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

2017 World Rowing Championships
Openweight events
Single sculls	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Coxless four	men	women
Coxed pair	men
Eight	men
Lightweight events
Lwt single sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Lwt quadruple sculls	men	women
Lwt coxless pair	men
Lwt coxless four	men
Para-rowing events
PR1 single sculls	men	women
PR2 double sculls	mixed
PR3 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxed four	mixed

The women's eight competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.^[1]

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.^[2]

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

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

The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[3]

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

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.^[4]

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

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