The 8 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. 18 sailors, on 6 boats, from 5 nations 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
8-Metre International races
Total gold medals 1
Ceremonies

Course area and course configuration

For the 8-Metre Course B was used.[1]

1912 Olympic Course Area & courses

Weather conditions[1]

Date Race Description Wind speed Wind direction Start
20 July 1912 1 Light easterly breeze 5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
9 knots (17 km/h)
11:30
21 July 1912 2 Light breeze in the morning 4 knots (7.4 km/h) -
6 knots (11 km/h)
11:30
22 July 1912 3 Very light winds 5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
7 knots (13 km/h)
11:10

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  Norway Thoralf Glad Thomas Aas
Andreas Brecke
Torleiv Corneliussen
Christian Jebe
Taifun 2:15:59 7 2:12:59 7
2  Sweden Bengt Heyman Emil Henriques
Alvar Thiel
Herbert Westermark
Nils Westermark
Sans Atout 2:16:40 3 2:16:04 0 2:26:44 7
3  Finland Bertil Tallberg Arthur Ahnger
Emil Lindh
Gunnar Tallberg
Georg Westling
Lucky Girl 2:21:03 0 2:14:50 3 2:27:41 3
4  Finland Gustaf Estlander Curt Andstén
Jarl Andstén
Carl-Oscar Girsén
Bertel Juslén
Örn 2:17:28 1 2:14:54 1
5  Russian Empire Herman von Adlerberg Johan Farber
Vladimir Yelevich
Vladimir Lurasov
Nikolay Podgornov
Bylina 2:27:59 0 2:21:43 0
5  Russian Empire Vyatcheslav Kuzmichev Yevgeny Kun
Yevgeny Lomach
Viktor Markov
Pavel Pavlov
Norman 2:18:52 0 2:16:15 0
5  Sweden Fritz Sjöqvist Johan Sjöqvist
Ragnar Gripe
Thorsten Grönfors
Gunnar Månsson
Emil Hagström
K.S.S.S. 2:23:46 0 2:16:33 0
  • There was one sail-off between Sans Atout and Lucky Girl for place 2 & 3.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1912 Summer Olympics

Notes

In the 8 Metre there was one spare boat:

Country Boatsname
 Sweden Lucie IV

Other information

Prizes

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

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). Erik Bergvall (ed.). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 – Official Report (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ^ The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Stockholm 1912". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

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