Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

6 Metre [1] at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Line drawing of a 6-Metre
Venue	Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde [2]
Dates	First race: July 27, 1908 (1908-07-27) Last race: July 29, 1908 (1908-07-29)
Competitors	15 from 4 nations
Teams	5
Medalists
Gilbert Laws, Thomas McMeekin, Charles Crichton   Great Britain Léon Huybrechts, Louis Huybrechts, Henri Weewauters   Belgium Henri Arthus, Louis Potheau, Pierre Rabot   France
1912  →

The 6 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] 15 sailors, on 5 boats, from 4 nation competed.

Race schedule

Source: ^[1]

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Event competitions

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Event finals

Date	July					August
	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
6-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
• No.2. Mother Bank Buoy
• East Measured Mile Buoy
• East Sturbridge Buoy
• Finish at Ryde Pier

Two rounds for a total of 13 nautical miles (24 km).

1908 Olympic Course Area, Ryde

Weather conditions

Date	Race	Deiscription	Sea	Wind direction	Start
27-JUL-1908	1	Light wind. More wind in the second round	Calm	to	12:30
28-JUL-1908	2	Extreme light wind.	death calm		12:30
29-JUL-1908	3	Very light breeze, fluking. Late in the afternoon true wind, moderate	Calm		12:30

Final results

Source: ^[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	Gilbert Laws	Thomas McMeekin Charles Crichton	Dormy [4]	1	3	1	3	3	1	2 first places
2	Belgium	Léon Huybrechts	Louis Huybrechts Henri Weewauters	Zut	3	1	4	0	1	3	1 first place
3	France	Henri Arthus	Louis Potheau Pierre Rabot	Guyoni	4	0	2	2	2	2	2 second places
4	Great Britain	John Leuchars	Wilfrid Leuchars Frank Smith	Sibindi	2	2	3	1	4	0	1 second place
5	Sweden	Karl-Einar Sjögren	Birger Gustafsson Jonas Jonsson	Freja	5	0	5	0	5	0	3 fifth places

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre during the 1908 Summer Olympics

Other information

Extra awards

Gilt commemorative medal:

• Thomas McMeekin owner of Dormy

Silver commemorative medal:

• R. Osterrieth Owner of Zut
• Johan Leuchars owner of Sibindi
• R. Delagrave owner of Guyoni

Challenge vase of sèvres china given by the President of the France Republic:

• Thomas McMeekin owner of Dormy

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• "Sailing at the 1908 London Summer Games: Mixed 6 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
• "Olympics, 1908" International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

References

1. Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
2. "Royal Victoria Yacht Club". Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
3. Official Report, p. 41.
4. "Yachting Monthly, "Our Portrait Study: Mr. T. D. McMeekin", February 1912". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

"London 1908". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.