Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

Men's eights
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueGrünau Regatta Course
DateAugust 12 – August 14
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Rowing at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Single sculls men
Double sculls men
Coxless pairs men
Coxed pairs men
Coxless fours men
Coxed fours men
Eights men

The men's eights competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place at Grünau Regatta Course, near Berlin, Germany. The event was held from August 12 until August 14, and was won by a United States crew from the University of Washington. This event is chronicled in The Boys in the Boat written by Daniel James Brown.

Heats

August 12. First boat in each heat advanced directly to final. The other boats must compete again in the repechage for remaining spots in the final.

Heat 1

Rank Country Time Notes
1  United States (USA) 6:00.8 F
2  Great Britain (GBR) 6:02.1
3  France (FRA) 6:11.6
4  Japan (JPN) 6:12.3
5  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 6:28.6

Heat 2

Rank Country Time Notes
1  Hungary (HUN) 6:07.1 F
2  Italy (ITA) 6:10.1
3  Canada (CAN) 6:14.3
4  Australia (AUS) 6:21.9
5  Brazil (BRA) 6:33.2

Heat 3

Rank Country Time Notes
1  Switzerland (SUI) 6:08.4 F
2  Germany (GER) 6:08.5
3  Yugoslavia (YUG) 6:15.5
4  Denmark (DEN) 6:18.0

Repechage

August 13. Winner of each race advanced to the final, the other boats were eliminated.

Repechage 1

Rank Country Time Notes
1  Germany (GER) 6:44.9 F
2  Australia (AUS) 6:55.1
3  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:07.8
4  Denmark (DEN) withdrew

Repechage 2

Rank Country Time Notes
1  Italy (ITA) 6:35.6 F
2  Japan (JPN) 6:42.3
3  Yugoslavia (YUG) 6:47.3
4  Brazil (BRA) 7:06.1

Repechage 3

August 14.

Rank Country Time Notes
1  Great Britain (GBR) 6:29.3 F
2  Canada (CAN) 6:33.8
3  France (FRA) 6:36.6

Final

Rank Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA) 6:25.4
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Italy (ITA) 6:26.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Germany (GER)6:26.4
4  Great Britain (GBR) 6:30.1
5  Hungary (HUN) 6:30.3
6  Switzerland (SUI) 6:35.8

References

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