Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre
8 Metre[1] at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
Line drawing of a 7 Metre yacht from 1908 | |
Venue | Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde[2] |
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Dates | First race: July 27, 1908 Last race: July 29, 1908 |
Competitors | 24 Male and 1 female (Documented) from 3 nations |
Teams | 5 |
Medalists | |
Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |||||
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6 Metre | Open | ||||
7 Metre | Open | ||||
8 Metre | Open | ||||
12 Metre | Open | ||||
15 Metre | Open | (No entries) |
The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics program in Ryde. Three races were scheduled. 26 sailors, on 5 boats, from 3 nation competed.
Race schedule[1]
● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals |
Date | July | August | |||||||||||||||
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27 Mon | 28 Tue | 29 Wed | 30 Thu | 31 Fri | 1 Sat | 2 Sun | 3 Mon | 4 Tue | 5 Wed | 6 Thu | 7 Fri | 8 Sat | 9 Sun | 10 Mon | 11 Tue | 12 Wed | |
8-Metre | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
Total gold medals | 1 |
Course area
The following course was used during the 1908 Olympic 6-Metre regattas in all three races:
- Start at Ryde Pier
- №3. Fairway Bouy
- West Measured Mile Buoy
- Boyne Buoy off Portsmouth Spit
- Finish at Ryde Pier
Two rounds for a total of 16 nautical miles (30 km).
1908 Olympic Course Area, Ryde
Weather conditions
Date | Race | Deiscription | Sea | Wind direction | Start |
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27-JUL-1908 | 1 | Light wind. More wind in the second round | Calm | to | 12:30 |
28-JUL-1908 | 2 | Extreme light wind. | death calm | 12:30 | |
29-JUL-1908 | 3 | Very light breeze, fluking. Late in the afternoon true wind, moderate | Calm | 12:30 |
Final results[1]
The 1908 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.
Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Boat | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total | |||
Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||
1 | Great Britain |
Blair Cochrane | Charles Campbell John Rhodes Henry Sutton Arthur Wood | Cobweb | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 first places |
2 | Sweden |
Carl Hellström | Eric Sandberg Edmund Thormählen Erik Wallerius Harald Wallin | Vinga | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 first place |
3 | Great Britain |
George Ratsey | Diploma Alfred Hughes Diploma Frederick Hughes Diploma Philip Hunloke Diploma William Dudley Ward Diploma The Duchess of Westminster (Extra) | Sorais | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 second places |
4 | Norway |
Johan Anker | Eilert Falch-Lund Einar Hvoslef Magnus Konow Hagbart Steffens | Fram | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 second place |
5 | Sweden |
John Carlsson | Edvin Hagberg Karl Ljungberg Hjalmar Lönnroth August Olsson | Saga | 4 | 0 | DNF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 fourth places |
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; |
Daily standings
Other information
Extra awards
Gilt commemorative medal:
- Blair Cochrane owner of Cobweb
Silver commemorative medal:
- Royal Gothenborg Yacht Club owner of Vinga
- The Duchess of Westminster owner of Sorais
- C. Wisbeck owner of Fram
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- "Sailing at the 1908 London Summer Games: Mixed 8 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
References
- 1 2 3 Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Royal Victoria Yacht Club". Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
"London 1908". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
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