# 2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight

The men'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 | 11:33 | Heats |
| Friday 14 September 2018 | 08:53 | Repechage |
| Sunday 16 September 2018 | 11:18 | Final B |
| Sunday 16 September 2018 | 13:15 | Final A |
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karwoski, Ochal, Peszek, Dethlefs, Harrity, di Santo, Reed, Eble, Venonsky | United States | 5:19.20 | FA |
| 2 | Donald, Black, Moore, Keenan, Purnell, Masters, Booth, Widdicombe, Brodie | Australia | 5:19.25 | FA |
| 3 | Rudkin, Sinclair, Ransley, George, Sbihi, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Satch, Fieldman | Great Britain | 5:25.46 | R |
| 4 | Wilson, Robertson, O'Leary, Webster, Kirkham, Grainger, Lassche, Jones, Shepherd | New Zealand | 5:27.80 | R |
| 5 | Buczek, Buie, Schrijver, de Wit, Barakso, de Groot, Langerfeld, McCabe, Gumley | Canada | 5:34.24 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer | Germany | 5:22.88 | FA |
| 2 | Abagnale, Perino, Parlato, Liuzzi, Venier, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello | Italy | 5:24.30 | FA |
| 3 | van der Want, Röell, Hurkmans, van Dorp, Versluis, Knab, van den Herik, Robbers, van Engelenburg | Netherlands | 5:24.65 | R |
| 4 | Aicoboae, Damii, Matinca, Radu, Adam, Bejan, Pîrghie, Macovei, Munteanu | Romania | 5:30.63 | R |

### Repechage

The two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rudkin, Sinclair, Ransley, George, Sbihi, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Satch, Fieldman | Great Britain | 5:25.03 | FA |
| 2 | Aicoboae, Damii, Matinca, Radu, Adam, Bejan, Pîrghie, Macovei, Munteanu | Romania | 5:26.01 | FA |
| 3 | van der Want, Röell, Hurkmans, van Dorp, Versluis, Knab, van den Herik, Robbers, van Engelenburg | Netherlands | 5:28.75 | FB |
| 4 | Buczek, Buie, Schrijver, de Wit, Barakso, de Groot, Langerfeld, McCabe, Gumley | Canada | 5:29.46 | FB |
| 5 | Wilson, Robertson, O'Leary, Webster, Kirkham, Grainger, Lassche, Jones, Shepherd | New Zealand | 5:30.03 | 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 | van der Want, Röell, Hurkmans, van Dorp, Versluis, Knab, van den Herik, Robbers, van Engelenburg | Netherlands | 5:24.52 |
| 2 | Buczek, Buie, Schrijver, de Wit, Barakso, de Groot, Langerfeld, McCabe, Gumley | Canada | 5:27.97 |
| 3 | Wilson, Robertson, O'Leary, Webster, Kirkham, Grainger, Lassche, Jones, Shepherd | New Zealand | 5:31.49 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer | Germany | 5:24.31 |
| | Donald, Black, Moore, Keenan, Purnell, Masters, Booth, Widdicombe, Brodie | Australia | 5:26.11 |
| | Rudkin, Sinclair, Ransley, George, Sbihi, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Satch, Fieldman | Great Britain | 5:26.14 |
| 4 | Karwoski, Ochal, Peszek, Dethlefs, Harrity, di Santo, Reed, Eble, Venonsky | United States | 5:26.31 |
| 5 | Abagnale, Perino, Parlato, Liuzzi, Venier, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello | Italy | 5:29.79 |
| 6 | Aicoboae, Damii, Matinca, Radu, Adam, Bejan, Pîrghie, Macovei, Munteanu | Romania | 5:30.43 |