Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

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Women's eight
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates24–30 July 2021
Competitors63 from 7 nations
Winning time5:59.13
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lisa Roman
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski
Christine Roper
Andrea Proske
Susanne Grainger
Madison Mailey
Sydney Payne
Avalon Wasteneys
Kristen Kit		  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kerri Gowler
Beth Ross
Jackie Gowler
Caleb Shepherd
  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Xu Fei
Miao Tian
Zhang Min
Ju Rui
Li Jingjing
Guo Linlin
Zhang Dechang
  
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The women's eight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[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 twelfth appearance of the event.

Qualification

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 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 2019 World Championship (New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada, and Great Britain)[4]
  • 2 from the final qualification regatta (China and Romania)

Schedule

The event was originally scheduled to start on 25 July 2021, but a poor weather forecast for 26 July resulted in a revised regatta programme, with the heats for the eight moving to the previous day. The competition was held over seven days.[1][5]

All times are

UTC+9
)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 24 July 2021 12:20 Heats
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:40 Repechage
Friday, 30 July 2021 10:50 Final

Rowers per team

Number Rowers Nation
1 Genevieve Horton, Olympia Aldersey, Bronwyn Cox, Giorgia Patten, Sarah Hawe, Georgina Rowe, Katrina Werry, Molly Goodman, James Rook (c)  Australia
2 Lisa Roman, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Christine Roper, Andrea Proske, Susanne Grainger, Madison Mailey, Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys, Kristen Kit (c)  Canada
3
Xu Fei, Miao Tian, Zhang Min, Ju Rui, Li Jingjing, Guo Linlin, Zhang Dechang
(c) 		 China
4 Fiona Gammond, Sara Parfett, Emily Ford, Rebecca Muzerie, Caragh McMurtry, Katherine Douglas, Rebecca Edwards, Chloe Brew, Matilda Horn (c)  Great Britain
5
Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross, Jackie Gowler, Caleb Shepherd
(c) 		 New Zealand
6
Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu, Georgiana Dedu, Maria Tivodariu, Ioana Vrînceanu, Amalia Bereș, Mădălina Bereș, Denisa Tîlvescu, Daniela Druncea
(c) 		 Romania
7 Jessica Thoennes, Charlotte Buck, Gia Doonan, Brooke Mooney, Olivia Coffey, Regina Salmons, Meghan Musnicki, Kristine O'Brien, Katelin Guregian (c)  United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1 3  New Zealand 6:07.65 Q
2 1  Canada 6:07.97 R
3 2  China 6:10.77 R
4 4  Great Britain 6:26.76 R

Heat 2

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1 3  United States 6:08.69 Q
2 1  Romania 6:09.95 R
3 2  Australia 6:18.95 R

Repechage

Five nations qualify for the repechage; the top four qualify for the final.

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1 4  Romania 5:52.99 Q, WB
2 3  Canada 5:53.73 Q
3 2  China 5:55.69 Q
4 5  Australia 5:57.15 Q
5 1  Great Britain 6:05.26

Final

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2  Canada 5:59.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  New Zealand 6:00.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  China 6:01.21
4 4  United States 6:02.78
5 1  Australia 6:03.92
6 5  Romania 6:04.06

References

  1. ^ a b "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  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. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships: Results". World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ Chapman, Grant (24 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Schedule change calls Kiwi rowing eights into early Games action". Newshub. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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