Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

Women's eight
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
VenueStade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates29 July – 3 August 2024
Competitors63 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adriana Adam
Roxana Anghel
Amalia Bereș
Ancuta Bodnar
Maria-Magdalena Rusu
Maria Lehaci
Ioana Vrinceanu
Simona Radiș
Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu (cox)
 Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abigail Dent
Caileigh Filmer
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski
Maya Meschkuleit
Sydney Payne
Jessica Sevick
Kristina Walker
Avalon Wasteneys
Kristen Kit (cox)
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Heats

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Heat 1

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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

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Heat 2

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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

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Repechage

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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

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Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3  Romania 5:54.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Canada 5:58.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ a b "Rowing Competition Schedule". Paris 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Women's Eight – Heat 1 results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.