| Men'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 | |
| Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Qualification | ||
| Single sculls | men | women |
| Coxless pair | men | women |
| Double sculls | men | women |
| Lwt double sculls | men | women |
| Coxless four | men | women |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
The men'seight event at the2024 Summer Olympics took place from 29 July to 3 August 2024 at theStade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne.
This was the 29th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (when bad weather forced the cancellation of all rowing events) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.
New Zealand won the event at the2020 Olympics. Great Britain won the2023 and2022 World Championships, having earned a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics. At the 2024World Rowing Cup II in May, Great Britain won by less than a second to the United States.[1] These two nations did not compete in the World Rowing Cup III in June, the last major international regatta before the Olympics.[2]
EachNational Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat in the event since 1920. There are 7 qualifying places in the men's eight:[3][4]
Thisrowing event features nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It is asweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition consists of multiple rounds. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in1912.[5]
Beginning at the 2020 Olympics, the coxswain position has been open to any gender.[6]
There are two heats, with the winner of each advancing directly to the final and the remaining five boats competing in therepechage. The top four in the repechage advance to the final; only the last-place boat will be eliminated (with an overall rank of 7th place). The final determines the medals as well as 4th to 6th places.
The competition is scheduled over six days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session.[7]
All times areCentral European Time (UTC+9)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 29 July 2024 | 11:40 | Heats |
| Thursday, 1 August 2024 | 10:20 | Repechage |
| Saturday, 3 August 2024 | 11:10 | Final |
The winners of each heat qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the repechage.
| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  United States | 5:29.94 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 |  Netherlands | 5:31.82 | R | |
| 3 | 2 |  Germany | 5:41.63 | R | |
| 4 | 3 |  Romania | 5:55.82 | R |
| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Great Britain | 5:37.04 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 |  Australia | 5:42.07 | R | |
| 3 | 2 |  Italy | 5:52.52 | R |
| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Netherlands | 5:27.58 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Germany | 5:29.17 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Romania | 5:30.00 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Australia | 5:31.50 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Italy | 5:36.31 |
| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Great Britain | 5:22.88 | ||
 | 2 | Netherlands | 5:23.92 | ||
 | 3 | United States | 5:25.28 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Germany | 5:29.80 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Romania | 5:30.15 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Australia | 5:31.79 |
