Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

Men's eight at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date	8–10 August 2016
Competitors	63 from 7 nations
Winning time	5:29.63
Medalists
Scott Durant Tom Ransley Andrew Triggs Hodge Matt Gotrel Pete Reed Paul Bennett Matt Langridge Will Satch Phelan Hill  Great Britain Maximilian Munski Malte Jakschik Andreas Kuffner Eric Johannesen Maximilian Reinelt Felix Drahotta Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer  Germany Kaj Hendriks Robert Lücken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenbogaard Mechiel Versluis Tone Wieten Peter Wiersum  Netherlands

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

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 8 August 2016	09:10	Heats

Results

Heats

The winners of each heat qualified to the finals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Durant, Ransley, Triggs Hodge, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Langridge, Satch, Hill	Great Britain	5:34.23	Q
2	Hendriks, Lücken, Meylink, Röell, Siegelaar, Uittenboogaard, Versluis, Wieten, Wiersum	Netherlands	5:36.16	R
3	Brake, Grainger, Jones, Kennedy, Kirkham, Murray, Robertson, Wright, Shepherd	New Zealand	5:36.28	R
4	Agamennoni, Capelli, Frattini, Infimo, Liuzzi, Paonessa, Stefanini, Venier, D'Aniello	Italy	5:52.83	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Munski, Jakschik, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Drahotta, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer	Germany	5:38.22	Q
2	Dommer, Struzyna, Karwowski, Ochal, Kasprzyk, Di Santo, Munn, Hack, Ojserkis	United States	5:40.16	R
3	Schodowski, Fuchs, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Burda, Szpakowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski	Poland	5:42.32	R

Repechage

First four of heat qualify to Final A.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dommer, Struzyna, Karwowski, Ochal, Kasprzyk, Di Santo, Munn, Hack, Ojserkis	United States	5:51,13	Q
2	Hendriks, Lücken, Meylink, Röell, Siegelaar, Uittenboogaard, Versluis, Wieten, Wiersum	Netherlands	5:52,95	Q
3	Brake, Grainger, Jones, Kennedy, Kirkham, Murray, Robertson, Wright, Shepherd	New Zealand	5:56,94	Q
4	Schodowski, Fuchs, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Burda, Szpakowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski	Poland	5:59,22	Q
5	Agamennoni, Capelli, Frattini, Infimo, Liuzzi, Paonessa, Stefanini, Venier, D'Aniello	Italy	6:05,12

Final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Durant, Ransley, Triggs Hodge, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Langridge, Satch, Hill	Great Britain	5:29.63
	Munski, Jakschik, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Drahotta, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer	Germany	5:30.96
	Hendriks, Lücken, Meylink, Röell, Siegelaar, Uittenboogaard, Versluis, Wieten, Wiersum	Netherlands	5:31.59
4	Dommer, Struzyna, Karwowski, Ochal, Kasprzyk, Di Santo, Munn, Hack, Ojserkis	United States	5:34.23
5	Schodowski, Fuchs, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Burda, Szpakowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski	Poland	5:34.62
6	Brake, Grainger, Jones, Kennedy, Kirkham, Murray, Robertson, Wright, Shepherd	New Zealand	5:36.64