2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight

The men's eight competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.^[1] A top-five finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.^[2]

Men's eight at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	27 August – 1 September
Competitors	91 from 10 nations
Winning time	5:19.41
Medalists
Johannes Weißenfeld Laurits Follert Christopher Reinhardt Torben Johannesen Jakob Schneider Malte Jakschik Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer    Germany   Mechiel Versluis Ruben Knab Jasper Tissen Simon van Dorp Maarten Hurkmans Bram Schwarz Bjorn van den Ende Robert Lücken Aranka Kops    Netherlands   Thomas George James Rudkin Josh Bugajski Moe Sbihi Jacob Dawson Oliver Wynne-Griffith Matthew Tarrant Thomas Ford Henry Fieldman    Great Britain
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 27 August 2019	12:35	Heats
Thursday 29 August 2019	13:59	Repechage
Sunday 1 September 2019	12:42	Final B
	14:12	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Weißenfeld, Follert, Reinhardt, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer	Germany	5:30.28	FA
2	Forsterling, Purnell, Moore, Keenan, Booth, Masters, Turrin, Widdicombe, Brodie	Australia	5:32.91	FA
3	Copp, Perry, Stone, de Wit, Barakso, Bailey, Buczek, Crothers, Thompson-Willie	Canada	5:35.46	R
4	Gabbia, Liuzzi, Parlato, Perino, Fiume, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello	Italy	5:42.74	R
5	Rudnichenko, Kuznetsov, Lomachev, Kulesh, Yaganov, Stepanov, Ivanov, Andrienko, Safonkin	Russia	5:43.71	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	George, Rudkin, Bugajski, Sbihi, Dawson, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Ford, Fieldman	Great Britain	5:25.91	FA
2	Karwoski, Eble, Harrity, Mead, Richards, di Santo, Davison, Hack, Venonsky	United States	5:26.41	FA
3	Versluis, Knab, Tissen, van Dorp, Hurkmans, Schwarz, van den Ende, Lücken, Kops	Netherlands	5:26.75	R
4	Lassche, Bond, Kirkham, Drysdale, Robertson, Wilson, MacDonald, Jones, Bosworth	New Zealand	5:35.73	R
5	Chioseaua, Damii, Matinca, Adam, Pîrghie, Bejan, Aicoboae, Macovei, Munteanu	Romania	5:42.30	R

Repechage

The two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[4]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	van den Ende, Knab, Tissen, van Dorp, Hurkmans, Schwarz, Versluis, Lücken, Kops	Netherlands	5:21.60	FA
2	Lassche, Bond, Kirkham, Drysdale, Robertson, Wilson, MacDonald, Jones, Bosworth	New Zealand	5:24.66	FA
3	Chioseaua, Damii, Radu, Adam, Pîrghie, Bejan, Aicoboae, Macovei, Munteanu	Romania	5:27.19	FB
4	Copp, Perry, Stone, de Wit, Barakso, Bailey, Buczek, Crothers, Thompson-Willie	Canada	5:30.60	FB
5	Gabbia, Liuzzi, Parlato, Perino, Fiume, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello	Italy	5:34.59	FB
6	Rudnichenko, Kuznetsov, Lomachev, Kulesh, Yaganov, Stepanov, Ivanov, Andrienko, Safonkin	Russia	5:38.10	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.^[5]

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Chioseaua, Damii, Matinca, Adam, Pîrghie, Bejan, Aicoboae, Macovei, Munteanu	Romania	5:38.91
2	Copp, Perry, Stone, de Wit, Barakso, Bailey, Buczek, Crothers, Thompson-Willie	Canada	5:42.09
3	Gabbia, Liuzzi, Parlato, Perino, Fiume, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello	Italy	5:48.33
4	Rudnichenko, Kuznetsov, Lomachev, Kulesh, Yaganov, Stepanov, Ivanov, Andrienko, Safonkin	Russia	5:54.41

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Weißenfeld, Follert, Reinhardt, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer	Germany	5:19.41
	Versluis, Knab, Tissen, van Dorp, Hurkmans, Schwarz, van den Ende, Lücken, Kops	Netherlands	5:19.96
	George, Rudkin, Bugajski, Sbihi, Dawson, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Ford, Fieldman	Great Britain	5:22.35
4	Forsterling, Purnell, Moore, Keenan, Booth, Masters, Turrin, Widdicombe, Brodie	Australia	5:22.88
5	Karwoski, Eble, Harrity, Mead, Richards, di Santo, Davison, Hack, Venonsky	United States	5:23.92
6	Lassche, Bond, Kirkham, Drysdale, Robertson, Wilson, MacDonald, Jones, Bosworth	New Zealand	5:24.470