Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre
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8 Metre[1] at the Games of the IV Olympiad
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Line drawing of a 7 Metre yacht from 1908
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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 | |
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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. 26 sailors, on 5 boats, from 3 nation competed.
Contents
Race schedule[1]
● | 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 |
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8-Metre | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
Total gold medals | 1 |
Course area
The following course was used during the 1908 Olympic 6-Metre regattas in all three races:
- Start at Ryde Pier
- №3. Fairway Bouy
- 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
Date | Race | Deiscription | Sea | Wind direction | Start |
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27-JUL-1908 | 1 | Light wind. More wind in the second round | Calm | 50px to 50px | 12:30 |
28-JUL-1908 | 2 | Extreme light wind. | death calm | 50px | 12:30 |
29-JUL-1908 | 3 | Very light breeze, fluking. Late in the afternoon true wind, moderate | Calm | 50px | 12:30 |
Final results[1]
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 | Great Britain |
Blair Cochrane | Charles Campbell John Rhodes Henry Sutton Arthur Wood |
Cobweb | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 first places |
2 | Sweden |
Carl Hellström | File:Bronze medal icon blank.svg Eric Sandberg File:Bronze medal icon blank.svg Edmund Thormählen File:Bronze medal icon blank.svg Erik Wallerius File:Bronze medal icon blank.svg Harald Wallin |
Vinga | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 first place |
3 | Great Britain |
File:Bronze medal icon blank.svg George Ratsey | Diploma Alfred Hughes Diploma Frederick Hughes Diploma Philip Hunloke Diploma William Dudley Ward Diploma The Duchess of Westminster (Extra) |
Sorais | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 second places |
4 | Norway |
Johan Anker | Eilert Falch-Lund Einar Hvoslef Magnus Konow Hagbart Steffens |
Fram | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 second place |
5 | Sweden |
John Carlsson | Edvin Hagberg Karl Ljungberg Hjalmar Lönnroth August Olsson |
Saga | 4 | 0 | DNF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 fourth places |
Legend: DNF – Did not finish;
Gender: – male; – female;
Daily standings
Notes
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Other information
Extra awards
- Blair Cochrane owner of Cobweb
- Royal Gothenborg Yacht Club owner of Vinga
- The Duchess of Westminster owner of Sorais
- C. Wisbeck owner of Fram
Further reading
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References
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