Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

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.[1]

Men's eights
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueBrussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates28–29 August
Competitors72 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
Rowing at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

Results

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal 1
PlaceTeamTimeQual.
1 Norway (NOR)
Theodor Nag
Conrad Olsen
Adolf Nilsen
Håkon Ellingsen
Thore Michelsen
Arne Mortensen
Karl Nag
Tollef Tollefsen
Thoralf Hagen		6:32.2Q
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
PlaceTeamTimeQual.
1 Great Britain (GBR)
Ewart Horsfall
Guy O. Nickalls
Richard Lucas
Walter James
John Campbell
Sebastian Earl
Ralph Shove
Sidney Swann
Robin Johnstone		6:19.0Q
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
PlaceTeamTimeQual.
1 United States (USA)
Virgil Jacomini
Ed Graves
Bill Jordan
Ed Moore
Zeke Sanborn
Don Johnston
Vince Gallagher
Clyde King
Sherm Clark		6:24.0Q
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
PlaceTeamTimeQual.
1 France (FRA)
Albert Diebold
Charles Hahn
Frédéric Grossmann
Robert Fleig
Henri Barbenés
Frédéric Fleig
Charles Schlewer
Émile Ruhlmann
Émile Barberolle		6:37.0Q
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
PlaceTeamTimeQual.
1 Great Britain (GBR)6:26.4Q
 Norway (NOR)6:36.0
Semifinal 2
PlaceRowerTimeQual.
1 United States (USA)6:24.0Q
2 France (FRA)6:42.6

Final
Final
PlaceTeamTime
 United States (USA)6:05.0
 Great Britain (GBR)6:05.8

References
  1. "Rowing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.
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