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This rowing event features nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It is a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition consists of multiple rounds. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [3]
This rowing event features nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It is a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition consists of multiple rounds. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [5]
The eight is a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. [1] The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, with races taking place on the Seine in Paris, [2] and has been held at every Games since.
The men's eight competition was one of six events for male competitors in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1] It was held from 15 to 22 August. [2] There were 9 boats (81 competitors) from 9 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event.
The men's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, was officially termed Eton Dorney. [1] [2] It was held from 28 July to 1 August. [3] There were 8 boats (72 competitors) from 8 nations. [3]
The men's eight rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Krylatskoye Rowing Canal in Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 21 to 26 July. [ 1 ] There were 9 boats (81 competitors) from 9 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. [ 2 ]
The rowing program featured a total of fourteen events, seven each for both men and women in identical boat classes. The program was the same as that of the 2020 Olympics. This was the last Olympics where lightweight rowing was featured, to be replaced by coastal rowing at the 2028 Olympics. [3]
The men's eight has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900. [2] An event that for decades had been almost entirely predictable had a competitive field in 1972. The United States had won this event at eight of the last ten Olympics, but only one of the last three (1964). West Germany was the defending Olympic ...