Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
6 Metre[1] at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde[2] | ||||||||||||
Dates | First race: July 27, 1908 Last race: July 29, 1908 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 15 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 5 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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6 Metre | Open |
7 Metre | Open |
8 Metre | Open |
12 Metre | Open |
15 Metre | Open (no entries) |
The 6 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] 15 sailors, on 5 boats, from 4 nation competed.
Race schedule[1][]
● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals |
Date | July | August | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |
6-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
- No.2. Mother Bank Buoy
- East Measured Mile Buoy
- East Sturbridge Buoy
- Finish at Ryde Pier
Two rounds for a total of 13 nautical miles (24 km).
1908 Olympic Course Area, Ryde
Weather conditions[]
Date | Race | Deiscription | Sea | Wind direction | Start |
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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 | Gilbert Laws | Thomas McMeekin Charles Crichton |
Dormy[4] | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 first places |
2 | Belgium | Léon Huybrechts | Louis Huybrechts Henri Weewauters |
Zut | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 first place |
3 | France | Henri Arthus | Louis Potheau Pierre Rabot |
Guyoni | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 second places |
4 | Great Britain | John Leuchars | Wilfrid Leuchars Frank Smith |
Sibindi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 second place |
5 | Sweden | Karl-Einar Sjögren | Birger Gustafsson Jonas Jonsson |
Freja | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 fifth places |
Daily standings[]
Other information[]
Extra awards[]
Gilt commemorative medal:
- Thomas McMeekin owner of Dormy
Silver commemorative medal:
- Owner of Zut
- Johan Leuchars owner of Sibindi
- owner of Guyoni
Challenge vase of sèvres china given by the President of the France Republic:
- Thomas McMeekin owner of Dormy
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 6 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- "Olympics, 1908" International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
References[]
- ^ a b c Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Royal Victoria Yacht Club". Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Official Report, p. 41.
- ^ "Yachting Monthly, "Our Portrait Study: Mr. T. D. McMeekin", February 1912". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
"London 1908". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
Categories:
- Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- 6 Metre (keelboat)