Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Class C

Class C (6.5–8 m) motorboating at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Southampton Water
Date	August 29
Competitors	5 from 1 nation
Medalists
Gyrinus  Great Britain

Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Class A (open)		mixed
Class B (<60 ft)		mixed
Class C (6.5–8 m)		mixed

The Class C (6.5 to 8 metres) was one of three motorboating classes contested on the Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

The first race of 29 August was the small class of boats. Gyrinus, which had won the B class the day before, appeared again. This time her competition was Sea Dog. Again, however, Gyrinus was the only boat to finish, as Sea Dog experienced engine problems and had to be towed off the course.

Results

Place	Boat	Boaters	Nation	Time
1 !	Gyrinus	John Field-Richards Bernard Boverton Redwood Isaac Thomas Thornycroft	Great Britain	Unknown
–	Sea Dog	Thomas Weston Warwick Wright	Great Britain	Did not finish

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Motorboating 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 28 May 2006. 
• OlyMADMen. "Motorboating at the 1908 London Summer Games: Mixed B-Class". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 22 May 2009.