Date August 12 – August 14 Venue Grünau | Location Grünau, Germany Competitors 14 | |
The men's eights competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place at Grünau Regatta Course, near Berlin, Germany. The event was held from August 12 until August 14, and was won by a United States crew from the University of Washington. This event is chronicled in The Boys in the Boat written by Daniel James Brown.
Contents
Heats
August 12. First boat in each heat advanced directly to final. The other boats must compete again in the repechage for remaining spots in the final.
Repechage
August 13. Winner of each race advanced to the final, the other boats were eliminated.
Repechage 3
August 14.
References
Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA