Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

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

Line drawing of the 8 Metre
VenueZuiderzee
DatesFirst race: August 2, 1928 (1928-08-02)
Last race: August 9, 1928 (1928-08-09)
Competitors43 Male and
2 Female from 8 nations
Teams8
Medalists
   France
   Netherlands
   Sweden
Sailing at the
 1928 Summer Olympics 
12' Dinghy Open
6 Metre Open
8 Metre Open

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. Seven races were scheduled. 45 sailors, on 8 boats, from 8 nations competed.

Race schedule[1]

  Event competitions   Event finals
Date August
2nd
Thu
3rd
Fri
4th
Sat
5th
Sun
6th
Mon
7th
Tue
8th
Wed
9th
8 Metre Spare
day
Total gold medals 1

Course area and course configuration[1]

For the 8 Metre the used courses were about 5 nm out of the locks, East of the Isle of Marken on the Zuiderzee.

At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish. Waves could be steep and short due to the shallow waters.

1928 Olympic Course Areas
Course area and courses for the 8 Metre

Weather conditions [2]

DateRaceWind speedWind direction
2-AUG-19281st Race7 knots (3.6 m/s) -
10 knots (5.1 m/s)
3-AUG-19282nd Race8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
4-AUG-19283rd Race11 knots (5.7 m/s) -
17 knots (8.7 m/s)
5-AUG-19284th Race13 knots (6.7 m/s) -
21 knots (11 m/s)
7-AUG-19285th Race8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
8-AUG-19286th Race10 knots (5.1 m/s) -
13 knots (6.7 m/s)
9-AUG-19287th Race10 knots (5.1 m/s) -
15 knots (7.7 m/s)

Results[3]

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

Final results[4]


Rank
Country Helmsman Crew Sail № Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st France
Donatien Bouché André Derrien
Virginie Hériot
André Lesauvage
Jean Lesieur
Carl de la Sablière
F 1L’Aile VI 7   1 Q 8 DNS[5] 2 Q 4   1   1  3 x 1st
2nd Netherlands
Johannes van Hoolwerff Lambertus Doedes
Henk Kersken
Cornelis van Staveren
Gerard de Vries Lentsch
Maarten de Wit
H 1Hollandia 1 Q 3 Q 1 Q 3 Q 2   2   3  2 x 1st
2 x 2nd
3 x 3rd
3rd Sweden
Clarence Hammar Tore Holm
Carl Sandblom
John Sandblom
Philip Sandblom
Wilhelm Törsleff
S 3Sylvia 3 Q 4   2 Q 1 Q 1   4   2  2 x 1st
2 x 2nd
1 x 3rd
4 Italy
Francesco Giovanelli Carlo Alberto D'Albertis
Marcantonio De Beaumont-Bonelli
Mario Bruzzone
Guido Giovanelli
Edoardo Moscatelli
I 11Bamba 8 RET 2 Q 6 RET 7 DSQ 5   3      1 x 2nd
1 x 3rd
1 x 5th
4 Norway
Bernhard Lund Halfdan Hansen
Magnus Konow
Jens Salvesen
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen
N 25Noreg 2 Q 8 DSQ 6 RET 7 RET[6] 3   5      1 x 2nd
1 x 3rd
1 x 5th
6 United States
Owen Churchill Manfred Curry
Frank Hekma
Nicholas Hekma
Ben Weston
USBabe 6   6   3 Q 7 RET 8 DNS 8 DNS 8 DNS1 x 3rd
7 Great Britain
Ernest Roney Philip Falle
Thomas Riggs
Esmond Roney
Margaret Roney
Thomas Skinner
KFeo 4   5   8 DNS 7 RET            1 x 4th
1 x 5th
8 Argentina
Rafael Iglesias Miguel Bosch
Pedro Dates
Horacio Seeber
Carlos Serantes
ACupidon III 5   8 RET 4   8 RET            1 x 4th
1 x 5th

    Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Q – Qualifying race; RET – Retired;
    Gender: – male; – female;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1928 Summer Olympics

    Notes

    Maximum number of entrants[1]

    For the Int. 8-metres class 1 yacht from each country, manned by 6 amateurs maximum (maximum numberof substitutes 6).

    Other information

    During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

    8 Metre sailors at the 1928 Olympic Games
    The Victors:  Team Aile VI (FRA) 

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 (ed.) G. van Rossum (1928). The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Official Report (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
    2. "Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland". KNMI. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
    3. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
    4. "Note:". If it is not clear from other sources, it is assumed that the first person mentioned in the crewlist of the official report is the helmsmen.
    5. "Olympisch zeilen". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. 6 August 1928. The France yacht was not ready in time to be towed to the starting area.
    6. "Note:". Dismasted.
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