Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

Men's eights at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates	28–29 August
Competitors	72 from 8 nations
Medalists
Sherm Clark (cox), Vince Gallagher, Edwin Graves, Virgil Jacomini, Donald Johnston, William Jordan, Clyde King, Edward Moore, Alden Sanborn  United States John Campbell, Sebastian Earl, Ewart Horsfall, Walter James, Robin Johnstone, Richard Lucas, Guy Oliver Nickalls, Ralph Shove, Sidney Swann  Great Britain Håkon Ellingsen, Thoralf Hagen, Thore Michelsen, Arne Mortensen, Karl Nag, Theodor Nag, Adolf Nilsen, Conrad Olsen, Tollef Tollefsen  Norway

The men's eight event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 28 and 29 August 1920. It was the fifth appearance of the event. Eight boats, each from a different nation, competed.

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
Place	Team	Time	Qual.
1	Norway (NOR) Theodor Nag Conrad Olsen Adolf Nilsen Håkon Ellingsen Thore Michelsen Arne Mortensen Karl Nag Tollef Tollefsen Thoralf Hagen	6:32.2	Q
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Emil Ordnung Ferdinand Brožek Vladimír Širc Bohdan Kallmünzer Josef Širc Jiří Kallmünzer Otakar Votík Ivan Schweizer Karel Čížek	6:43.0
Quarterfinal 2
Place	Team	Time	Qual.
1	Great Britain (GBR) Ewart Horsfall Guy O. Nickalls Richard Lucas Walter James John Campbell Sebastian Earl Ralph Shove Sidney Swann Robin Johnstone	6:19.0	Q
2	Switzerland (SUI) Hans Walter Max Rudolf Willy Brüderlin Paul Rudolf P. Baur Franz Türler Charles Freuler Rudolf Bosshard Paul Staub	6:21.4
Quarterfinal 3
Place	Team	Time	Qual.
1	United States (USA) Virgil Jacomini Ed Graves Bill Jordan Ed Moore Zeke Sanborn Don Johnston Vince Gallagher Clyde King Sherm Clark	6:24.0	Q
2	Belgium (BEL) Daniël Clarembaux Jozef Hermans Gustave De Mulder René Smet Félix Taymans Charles Lalemand Julien Crickx Maurice Requillé Jules Crickx	6:40.0
Quarterfinal 4
Place	Team	Time	Qual.
1	France (FRA) Albert Diebold Charles Hahn Frédéric Grossmann Robert Fleig Henri Barbenés Frédéric Fleig Charles Schlewer Émile Ruhlmann Émile Barberolle	6:37.0	Q
2	Netherlands (NED) Philip Jongeneel Johannes van der Vegte Bernard te Hennepe Willem Hudig Frederik Koopman Huibert Boumeester Johannes Haasnoot Robbert Blaisse Liong Siang Sie	6:38.2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Team	Time	Qual.
1	Great Britain (GBR)	6:26.4	Q
	Norway (NOR)	6:36.0
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	United States (USA)	6:24.0	Q
2	France (FRA)	6:42.6

Final

Final
Place	Team	Time
	United States (USA)	6:05.0
	Great Britain (GBR)	6:05.8

External links

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.