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Eights, Women

Date29 July – 3 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationNational Olympic Nautical Stadium d'Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne, France
Participants63 from 7 countries

Canada was the defending gold medalist in the women’s eight but Romania had won the last two World Championships. Until the mid-to-late 2010s, the United States had dominated this event internationally, winning Olympic gold in 2008, 2012, and 2016, and every World Championship from 2005-2016.

Only seven boats started the event, so the heats and repêchage served only to eliminate one boat from the final, which was Denmark.

Romania won the women’s eight, taking the lead early and gradually pulling away throughout the race. This was the fourth victory in the event for Romania at the Olympics, but their first since they won three consecutive gold medals in 1996-2004. This gave Romania 10 medals in the event, the most of any nation. Ancuța Bodnar won her third Olympic medal for Romania. She had won silver in double sculls earlier in the Paris regatta, and was in the gold medal crew in double sculls at Tokyo 2020.

Canada took the silver medal, a boat length behind Romania at the line. This gave Canada six medals in the event, equal second with the United States, which finished fifth in the final. Great Britain battled with Canada for most of the race for the silver/bronze, but lost ground in the final 500 metres and settled for bronze.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1RomaniaROUGold
Magdalena RusuRoxana AnghelAncuța BodnarMaria LehaciAdriana AdamAmalia BereșIoana VrînceanuSimona RadișVictoria-Ștefania Petreanu
2CanadaCANSilver
Jessica SevickCaileigh FilmerMaya MeschkuleitKasia Gruchalla-WesierskiAvalon WasteneysSydney PayneKristina WalkerAbby DentKristen Kit
3Great BritainGBRBronze
Heidi LongRowan McKellarHolly DunfordEmily FordLauren IrwinEve StewartHattie TaylorAnnie Campbell-OrdeHenry Fieldman
4AustraliaAUS
Katrina WerryLucy StephanBronwyn CoxGeorgie RoweJacqui SwickGiorgia PattenSarah HawePaige BarrHayley Verbunt
5United StatesUSA
Molly BruggemanMargaret HedemanMaddie WanamakerRegina SalmonsMeghan MusnickiClaire CollinsOlivia CoffeyCharlotte BuckNina Castagna
6ItalyITA
Giorgia PelacchiLinda De FilippisAlice GnattaAisha RocekElisa MondelliSilvia TerrazziAlice CodatoVeronica BumbacaEmanuele Capponi
7DenmarkDEN
Nanna VigildCaroline MunchClara HornnæssSára Maria JohansenFrida Werner FoldagerKaren MortensenSofie VikkelsøNikoline LaidlawSophie Østergaard

Round One

Date29 July 2024 — 12:00
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final; all others to repêchage.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Great BritainGBR6:16.201:32.51 (1)3:06.01 (1)4:41.34 (1)1:33.50 (1)1:35.33 (1)1:34.86 (2)
Heidi LongRowan McKellarHolly DunfordEmily FordLauren IrwinEve StewartHattie TaylorAnnie Campbell-OrdeHenry Fieldman
24AustraliaAUS6:18.611:33.26 (2)3:08.42 (2)4:44.43 (2)1:35.16 (3)1:36.01 (2)1:34.18 (1)
Katrina WerryLucy StephanBronwyn CoxGeorgie RoweJacqui SwickGiorgia PattenSarah HawePaige BarrHayley Verbunt
31CanadaCAN6:21.311:34.13 (3)3:08.89 (3)4:46.41 (3)1:34.76 (2)1:37.52 (3)1:34.90 (3)
Jessica SevickCaileigh FilmerMaya MeschkuleitKasia Gruchalla-WesierskiAvalon WasteneysSydney PayneKristina WalkerAbby DentKristen Kit
43DenmarkDEN6:39.301:38.28 (4)3:18.66 (4)5:00.70 (4)1:40.38 (4)1:42.04 (4)1:38.60 (4)
Nanna VigildCaroline MunchClara HornnæssSára Maria JohansenFrida Werner FoldagerKaren MortensenSofie VikkelsøNikoline LaidlawSophie Østergaard

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11RomaniaROU6:12.311:31.77 (1)3:05.20 (1)4:39.99 (1)1:33.43 (1)1:34.79 (1)1:32.32 (1)
Magdalena RusuRoxana AnghelAncuța BodnarMaria LehaciAdriana AdamAmalia BereșIoana VrînceanuSimona RadișVictoria-Ștefania Petreanu
23United StatesUSA6:19.001:33.05 (2)3:08.43 (2)4:44.23 (2)1:35.38 (2)1:35.80 (2)1:34.77 (2)
Molly BruggemanMargaret HedemanMaddie WanamakerRegina SalmonsMeghan MusnickiClaire CollinsOlivia CoffeyCharlotte BuckNina Castagna
32ItalyITA6:28.471:33.50 (3)3:09.31 (3)4:47.29 (3)1:35.81 (3)1:37.98 (3)1:41.18 (3)
Giorgia PelacchiLinda De FilippisAlice GnattaAisha RocekElisa MondelliSilvia TerrazziAlice CodatoVeronica BumbacaEmanuele Capponi

Round One Repêchage

Date1 August 2024 — 10:10
FormatTop four to A Final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12United StatesUSA6:03.931:29.77 (3)3:01.04 (2)4:33.56 (2)1:31.27 (1)1:32.52 (1)1:30.37 (1)
Molly BruggemanMargaret HedemanMaddie WanamakerRegina SalmonsMeghan MusnickiClaire CollinsOlivia CoffeyCharlotte BuckNina Castagna
24CanadaCAN6:04.811:28.63 (1)3:00.07 (1)4:33.20 (1)1:31.44 (2)1:33.13 (2)1:31.61 (3)
Jessica SevickCaileigh FilmerMaya MeschkuleitKasia Gruchalla-WesierskiAvalon WasteneysSydney PayneKristina WalkerAbby DentKristen Kit
33AustraliaAUS6:06.091:29.48 (2)3:01.66 (3)4:34.90 (3)1:32.18 (4)1:33.24 (3)1:31.19 (2)
Katrina WerryLucy StephanBronwyn CoxGeorgie RoweJacqui SwickGiorgia PattenSarah HawePaige BarrHayley Verbunt
41ItalyITA6:09.651:31.09 (4)3:03.15 (4)4:36.53 (4)1:32.06 (3)1:33.38 (4)1:33.12 (4)
Giorgia PelacchiLinda De FilippisAlice GnattaAisha RocekElisa MondelliSilvia TerrazziAlice CodatoVeronica BumbacaEmanuele Capponi
55DenmarkDEN6:22.211:34.63 (5)3:10.69 (5)4:47.30 (5)1:36.06 (5)1:36.61 (5)1:34.91 (5)
Nanna VigildCaroline MunchClara HornnæssSára Maria JohansenFrida Werner FoldagerKaren MortensenSofie VikkelsøNikoline LaidlawSophie Østergaard

Final Round

Date3 August 2024

Final A

Time10:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13RomaniaROU5:54.391:27.75 (2)2:56.88 (1)4:26.67 (1)1:29.13 (1)1:29.79 (1)1:27.72 (1)
Magdalena RusuRoxana AnghelAncuța BodnarMaria LehaciAdriana AdamAmalia BereșIoana VrînceanuSimona RadișVictoria-Ștefania Petreanu
22CanadaCAN5:58.841:27.70 (1)2:58.18 (2)4:28.87 (2)1:30.48 ((=2))1:30.69 (2)1:29.97 (4)
Jessica SevickCaileigh FilmerMaya MeschkuleitKasia Gruchalla-WesierskiAvalon WasteneysSydney PayneKristina WalkerAbby DentKristen Kit
34Great BritainGBR5:59.511:28.30 (3)2:58.78 (3)4:29.64 (3)1:30.48 ((=2))1:30.86 (3)1:29.87 (3)
Heidi LongRowan McKellarHolly DunfordEmily FordLauren IrwinEve StewartHattie TaylorAnnie Campbell-OrdeHenry Fieldman
46AustraliaAUS6:00.731:29.37 (5)3:00.86 (5)4:32.84 (5)1:31.49 (6)1:31.98 (5)1:27.89 (2)
Katrina WerryLucy StephanBronwyn CoxGeorgie RoweJacqui SwickGiorgia PattenSarah HawePaige BarrHayley Verbunt
55United StatesUSA6:01.731:28.79 (4)2:59.32 (4)4:30.30 (4)1:30.53 (4)1:30.98 (4)1:31.43 (5)
Molly BruggemanMargaret HedemanMaddie WanamakerRegina SalmonsMeghan MusnickiClaire CollinsOlivia CoffeyCharlotte BuckNina Castagna
61ItalyITA6:07.511:30.17 (6)3:01.23 (6)4:34.68 (6)1:31.06 (5)1:33.45 (6)1:32.83 (6)
Giorgia PelacchiLinda De FilippisAlice GnattaAisha RocekElisa MondelliSilvia TerrazziAlice CodatoVeronica BumbacaEmanuele Capponi