The women's eight competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Wednesday 12 September 2018 11:17 Heats Friday 14 September 2018 08:45 RepechageSunday 16 September 2018 11:10 Final B 12:47 Final A All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

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

Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1O'Brien, Mueller, Opitz, Doonan, Moffat, Eisser, Regan, Coffey, Guregian 5:56.68 FA 2Hogerwerf, Oldenburg, Jorritsma, van Veen, Clevering, Lanz, Bouw, Wielaard, Noort 5:59.51 R 3Xu, Li, Chen, Zhong, Qin, Xu, Huang, Yin, Zhang 6:05.31 R 4Roman, Payne, Roper, Grauer, Mailey, Grainger, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit 6:07.69 R

Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Saunders, Gotch, Popa, Rowe, McIntyre, Wilson, Edmunds, Fessey, Rook 6:02.38 FA 2Chitty, Girling, Gammond, Douglas, Hill, Norton, Bennett, Shorten, Horn 6:04.36 R 3Greenslade, Parker, Spoors, Gowler, Ross, Dyke, Walters, Bevan, Bosworth 6:05.38 R 4Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Ailincai, Tivodariu, Parfenie, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Druncea 6:06.93 R

Repechage The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Hogerwerf, Oldenburg, Jorritsma, van Veen, Clevering, Lanz, Bouw, Wielaard, Noort 6:02.38 FA 2Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Ailincai, Tivodariu, Parfenie, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Druncea 6:03.93 FA 3Roman, Grauer, Mailey, Grainger, Roper, Payne, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit 6:04.30 FA 4Chitty, Girling, Gammond, Douglas, Hill, Norton, Bennett, Shorten, Horn 6:04.63 FA 5Greenslade, Parker, Spoors, Gowler, Ross, Dyke, Walters, Bevan, Bosworth 6:04.79 FB 6Xu, Li, Chen, Zhong, Qin, Xu, Huang, Yin, Zhang 6:13.04 FB

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

Final B RankRowersCountryTime 1Greenslade, Parker, Spoors, Gowler, Ross, Dyke, Walters, Bevan, Bosworth 6:01.89 2Xu, Li, Chen, Zhong, Qin, Xu, Huang, Yin, Zhang 6:18.33

Final A RankRowersCountryTime O'Brien, Mueller, Opitz, Doonan, Moffat, Eisser, Regan, Coffey, Guregian 6:00.97 Roman, Grauer, Mailey, Grainger, Roper, Payne, Martins, Zimmerman, Kit 6:03.05 Saunders, Gotch, Popa, Rowe, McIntyre, Wilson, Edmunds, Fessey, Rook 6:03.86 4Hogerwerf, Oldenburg, Jorritsma, van Veen, Clevering, Lanz, Bouw, Wielaard, Noort 6:06.48 5Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Ailincai, Tivodariu, Parfenie, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Druncea 6:07.99 6Chitty, Girling, Gammond, Douglas, Hill, Norton, Bennett, Shorten, Horn 6:11.88

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