Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre
Appearance
8 Metre[1] at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
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Line drawing of an 8 Metre yacht from 1908 | |
Venue | Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde[2] |
Dates | First race: July 27, 1908 Last race: July 29, 1908 |
Competitors | 24 Male and 1 female (Documented) from 3 nations |
Teams | 5 |
Medalists | |
Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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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. Each nation could enter up to 2 boats.[3] 26 sailors, on 5 boats, from 3 nation competed.
● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals |
Date | July | August | |||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]The following course was used during the 1908 Olympic 6 Metre regattas in all three races:
- Start at Ryde Pier
- №3. Fairway Buoy
- West Measured Mile Buoy
- Boyne Buoy off Portsmouth Spit
- Finish at Ryde Pier
Two rounds for a total of 16 nautical miles (30 km).
Weather conditions
[edit]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 | Blair Cochrane |
Charles Campbell John Rhodes Henry Sutton Arthur Wood |
Cobweb | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 first places | |
2 | Carl Hellström |
Eric Sandberg Edmund Thormählen Erik Wallerius Harald Wallin |
Vinga | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 first place | |
3 | George Ratsey |
Alfred Hughes Frederick Hughes Philip Hunloke William Dudley Ward The Duchess of Westminster |
Sorais | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 second places | |
4 | Johan Anker |
Eilert Falch-Lund Einar Hvoslef Magnus Konow Hagbart Steffens |
Fram | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 second place | |
5 | John Carlsson |
Edvin Hagberg Karl Ljungberg Hjalmar Lönnroth August Olsson |
Saga | 4 | 0 | DNF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 fourth places |
Daily standings
[edit]Other information
[edit]Extra awards
[edit]- Blair Cochrane owner of Cobweb
- Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club owner of Vinga
- The Duchess of Westminster owner of Sorais
- C. Wisbeck owner of Fram
Further reading
[edit]- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- "Sailing at the 1908 London Summer Games: Mixed 8 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Royal Victoria Yacht Club". Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Official Report, p. 41.
"London 1908". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.