Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

Men's eight at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date	18 September – 24 September
Competitors	81 from 9 nations
Winning time	5:33.08
Medalists
Andrew Lindsay Ben Hunt-Davis Simon Dennis Louis Attrill Luka Grubor Kieran West Fred Scarlett Steve Trapmore Rowley Douglas  Great Britain Christian Ryan Alastair Gordon Nick Porzig Robert Jahrling Mike McKay Stuart Welch Daniel Burke, Jaime Fernandez Brett Hayman  Australia Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Tomislav Smoljanović Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Krešimir Čuljak Igor Boraska Branimir Vujević Silvijo Petriško  Croatia

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Lwt double sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Eight		men		women
Lwt coxless four		men

The men's eight competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event consisted of nine teams, split into two four-team heats. Each team fielded a boat crewed by eight rowers and a coxswain. Each rower used a single oar, with four oars on each side of the boat. The winner of each heat qualified for the "Final A" (or medal) round. The remaining six teams competed in the Repechage round, with the top four from that round qualifying for the "Final A" round. The last two teams in the repechage competed in the "Final B" round.

The final ranking for this event was based on the order of finish in the two finals. The top three of the "Final A" teams earned Olympic medals for placing first, second, and third, while the remaining "Final A" teams placed fourth through sixth, according to their "Final A" finish. The "Final B" competition determined the placement for the last three places (7-9) in the event's final ranking.

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 18 September 2000	11:20	Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 2000	10:30	Repechages
Saturday, 23 September 2000	12:00	Final B
Sunday, 24 September 2000	10:30	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the A Final, the remainders went to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Francetić, Franković, Smoljanović, N. Skelin, S. Skelin, Čuljak, Boraska, Vujević, Petriško	Croatia	5:33.33	A
2	Volpenhein, Kaehler, Collins, Welsh, Simon, Ahrens, Miller, Klepacki, Cipollone	United States	5:35.70	R
3	Middag, van der Noort, van der Zwan, Eggenkamp, Derksen, Kind, Cirkel, Rienks, van Oijen	Netherlands	5:36.42	R
4	Mutescu, Măstăcan, Nemţoc, Tudor, Talapan, Bănică, Pirvan, Alupei, Raducanu	Romania	5:56.93	R
5	Cascone, Berra, Palmisano, Penna, Pinton, Leonardo, Corona, Ghezzi, Iannuzzi	Italy	5:39.69	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ryan, Gordon, Porzig, Jahrling, McKay, Welch, Burke, Fernandez, Hayman	Australia	5:32.85	A
2	Lindsay, Hunt-Davis, Dennis, Attrill, Grubor, West, Scarlett, Trapmore, Douglas	Great Britain	5:34.47	R
3	Belenkie, Donnelly, Swick, Herschmiller, Varga, Crooks, Calder, Parfitt, Taylor	Canada	5:38.48	R
4	Matveyev, Aksyonov, Melnikov, Glukhov, Kovalev, Volodenkov, Rozinkevich, Chermashentsev, Lukyanov	Russia	5:40.55	R

Repechage

First two qualify to Finals A, the remainder to Final B.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Volpenhein, Kaehler, Collins, Welsh, Simon, Ahrens, Miller, Klepacki, Cipollone	United States	5:43.22	A
2	Mutescu, Măstăcan, Nemţoc, Tudor, Talapan, Bănică, Pirvan, Alupei, Raducanu	Romania	5:43.24	A
3	Belenkie, Donnelly, Swick, Herschmiller, Varga, Crooks, Calder, Parfitt, Taylor	Canada	5:45.18	B

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lindsay, Hunt-Davis, Dennis, Attrill, Grubor, West, Scarlett, Trapmore, Douglas	Great Britain	5:38.59	A
2	Cascone, Berra, Palmisano, Penna, Pinton, Leonardo, Corona, Ghezzi, Iannuzzi	Italy	5:41.23	A
3	Matveyev, Litvintchev, Melnikov, Glukhov, Kovalev, Volodenkov, Rozinkevich, Chermashentsev, Lukyanov	Russia	5:43.88	B
4	Middag, van der Noort, van der Zwan, Eggenkamp, Derksen, Kind, Cirkel, Rienks, van Oijen	Netherlands	5:44.91	B

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Belenkie, Donnelly, Swick, Herschmiller, Varga, Crooks, Calder, Parfitt, Taylor	Canada	5:36.30
2	Middag, van der Noort, van der Zwan, Eggenkamp, Derksen, Kind, Cirkel, Rienks, van Oijen	Netherlands	5:36.63
3	Matveyev, Litvintchev, Melnikov, Glukhov, Kovalev, Volodenkov, Rozinkevich, Chermashentsev, Lukyanov	Russia	5:45.18

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Lindsay, Hunt-Davis, Dennis, Attrill, Grubor, West, Scarlett, Trapmore, Douglas	Great Britain	5:33.08
	Ryan, Gordon, Porzig, Jahrling, McKay, Welch, Burke, Fernandez, Hayman	Australia	5:33.88
	Francetić, Franković, Smoljanović, N. Skelin, S. Skelin, Čuljak, Boraska, Vujević, Petriško	Croatia	5:34.85
4	Cascone, Berra, Palmisano, Penna, Pinton, Leonardo, Corona, Ghezzi, Iannuzzi	Italy	5:35.37
5	Volpenhein, Kaehler, Collins, Welsh, Simon, Ahrens, Miller, Klepacki, Cipollone	United States	5:39.16
6	Mutescu, Măstăcan, Nemţoc, Tudor, Talapan, Bănică, Pirvan, Alupei, Raducanu	Romania	5:43.89

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results