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Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. Seven races were scheduled. 45 sailors, on 8 boats, from 8 nations competed.

8 Metre[1]
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 8 Metre
VenueZuiderzee
DatesFirst race: August 2, 1928 (1928-08-02)
Last race: August 9, 1928 (1928-08-09)
Competitors43 Male and
2 Female from 8 nations
Teams8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Donatien Bouché; André Derrien;
Virginie Hériot; André Lesauvage;
Jean Lesieur;Carl de la Sablière		  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johannes van Hoolwerff; Lambertus Doedes;
Henk Kersken; Maarten de Wit;
Cornelis van Staveren; Gerard de Vries Lentsch		  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Clarence Hammar; Tore Holm;
Carl Sandblom; John Sandblom;
Philip Sandblom; Wilhelm Törsleff		  Sweden
← 1924
1932 →

Race schedule[1] edit

 ●  Event competitions  ●  Event finals
Date August
2nd
Thu		 3rd
Fri		 4th
Sat		 5th
Sun		 6th
Mon		 7th
Tue		 8th
Wed		 9th
8 Metre ● ● ● ● Spare
day 		● ● ●
Total gold medals 1

Course area and course configuration[1] edit

For the 8 Metre the used courses were about 5 nm out of the locks, East of the Isle of Marken on the Zuiderzee.

At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish. Waves could be steep and short due to the shallow waters.

1928 Olympic Course Areas
 
Course area and courses for the 8 Metre

Weather conditions [2] edit

Date Race Wind speed Wind direction
2-AUG-1928 1st Race 7 knots (3.6 m/s) -
10 knots (5.1 m/s)		  
3-AUG-1928 2nd Race 8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)		  
4-AUG-1928 3rd Race 11 knots (5.7 m/s) -
17 knots (8.7 m/s)		  
5-AUG-1928 4th Race 13 knots (6.7 m/s) -
21 knots (11 m/s)		  
7-AUG-1928 5th Race 8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)		  
8-AUG-1928 6th Race 10 knots (5.1 m/s) -
13 knots (6.7 m/s)		  
9-AUG-1928 7th Race 10 knots (5.1 m/s) -
15 knots (7.7 m/s)		  

Results[3] edit

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

Final results[4] edit

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Sail No. Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
    France Donatien Bouché   André Derrien  
Virginie Hériot  
André Lesauvage  
Jean Lesieur  
Carl de la Sablière  		 F 1 L’Aile VI 7   1 Q 8 DNS[5] 2 Q 4   1   1   3 x 1st
    Netherlands Johannes van Hoolwerff   Lambertus Doedes  
Henk Kersken  
Cornelis van Staveren  
Gerard de Vries Lentsch  
Maarten de Wit  		 H 1 Hollandia 1 Q 3 Q 1 Q 3 Q 2   2   3   2 x 1st
2 x 2nd
3 x 3rd
    Sweden Clarence Hammar   Tore Holm  
Carl Sandblom  
John Sandblom  
Philip Sandblom  
Wilhelm Törsleff  		 S 3 Sylvia 3 Q 4   2 Q 1 Q 1   4   2   2 x 1st
2 x 2nd
1 x 3rd
4   Italy Francesco Giovanelli   Carlo Alberto D'Albertis  
Marcantonio De Beaumont-Bonelli  
Mario Bruzzone  
Guido Giovanelli  
Edoardo Moscatelli  		 I 11 Bamba 8 RET 2 Q 6 RET 7 DSQ 5   3       1 x 2nd
1 x 3rd
1 x 5th
4   Norway Bernhard Lund   Halfdan Hansen  
Magnus Konow  
Jens Salvesen  
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen  		 N 25 Noreg 2 Q 8 DSQ 6 RET 7 RET[6] 3   5       1 x 2nd
1 x 3rd
1 x 5th
6   United States Owen Churchill   Manfred Curry  
Frank Hekma  
Nicholas Hekma  
Ben Weston  		 US Babe 6   6   3 Q 7 RET 8 DNS 8 DNS 8 DNS 1 x 3rd
7   Great Britain Ernest Roney   Philip Falle  
Thomas Riggs  
Esmond Roney  
Margaret Roney  
Thomas Skinner  		 K Feo 4   5   8 DNS 7 RET             1 x 4th
1 x 5th
8   Argentina Rafael Iglesias   Miguel Bosch  
Pedro Dates  
Horacio Seeber  
Carlos Serantes  		 A Cupidon III 5   8 RET 4   8 RET             1 x 4th
1 x 5th

Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Q – Qualifying race; RET – Retired;
Gender:   – male;   – female;

Daily standings edit

 
Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1928 Summer Olympics

Notes edit

Maximum number of entrants[1] edit

For the Int. 8-metres class 1 yacht from each country, crewed by 6 amateurs maximum (maximum number of substitutes 6).

Other information edit

During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

8 Metre sailors at the 1928 Olympic Games

Further reading edit

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  • "Sailing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:Mixed 8 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Rossum, G. van, ed. (1928). The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Official Report (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland". KNMI. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Note". If it is not clear from other sources, it is assumed that the first person mentioned in the crewlist of the official report is the helmsmen.
  5. ^ "Olympisch zeilen". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. 6 August 1928. The France yacht was not ready in time to be towed to the starting area.
  6. ^ "Note". Dismasted.
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