# 2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight

The men'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 | 13:35 | Heats |
| Thursday 28 September 2017 | 13:01 | Repechages |
| Sunday 1 October 2017 | 09:25 | Final B |
| Sunday 1 October 2017 | 11:12 | 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 repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gabbia, Liuzzi, Parlato, Perino, Rosetti, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello | Italy | 5:32.39 | FA |
| 2 | Dawson, McBrierty, Cook, Neill, Ransley, Sinclair, Rudkin, Tredell, Fieldman | Great Britain | 5:34.60 | R |
| 3 | Playfair, Bowden, Coombs, Masters, Moore, Keenan, Watts, Purnell, Rook | Australia | 5:36.85 | R |
| 4 | van den Ende, Knab, Braas, Wieten, Hendriks, Meylink, Versluis, Lücken, van Engelenburg | Netherlands | 5:37.90 | R |
| 5 | Zarutskiy, Kuznetsov, Podshivalov, Morgachyov, Kosov, Kornilov, Balandin, Kulesh, Safonkin | Russia | 5:40.59 | R |
| 6 | Sun, Li, Li, Cong, Ni, Liu, Qu, Wang, Liang | China | 5:47.31 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer | Germany | 5:29.36 | FA |
| 2 | Aghai, Rigogne, Karwoski, Vanderstoep, Peszek, Mead, Reed, Eble, Venonsky | United States | 5:30.38 | R |
| 3 | Ivascu, Cozmiuc, Damii, Adam, Radu, Bejan, Pîrghie, Tudosa, Munteanu | Romania | 5:31.30 | R |
| 4 | Lassche, Conradie, McInnes, Grainger, Kirkham, Brake, Robertson, Jones, Shepherd | New Zealand | 5:35.65 | R |
| 5 | Bogoiavlenskyi, Boklazhenko, Hula, Kholyaznykov, Verestiuk, Nadtoka, Mikhay, Moroz, Konovaliuk | Ukraine | 5:37.57 | R |
| 6 | Modrzyński, Schodowski, Fuchs, Ablewski, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski | Poland | 5:44.64 | R |

### Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | van den Ende, Knab, Braas, Wieten, Hendriks, Meylink, Versluis, Lücken, van Engelenburg | Netherlands | 5:32.59 | FA |
| 2 | Ivascu, Cozmiuc, Damii, Adam, Radu, Bejan, Pîrghie, Tudosa, Munteanu | Romania | 5:34.22 | FA |
| 3 | Dawson, McBrierty, Cook, Neill, Ransley, Sinclair, Rudkin, Tredell, Fieldman | Great Britain | 5:35.70 | FB |
| 4 | Bogoiavlenskyi, Boklazhenko, Hula, Kholyaznykov, Verestiuk, Nadtoka, Mikhay, Moroz, Konovaliuk | Ukraine | 5:41.32 | FB |
| 5 | Sun, Li, Li, Cong, Ni, Liu, Qu, Wang, Liang | China | 5:53.48 | FB |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aghai, Rigogne, Karwoski, Vanderstoep, Peszek, Mead, Reed, Eble, Venonsky | United States | 5:34.61 | FA |
| 2 | Lassche, Conradie, McInnes, Grainger, Kirkham, Brake, Robertson, Jones, Shepherd | New Zealand | 5:36.55 | FA |
| 3 | Modrzyński, Schodowski, Fuchs, Ablewski, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski | Poland | 5:38.76 | FB |
| 4 | Playfair, Bowden, Coombs, Masters, Moore, Keenan, Watts, Purnell, Rook | Australia | 5:40.37 | FB |
| 5 | Zarutskiy, Kuznetsov, Podshivalov, Morgachyov, Kosov, Kornilov, Balandin, Kulesh, Safonkin | Russia | 5:43.31 | 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 | Dawson, McBrierty, Cook, Neill, Ransley, Sinclair, Rudkin, Tredell, Fieldman | Great Britain | 5:39.77 |
| 2 | Playfair, Bowden, Coombs, Masters, Moore, Keenan, Watts, Purnell, Rook | Australia | 5:41.23 |
| 3 | Bogoiavlenskyi, Boklazhenko, Hula, Kholyaznykov, Verestiuk, Nadtoka, Mikhay, Moroz, Konovaliuk | Ukraine | 5:41.60 |
| 4 | Modrzyński, Schodowski, Fuchs, Ablewski, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski | Poland | 5:42.48 |
| 5 | Zarutskiy, Kuznetsov, Podshivalov, Morgachyov, Kosov, Kornilov, Balandin, Kulesh, Safonkin | Russia | 5:45.17 |
| 6 | Sun, Li, Li, Cong, Ni, Liu, Qu, Wang, Liang | China | 5:47.22 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer | Germany | 5:26.85 |
| | Aghai, Rigogne, Karwoski, Vanderstoep, Peszek, Mead, Reed, Eble, Venonsky | United States | 5:28.45 |
| | Gabbia, Liuzzi, Parlato, Perino, Rosetti, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello | Italy | 5:28.90 |
| 4 | van den Ende, Knab, Braas, Wieten, Hendriks, Meylink, Versluis, Lücken, van Engelenburg | Netherlands | 5:29.23 |
| 5 | Ivascu, Cozmiuc, Damii, Adam, Radu, Bejan, Pîrghie, Tudosa, Munteanu | Romania | 5:31.41 |
| 6 | Lassche, Conradie, McInnes, Grainger, Kirkham, Brake, Robertson, Jones, Shepherd | New Zealand | 5:34.00 |