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
VenueRoyal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde[2]
DatesFirst race: July 27, 1908 (1908-07-27)
Last race: July 29, 1908 (1908-07-29)
Competitors24 Male and 1 female (Documented) from 3 nations
Teams5
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Sweden
   Great Britain
Sailing at the
 1908 Summer Olympics 
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
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:

Two rounds for a total of 16 nautical miles (30 km).

1908 Olympic Course Area, Ryde

Weather conditions

DateRaceDeiscriptionSeaWind directionStart
27-JUL-19081Light wind. More wind in the second roundCalm to 12:30
28-JUL-19082Extreme light wind.death calm12:30
29-JUL-19083Very light breeze, fluking. Late in the afternoon true wind, moderateCalm12:30

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 02
first places
2 Sweden
Carl Hellström Eric Sandberg
Edmund Thormählen
Erik Wallerius
Harald Wallin
Vinga 5 0 4 0 1 11
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 22
second places
4 Norway
Johan Anker Eilert Falch-Lund
Einar Hvoslef
Magnus Konow
Hagbart Steffens
Fram 3 1 2 2 3 11
second place
5 Sweden
John Carlsson Edvin Hagberg
Karl Ljungberg
Hjalmar Lönnroth
August Olsson
Saga 4 0 DNF 0 5 01
fourth places

    Legend: DNF – Did not finish;
    Gender: – male; – female;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1908 Summer Olympics

    Other information

    Extra awards

    Gilt commemorative medal:

    Silver commemorative medal:

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 3 Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
    2. "Royal Victoria Yacht Club". Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

    "London 1908". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 

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