2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight

Men's eight at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	12–16 September
Competitors	81 from 9 nations
Winning time	5:24.31
Medalists
Johannes Weißenfeld Felix Wimberger Max Planer Torben Johannesen Jakob Schneider Malte Jakschik Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer    Germany   Liam Donald Robert Black Angus Moore Simon Keenan Nicholas Purnell Timothy Masters Josh Booth Angus Widdicombe Kendall Brodie    Australia   James Rudkin Alan Sinclair Tom Ransley Thomas George Moe Sbihi Oliver Wynne-Griffith Matthew Tarrant Will Satch Henry Fieldman    Great Britain
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The men's eight competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 12 September 2018	11:33	Heats
Friday 14 September 2018	08:53	Repechage
Sunday 16 September 2018	11:18	Final B
	13:15	Final A

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage. ^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Karwoski, Ochal, Peszek, Dethlefs, Harrity, di Santo, Reed, Eble, Venonsky	United States	5:19.20	FA
2	Donald, Black, Moore, Keenan, Purnell, Masters, Booth, Widdicombe, Brodie	Australia	5:19.25	FA
3	Rudkin, Sinclair, Ransley, George, Sbihi, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Satch, Fieldman	Great Britain	5:25.46	R
4	Wilson, Robertson, O'Leary, Webster, Kirkham, Grainger, Lassche, Jones, Shepherd	New Zealand	5:27.80	R
5	Buczek, Buie, Schrijver, de Wit, Barakso, de Groot, Langerfeld, McCabe, Gumley	Canada	5:34.24	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer	Germany	5:22.88	FA
2	Abagnale, Perino, Parlato, Liuzzi, Venier, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello	Italy	5:24.30	FA
3	van der Want, Röell, Hurkmans, van Dorp, Versluis, Knab, van den Herik, Robbers, van Engelenburg	Netherlands	5:24.65	R
4	Aicoboae, Damii, Matinca, Radu, Adam, Bejan, Pîrghie, Macovei, Munteanu	Romania	5:30.63	R

Repechage

The two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final. ^[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rudkin, Sinclair, Ransley, George, Sbihi, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Satch, Fieldman	Great Britain	5:25.03	FA
2	Aicoboae, Damii, Matinca, Radu, Adam, Bejan, Pîrghie, Macovei, Munteanu	Romania	5:26.01	FA
3	van der Want, Röell, Hurkmans, van Dorp, Versluis, Knab, van den Herik, Robbers, van Engelenburg	Netherlands	5:28.75	FB
4	Buczek, Buie, Schrijver, de Wit, Barakso, de Groot, Langerfeld, McCabe, Gumley	Canada	5:29.46	FB
5	Wilson, Robertson, O'Leary, Webster, Kirkham, Grainger, Lassche, Jones, Shepherd	New Zealand	5:30.03	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final. ^[4]

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	van der Want, Röell, Hurkmans, van Dorp, Versluis, Knab, van den Herik, Robbers, van Engelenburg	Netherlands	5:24.52
2	Buczek, Buie, Schrijver, de Wit, Barakso, de Groot, Langerfeld, McCabe, Gumley	Canada	5:27.97
3	Wilson, Robertson, O'Leary, Webster, Kirkham, Grainger, Lassche, Jones, Shepherd	New Zealand	5:31.49

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer	Germany	5:24.31
	Donald, Black, Moore, Keenan, Purnell, Masters, Booth, Widdicombe, Brodie	Australia	5:26.11
	Rudkin, Sinclair, Ransley, George, Sbihi, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Satch, Fieldman	Great Britain	5:26.14
4	Karwoski, Ochal, Peszek, Dethlefs, Harrity, di Santo, Reed, Eble, Venonsky	United States	5:26.31
5	Abagnale, Perino, Parlato, Liuzzi, Venier, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello	Italy	5:29.79
6	Aicoboae, Damii, Matinca, Radu, Adam, Bejan, Pîrghie, Macovei, Munteanu	Romania	5:30.43

References

1. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing . Retrieved 9 June 2019.
2. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M8+) Men's Eight – Heat". World Rowing . Retrieved 9 June 2019.
3. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M8+) Men's Eight – Repechage". World Rowing . Retrieved 9 June 2019.
4. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M8+) Men's Eight – Final". World Rowing . Retrieved 9 June 2019.