Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

The men's eight (M8+) competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 11 to August 17 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. Seven of nine national teams returned from the men's eight competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics to compete again, joined by the host nation.[1]

Men's eight
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueShunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
DatesAugust 11 Heats
August 12 Repechage
August 16 Final B
August 17 Final A
Competitors75 from 8 nations
Medalists
 Canada
Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Andrew Byrnes, Jake Wetzel, Malcolm Howard, Dominic Seiterle, Adam Kreek, Kyle Hamilton, Brian Price
 Great Britain
Alex Partridge, Tom Stallard, Tom Lucy, Richard Egington, Josh West, Alastair Heathcote, Matt Langridge, Colin Smith, Acer Nethercott
 United States
Beau Hoopman, Matt Schnobrich, Micah Boyd, Wyatt Allen, Dan Walsh, Steven Coppola, Josh Inman, Brian Volpenhein, Marcus McElhenney
Rowing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmenwomen
Coxless pairmenwomen
Double scullsmenwomen
Lwt double scullsmenwomen
Coxless fourmen
Quadruple scullsmenwomen
Eightmenwomen
Lwt coxless fourmen

The 2008 Summer Olympics M8+ rowing competition consisted of eight teams, split into two four-team heats. Each team fielded a boat crewed by eight rowers and a coxswain. Each rower used a single oar, with four oars on each side of the boat. The winner of each heat qualified for the "Final A" (or Medal) round. The remaining six teams competed in the Repechage round, with the top four from that round qualifying for the "Final A" round. The last two teams in the repechage competed in the "Final B" round.

The final ranking for rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics was based on the order of finish in the two finals. The top three of the "Final A" teams earned Olympic medals for placing first, second, and third, while the remaining "Final A" teams placed fourth through sixth, according to their "Final A" finish. The "Final B" competition determined who places seventh and eight in the event's final ranking.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Monday, August 11, 200815:10-15:30Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 200817:10-17:20 Repechage
Saturday, August 16, 200815:20-15:30 Final B
Sunday, August 17, 200817:30-17:40 Final A

Preliminary competitions

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1->FA, 2..->R

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, Price  Canada 5:27.69 FA
2 Kosiorek, Stawowski, P. Brzeziński, Kruszkowski, Hejmej, M. Brzeziński, Gutorski, Burda, Trojanowski  Poland 5:34.95 R
3 Siegelaar, Blink, Klem, Klaassen, Kuiper, Steenman, van Andel, Simon, Wiersum  Netherlands 5:40.43 R
4 Dennis, Loch, Chapman, Laurich, Stevenson, Tomkins, Conrad, Stewart, Rabjohns  Australia 6:55.59 R

Heat 2
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Partridge, Stallard, Lucy, Egington, West, Heathcote, Langridge, Smith, Nethercott  Great Britain 5:25.89 FA
2 Hoopman, Schnobrich, Boyd, Allen, Walsh, Coppola, Inman, Volpenhein, McElhenney  United States 5:29.60 R
3 Qu, J. Wang, Liu, He, Zheng, Zhou, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, D. Zhang  China 5:35.09 R
4 Eichner, Schmidt, Flach, Naruhn, Urban, Mennigen, Wilke, Penkner, Thiede  Germany 5:37.56 R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-4->FA, 5..->FB

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Hoopman, Schnobrich, Boyd, Allen, Walsh, Coppola, Inman, Volpenhein, McElhenney  United States 5:38.95 FA
2 Lubbers, Blink, Klem, Klaassen, Kuiper, Steenman, van Andel, Simon, Wiersum  Netherlands 5:40.31 FA
3 Dennis, Loch, Chapman, Laurich, Stevenson, Tomkins, Conrad, Stewart, Rabjohns  Australia 5:42.62 FA
4 Kosiorek, Stawowski, P. Brzeziński, Kruszkowski, Hejmej, M. Brzeziński, Gutorski, Burda, Trojanowski  Poland 5:42.92 FA
5 Qu, J. Wang, Liu, He, Zheng, Zhou, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, D. Zhang  China 5:42.97 FB
6 Eichner, Schmidt, Flach, Naruhn, Urban, Mennigen, Wilke, Penkner, Thiede  Germany 5:47.05 FB

Results

The winners of the heats, Canada and Great Britain, took the gold and silver medals; the winner of the repechage, United States, took the bronze.

Canada's Olympic M8+ rowing championship followed their 2007 World M8+ Rowing Championship, making the Canadian crew the first world champion in 35 years to follow up with Olympic gold.[2] Canada finished in 5:23.89, about four seconds off the world record time of 5:19.85 set by the U.S. team during the second heat of the Men's eight at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3]

Final A
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, Price  Canada 5:23.89
Partridge, Stallard, Lucy, Egington, West, Heathcote, Langridge, Smith, Nethercott  Great Britain 5:25.11
Hoopman, Schnobrich, Boyd, Allen, Walsh, Coppola, Inman, Volpenhein, McElhenney  United States 5:25.34
4 Siegelaar, Blink, Klem, Klaassen, Kuiper, Steenman, van Andel, Simon, Wiersum  Netherlands 5:29.26
5 Kosiorek, Stawowski, P. Brzeziński, Kruszkowski, Hejmej, M. Brzeziński, Gutorski, Burda, Trojanowski  Poland 5:31.42
6 Dennis, Loch, Chapman, Laurich, Stevenson, Tomkins, Conrad, Stewart, Rabjohns  Australia 5:35.10

Final B
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
7 Qu, J. Wang, Liu, He, Zheng, Zhou, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, D. Zhang  China 5:34.59
8 Eichner, Schmidt, Flach, Naruhn, Urban, Mennigen, Wilke, Penkner, Thiede  Germany 5:36.89

References
  1. "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. Canada wins men's 8 rowing, an August 17, 2008 Associated Press article via the International Herald Tribune
  3. Results Men's Eight Final A from the official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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