Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 10 Metre

10-Metre[1]
at the Games of the V Olympiad

Line drawing of the 10-Metre
VenueNynäshamn
DatesFirst race: 20 July 1912 (1912-07-20)
Last race: 22 July 1912 (1912-07-22)
Competitors28 from 3 nations
Teams4
Medalists
   Sweden
   Finland
   Russia
Sailing at the
 1912 Summer Olympics 
6 Metre Open
8 Metre Open
10 Metre Open
12 Metre Open

The 10 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics program in Nynäshamn. Two races were scheduled plus eventual sail-off's. 28 sailors, on 4 boats, from 3 nation entered.

Race schedule[1]

  Opening ceremony  Event competitions   Tie breakers   Closing ceremony
Date July
19
Fri
20
Sat
21
Sun
22
Mon
23
Tue
24
Wed
25
Thu
26
Fri
27
Sat
10-Metre International races
Total gold medals 1
Ceremonies

Course area and course configuration

For the 10-Metre Course A was used.[1]

1912 Olympic Course Area & courses

Weather conditions[1]

DateRaceDeiscriptionWind speedWind directionStart
20-JUL-19121Beautiful weather with a light easterly breeze.5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
9 knots (17 km/h)
11:15
21-JUL-19122Only a light breeze was blowing in the morning.4 knots (7.4 km/h) -
6 knots (11 km/h)
11:15
22-JUL-19123As beautiful as could be with very light winds5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
7 knots (13 km/h)
11:00

Final results[2][3]

The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.


Rank
Country Helmsman Crew Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1 Sweden
Filip Ericsson Carl Hellström
Paul Isberg
Humbert Lundén
Herman Nyberg
Harry Rosenswärd
Erik Wallerius
Harald Wallin
Kitty (designed by Alfred Mylne) 3:46:04 7 3:43:51 7
2 Finland
Harry Wahl Waldemar Björkstén
Jacob Björnström
Bror Brenner
Allan Franck
Erik Lindh
Juho Aarne Pekkalainen
Nina 3:59:07 3 3:50:09 1 4:21:41 7
3 Russia
Esper Beloselsky Ernest Brashe
Karl Lindholm
Nikolay Pushnitsky
Aleksandr Rodionov
Iosif Shomaker
Philip Strauch
Gallia II 3:59:20 1 3:45:38 3 4:23:17 3
4 Sweden
Wilhelm ForsbergBertil Bothén
Bjorn Bothén
Erik Lindén
Arvid Perslow
Erik Waller
Bertel Juslén
Marga 4:01:11 0 3:50:30 0
  • There was one sail-off between Nina and Gallia II for place 2 & 3.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 10 Metre during the 1912 Summer Olympics

Notes

In the 10 Metre was chosen for this Olympics above the 7 Metre since 10 Metre outnumbered the 7 Metre in boats build.

Other information

Prizes

The following Commemorative Plaque were handed out by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club to the owners of:

  1. Kitty: Nils Asp
  2. Nina: Harry Wahl
  3. Gallia II: Aleksandr Vyshnegradsky

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). Erik Bergvall, ed. The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 - Official Report (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

"Stockholm 1912". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 

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