Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

6 Metre[1] at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Line drawing of the 6 Metre
Venue	France, Le Havre
Dates	First race: 21 July 1924 Last race: 26 July 1924
Competitors	27 from 9 nations
Teams	9
Medalists
Anders Lundgren Christopher Dahl Eugen Lunde   Norway   Vilhelm Vett Knud Degn Christian Nielsen   Denmark   Johan Carp Anthonij Guépin Jan Vreede   Netherlands

Sailing at the  1924 Summer Olympics
French National Monotype 1924			Open
6 Metre			Open
8 Metre			Open

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics program in Le Havre. A program of matches and semi-finals were scheduled. In case of a tie sail-off's would be held. 27 sailors, on 9 boats from 9 nations competed.

Race schedule^[1]

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Elimination serie (E)

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Semi-finals (SF)

Date	July
	21 Mon	22 Tue	23 Wed	24 Thu	25 Fri	26 Sat
	Le Havre
6 Metre	M1	M2	M3	Spare day	SF1	SF2
Total gold medals						1

Course area and course configuration

1924 Olympic Course Area for the 6 Metre off the coast of Le Havre

6 Metre Course at Le Havre
SRdH: La Société des Régates du Havre
A: Start and Finish
B, C D: Marks
10 nautical miles (19 km)

Weather conditions ^[1]

Date	Race	Wind speed	Wind direction	Start
21-JUL-1924	1st Match	1 metre per second (1.9 kn) - 4 metres per second (7.8 kn)		14:14
22-JUL-1924	2nd Match	1 metre per second (1.9 kn) - 4 metres per second (7.8 kn)		14:15
23-JUL-1924	3rd Match	4 metres per second (7.8 kn)		15:00
25-JUL-1924	1st Semi-final	9 metres per second (17 kn)		15:00
26-JUL-1924	2nd Semi-final	5 metres per second (9.7 kn)		15:15

Results^[2]

Final results^[3]

Competitors who scored an first or a second place in the matches were qualified (Q) for the semi-finals.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail №	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Total
						Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Norway	Anders Lundgren	Christopher Dahl Eugen Lunde	N.13	Elisabeth V	3		1	Q	1	Q	1	1	1	1	2
	Denmark	Vilhelm Vett	Knud Degn Christian Nielsen	D.22	Bonzo	1	Q	2	Q	RET		3	3	2	2	5
	Netherlands	Johan Carp	Anthonij Guépin Jan Vreede	H.2	Willem-Six	2	Q	RET		2	Q	2	2	3	3	5
4	Sweden	Nils Rinman	Magnus Hellström Olle Rinman	S.5	Aloha II	4	4	4	4	4	4					12
5	Belgium	Léon Huybrechts	John Klotz Léopold Standaert	B.3	Ciss	6	6	7	7	3	3					16
5	France	Edmond Moussié	Georges Herpin Henri Louit	F.70	Sandra	8	8	3	3	5	5					16
	Italy	Carlo Nasi	Cencio Massola Roberto Moscatelli	I.30	Mebi	5	5	5	5	RET	8					18
	Spain	Arturo Mas	Santiago Amat Pedro Pi	E.8	Alnolgavar	7	7	6	6	RET	8					21
	Cuba	Enrique Conill	Pedro Cisneros Antonio Saavedra	C.4	Hatuey	RET	9	8	4	DNS	9					26

Legend: DNS – Did not start; RET – Retired;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre during the 1924 Summer Olympics

Notes

In the 6 Metre each boat has a specific design that have to stay within certain formula. The outcome of the formula must be less than 6 Metre. During these Olympic races boats were used of the following designers:

Country	Sailnumber	Designer
Norway	N.13	Bjarne Aas
Denmark	D.22	William Fife
Netherlands	H.2	William Fife
Sweden	S.5	Axel Nygren
Belgium	B.3	William Fife
France	F.70	Morgan Morgan-Giles
Italy	I.30	Francesco Giovanelli
Spain	E.8	Anker & Jensen
Cuba	C.4	Arbaut

William Fife III

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1924 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

6 Metre sailors at the 1924 Olympic Games
Eugen Lunde (NOR) Gold medalist   Joop Carp (NED)   Léon Huybrechts (BEL)

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

References

1. Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924:rapport official (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France: Comité Olympique Français. 1924. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
2. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
3. La Société des Régates du Havre. "La Société des Régates du Havre historique 1900 - 1950". Retrieved 2 March 2015.

"Paris 1924". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.