Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 8 metre class

8 Metre[1]
at the Games of the V Olympiad

The silver medal winning Sans Atout.
Venue Nynäshamn
Dates 20 July (race 1)
21 July (race 2)
22 July (sail-off)
Competitors 41 from 4 nations
Teams 8
Medalists
    Norway
    Sweden
    Finland
«1908 1920»
Sailing at the
 1912 Summer Olympics 
6 Metre Open
8 Metre Open
10 Metre Open
12 Metre Open

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. 41 sailors, on 8 boats, from 5 nation entered.

Contents

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Owner(s) Race I Race II Total
points
Sail-off[2]
Time Rank Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
1  Thoralf Glad  (NOR) Thomas Aas
Andreas Brecke
Torleiv Corneliussen
Christian Jebe
Taifun Thoralf Glad +00:39 1 7 2:23:44 1 7 14
2  Bengt Heyman  (SWE) Emil Henriques
Alvar Thiel
Herbert Westermark
Nils Westermark
Sans Atout Bengt Heyman +00:41 2 3 +03:05 4 0 3 2:26:44 1
3  Bertil Tallberg  (FIN) Arthur Ahnger
Emil Lindh
Gunnar Tallberg
Georg Westling
Lucky Girl Bertil Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
+05:04 5 0 +01:51 2 3 3 +00:57 2
4  Gustaf Estlander  (FIN) Curt Andstén
Jarl Andstén
Carl Girsén
Bertel Juslén
Örn Gustaf Estlander +01:29 3 1 +01:55 3 1 2
5  Ventseslav Kuzmichev  (RUS) Yevgeny Kuhn
Yevgeny Lomach
Viktor Markov
Pavel Pavlov
Norman Ventseslav Kuzmichev +02:53 4 0 +03:16 5 0 0
 Fritz Sjöqvist  (SWE)[3] Johan Sjöqvist
Ragnar Gripe
Thorsten Grönfors
Gunnar Månsson
Emil Hagström
R. S. Y. C.
K.S.S.S.
Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet +07:47 6 0 +03:43 6 0 0
7  Herman von Adlerberg  (RUS) Johan Farber
Vladimir Ilyevich
Vladimir Lurasov
Nikolay Podgornov
Bylina Herman von Adlerberg +12:00 7 0 +08:44 7 0 0
 Unknown  (SWE) Unknown Lucie IV Unknown DNS 0 DNS 0 0

DNS = Did Not Start

= Male,  = Female

Prizes

The following prizes were handed out:

Conditions

Conditions
Date Wind direction Wind speed (m/s) Course
20-JUL-1912 ENE 3.6 – 4 3
21-JUL-1912 NEbN 3.9 – 4 2
22-JUL-1912 ENE 4.6 – 5.1

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports Official Reports Olympic Games 1896 – 2004
  2. ^ The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ For this Swedish team it is not clear who the helmsman was. Also the team must have entered a reserve crewmember.

References