Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

Women's eight at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
Venue	Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates	29 July – 3 August 2024
Competitors	63 from 7 nations
Medalists
Adriana Adam Roxana Anghel Amalia Bereș Ancuta Bodnar Maria-Magdalena Rusu Maria Lehaci Ioana Vrinceanu Simona Radiș Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu (cox)   Romania Abigail Dent Caileigh Filmer Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski Maya Meschkuleit Sydney Payne Jessica Sevick Kristina Walker Avalon Wasteneys Kristen Kit (cox)   Canada Annie Campbell-Orde Holly Dunford Emily Ford Lauren Irwin Heidi Long Rowan McKellar Eve Stewart Harriet Taylor Henry Fieldman (cox)   Great Britain
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The women's eight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 29 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne. ^[1] Seven nations were represented with one boat each; 56 rowers and 7 coxswains competed. ^[2]

Background

Women first competed in Olympic rowing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics ^[3] and the eight was competed all Olympics since then, such that this was the thirteenth appearance of the event.

Qualification

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to a single boat in the event. There were seven qualifying places in the women's eight: ^[2]

• 5 from the 2023 World Championship (Romania, Australia, the United States, Canada, and Great Britain) ^[4]
• 2 from the final qualification regatta (Italy and Denmark)

Schedule

The competition is scheduled over six days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session. ^{[5] [1]}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 29 July 2024	12:00	Heats
Thursday, 1 August 2024	10:10	Repechage
Saturday, 3 August 2024	10:50	Final

Rowers per team

Number	Rowers	Nation
1	Katrina Werry Lucy Stephan Jacqueline Swick Georgina Rowe Sarah Hawe Giorgia Patten Bronwyn Cox Paige Barr Hayley Verbunt	Australia
2	Abigail Dent Caileigh Filmer Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski Maya Meschkuleit Sydney Payne Jessica Sevick Kristina Walker Avalon Wasteneys Kristen Kit (cox)	Canada
3	Veronica Bumbaca Alice Codato Linda De Filippis Alice Gnatta Elisa Mondelli Giorgia Pelacchi Aisha Rocek Silvia Terrazzi Emanuele Capponi (cox)	Italy
4	Annie Campbell-Orde Holly Dunford Emily Ford Lauren Irwin Heidi Long Rowan McKellar Eve Stewart Harriet Taylor Henry Fieldman (cox)	Great Britain
5	Magdalena Rusu Roxana Anghel Amalia Bereș Ancuța Bodnar Maria Lehaci Adriana Adam Ioana Vrînceanu Simona Radiș Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu (cox)	Romania
6	Frida Werner Foldager Clara Hornnaess Sara Johansen Nikoline Laidlaw Karen Mortensen Caroline Munch Nanna Vigild Sofie Vikkelsoee Sophie Østergaard (cox)	Denmark
7	Charlotte Buck Molly Bruggeman Olivia Coffey Claire Collins Margaret Hedeman Meghan Musnicki Regina Salmons Madeleine Wanamaker Nina Castagna (cox)	United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Great Britain	6:16.20	Q
2	4	Australia	6:18.61	R
3	1	Canada	6:21.31	R
4	3	Denmark	6:39.30	R

^[6]

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	Romania	6:12.31	Q
2	3	United States	6:19.00	R
3	2	Italy	6:28.47	R

^[6]

Repechage

Rank	Lane	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	United States	6:03.93	Q
2	4	Canada	6:04.81	Q
3	3	Australia	6:06.09	Q
4	1	Italy	6:09.65	Q
5	5	Denmark	6:22.21

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Time	Notes
	3	Romania	5:54.39
	2	Canada	5:58.84
	4	Great Britain	5:59.51
4	6	Australia	6:00.73
5	5	United States	6:01.73
6	1	Italy	6:07.51

References

1. "Rowing Competition Schedule". Paris 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation . Retrieved 30 July 2024.
3. "Rowing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
4. "Women's eight – Results summary Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 10 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
5. World Rowing. "Rowing Regatta of the Olympic Games, Paris 2024" (PDF).
6. "Women's Eight – Heat 1 results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.