Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre^[1]
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
8 Metre; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
	Line drawing of the 8 Metre
Venue	Zuiderzee
Dates	First race: August 2, 1928; Last race: August 9, 1928
Competitors	43 Male and; 2 Female from 8 nations
Teams	8
Medalists
	← 1924 1932 →

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.

Race schedule^[1]

●	Event competitions	●	Event finals

Date	August
Date	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]

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]

Date	Race	Wind speed
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]

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

Final results^[4]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No.	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total
Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No.	Boat	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Total
	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

Notes

Maximum number of entrants^[1]

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

Other information

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

Virginie Hériot (FRA)
Magnus Konow (NOR)

References

^ ^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.
^ "Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland". KNMI. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Olympisch zeilen". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. 6 August 1928. The France yacht was not ready in time to be towed to the starting area.
^ "Note". Dismasted.

[A-1] 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.

[E-2] "Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland". KNMI. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[B-3] "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

[D-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.

[C-5] "Olympisch zeilen". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. 6 August 1928. The France yacht was not ready in time to be towed to the starting area.

[F-6] "Note". Dismasted.

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Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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6 Metre	Open
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Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

Race schedule[1]

Course area and course configuration[1]

Weather conditions [2]

Results[3]

Final results[4]