Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's eight
The women's eight competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two main rounds as well as a repechage. The 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top 4 boats in the repechage advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 2 boats were sent to the "B" final.The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final competed for 7th and 8th.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yaroslava Pavlovich | 6:24.61 | |||
| 2 | Yasmin Farooq | 6:28.45 | |||
| 3 | Jissy de Wolf | 6:32.71 | |||
| 4 | Kaylynn Hick | 6:35.69 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elena Georgescu | 6:23.94 | |||
| 2 | Lesley Thompson | 6:29.08 | |||
| 3 | Daniela Neunast | 6:33.90 | |||
| 4 | Suzie Ellis | 6:39.34 |
Repechage
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yasmin Farooq | 6:06.17 | |||
| 2 | Lesley Thompson | 6:06.49 | |||
| 3 | Jissy de Wolf | 6:08.85 | |||
| 4 | Kaylynn Hick | 6:08.92 | |||
| 5 | Daniela Neunast | 6:09.43 | |||
| 6 | Suzie Ellis | 6:12.28 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Suzie Ellis | 6:15.21 | ||
| 8 | Daniela Neunast | 6:17.73 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| Elena Georgescu | 6:19.73 | |||
| Lesley Thompson | 6:24.05 | |||
| Yaroslava Pavlovich | 6:24.44 | |||
| 4 | Yasmin Farooq | 6:26.19 | ||
| 5 | Kaylynn Hick | 6:30.10 | ||
| 6 | Jissy de Wolf | 6:31.11 |
Final classification
The following rowers took part:| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochelea Elena Georgescu Anca Tănase Doina Spîrcu Marioara Popescu Ioana Olteanu Elisabeta Lipă Doina Ignat | ||
| Anna van der Kamp Tosha Tsang Lesley Thompson Emma Robinson Jessica Monroe Heather McDermid Maria Maunder Theresa Luke Alison Korn | ||
| Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina | ||
| Anne Kakela Mary McCagg Laurel Korholz Catriona Fallon Betsy McCagg Monica Tranel Michini Amy Fuller Jennifer Dore Yasmin Farooq | ||
| Jennifer Luff Gina Douglas Amy Safe Anna Ozolins Karina Wieland Alison Davies Carmen Klomp Bronwyn Thompson Kaylynn Hick | ||
| Femke Boelen Marleen van der Velden Astrid van Koert Marieke Westerhof Rita de Jong Tessa Knaven Tessa Appeldoorn Muriel van Schilfgaarde Jissy de Wolf | ||
| Annamarie Stapleton Lisa Eyre Dot Blackie Kate Pollitt Miriam Batten Cath Bishop Joanne Turvey Alison Gill Suzie Ellis | ||
| Ina Justh Antje Rehaag Kathleen Naser Andrea Gesch Dana Pyritz Micaela Schmidt Anja Pyritz Ute Schell-Wagner-Stange Daniela Neunast |