Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

Women's eight at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
The finish of the race and medal ceremony
Venue	Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
Date	8–13 August 2016
Competitors	56 from 7 nations
Winning time	6:01.49
Medalists
01 ! Emily Regan Kerry Simmonds Amanda Polk Lauren Schmetterling Tessa Gobbo Meghan Musnicki Elle Logan Amanda Elmore Katelin Snyder  United States 02 ! Katie Greves Melanie Wilson Frances Houghton Polly Swann Jessica Eddie Olivia Carnegie-Brown Karen Bennett Zoe Lee Zoe De Toledo  Great Britain 03 ! Roxana Cogianu Ioana Strungaru Mihaela Petrilă Iuliana Popa Mădălina Beres Laura Oprea Adelina Boguș Andreea Boghian Daniela Druncea  Romania
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01 !		Emily Regan Kerry Simmonds Amanda Polk Lauren Schmetterling Tessa Gobbo Meghan Musnicki Elle Logan Amanda Elmore Katelin Snyder	United States
02 !		Katie Greves Melanie Wilson Frances Houghton Polly Swann Jessica Eddie Olivia Carnegie-Brown Karen Bennett Zoe Lee Zoe De Toledo	Great Britain
03 !		Roxana Cogianu Ioana Strungaru Mihaela Petrilă Iuliana Popa Mădălina Beres Laura Oprea Adelina Boguș Andreea Boghian Daniela Druncea	Romania

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

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3)