| Event: | Women's eight |
| Championship: | 2017 World Rowing Championships |
| Dates: | 26 September – 1 October |
| Venue: | Nathan Benderson Park |
| Location: | Sarasota, United States |
| Competitors: | 72 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 6:06.40 |
| Gold: | Ioana Vrînceanu Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu Mihaela Petrilă Iuliana Popa Mădălina Bereș Denisa Tîlvescu Adelina Bogus Laura Oprea Daniela Druncea |
| Gold Nation: | ROU |
| Silver: | Lisa Roman Kristin Bauder Nicole Hare Hillary Janssens Christine Roper Susanne Grainger Jennifer Martins Rebecca Zimmerman Kristen Kit |
| Silver Nation: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Ashlee Rowe Ruby Tew Georgia Perry Kelsey Bevan Kelsi Walters Rebecca Scown Lucy Spoors Emma Dyke Sam Bosworth |
| Bronze Nation: | NZL |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2018 |
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]
| 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 | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 11:42 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final A |
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 | 6:08.42 | FA | ||
| 2 | Wheeler, Regan, Pierce, Schmetterling, Vitas, Schoeller, Latz, Dougherty, Guregian | 6:09.41 | R | ||
| 3 | Chitty, Chin, Gammond, Norton, Wratten, Douglas, Bennett, Shorten, Horn | 6:15.10 | R | ||
| 4 | Kalinovskaya, Glazkova, Sevostianova, Kubyshkina, Zaruba, Karpova, Aksenova, Plaksina, Krylova | 6:30.36 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Bogus, Oprea, Druncea | 6:07.32 | FA | ||
| 2 | Roman, Bauder, Hare, Janssens, Roper, Grainger, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit | 6:09.69 | R | ||
| 3 | Wielaard, Lanz, Jorritsma, van Veen, Rustenburg, Florijn, Clevering, Meester, Noort | 6:12.40 | R | ||
| 4 | Ku, Xie, Sun, Tang, Zhang, Fu, Hunagfu, Yang, Zhu | 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 | 6:11.32 | FA | ||
| 2 | Wheeler, Regan, Pierce, Schmetterling, Vitas, Schoeller, Latz, Dougherty, Guregian | 6:11.83 | FA | ||
| 3 | Chitty, Chin, Gammond, Norton, Wratten, Douglas, Bennett, Shorten, Horn | 6:17.78 | FA | ||
| 4 | Wielaard, Lanz, Jorritsma, van Veen, Rustenburg, Florijn, Clevering, Meester, Noort | 6:20.49 | FA | ||
| 5 | Kalinovskaya, Glazkova, Sevostianova, Kubyshkina, Zaruba, Karpova, Aksenova, Plaksina, Krylova | 6:28.80 | FB | ||
| 6 | Ku, Xie, Sun, Tang, Zhang, Fu, Hunagfu, Yang, Zhu | 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 | 6:30.54 | ||
| 2 | Ku, Xie, Sun, Tang, Zhang, Fu, Hunagfu, Yang, Zhu | 6:38.17 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Bogus, Oprea, Druncea | 6:06.40 | |||
| Roman, Bauder, Hare, Janssens, Roper, Grainger, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit | 6:07.09 | |||
| Rowe, Tew, Perry, Bevan, Walters, Scown, Spoors, Dyke, Bosworth | 6:07.27 | |||
| 4 | Wheeler, Regan, Pierce, Schmetterling, Vitas, Schoeller, Latz, Dougherty, Guregian | 6:09.25 | ||
| 5 | Chitty, Chin, Gammond, Norton, Wratten, Douglas, Bennett, Shorten, Horn | 6:09.96 | ||
| 6 | Wielaard, Lanz, Jorritsma, van Veen, Rustenburg, Florijn, Clevering, Meester, Noort | 6:10.83 |