihor Martynenko, Ihor Mohylniy, Oleksandr Kapustin, Hryhoriy Dmytrenko	Ukraine	5:44.89

Sources

• "Official Olympic Report". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 April 2008.