The men's eight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.[1] It was held from 8 to 13 August.[2] There were 7 boats (63 competitors) from 7 nations.[2] The event was won by Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the men's eight since 2000 and fourth overall (second to the United States' 12 wins). Defending champions Germany finished with silver this time. The Netherlands earned bronze.
This was the 27th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's eight has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900.[2]
The top two contenders in 2016 were Germany—defending Olympic champion, winner of each European championship since London 2012, and runner-up at each World championship since then—and Great Britain, which had beaten Germany at each of those World championships. Both teams had six men with prior Olympic medals.[2]
For the fourth consecutive Games, no nations made their debut in the event. Five of the seven teams had competed in all four of those Games, at least; Italy had competed in 2004, but New Zealand was making its first appearance since 1984. The United States made its 24th appearance, most among nations to that point.
Nations had been limited to one boat each since 1920. The 8 qualifiers were:
5 boats from the 2015 World Championships
3 boats from the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta
The Russian boat was excluded due to the Russian doping scandal, leaving only 7 boats to compete.
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The "eight" event featured nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 (with the exception of 1948).[3] Races were held in up to six lanes.
The competition consisted of two main rounds (semifinals and finals) as well as a repechage. The competition format was adjusted slightly due to having 7 boats, rather than the typical 8, compete; no "B" final was held.
Semifinals: Two heats of three or four boats each. The top boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final, while all other boats (5 total) went to the repechage.
Repechage: A single heat of five boats. The top four boats rejoined the semifinal winners in the "A" final, with the 5th boat eliminated.
Finals: The "A" final consisted of the top six boats, awarding medals and 4th through 6th place. With only one boat not competing in the "A" final, no "B" final was needed.
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^ abcd"Eight, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^"Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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The men s eight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon 1 It was held from 8 to 13 August 2 There were 7 boats 63 competitors from 7 nations 2 The event was won by Great Britain the nation s first victory in the men s eight since 2000 and fourth overall second to the United States 12 wins Defending champions Germany finished with silver this time The Netherlands earned bronze Men s eightat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadMedal ceremonyVenueRodrigo de Freitas LagoonDates8 13 August 2016Competitors63 from 7 nationsWinning time5 29 63Medalists Great Britain Scott DurantTom RansleyAndrew Triggs HodgeMatt GotrelPete ReedPaul BennettMatt LangridgeWill SatchPhelan Hill Germany Maximilian MunskiMalte JakschikAndreas KuffnerEric JohannesenMaximilian ReineltFelix DrahottaRichard SchmidtHannes OcikMartin Sauer Netherlands Kaj HendriksRobert LuckenBoaz MeylinkBoudewijn RoellOlivier SiegelaarDirk UittenbogaardMechiel VersluisTone WietenPeter Wiersum 20122020 Contents 1 Background 2 Qualification 3 Competition format 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Semifinals 5 1 1 Semifinal 1 5 1 2 Semifinal 2 5 2 Repechage 5 3 Final 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 27th appearance of the event Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather The men s eight has been held every time that rowing has been contested beginning in 1900 2 The top two contenders in 2016 were Germany defending Olympic champion winner of each European championship since London 2012 and runner up at each World championship since then and Great Britain which had beaten Germany at each of those World championships Both teams had six men with prior Olympic medals 2 For the fourth consecutive Games no nations made their debut in the event Five of the seven teams had competed in all four of those Games at least Italy had competed in 2004 but New Zealand was making its first appearance since 1984 The United States made its 24th appearance most among nations to that point Qualification editMain article Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification Nations had been limited to one boat each since 1920 The 8 qualifiers were 5 boats from the 2015 World Championships 3 boats from the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta The Russian boat was excluded due to the Russian doping scandal leaving only 7 boats to compete Competition format editThe eight event featured nine person boats with eight rowers and a coxswain It was a sweep rowing event with the rowers each having one oar and thus each rowing on one side The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 with the exception of 1948 3 Races were held in up to six lanes The competition consisted of two main rounds semifinals and finals as well as a repechage The competition format was adjusted slightly due to having 7 boats rather than the typical 8 compete no B final was held Semifinals Two heats of three or four boats each The top boat in each heat 2 boats total advanced directly to the A final while all other boats 5 total went to the repechage Repechage A single heat of five boats The top four boats rejoined the semifinal winners in the A final with the 5th boat eliminated Finals The A final consisted of the top six boats awarding medals and 4th through 6th place With only one boat not competing in the A final no B final was needed Schedule editAll times are Brasilia Time UTC 3 Date Time Round Monday 8 August 2016 9 10 Semifinals Thursday 11 August 2016 11 00 Repechage Saturday 13 August 2016 11 27 FinalResults editSemifinals edit The winners of each heat qualified for the final while the remainder went to the repechage Semifinal 1 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Scott DurantTom RansleyAndrew Triggs HodgeMatt GotrelPete ReedPaul BennettMatt LangridgeWill Satch Phelan Hill nbsp Great Britain 5 34 23 Q 2 Kaj HendriksRobert LuckenBoaz MeylinkBoudewijn RoellOlivier SiegelaarDirk UittenbogaardMechiel VersluisTone Wieten Peter Wiersum nbsp Netherlands 5 36 16 R 3 Michael BrakeIsaac GraingerStephen JonesAlex KennedyShaun KirkhamTom MurrayBrook RobertsonJoe Wright Caleb Shepherd nbsp New Zealand 5 36 28 R 4 Luca AgamennoniVincenzo CapelliPierpaolo FrattiniFabio InfimoEmanuele LiuzziMario PaonessaMatteo StefaniniSimone Venier Enrico D Aniello nbsp Italy 5 52 83 R Semifinal 2 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Maximilian MunskiMalte JakschikAndreas KuffnerEric JohannesenMaximilian ReineltFelix DrahottaRichard SchmidtHannes Ocik Martin Sauer nbsp Germany 5 38 22 Q 2 Sam DommerHans StruzynaAlexander KarwowskiGlenn OchalStephen KasprzykMichael di SantoRobert MunnAustin Hack Samuel Ojserkis nbsp United States 5 40 16 R 3 Zbigniew SchodowskiRobert FuchsKrystian AranowskiMateusz WilangowskiMikolaj BurdaMichal SzpakowskiMarcin BrzezinskiPiotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski nbsp Poland 5 42 32 R Repechage edit The first four advance to Final A Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Sam DommerHans StruzynaAlexander KarwowskiGlenn OchalStephen KasprzykMichael di SantoRobert MunnAustin Hack Samuel Ojserkis nbsp United States 5 51 13 Q 2 Kaj HendriksRobert LuckenBoaz MeylinkBoudewijn RoellOlivier SiegelaarDirk UittenbogaardMechiel VersluisTone Wieten Peter Wiersum nbsp Netherlands 5 52 95 Q 3 Michael BrakeIsaac GraingerStephen JonesAlex KennedyShaun KirkhamTom MurrayBrook RobertsonJoe Wright Caleb Shepherd nbsp New Zealand 5 56 94 Q 4 Zbigniew SchodowskiRobert FuchsKrystian AranowskiMateusz WilangowskiMikolaj BurdaMichal SzpakowskiMarcin BrzezinskiPiotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski nbsp Poland 5 59 22 Q 5 Luca AgamennoniVincenzo CapelliPierpaolo FrattiniFabio InfimoEmanuele LiuzziMario PaonessaMatteo StefaniniSimone Venier Enrico D Aniello nbsp Italy 6 05 12 Final edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time nbsp Scott DurantTom RansleyAndrew Triggs HodgeMatt GotrelPete ReedPaul BennettMatt LangridgeWill Satch Phelan Hill nbsp Great Britain 5 29 63 nbsp Maximilian MunskiMalte JakschikAndreas KuffnerEric JohannesenMaximilian ReineltFelix DrahottaRichard SchmidtHannes Ocik Martin Sauer nbsp Germany 5 30 96 nbsp Kaj HendriksRobert LuckenBoaz MeylinkBoudewijn RoellOlivier SiegelaarDirk UittenbogaardMechiel VersluisTone Wieten Peter Wiersum nbsp Netherlands 5 31 59 4 Sam DommerHans StruzynaAlexander KarwowskiGlenn OchalStephen KasprzykMichael di SantoRobert MunnAustin Hack Samuel Ojserkis nbsp United States 5 34 23 5 Zbigniew SchodowskiRobert FuchsKrystian AranowskiMateusz WilangowskiMikolaj BurdaMichal SzpakowskiMarcin BrzezinskiPiotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski nbsp Poland 5 34 62 6 Michael BrakeIsaac GraingerStephen JonesAlex KennedyShaun KirkhamTom MurrayBrook RobertsonJoe Wright Caleb Shepherd nbsp New Zealand 5 36 64References edit Rowing Rio 2016 website Archived from the original on 6 August 2016 a b c d Eight Men Olympedia Retrieved 9 June 2021 Why Do We Race 2000m The History Behind the Distance World Rowing 1 May 2017 Retrieved 19 April 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