2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's eight

Women's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Nathan Benderson Park
Location	Sarasota, United States
Dates	26 September – 1 October
Competitors	72 from 8 nations
Winning time	6:06.40
Medalists
Ioana Vrînceanu Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu Mihaela Petrilă Iuliana Popa Mădălina Bereș Denisa Tîlvescu Adelina Bogus Laura Oprea Daniela Druncea   Romania   Lisa Roman Kristin Bauder Nicole Hare Hillary Janssens Christine Roper Susanne Grainger Jennifer Martins Rebecca Zimmerman Kristen Kit   Canada   Ashlee Rowe Ruby Tew Georgia Perry Kelsey Bevan Kelsi Walters Rebecca Scown Lucy Spoors Emma Dyke Sam Bosworth   New Zealand

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
	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