Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's eights

Men's eights at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date	21 – 26 July
Competitors	81 from 9 nations
Winning time	5:49.05
Medalists
Bernd Krauß Hans-Peter Koppe Ulrich Kons Jörg Friedrich Jens Doberschütz Ulrich Karnatz Uwe Dühring Bernd Höing Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (cox)  East Germany Duncan McDougall Allan Whitwell Henry Clay Chris Mahoney Andrew Justice John Pritchard Malcolm McGowan Richard Stanhope Colin Moynihan (cox)  Great Britain Viktor Kokoshyn Andriy Tishchenko Oleksandr Tkachenko Jonas Pinskus Jonas Narmontas Andrey Luhin Oleksandr Mantsevych Ihar Maystrenko Hrihoriy Dmytrenko (cox)  Soviet Union

Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Coxed pair		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Coxed four		men		women
Eight		men		women

The men's eights rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from July 21–26.

Heats

The fastest team in each heat advanced to the final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Kokoshyn, Tishchenko, Tkachenko, Pinskus, Narmontas, Luhin, Mantsevych, Maystrenko, Dmytrenko	Soviet Union	5:50.76
2	McDougall, Whitwell, Clay, Mahoney, Justice, Pritchard, McGowan, Stanhope, Moynihan	Great Britain	5:53.38
3	Borkowski, Kujda, Stellak, Tomasiak, Nowak, Stadniuk, Kowalewski, Beszterda, Kubiak	Poland	6:00.43
4	Yanakiev, Mrankov, Rangelov, Botev, Ignatov, Petrov, Patsev, Shterev, Kanchev	Bulgaria	6:03.99
5	Kiss, Tóvári, Sass, Strochmayer, Kormos, Sztárcsevics, Toronyi, Kiss, Bálint	Hungary	6:04.32

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Krauß, Koppe, Kons, Friedrich, Doberschütz, Karnatz, Dühring, Höing, Ludwig	East Germany	5:55.89
2	Pevný, Janko, Jungmann, Neffe, Mejta, Vičík, Doleček, Kyselý, Pták	Czechoslovakia	6:01.68
3	Lee, Handley, Dankbaar, Withers, Willoughby, Lowe, Young, Richardson, England	Australia	6:05.12
4	Borroto, Carbonell, Alfonso, Bueno, Mora, Palacio, Álvarez, Riaño, Carrillo	Cuba	6:26.53

Repechage

The two fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Lee, Handley, Dankbaar, Withers, Willoughby, Lowe, Young, Richardson, England	Australia	5:45.04
2	McDougall, Whitwell, Clay, Mahoney, Justice, Pritchard, McGowan, Stanhope, Moynihan	Great Britain	5:49.35
3	Borroto, Carbonell, Alfonso, Bueno, Mora, Palacio, Álvarez, Riaño, Carrillo	Cuba	5:56.19
4	Kiss, Tóvári, Sass, Strochmayer, Kormos, Sztárcsevics, Toronyi, Kiss, Bálint	Hungary	5:59.53

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Pevný, Janko, Jungmann, Neffe, Mejta, Vičík, Doleček, Kyselý, Pták	Czechoslovakia	5:44.80
2	Yanakiev, Mrankov, Rangelov, Botev, Ignatov, Petrov, Patsev, Shterev, Kanchev	Bulgaria	5:46.28
3	Borkowski, Kujda, Stellak, Tomasiak, Nowak, Stadniuk, Kowalewski, Beszterda, Kubiak	Poland	5:47.35

Final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Krauß, Koppe, Kons, Friedrich, Doberschütz, Karnatz, Dühring, Höing, Ludwig	East Germany	5:49.05
2	McDougall, Whitwell, Clay, Mahoney, Justice, Pritchard, McGowan, Stanhope, Moynihan	Great Britain	5:51.92
3	Kokoshyn, Tishchenko, Tkachenko, Pinskus, Narmontas, Luhin, Mantsevych, Maystrenko, Dmytrenko	Soviet Union	5:52.66
4	Pevný, Janko, Jungmann, Neffe, Mejta, Vičík, Doleček, Kyselý, Pták	Czechoslovakia	5:53.73
5	Lee, Handley, Dankbaar, Withers, Willoughby, Lowe, Young, Richardson, England	Australia	5:56.74
6	Yanakiev, Mrankov, Rangelov, Botev, Ignatov, Petrov, Patsev, Shterev, Kanchev	Bulgaria	6:04.05