Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

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8-Metre [1]
at the Games of the V Olympiad
8 Metre 1908.svg
Line drawing of the 8-Metre
Venue Nynäshamn
DatesFirst race: 20 July 1912 (1912-07-20)
Last race: 22 July 1912 (1912-07-22)
Competitors36 from 4 nations
Teams7
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Thoralf Glad, Thomas Aas, Andreas Brecke, Torleiv Corneliussen, Christian Jebe Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Bengt Heyman, Emil Henriques, Alvar Thiel, Herbert Westermark, Nils Westermark Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Bertil Tallberg, Arthur Ahnger, Emil Lindh, Gunnar Tallberg, Georg Westling Flag of Russia.svg  Finland
  1908
1920  

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
DateJuly
19
Fri
20
Sat
21
Sun
22
Mon
23
Tue
24
Wed
25
Thu
26
Fri
27
Sat
8-MetreInternational races
Total gold medals1
Ceremonies

Course area and course configuration

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

1912 Olympic Course Area & courses
1912 Olympic courses.png

Weather conditions [1]

DateRaceDescriptionWind speedWind directionStart
20 July 19121Light easterly breeze5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
9 knots (17 km/h)
ENE Wind.svg 11:30
21 July 19122Light breeze in the morning4 knots (7.4 km/h) -
6 knots (11 km/h)
NNE Wind.svg 11:30
22 July 19123Very light winds5 knots (9.3 km/h) -
7 knots (13 km/h)
ENE Wind.svg 11:10

Final results [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 Norway.svg  Norway Thoralf Glad Thomas Aas
Andreas Brecke
Torleiv Corneliussen
Christian Jebe
Taifun2:15:5972:12:597
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Bengt Heyman Emil Henriques
Alvar Thiel
Herbert Westermark
Nils Westermark
Sans Atout2:16:4032:16:0402:26:447
3Flag of Russia.svg  Finland Bertil Tallberg Arthur Ahnger
Emil Lindh
Gunnar Tallberg
Georg Westling
Lucky Girl2:21:0302:14:5032:27:413
4Flag of Russia.svg  Finland Gustaf Estlander Curt Andstén
Jarl Andstén
Carl-Oscar Girsén
Bertel Juslén
Örn2:17:2812:14:541
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Herman von Adlerberg Johan Farber
Vladimir Yelevich
Vladimir Lurasov
Nikolay Podgornov
Bylina2:27:5902:21:430
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Vyatcheslav Kuzmichev Yevgeny Kun
Yevgeny Lomach
Viktor Markov
Pavel Pavlov
Norman2:18:5202:16:150
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fritz Sjöqvist Johan Sjöqvist
Ragnar Gripe
Thorsten Grönfors
Gunnar Månsson
Emil Hagström
K.S.S.S.2:23:4602:16:330
  • 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 1912 8 METRE Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1912 Summer Olympics

Notes

In the 8 Metre there was one spare boat:

CountryBoatsname
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lucie IV

Other information

Prizes

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

  1. Taifun: Thoralf Glad
  2. Sans Atout: Bengt Heyman
  3. Lucky Girl: Bertil Tallberg & Gunnar Tallberg

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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. 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.