Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

The Women's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.[1][2]

Women's eight
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date29 July – 2 August
Competitors56 from 7 nations
Winning time6:10.59
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erin Cafaro
Susan Francia
Esther Lofgren
Taylor Ritzel
Meghan Musnicki
Elle Logan
Caroline Lind
Caryn Davies
Mary Whipple
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Janine Hanson
Rachelle Viinberg
Krista Guloien
Lauren Wilkinson
Natalie Mastracci
Ashley Brzozowicz
Darcy Marquardt
Andréanne Morin
Lesley Thompson-Willie
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jacobine Veenhoven
Ninke Kingma
Chantal Achterberg
Sytske de Groot
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Claudia Belderbos
Carline Bouw
Annemiek de Haan
Anne Schellekens
 Netherlands
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Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 29 July 2012 11:50 Heats
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 10:50 Repechage
Thursday, 2 August 2012 12:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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First team of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Cafaro, Francia, Lofgren, Ritzel, Musnicki, Logan, Lind, Davies, Whipple   United States 6:14.68 Q
2 Vermeersch, Chatterton, Selby Smith, Cook, Gerrand, Hagan, Kehoe, Stanley, Patrick   Australia 6:20.89 R
3 Whitlam, Reeve, Eddie, Maguire, Page, Vernon, Greves, Thornley, O'Connor   Great Britain 6:23.51 R
4 Schütte, Lepke, Schulze, Thiem, Sennewald, Drygalla, Marchand, Siering, Schwensen   Germany 6:34.32 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Hanson, Viinberg, Guloien, Wilkinson, Mastracci, Brzozowicz, Marquardt, Morin, Thompson-Willie   Canada 6:13.91 Q
2 Cogianu, Albu, Grigoraș, Dorneanu, Lupașcu, Mironcic, Cojocariu, Rotaru, Gîdoiu   Romania 6:16.61 R
3 Veenhoven, Kingma, Achterberg, de Groot, Repelaer van Driel, Belderbos, Bouw, de Haan, Schellekens   Netherlands 6:18.98 R

Repechage

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First four qualify to the final.

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Veenhoven, Kingma, Achterberg, de Groot, Repelaer van Driel, Belderbos, Bouw, de Haan, Schellekens   Netherlands 6:15.36 Q
2 Cogianu, Albu, Grigoraș, Dorneanu, Lupașcu, Mironcic, Cojocariu, Rotaru, Gîdoiu   Romania 6:16.16 Q
3 Vermeersch, Chatterton, Selby Smith, Cook, Gerrand, Hagan, Kehoe, Stanley, Patrick   Australia 6:18.63 Q
4 Whitlam, Reeve, Eddie, Maguire, Page, Vernon, Greves, Thornley, O'Connor   Great Britain 6:21.58 Q
5 Schütte, Lepke, Schulze, Thiem, Sennewald, Drygalla, Marchand, Siering, Schwensen   Germany 6:27.69

Final

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
  Cafaro, Francia, Lofgren, Ritzel, Musnicki, Logan, Lind, Davies, Whipple   United States 6:10.59
  Hanson, Viinberg, Guloien, Wilkinson, Mastracci, Brzozowicz, Marquardt, Morin, Thompson-Willie   Canada 6:12.06
  Veenhoven, Kingma, Achterberg, de Groot, Repelaer van Driel, Belderbos, Bouw, de Haan, Schellekens   Netherlands 6:13.12
4 Cogianu, Albu, Grigoraș, Dorneanu, Lupașcu, Mironcic, Cojocariu, Rotaru, Gîdoiu   Romania 6:17.64
5 Whitlam, Reeve, Eddie, Maguire, Page, Vernon, Greves, Thornley, O'Connor   Great Britain 6:18.77
6 Vermeersch, Chatterton, Selby Smith, Cook, Gerrand, Hagan, Kehoe, Stanley, Patrick   Australia 6:18.86

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.