2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's eight

The women's eight competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

Women's eight at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	12–16 September
Competitors	72 from 8 nations
Winning time	6:00.97
Medalists
Kristine O'Brien Felice Mueller Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan Dana Moffat Tracy Eisser Emily Regan Olivia Coffey Katelin Guregian   United States   Lisa Roman Stephanie Grauer Madison Mailey Susanne Grainger Christine Roper Sydney Payne Jennifer Martins Rebecca Zimmerman Kristen Kit   Canada   Leah Saunders Georgina Gotch Rosemary Popa Georgina Rowe Annabelle McIntyre Ciona Wilson Jacinta Edmunds Emma Fessey James Rook   Australia

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 12 September 2018	11:17	Heats
Friday 14 September 2018	08:45	Repechage
Sunday 16 September 2018	11:10	Final B
	12:47	Final A

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	O'Brien, Mueller, Opitz, Doonan, Moffat, Eisser, Regan, Coffey, Guregian	United States	5:56.68	FA
2	Hogerwerf, Oldenburg, Jorritsma, van Veen, Clevering, Lanz, Bouw, Wielaard, Noort	Netherlands	5:59.51	R
3	Xu, Li, Chen, Zhong, Qin, Xu, Huang, Yin, Zhang	China	6:05.31	R
4	Roman, Payne, Roper, Grauer, Mailey, Grainger, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit	Canada	6:07.69	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Saunders, Gotch, Popa, Rowe, McIntyre, Wilson, Edmunds, Fessey, Rook	Australia	6:02.38	FA
2	Chitty, Girling, Gammond, Douglas, Hill, Norton, Bennett, Shorten, Horn	Great Britain	6:04.36	R
3	Greenslade, Parker, Spoors, Gowler, Ross, Dyke, Walters, Bevan, Bosworth	New Zealand	6:05.38	R
4	Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Ailincai, Tivodariu, Parfenie, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Druncea	Romania	6:06.93	R

Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hogerwerf, Oldenburg, Jorritsma, van Veen, Clevering, Lanz, Bouw, Wielaard, Noort	Netherlands	6:02.38	FA
2	Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Ailincai, Tivodariu, Parfenie, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Druncea	Romania	6:03.93	FA
3	Roman, Grauer, Mailey, Grainger, Roper, Payne, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit	Canada	6:04.30	FA
4	Chitty, Girling, Gammond, Douglas, Hill, Norton, Bennett, Shorten, Horn	Great Britain	6:04.63	FA
5	Greenslade, Parker, Spoors, Gowler, Ross, Dyke, Walters, Bevan, Bosworth	New Zealand	6:04.79	FB
6	Xu, Li, Chen, Zhong, Qin, Xu, Huang, Yin, Zhang	China	6:13.04	FB

Finals

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

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Greenslade, Parker, Spoors, Gowler, Ross, Dyke, Walters, Bevan, Bosworth	New Zealand	6:01.89
2	Xu, Li, Chen, Zhong, Qin, Xu, Huang, Yin, Zhang	China	6:18.33

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	O'Brien, Mueller, Opitz, Doonan, Moffat, Eisser, Regan, Coffey, Guregian	United States	6:00.97
	Roman, Grauer, Mailey, Grainger, Roper, Payne, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit	Canada	6:03.05
	Saunders, Gotch, Popa, Rowe, McIntyre, Wilson, Edmunds, Fessey, Rook	Australia	6:03.86
4	Hogerwerf, Oldenburg, Jorritsma, van Veen, Clevering, Lanz, Bouw, Wielaard, Noort	Netherlands	6:06.48
5	Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Ailincai, Tivodariu, Parfenie, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Druncea	Romania	6:07.99
6	Chitty, Girling, Gammond, Douglas, Hill, Norton, Bennett, Shorten, Horn	Great Britain	6:11.88