| Event: | Women's eight |
| Games: | 1996 Summer |
| Date: | 22–28 July |
| Competitors: | 72 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochela Elena Georgescu Anca Tănase Doina Spîrcu Marioara Popescu Ioana Olteanu Elisabeta Lipă Doina Ignat |
| Goldnoc: | ROU |
| Silver: | Anna van der Kamp Tosha Tsang Lesley Thompson Emma Robinson Jessica Monroe Heather McDermid Maria Maunder Theresa Luke Alison Korn |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina |
| Bronzenoc: | BLR |
| Prev: | 1992 |
| Next: | 2000 |
The women's eight competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.[1]
The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top 4 boats in the repechage advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 2 boats (5th and 6th placers in the repechage) were sent to the "B" final.
The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final competed for 7th and 8th.[2]
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Mikulich, Yelena" | align=left data-sort-value="Pavlovich, Yaroslava" | 6:24.61 | |||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Kakela, Anne" | align=left data-sort-value="Farooq, Yasmin" | 6:28.45 | |||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Boelen, Femke" | align=left data-sort-value="Wolf, Jissy de" | 6:32.71 | |||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Luff, Jennifer" | align=left data-sort-value="Hick, Kaylynn" | 6:35.69 |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Gafencu, Liliana" | align=left data-sort-value="Georgescu, Elena" | 6:23.94 | |||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Kamp, Anna van der" | align=left data-sort-value="Thompson, Lesley" | 6:29.08 | |||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Justh, Ina" | align=left data-sort-value="Neunast, Daniela" | 6:33.90 | |||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Stapleton, Annamarie" | align=left data-sort-value="Ellis, Suzie" | 6:39.34 |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Kakela, Anne" | align=left data-sort-value="Farooq, Yasmin" | 6:06.17 | |||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Kamp, Anna van der" | align=left data-sort-value="Thompson, Lesley" | 6:06.49 | |||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Boelen, Femke" | align=left data-sort-value="Wolf, Jissy de" | 6:08.85 | |||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Luff, Jennifer" | align=left data-sort-value="Hick, Kaylynn" | 6:08.92 | |||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Justh, Ina" | align=left data-sort-value="Neunast, Daniela" | 6:09.43 | |||||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Stapleton, Annamarie" | align=left data-sort-value="Ellis, Suzie" | 6:12.28 |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | align=left data-sort-value="Stapleton, Annamarie" | align=left data-sort-value="Ellis, Suzie" | 6:15.21 | ||||
| 8 | align=left data-sort-value="Justh, Ina" | align=left data-sort-value="Neunast, Daniela" | 6:17.73 |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left data-sort-value="Gafencu, Liliana" | align=left data-sort-value="Georgescu, Elena" | 6:19.73 | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Kamp, Anna van der" | align=left data-sort-value="Thompson, Lesley" | 6:24.05 | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Mikulich, Yelena" | align=left data-sort-value="Pavlovich, Yaroslava" | 6:24.44 | |||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Kakela, Anne" | align=left data-sort-value="Farooq, Yasmin" | 6:26.19 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Luff, Jennifer" | align=left data-sort-value="Hick, Kaylynn" | 6:30.10 | ||||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Boelen, Femke" | align=left data-sort-value="Wolf, Jissy de" | 6:31.11 |
The following rowers took part:[1]