| 8 Metre at the Games of the IV Olympiad |
|||||||
Gold medalist Cobweb |
|||||||
| Venue | Ryde | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | July 27 – 29 | ||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 3 nations | ||||||
| Teams | 5 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
|
|||||||
| 1912» | |||||||
| Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Metre | Open | ||||
| 7 Metre | Open | ||||
| 8 Metre | Open | ||||
| 12 Metre | Open | ||||
| 15 Metre | Open | (No entries) | |||
The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics program in Ryde. Three races were scheduled. 26 sailors, on 5 boats, from 3 nation competed.
Contents |
Rank |
Helmsman (Country) | Medal | Crew | Medal | Yachtname | Race I | Race II | Race III | 1's | 2's | 3's | 4's | 5's | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blair Cochrane (GBR) | Charles Campbell John Rhodes Henry Sutton Arthur Wood |
Cobweb | 1 3:52:14 |
1 4:35:56 |
4 +05:15 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Carl Hellström (SWE) | Eric Sandberg Edmund Thormählen Erik Wallerius Harald Wallin |
Vinga | 5 +55:56 |
4 +40:25 |
1 4:52:31 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Philip Hunloke (GBR) | Alfred Hughes Frederick Hughes George Ratsey William Ward Extra: Shelagh Cornwallis-West (Duchess of Westminster) |
Diploma | Sorais | 2 +00:31 |
3 +03:19 |
2 +03:58 |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Johan Anker (NOR) | Eilert Falch-Lund Einar Hvoslef Magnus Konow Hagbart Steffens |
Fram | 3 +05:471 |
2 +03:17 |
3 +04:39 |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | John Carlsson (SWE) | Edvin Hagberg Karl Ljungberg Hjalmar Lönnroth August Olsson |
Saga | 4 +44:28 |
DNF | 5 +08:14 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
= Male, = Female
Each day the following course was used:
Two rounds for a total of 16 nm.