Rowing 2020/Men's eight

Men's eight
General information
Sport	Rowing 2020
Date	25-30 July 2021
Competitors	7 teams
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Previous medalists
Gold	Great Britain
Silver	Germany
Bronze	Netherlands
Medalists
	New Zealand
	Germany
	Great Britain

The men's eight of Rowing 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25-30 July 2021 in the Sea Forest Waterway. With 7 teams competing, the event was won by the team from New Zealand, with Germany taking the silver medal and Great Britain taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two rounds, each with races of up to eight boats. In each round, the top few with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest team in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Seven teams qualified for the event with all teams having a chance for the medals. Germany was the reigning world champion, also having won the title in 2018, but Great Britain was the defending Olympic champion and reigning European champion. Australia and the Netherlands took silver at the world championships of 2018 and 2019, respectively, and Romania took silver at the European championships. The United States and New Zealand were certainly dangerous outsiders, finishing just outside of the medals at the world championships.

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Germany	5:28.95	Q
2	United States	5:30.57
3	Romania	5:39.84
4	Australia	5:43.66

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Netherlands	5:30.66	Q
2	New Zealand	5:32.11
3		5:34.40

Repechage

Repechage Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	New Zealand	5:22.04	Q
2	Great Britain	5:23.32	Q
3	United States	5:23.43	Q
4	Australia	5:25.06	Q
5	Romania	5:27.14

Final

Final Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	New Zealand	5:24.64
2	Germany	5:25.60
3	Great Britain	5:25.73
4	United States	5:26.75
5	Netherlands	5:27.96
6	Australia	5:36.23

Results

Result	Nation
	New Zealand
	Germany
	Great Britain
4	United States
5	Netherlands
6	Australia
7	Romania