Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre[1] at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Line drawing of an 8 Metre yacht from 1908
Venue	Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde[2]
Dates	First race: July 27, 1908 (1908-07-27) Last race: July 29, 1908 (1908-07-29)
Competitors	24 Male and 1 female (Documented) from 3 nations
Teams	5
Medalists
Blair Cochrane, Charles Campbell, John Rhodes, Henry Sutton, Arthur Wood  Great Britain Carl Hellström, Eric Sandberg, Edmund Thormählen, Erik Wallerius, Harald Wallin  Sweden Philip Hunloke, Alfred Hughes, Frederick Hughes, George Ratsey, William Ward, Extra: The Duchess of Westminster  Great Britain

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics program in Ryde. Three races were scheduled. Each nation could enter up to 2 boats.^[3] 26 sailors, on 5 boats, from 3 nation competed.

Race schedule^[1]

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Event competitions

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Event finals

Date	July					August
	27 Mon	28 Tue	29 Wed	30 Thu	31 Fri	1 Sat	2 Sun	3 Mon	4 Tue	5 Wed	6 Thu	7 Fri	8 Sat	9 Sun	10 Mon	11 Tue	12 Wed
8-Metre	●	●	●
Total gold medals			1

Course area

The following course was used during the 1908 Olympic 6 Metre regattas in all three races:

• Start at Ryde Pier
• №3. Fairway Buoy
• West Measured Mile Buoy
• Boyne Buoy off Portsmouth Spit
• Finish at Ryde Pier

Two rounds for a total of 16 nautical miles (30 km).

1908 Olympic Course Area, Ryde

Weather conditions

Date	Race	Deiscription	Sea	Wind direction	Start
27-JUL-1908	1	Light wind. More wind in the second round	Calm	to	12:30
28-JUL-1908	2	Extreme light wind.	death calm		12:30
29-JUL-1908	3	Very light breeze, fluking. Late in the afternoon true wind, moderate	Calm		12:30

Final results^[1]

The 1908 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
1	Great Britain	Blair Cochrane	Charles Campbell John Rhodes Henry Sutton Arthur Wood	Cobweb	1	3	1	3	4	0	2 first places
2	Sweden	Carl Hellström	Eric Sandberg Edmund Thormählen Erik Wallerius Harald Wallin	Vinga	5	0	4	0	1	1	1 first place
3	Great Britain	George Ratsey	Alfred Hughes Frederick Hughes Philip Hunloke William Dudley Ward The Duchess of Westminster (Extra)	Sorais	2	2	3	1	2	2	2 second places
4	Norway	Johan Anker	Eilert Falch-Lund Einar Hvoslef Magnus Konow Hagbart Steffens	Fram	3	1	2	2	3	1	1 second place
5	Sweden	John Carlsson	Edvin Hagberg Karl Ljungberg Hjalmar Lönnroth August Olsson	Saga	4	0	DNF	0	5	0	1 fourth places

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1908 Summer Olympics

Other information

Extra awards

Gilt commemorative medal:

• Blair Cochrane owner of Cobweb

Silver commemorative medal:

• Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club owner of Vinga
• The Duchess of Westminster owner of Sorais
• C. Wisbeck owner of Fram

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
• "Sailing at the 1908 London Summer Games: Mixed 8 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

References

1. Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
2. "Royal Victoria Yacht Club". Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
3. Official Report, p. 41.

"London 1908". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.