Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four sailing events were contested. Three were held from July 27, 1908 to July 29, 1908 on the Solent off the coast of Ryde, while the 12 metre class contested its races on August 11, 1908 and August 12, 1908 on the River Clyde. The competitions were organised by the Yacht Racing Association.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
6 metre class details	Great Britain (GBR) Dormy Gilbert Laws Thomas McMeekin Charles Crichton	Belgium (BEL) Zut Léon Huybrechts Louis Huybrechts Henri Weewauters	France (FRA) Guyoni Henri Arthus Louis Potheau Pierre Rabot
7 metre class details	Great Britain (GBR) Heroine Charles Rivett-Carnac Richard Dixon Norman Bingley Frances Rivett-Carnac	none	none
8 metre class details	Great Britain (GBR) Cobweb Blair Cochrane Arthur Wood Henry Sutton John Rhodes Charles Campbell	Sweden (SWE) Vinga Carl Hellström Edmund Thormählen Erik Wallerius Eric Sandberg Harald Wallin	Great Britain (GBR) Sorais Philip Hunloke Alfred Hughes Frederick Hughes George Ratsey William Ward
12 metre class details	Great Britain (GBR) Hera Thomas Glen-Coats Arthur Downes John Downes John Buchanan David Dunlop John Mackenzie Gerald Tait James Bunten Albert Martin John Aspin	Great Britain (GBR) Mouchette Charles MacIver Cecil R. MacIver James Baxter William Davidson John Spence Thomas Littledale John Jellico Charles McLeod-Robertson James Kenion J.A. Gardiner	none

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 64 sailors (63 men and 1(*) woman) from 5 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

• Belgium (3)
• France (3)
• Great Britain (40) (men:39 women:1)
• Norway (5)
• Sweden (13)

(*) NOTE: Only Mrs. Frances Rivett-Carnac competed for Great Britain.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	1	6
2	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
4	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
• 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 7 May 2006.

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