# 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.

## 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 |
| Sunday 16 September 2018 | 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 |