Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre[1]
at the Games of the VII Olympiad

Line drawings of the 8 Metre (1907 Rule and 1919 Rule)
Venue Belgium, Ostend
DatesFirst race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07)
Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors19 from 2 nations
Teams4
Medalists
   Norway
   Norway
   Norway
   Belgium
Sailing at the
 1920 Summer Olympics 
One design (Monotype)
12' Dinghy Open
18' Dinghy Open
Jauge chemin de fer
6.5 Metre Open
8.5 Metre Open (No entries)
Skerry cruiser
30m2 Open
40m2 Open
International rule
6 Metre Open
7 Metre Open
8 Metre Open
9 Metre Open (No entries)
10 Metre Open
12 Metre Open

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Two type of 8 Metre classes were used. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 19 sailors, on 4 boats, from 2 nation entered in the 8 Metre.

Race schedule[2]

  Opening ceremony  Event competitions   Event finals   Closing ceremony
Date July
7th
Wed
8th
Thu
9th
Fri
10th
Sat
8 Metre
Total gold medals 2

Course area

8 Metre 1920 Olympic Course Areas
Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions [1]

DateMax temperatureWind speedAverage wind direction
7 July 1920Unknown
8 July 1920Unknown
9 July 1920Unknown

Final results[2]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

8 Metre International Rule 1907


Rank
Country Helmsman Crew Boat Race 1 Race 2 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st Norway
Carl RingvoldThorleif Holbye
Alf Jacobsen
Kristoffer Olsen
Tellef Wagle
Irene Sailed over 1 Sailed over 12

8 Metre International Rule 1919


Rank
Country Helmsman Crew Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st Norway
Magnus KonowThorleif Christoffersen
Reidar Marthiniussen
Ragnar Vik
Sildra 1 1 1 1 1 13
2nd Norway
Jens SalvesenFinn Schiander
Lauritz Schmidt
Nils Thomas
Ralph Tschudi
Lyn 2 2 2 2 2 26
3rd Belgium
Albert GrisarWilly de l'Arbre
Georges Hellebuyck
Léopold Standaert
Henri Weewauters
Antwerpia V 3 3 3 3 3 39

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre (1919) during the 1920 Summer Olympics

Notes

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

8 Metre sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
Carl Ringvold (NOR) 
Thorleif Holbye (NOR) 
Magnus Konow (NOR) 

Podium (1919 Rule)

Medalists 8 Metre, International Rule 1919
Norway 2nd Lyn 
Norway 1st Sildra 
Belgium 3rd Antwerpia V 

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 

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