# 2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's eight

The women's eight competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 26 September 2017 | 13:25 | Heats |
| Thursday 28 September 2017 | 12:51 | Repechage |
| Sunday 1 October 2017 | 09:10 | Final B |
| Sunday 1 October 2017 | 11:42 | Final A |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

## 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 | Rowe, Tew, Perry, Bevan, Walters, Scown, Spoors, Dyke, Bosworth | New Zealand | 6:08.42 | FA |
| 2 | Wheeler, Regan, Pierce, Schmetterling, Vitas, Schoeller, Latz, Dougherty, Guregian | United States | 6:09.41 | R |
| 3 | Chitty, Chin, Gammond, Norton, Wratten, Douglas, Bennett, Shorten, Horn | Great Britain | 6:15.10 | R |
| 4 | Kalinovskaya, Glazkova, Sevostianova, Kubyshkina, Zaruba, Karpova, Aksenova, Plaksina, Krylova | Russia | 6:30.36 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Bogus, Oprea, Druncea | Romania | 6:07.32 | FA |
| 2 | Roman, Bauder, Hare, Janssens, Roper, Grainger, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit | Canada | 6:09.69 | R |
| 3 | Wielaard, Lanz, Jorritsma, van Veen, Rustenburg, Florijn, Clevering, Meester, Noort | Netherlands | 6:12.40 | R |
| 4 | Ku, Xie, Sun, Tang, Zhang, Fu, Hunagfu, Yang, Zhu | China | 6:32.84 | 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 | Roman, Bauder, Hare, Janssens, Roper, Grainger, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit | Canada | 6:11.32 | FA |
| 2 | Wheeler, Regan, Pierce, Schmetterling, Vitas, Schoeller, Latz, Dougherty, Guregian | United States | 6:11.83 | FA |
| 3 | Chitty, Chin, Gammond, Norton, Wratten, Douglas, Bennett, Shorten, Horn | Great Britain | 6:17.78 | FA |
| 4 | Wielaard, Lanz, Jorritsma, van Veen, Rustenburg, Florijn, Clevering, Meester, Noort | Netherlands | 6:20.49 | FA |
| 5 | Kalinovskaya, Glazkova, Sevostianova, Kubyshkina, Zaruba, Karpova, Aksenova, Plaksina, Krylova | Russia | 6:28.80 | FB |
| 6 | Ku, Xie, Sun, Tang, Zhang, Fu, Hunagfu, Yang, Zhu | China | 6:38.16 | 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 | Kalinovskaya, Glazkova, Sevostianova, Kubyshkina, Zaruba, Karpova, Aksenova, Plaksina, Krylova | Russia | 6:30.54 |
| 2 | Ku, Xie, Sun, Tang, Zhang, Fu, Hunagfu, Yang, Zhu | China | 6:38.17 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Bogus, Oprea, Druncea | Romania | 6:06.40 |
| | Roman, Bauder, Hare, Janssens, Roper, Grainger, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit | Canada | 6:07.09 |
| | Rowe, Tew, Perry, Bevan, Walters, Scown, Spoors, Dyke, Bosworth | New Zealand | 6:07.27 |
| 4 | Wheeler, Regan, Pierce, Schmetterling, Vitas, Schoeller, Latz, Dougherty, Guregian | United States | 6:09.25 |
| 5 | Chitty, Chin, Gammond, Norton, Wratten, Douglas, Bennett, Shorten, Horn | Great Britain | 6:09.96 |
| 6 | Wielaard, Lanz, Jorritsma, van Veen, Rustenburg, Florijn, Clevering, Meester, Noort | Netherlands | 6:10.83 |