Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - 8 metre class
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The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics
The sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics consisted of a total of four sailing classes . For each class two ordinary races were scheduled from July 19, 1912 to July 27, 1912 of the coast of Nynäshamn...

 program in Nynäshamn
Nynäshamn
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. Two races were scheduled plus eventual sail-off's. 41 sailors, on 8 boats, from 5 nation entered.

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Owner(s) Race I Race II Total
points
Sail-off
TimeRankPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRank
1 Thomas Aas
Thomas Aas
Thomas Valentin Aas was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Andreas Brecke
Andreas Brecke
Andreas Bang Brecke was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....

 
Torleiv Corneliussen
Torleiv Corneliussen
Torleiv Schibsted Corneliussen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Christian Jebe
Christian Jebe
Christian Fredrik Jebe was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Taifun Thoralf Glad
Thoralf Glad
Thoralf Glad was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
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2 Emil Henriques
Emil Henriques
Emil Henriques was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Alvar Thiel
Alvar Thiel
Alvar Thiel was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Herbert Westermark
Herbert Westermark
Herbert Westermark was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Nils Westermark
Nils Westermark
Nils Westermark was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Sans Atout Bengt Heyman
Bengt Heyman
Bengt Heyman was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

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3 Arthur Ahnger
Arthur Ahnger
Arthur Ahnger was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Lucky Girl, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Emil Lindh
Emil Lindh
Emil Aleksander Lindh was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Gunnar Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Lucky Girl, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Georg Westling 
Lucky Girl Bertil Tallberg
Bertil Tallberg
Bertil Tallberg was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Lucky Girl, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Gunnar Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Lucky Girl, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

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4 Curt Andstén
Curt Andstén
Curt Magnus Wilhelm Andstén was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Örn, which finished fourth in the 8 metre class competition.-External links:*...

 
Jarl Andstén 
Carl Girsén 
Bertel Juslén 
Örn Gustaf Estlander
Gustaf Estlander
Gustaf Axel Estlander was one of the most successful Scandinavian yacht designers of the early 20th century. He was born and educated in Finland, later set up a yacht yard in Germany, and spent his final years in Sweden. As a sporty youth, Estlander in 1894 sailed from Finland to Sweden in a canoe...

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5 Yevgeny Kuhn 
Yevgeny Lomach 
Viktor Markov 
Pavel Pavlov 
Norman Ventseslav Kuzmichev |+02:53 |4 |0 |+03:16 |5 |0 |0 | |
Johan Sjöqvist
Johan Sjöqvist
Johan Arvid Sjöqvist was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat R.S.Y.C., which finished fifth in the 8 metre class competition....

 
Ragnar Gripe
Ragnar Gripe
Ragnar Gripe was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat R. S. Y. C., which finished fifth in the 8 metre class competition.-External links:*...

 
Thorsten Grönfors
Thorsten Grönfors
Thorsten G. M. H. Grönfors was a Swedish sailor and tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat R. S. Y. C., which finished fifth in the 8 metre class competition....

 
Gunnar Månsson
Gunnar Månsson
Gunnar "Gustaf" Månsson was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat R. S. Y. C., which finished fifth in the 8 metre class competition....

 
Emil Hagström
Emil Hagström
Emil Hagström was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat R. S. Y. C., which finished fifth in the 8 metre class competition.-External links:*...

 
R. S. Y. C.
K.S.S.S.
Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet |+07:47 |6 |0 |+03:43 |6 |0 |0 | |
7 align=left | align=left|Johan Farber 
Vladimir Ilyevich 
Vladimir Lurasov 
Nikolay Podgornov 
Bylina Herman von Adlerberg |+12:00 |7 |0 |+08:44 |7 |0 |0 | |
Unknown Lucie IV Unknown | |DNS |0 | |DNS |0 |0 | |

DNS = Did Not Start
= Male, = Female

Prizes

The following prizes were handed out:
  • 1st place:
    • Gold Olympic Medal to the helmsman
    • Silver-Gilt Olympic Medal to the crew
    • Commemorative Plaque of the Royal Swedish Yacht Club to the owner
  • 2nd place:
    • Silver Olympic Medal to the helmsman and crew
    • Commemorative Plaque of the Royal Swedish Yacht Club to the owner
  • 3rd place:
    • Bronze Olympic Medal to the helmsman and crew
    • Commemorative Plaque of the Royal Swedish Yacht Club to the owner

Conditions


Conditions
DateWind directionWind 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
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