Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - 8 metre class

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Sailing at the
1912 Summer Olympics
6 metre class men
8 metre class men
10 metre class men
12 metre class men

The 8 metre class was a sailing event held as part of the Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. Races were held from July 20, 1912 to July 22, 1912 off the coast of Nynäshamn.

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[edit] Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Norway Norway (NOR)
Taifun
Thomas Aas
Andreas Brecke
Torleiv Corneliussen
Thoralf Glad
Christian Jebe
Sweden Sweden (SWE)
Sans Atout
Emil Henriques
Bengt Heyman
Alvar Thiel
Herbert Westermark
Nils Westermark
Finland Finland (FIN)
Lucky Girl
Arthur Ahnger
Erik Lindh
Bertil Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
Georg Westling
The silver medal winning Sans Atout.
The silver medal winning Sans Atout.
The bronze medal winning Lucky Girl.
The bronze medal winning Lucky Girl.


[edit] Results

The first race was held on 20 July, the second on 21 July. 7 points were given for 1st place in each race, with 3 for 2nd place and 1 for 3rd place.

[edit] Races

Race 1
Place Yacht Time Score
1 Norway Taifun (NOR) 2:15:59 7
2 Sweden Sans Atout (SWE) 2:16:40 3
3 Finland Örn (FIN) 2:17:28 1
4 Russia Norman (RUS) 2:18:52 0
5 Finland Lucky Girl (FIN) 2:21:03 0
6 Sweden R. S. Y. C. (SWE) 2:23:46 0
7 Russia Bylina (RUS) 2:27:59 0
Race 2
Place Yacht Time Score
1 Norway Taifun (NOR) 2:12:59 7
2 Finland Lucky Girl (FIN) 2:14:50 3
3 Finland Örn (FIN) 2:14:54 1
4 Sweden Sans Atout (SWE) 2:16:04 0
5 Russia Norman (RUS) 2:16:15 0
6 Sweden R. S. Y. C. (SWE) 2:16:33 0
7 Russia Bylina (RUS) 2:21:43 0
The gold medal winning Taifun in front of the Russian Norman and the Finnish Örn.
The gold medal winning Taifun in front of the Russian Norman and the Finnish Örn.


[edit] Final standings

A race-off was required for second place.

Place Boat Owners Sailors Nation Race 1 Race 2 Total Race-off
1 Taifun Thoralf Glad Thomas Aas
Andreas Brecke
Torleiv Corneliussen
Thoralf Glad
Christian Jebe
Norway Norway (NOR) 7 7 14 -
2 Sans Atout Bengt Heyman Emil Henriques
Bengt Heyman
Alvar Thiel
Herbert Westermark
Nils Westermark
Sweden Sweden (SWE) 3 0 3 2:26:44
3 Lucky Girl Bertil Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
Arthur Ahnger
Erik Lindh
Bertil Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
Georg Westling
Finland Finland (FIN) 0 3 3 2:27:41
4 Örn Gustaf Estlander Gustaf Estlander
Curt Andstén
Jarl Andstén
Carl Girsén
Bertel Juslén
Finland Finland (FIN) 1 1 2 -
5 Norman Ventseslav Kuzmichev Ventseslav Kuzmichev
Yevgeny Kuhn
Pavel Pavlov
Viktor Markov
Yevgeny Lomach
Russia Russia (RUS) 0 0 0 -
R. S. Y. C.[1] Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet Fritz Sjöqvist
Johan Sjöqvist
Ragnar Gripe
Thorsten Grönfors
Gunnar Månsson
Emil Hagström
Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 0 0 -
Bylina Herman von Adlerberg Herman von Adlerberg
Johan Farber
Vladimir Ilyevich
Vladimir Lurasov
Nikolay Podgornov
Russia Russia (RUS) 0 0 0 -
  1. ^ other sources call this boat K.S.S.S. 1912

[edit] References

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 20 January 2007. (Polish)