The men's eight competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Tuesday 26 September 2017 13:35 Heats Thursday 28 September 2017 13:01 RepechagesSunday 1 October 2017 09:25 Final B 11:12 Final A All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Results Heats Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Gabbia, Liuzzi, Parlato, Perino, Rosetti, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello 5:32.39 FA 2Dawson, McBrierty, Cook, Neill, Ransley, Sinclair, Rudkin, Tredell, Fieldman 5:34.60 R 3Playfair, Bowden, Coombs, Masters, Moore, Keenan, Watts, Purnell, Rook 5:36.85 R 4van den Ende, Knab, Braas, Wieten, Hendriks, Meylink, Versluis, Lücken, van Engelenburg 5:37.90 R 5Zarutskiy, Kuznetsov, Podshivalov, Morgachyov, Kosov, Kornilov, Balandin, Kulesh, Safonkin 5:40.59 R 6Sun, Li, Li, Cong, Ni, Liu, Qu, Wang, Liang 5:47.31 R

Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer 5:29.36 FA 2Aghai, Rigogne, Karwoski, Vanderstoep, Peszek, Mead, Reed, Eble, Venonsky 5:30.38 R 3Ivascu, Cozmiuc, Damii, Adam, Radu, Bejan, Pîrghie, Tudosa, Munteanu 5:31.30 R 4Lassche, Conradie, McInnes, Grainger, Kirkham, Brake, Robertson, Jones, Shepherd 5:35.65 R 5Bogoiavlenskyi, Boklazhenko, Hula, Kholyaznykov, Verestiuk, Nadtoka, Mikhay, Moroz, Konovaliuk 5:37.57 R 6Modrzyński, Schodowski, Fuchs, Ablewski, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski 5:44.64 R

Repechages The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

Repechage 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1van den Ende, Knab, Braas, Wieten, Hendriks, Meylink, Versluis, Lücken, van Engelenburg 5:32.59 FA 2Ivascu, Cozmiuc, Damii, Adam, Radu, Bejan, Pîrghie, Tudosa, Munteanu 5:34.22 FA 3Dawson, McBrierty, Cook, Neill, Ransley, Sinclair, Rudkin, Tredell, Fieldman 5:35.70 FB 4Bogoiavlenskyi, Boklazhenko, Hula, Kholyaznykov, Verestiuk, Nadtoka, Mikhay, Moroz, Konovaliuk 5:41.32 FB 5Sun, Li, Li, Cong, Ni, Liu, Qu, Wang, Liang 5:53.48 FB

Repechage 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Aghai, Rigogne, Karwoski, Vanderstoep, Peszek, Mead, Reed, Eble, Venonsky 5:34.61 FA 2Lassche, Conradie, McInnes, Grainger, Kirkham, Brake, Robertson, Jones, Shepherd 5:36.55 FA 3Modrzyński, Schodowski, Fuchs, Ablewski, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski 5:38.76 FB 4Playfair, Bowden, Coombs, Masters, Moore, Keenan, Watts, Purnell, Rook 5:40.37 FB 5Zarutskiy, Kuznetsov, Podshivalov, Morgachyov, Kosov, Kornilov, Balandin, Kulesh, Safonkin 5:43.31 FB

Finals The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.

Final B RankRowersCountryTime 1Dawson, McBrierty, Cook, Neill, Ransley, Sinclair, Rudkin, Tredell, Fieldman 5:39.77 2Playfair, Bowden, Coombs, Masters, Moore, Keenan, Watts, Purnell, Rook 5:41.23 3Bogoiavlenskyi, Boklazhenko, Hula, Kholyaznykov, Verestiuk, Nadtoka, Mikhay, Moroz, Konovaliuk 5:41.60 4Modrzyński, Schodowski, Fuchs, Ablewski, Aranowski, Wilangowski, Brzeziński, Juszczak, Trojanowski 5:42.48 5Zarutskiy, Kuznetsov, Podshivalov, Morgachyov, Kosov, Kornilov, Balandin, Kulesh, Safonkin 5:45.17 6Sun, Li, Li, Cong, Ni, Liu, Qu, Wang, Liang 5:47.22

Final A RankRowersCountryTime Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, Sauer 5:26.85 Aghai, Rigogne, Karwoski, Vanderstoep, Peszek, Mead, Reed, Eble, Venonsky 5:28.45 Gabbia, Liuzzi, Parlato, Perino, Rosetti, Paonessa, Mumolo, Pietra, D'Aniello 5:28.90 4van den Ende, Knab, Braas, Wieten, Hendriks, Meylink, Versluis, Lücken, van Engelenburg 5:29.23 5Ivascu, Cozmiuc, Damii, Adam, Radu, Bejan, Pîrghie, Tudosa, Munteanu 5:31.41 6Lassche, Conradie, McInnes, Grainger, Kirkham, Brake, Robertson, Jones, Shepherd 5:34.00

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