Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

Men's eight at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date	8–10 August 2016
Competitors	56 from 7 nations
Winning time	5:29.63
Medalists
01 ! Scott Durant Tom Ransley Andrew Triggs Hodge Matt Gotrel Pete Reed Paul Bennett Matt Langridge William Satch Phelan Hill  Great Britain 02 ! Maximilian Munski Malte Jakschik Andreas Kuffner Eric Johannesen Maximilian Reinelt Felix Drahotta Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer  Germany 03 ! Kaj Hendriks Robert Lücken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenboogaard Mechiel Versluis Tone Wieten Peter Wiersum  Netherlands
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01 !		Scott Durant Tom Ransley Andrew Triggs Hodge Matt Gotrel Pete Reed Paul Bennett Matt Langridge William Satch Phelan Hill	Great Britain
02 !		Maximilian Munski Malte Jakschik Andreas Kuffner Eric Johannesen Maximilian Reinelt Felix Drahotta Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer	Germany
03 !		Kaj Hendriks Robert Lücken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenboogaard Mechiel Versluis Tone Wieten Peter Wiersum	Netherlands

The Men's eight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

The winners of each heat qualified to the finals, remainder goes to the repechage.

First four of heat qualify to Final A.