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Eights, Men

Date24 – 30 July 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationSea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan
Participants63 from 7 countries

Heading into 2021, Germany had the undoubted strongest crew with the 2018 and 2019 World Championships and the 2020 European Championship to their credit. In the 2021 European Championship, however, they came in a disappointing fourth, giving hope to some of the other strong contenders. These included Great Britain, winners of gold at the 2016 Olympics, as well as at the aforementioned 2021 European event. New Zealand also put in a very impressive performance at the more recent final Olympic qualifying regatta, marking them as a team to watch.

Germany and the Netherlands moved straight through to the finals from the qualifying heats, with New Zealand, Great Britain, the United States, and Australia joining them through the repêchage. The medal race was a tight and exciting affair, with Germany and the Americans breaking out fastest. They were soon joined by New Zealand and Great Britain, with just a second separating the four boats at the halfway mark. With 500m to go, New Zealand held a slight lead over Great Britain, which they managed to maintain to win the gold. Germany put on a late sprint to overtake the British for the silver, and Great Britain settled for bronze.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1New ZealandNZLGold
Tom MacKintoshHamish BondTom MurrayMichael BrakeDan WilliamsonPhillip WilsonShaun KirkhamMatt MacDonaldSam Bosworth
2GermanyGERSilver
Johannes WeißenfeldLaurits FollertOlaf RoggensackTorben JohannesenJakob SchneiderMalte JakschikRichard SchmidtHannes OcikMartin Sauer
3Great BritainGBRBronze
Josh BugajskiJacob DawsonTom GeorgeMoe SbihiCharles ElwesOliver Wynne-GriffithJames RudkinTom FordHenry Fieldman
4United StatesUSA
Ben DavisonJustin BestDaniel MiklasevichAustin HackAlexander RichardsNick MeadConor HarrityLiam CorriganJulian Venonsky
5NetherlandsNED
Björn van den EndeRuben KnabJasper TissenSimon van DorpMaarten HurkmansBram SchwarzMechiel VersluisRobert LückenEline Berger
6AustraliaAUS
Nicholas LaveryJack O'BrienJosh BoothSimon KeenanNicholas PurnellTim MastersAngus DawsonAngus WiddicombeStuart Sim
7RomaniaROU
Alexandru ChioseauaFlorin LehaciConstantin RaduSergiu BejanVlad-Dragoș AicoboaeConstantin AdamFlorin ArteniCiprian HucAdrian Munteanu

Round One

Date24 July 2021 — 12:00
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final; all others to repêchage.

Heat #1

Time12:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1GermanyGER5:28.951:22.04 (2)2:44.70 (2)4:07.58 (2)1:22.66 (2)1:22.88 (1)1:21.37 (1)FA
Laurits FollertOlaf RoggensackJohannes WeißenfeldTorben JohannesenJakob SchneiderMalte JakschikRichard SchmidtHannes OcikMartin Sauer
2United StatesUSA5:30.571:21.84 (1)2:43.85 (1)4:07.11 (1)1:22.01 (1)1:23.26 (2)1:23.46 (2)R
Ben DavisonJustin BestDaniel MiklasevichAustin HackAlexander RichardsNick MeadConor HarrityLiam CorriganJulian Venonsky
3RomaniaROU5:39.841:24.53 (4)2:47.52 (3)4:13.30 (3)1:22.99 (3)1:25.78 (3)1:26.54 (3)R
Alexandru ChioseauaFlorin LehaciConstantin RaduSergiu BejanVlad-Dragoș AicoboaeConstantin AdamFlorin ArteniCiprian HucAdrian Munteanu
4AustraliaAUS5:43.661:24.03 (3)2:47.58 (4)4:14.80 (4)1:23.55 (4)1:27.22 (4)1:28.86 (4)R
Nicholas LaveryJack O'BrienJosh BoothSimon KeenanNicholas PurnellTim MastersAngus DawsonAngus WiddicombeStuart Sim

Heat #2

Time12:10
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1NetherlandsNED5:30.66– (-)2:44.23 (1)4:07.23 (1)1:23.00 (1)1:23.43 (2)FA (–)FA
Björn van den EndeRuben KnabJasper TissenSimon van DorpMaarten HurkmansBram SchwarzMechiel VersluisRobert LückenEline Berger
2New ZealandNZL5:32.11– (-)2:45.73 (2)4:08.74 (2)1:23.01 (2)1:23.37 (1)0:00.00 (1.51)R
Tom MacKintoshHamish BondTom MurrayMichael BrakeDan WilliamsonPhillip WilsonShaun KirkhamMatt MacDonaldSam Bosworth
3Great BritainGBR5:34.40– (-)2:46.09 (3)4:09.71 (3)1:23.62 (3)1:24.69 (3)38:24.00 (2.48)R
Josh BugajskiJacob DawsonTom GeorgeMoe SbihiCharles ElwesOliver Wynne-GriffithJames RudkinTom FordHenry Fieldman

Round One Repêchage

Date28 July 2021 — 12:50
FormatTop four to A Final.

Heat #1

Time12:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1New ZealandNZL5:22.041:20.69 (2)2:40.80 (2)4:01.97 (1)1:20.11 (1)1:21.17 (2)1:20.07 (2)FA
Tom MacKintoshHamish BondTom MurrayMichael BrakeDan WilliamsonPhillip WilsonShaun KirkhamMatt MacDonaldSam Bosworth
2Great BritainGBR5:23.321:19.47 (1)2:40.65 (1)4:02.19 (2)1:21.18 (4)1:21.54 (3)1:21.13 (4)FA
Josh BugajskiJacob DawsonTom GeorgeMoe SbihiCharles ElwesOliver Wynne-GriffithJames RudkinTom FordHenry Fieldman
3United StatesUSA5:23.431:20.91 (3)2:41.95 (3)4:03.50 (3)1:21.04 (3)1:21.55 (4)1:19.93 (1)FA
Ben DavisonJustin BestDaniel MiklasevichAustin HackAlexander RichardsNick MeadConor HarrityLiam CorriganJulian Venonsky
4AustraliaAUS5:25.061:22.49 (5)2:43.40 (5)4:03.94 (4)1:20.91 (2)1:20.54 (1)1:21.12 (3)FA
Nicholas LaveryJack O'BrienJosh BoothSimon KeenanNicholas PurnellTim MastersAngus DawsonAngus WiddicombeStuart Sim
5RomaniaROU5:27.141:20.99 (4)2:43.13 (4)4:05.85 (5)1:22.14 (5)1:22.72 (5)1:21.29 (5)ELM
Alexandru ChioseauaFlorin LehaciConstantin RaduSergiu BejanVlad-Dragoș AicoboaeConstantin AdamFlorin ArteniCiprian HucAdrian Munteanu

Final Round

Date30 July 2021 — 10:25

Final A

Time10:25
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1New ZealandNZL5:24.641:20.81 (3)2:42.63 (1)4:04.59 (1)1:21.82 (1)1:21.96 (1)1:20.05 (3)
Tom MacKintoshHamish BondTom MurrayMichael BrakeDan WilliamsonPhillip WilsonShaun KirkhamMatt MacDonaldSam Bosworth
2GermanyGER5:25.601:20.36 (1)2:42.88 (3)4:06.35 (3)1:22.52 (4)1:23.47 (5)1:19.25 (1)
Johannes WeißenfeldLaurits FollertOlaf RoggensackTorben JohannesenJakob SchneiderMalte JakschikRichard SchmidtHannes OcikMartin Sauer
3Great BritainGBR5:25.731:20.51 (2)2:42.70 (2)4:05.90 (2)1:22.19 (2)1:23.20 (3)1:19.83 (2)
Josh BugajskiJacob DawsonTom GeorgeMoe SbihiCharles ElwesOliver Wynne-GriffithJames RudkinTom FordHenry Fieldman
4United StatesUSA5:26.751:21.27 (4)2:43.82 (4)4:06.59 (4)1:22.55 (5)1:22.77 (2)1:20.16 (4)
Ben DavisonJustin BestDaniel MiklasevichAustin HackAlexander RichardsNick MeadConor HarrityLiam CorriganJulian Venonsky
5NetherlandsNED5:27.961:21.81 (5)2:44.18 (5)4:07.45 (5)1:22.37 (3)1:23.27 (4)1:20.51 (5)
Björn van den EndeRuben KnabJasper TissenSimon van DorpMaarten HurkmansBram SchwarzMechiel VersluisRobert LückenEline Berger
6AustraliaAUS5:36.231:22.30 (6)2:45.64 (6)4:10.91 (6)1:23.34 (6)1:25.27 (6)1:25.32 (6)
Nicholas LaveryJack O'BrienJosh BoothSimon KeenanNicholas PurnellTim MastersAngus DawsonAngus WiddicombeStuart Sim