Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - 8 metre class
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The 8 metre class was one of four 'metre' classes featured on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Competition was carried out over three races. Cobweb won two of the three, while Vinga took top honours in the third.
[edit] Standings
| Place | Boat | Crew | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cobweb | Blair Cochrane Arthur Wood Hugh Sutton John Rhodes Charles Campbell |
 Great Britain |
| 2 | Vinga | Carl Hellström Edmund Thormählen Erik Wallerius Erik Sandberg Harald Wallin |
 Sweden |
| 3 | Sorais | Philip Hunloke Collingwood Hughes Frederick Hughes George Ratsey William Ward |
Great Britain |
| 4 | Fram | Johan Anker Einar Hvoslef Hagbart Steffens Magnus Konow Eilart Fach Lund |
 Norway |
| 5 | Saga | John Carlsson Edvin Hagberg Hjalmar Lönnroth Karl Ljungberg August Olsson |
Sweden |
[edit] Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). Sailing 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 6 May 2006.
| The 1908 Summer Olympics in London |
| Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
