Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's eight
The men's eight competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.
Competition format
The competition consisted of three main rounds as well as a repechage. The 14 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 5 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining two boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th and 14th places.The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Terrence Paul | 5:32.59 | |||
| 2 | Adrian Ellison | 5:36.01 | |||
| 3 | Andrew Lonmon-Davis | 5:37.83 | |||
| 4 | Jiří Pták | 5:41.85 | |||
| 5 | Hidekazu Hayashi | 5:42.97 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marin Gheorghe | 5:30.21 | |||
| 2 | Manfred Klein | 5:32.98 | |||
| 3 | Stephen Masters | 5:34.65 | |||
| 4 | Dino Lucchetta | 5:46.97 | |||
| 5 | Carlos Front | 5:48.36 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michael Moore | 5:33.37 | |||
| 2 | David Colvin | 5:34.28 | |||
| 3 | Igor Shkaberin | 5:38.59 | |||
| 4 | Li Jianxin | 5:38.98 |
Repechage
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dino Lucchetta | 5:42.51 | |||
| 2 | Li Jianxin | 5:43.55 | |||
| 3 | Jiří Pták | 5:48.18 | |||
| 4 | Hidekazu Hayashi | 5:51.53 | |||
| 5 | Carlos Front | 5:53.50 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marin Gheorghe | 5:33.01 | |||
| 2 | Terrence Paul | 5:35.11 | |||
| 3 | David Colvin | 5:35.76 | |||
| 4 | Stephen Masters | 5:35.83 | |||
| 5 | Andrew Lonmon-Davis | 5:45.13 | |||
| 6 | Jiří Pták | 5:45.32 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Klein | 5:35.60 | |||
| 2 | Michael Moore | 5:37.11 | |||
| 3 | Adrian Ellison | 5:39.79 | |||
| 4 | Dino Lucchetta | 5:40.89 | |||
| 5 | Li Jianxin | 5:44.82 | |||
| 6 | Igor Shkaberin | 5:48.41 |
Finals
Final C
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 13 | Hidekazu Hayashi | 6:02.44 | ||
| 14 | Carlos Front | 6:10.45 |
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Stephen Masters | 5:41.61 | ||
| 8 | Andrew Lonmon-Davis | 5:42.58 | ||
| 9 | Dino Lucchetta | 5:43.33 | ||
| 10 | Igor Shkaberin | 5:43.52 | ||
| 11 | Li Jianxin | 5:44.01 | ||
| 12 | Jiří Pták | 5:47.77 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| Terrence Paul | 5:29.53 | |||
| Marin Gheorghe | 5:29.67 | |||
| Manfred Klein | 5:31.00 | |||
| 4 | Michael Moore | 5:33.18 | ||
| 5 | David Colvin | 5:33.72 | ||
| 6 | Adrian Ellison | 5:39.92 |
Final classification
The following rowers took part:| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Darren Barber Andrew Crosby Michael Forgeron Robert Marland Terrence Paul Derek Porter Michael Rascher Bruce Robertson John Wallace | ||
| Iulică Ruican Viorel Talapan Vasile Năstase Gabriel Marin Dănuț Dobre Valentin Robu Vasile Măstăcan Ioan Vizitiu Marin Gheorghe | ||
| Roland Baar Armin Eichholz Detlef Kirchhoff Manfred Klein Bahne Rabe Frank Richter Hans Sennewald Thorsten Streppelhoff Ansgar Wessling | ||
| Mike Teti Chris Sahs Scott Munn Jeff Klepacki Rob Shepherd Malcolm Baker Richard Kennelly Jr. John Parker Michael Moore | ||
| Simon Spriggs Peter Murphy Wayne Diplock Jaime Fernandez Ben Dodwell Samuel Patten Bo Hanson Robert Scott David Colvin | ||
| Martin Cross Tim Foster Richard Phelps Jim Walker Ben Hunt-Davis Stephen Turner Rupert Obholzer Jonathan Singfield Adrian Ellison | ||
| Jens Pørneki Jørgen Tramm Thomas Larsen Lars Christensen Carsten Hassing Jesper Thusgård Kristiansen Martin Haldbo Hansen Kent Skovsager Stephen Masters | ||
| Martin Walsh Rogan Clarke Grant Hillary Andrew Gordon-Brown Erich Mauff Timothy Lahner Robin McCall Ivan Pentz Andrew Lonmon-Davis | ||
| Ciro Liguori Antonio Maurogiovanni Roberto Blanda Raffaello Leonardo Valter Molea Riccardo Moretti Giovanni Suarez Walter Bottega Dino Lucchetta | ||
| Vitaliy Raievskiy Alexandru Britov Yevgeny Kislyakov Aleksandr Anikeyev Sergey Korotkikh Oleg Sveshnikov Vasily Tikhonov Stepan Dmitriyevsky Igor Shkaberin | ||
| Yao Jianzhong Li Zhongping Feng Feng Sun Senlin Huang Xiaoping Xu Wuling Zheng Xianwei Jiang Haiyang Li Jianxin | ||
| Pavel Menšík Dušan Businský Ondřej Holeček Jiří Šefčík Pavel Sokol Petr Blecha Jan Beneš Radek Zavadil Jiří Pták | ||
| Michinori Iwaguro Hiroyoshi Matsui Masahiro Sakata Yasunori Tanabe Hiroshi Mitome Kazuhisa Yamani Takatoshi Iwatsuki Tadashi Abe Hidekazu Hayashi | ||
| Josu Andueza Andreu Canals José María Claro Horacio Allegue Jordi Quer Garikoitz Azkue Josép Robert Juan María Altuna Carlos Front |