Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 10 Metre

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10-Metre [1]
at the Games of the V Olympiad
10 Metre at the 1912 Olympics.svg
Line drawing of the 10-Metre
Venue Nynäshamn
DatesFirst race: 20 July 1912 (1912-07-20)
Last race: 22 July 1912 (1912-07-22)
Competitors28 from 3 nations
Teams4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Filip Ericsson, Carl Hellström, Paul Isberg, Humbert Lundén, Herman Nyberg, Harry Rosenswärd, Erik Wallerius, Harald Wallin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Harry Wahl, Waldemar Björkstén, Jacob Björnström, Bror Brenner, Allan Franck, Erik Lindh, Juho Aarne Pekkalainen Flag of Russia.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Esper Beloselsky, Ernst Brasche, Karl Lindholm, Nikolay Pushnitsky, Aleksandr Rodionov, Joseph von Schomacker, Philipp Strauch Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire
1920  

The 10 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. 28 sailors, on 4 boats, from 3 nation entered.

Race schedule

Source: [1]

  Opening ceremony  Event competitions  Tie breakers  Closing ceremony
DateJuly
19
Fri
20
Sat
21
Sun
22
Mon
23
Tue
24
Wed
25
Thu
26
Fri
27
Sat
10-MetreInternational races
Total gold medals1
Ceremonies

Course area and course configuration

For the 10-Metre Course A was used. [1]

1912 Olympic Course Area & courses
1912 Olympic courses.png

Weather conditions

Date [1] RaceDeiscriptionWind speedWind directionStart
20-JUL-19121Beautiful weather with a light easterly breeze.5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
9 knots (17 km/h)
ENE Wind.svg 11:15
21-JUL-19122Only a light breeze was blowing in the morning.4 knots (7.4 km/h) -
6 knots (11 km/h)
NNE Wind.svg 11:15
22-JUL-19123As beautiful as could be with very light winds5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
7 knots (13 km/h)
ENE Wind.svg 11:00

Final results

Sources: [2] [3]

The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

RankCountry Helmsman CrewBoatRace 1Race 2Race 3
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Filip Ericsson Carl Hellström
Paul Isberg
Humbert Lundén
Herman Nyberg
Harry Rosenswärd
Erik Wallerius
Harald Wallin
Kitty (designed by Alfred Mylne)3:46:0473:43:517
2Flag of Russia.svg  Finland Harry Wahl Waldemar Björkstén
Jacob Björnström
Bror Brenner
Allan Franck
Erik Lindh
Juho Aarne Pekkalainen
Nina3:59:0733:50:0914:21:417
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Iosif Shomaker [4] Esper Beloselsky
Ernest Brasche
Karl Lindholm
Nikolay Pushnitsky
Aleksandr Rodionov
Philipp Strauch
Gallia II3:59:2013:45:3834:23:173
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Wilhelm Forsberg Bertil Bothén
Björn Bothén
Erik Lindén
Arvid Perslow
Erik Waller
Marga4:01:1103:50:300
  • There was one sail-off between Nina and Gallia II for place 2 & 3.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 10 Metre during the 1912 Summer Olympics 1912 10 METRE Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the 10 Metre during the 1912 Summer Olympics

Notes

In the 10 Metre was chosen for this Olympics above the 7 Metre since 10 Metre outnumbered the 7 Metre in boats build.

Other information

Prizes

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

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). Erik Bergvall (ed.). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 – Official Report (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. Наши парусные гонки в 1912 году. Рулевой, журнал Российского парусного гоночного союза. 1913, апрель, с 3.

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