Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

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.

8-Metre[1] 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
Thoralf Glad, Thomas Aas, Andreas Brecke, Torleiv Corneliussen, Christian Jebe  Norway Bengt Heyman, Emil Henriques, Alvar Thiel, Herbert Westermark, Nils Westermark  Sweden Bertil Tallberg, Arthur Ahnger, Emil Lindh, Gunnar Tallberg, Georg Westling  Finland

Race schedule[1]

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Tie breakers

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Closing ceremony

Date	July
	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	Wind direction	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
					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 Girsén Bertel Juslén	Örn	2:17:28	1	2:14:54	1
5	Russia	Herman von Adlerberg	Johan Farber Vladimir Yelevich Vladimir Lurasov Nikolay Podgornov	Bylina	2:27:59	0	2:21:43	0
5	Russia	Ventseslav 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

Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1912 Summer Olympics

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:

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

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

References

1. 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". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.