Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top 4 boats in the repechage advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 2 boats (5th and 6th placers in the repechage) were sent to the "B" final.

The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final competed for 7th and 8th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank	Rowers	Country
	Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochelea Elena Georgescu Anca Tănase Doina Spîrcu Marioara Popescu Ioana Olteanu Elisabeta Lipă Doina Ignat	Romania
	Anna van der Kamp Tosha Tsang Lesley Thompson Emma Robinson Jessica Monroe Heather McDermid Maria Maunder Theresa Luke Alison Korn	Canada
	Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina	Belarus
	Anne Kakela Mary McCagg Laurel Korholz Catriona Fallon Betsy McCagg Monica Tranel Michini Amy Fuller Jennifer Dore Yasmin Farooq	United States
	Jennifer Luff Gina Douglas Amy Safe Anna Ozolins Karina Wieland Alison Davies Carmen Klomp Bronwyn Thompson Kaylynn Hick	Australia
	Femke Boelen Marleen van der Velden Astrid van Koert Marieke Westerhof Rita de Jong Tessa Knaven Tessa Appeldoorn Muriel van Schilfgaarde Jissy de Wolf	Netherlands
	Annamarie Stapleton Lisa Eyre Dot Blackie Kate Pollitt Miriam Batten Cath Bishop Joanne Turvey Alison Gill Suzie Ellis	Great Britain
	Ina Justh Antje Rehaag Kathleen Naser Andrea Gesch Dana Pyritz Micaela Schmidt Anja Pyritz Ute Schell-Wagner-Stange Daniela Neunast	Germany