Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8-Metre^[1]
at the Games of the V Olympiad
8-Metre; at the Games of the V Olympiad
	Line drawing of the 8-Metre
Venue	Nynäshamn
Dates	First race: 20 July 1912; Last race: 22 July 1912
Competitors	36 from 4 nations
Teams	7
Medalists
	← 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

Date	July
Date	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	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
Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	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

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:

Taifun: Thoralf Glad
Sans Atout: Bengt Heyman
Lucky Girl: Bertil Tallberg & Gunnar Tallberg

References

^ ^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.
^ The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used.
^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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

[A-1] The Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). Erik Bergvall (ed.). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 – Official Report (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

[Scoring_System-2] The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used.

[B-3] "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

Contents

Race schedule^[1]

Course area and course configuration

Weather conditions^[1]

Final results^[2]^[3]

Daily standings

Notes

Other information

Prizes

Further reading

References

Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

Race schedule[1]

Course area and course configuration

Weather conditions[1]

Final results[2][3]

Daily standings

Notes

Other information

Prizes

Further reading

References

Race schedule^[1]

Weather conditions^[1]

Final results^[2]^[3]