Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
8 Metre; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Firth of Kiel
Dates	4–12 August
Competitors	60 from 10 nations
Teams	10
Medalists
	← 1932

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 60 sailors, on 10 boats, from 10 nations competed.^[1]

Results[]

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Sail no.^[a]	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Tie breaker	Total points^[b]
Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Sail no.^[a]	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Tie breaker	Total points^[b]
	Giovanni Reggio (ITA)	Bruno Bianchi Luigi De Manincor Domenico Mordini Enrico Poggi Luigi Poggi	Italia	I 20	2	9	5	6	6	5	1	10	3	8	3	8	2	9		55
	Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen (NOR)	John Ditlev-Simonsen Lauritz Schmidt Hans Struksnæs Jacob Tullin Thams Nordahl Wallem	Silja	N 26	3	8	1	10	2	9	6	5	5	6	4	7	3	8	1	53
	Hans Howaldt (GER)	Fritz Bischoff Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Eduard Mohr Felix Scheder-Bieschin Otto Wachs	Germania III	G 9	6	5	2	9	4	7	4	7	1	10	1	10	6	5	2	53
4	Tore Holm (SWE)	Marcus Wallenberg Wilhelm Moberg Detlov von Braun Per Gedda Bo Westerberg	Ilderim	S 16	1	10	3	8	1	10	3	8	6	5	DSQ	0	1	10		51
5	Gunnar Grönblom (FIN)	Hilding Silander Oscar Sumelius Olof Wallin Sven Grönblom Walter Kjellberg	Cheerio	L 7	5	6	6	5	3	8	7	4	4	7	DSQ	0	4	7		37
6	Kenneth Preston (GBR)	Robert Steele Joseph Compton John Eddy Beryl Preston Francis Preston	Saskia	K 26	4	7	4	7	5	6	5	6	9	2	5	6	9	2		36
7	Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre (ARG)	Mario Ortíz Luis Domingo Aguirre Hipólito Gil Rafael Ernesto Iglesias Guillermo Peralta	Matrero II	A 5	8	3	7	4	7	4	9	2	8	3	6	5	7	4		25
8	Niels Wal Hansen (DEN)	Hans Tholstrup Otto Gunnar Danielsen Carl Berntsen Vagn Kastrup Niels Schibbye	Anitra	D 1	9	2	10	1	10	1	2	9	2	9	DSQ	0	DNF	0		22
9	Pierre Arbaut (FRA)	Pierre Gaudermen Rémi Schelcher Charles Gaulthier Henri Bachet Ernest Granier	EA II	F 8	10	1	9	2	9	2	DSQ	0	7	4	2	9	8	3		21
10	Owen Churchill (USA)	Robert Sutton Carl Dorsey William Keane Frederick Shick Antonia Churchill	Angelita	US 18	7	4	8	3	8	3	8	3	10	1	dsq	0	5	6		20

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, SO = Sailed over
= Male, = Female

^ Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.
^ The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.

Daily standings[]

Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1936 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Outer Course[]

All starts were scheduled for 10:30.
The position of the outercourse was in front of Schilksee were in 1972 the new Olympic center was used. So in 1936 a long distance sailing/towing to the racing area from the old Olympic harbor.

Inner Course area at Kiel

Date	Race	Sky	Wind direction	Wind speed (m/s)	Actual starting time	Remark
4 August 1936	I	Overcast, Occasional rain	SW	12	12:05	Postponement storm at the outer bay > 16 m/s
5 August 1936	II	Sunshine, Later overcast and rain	WSW	3–4	10:30
6 August 1936	III	Sunny	WSW	5–6	10:30
7 August 1936	IV	Slightly overcast	NE	2	10:40	Postponement due to calm
8 August 1936	V	Foggy later slightly overcast	NE	2–3	11:45	Postponement due to fog
9 August 1936	VI	Calm	ENE	2–3	11:50	Postponement due to calm
10 August 1936	VII	Fine	SE	2–3	10:30
12 August 1936	VII	Slightly overcast	E	4–5	14:05

Notes[]

^ "Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics: 8 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

References[]

(ed.) Richter, Dr. Friedrich (1936). The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume I (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
(ed.) Richter, Dr. Friedrich (1936). The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume II (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
"Berlin 1936". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

[2] Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.

[3] The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.

[1] "Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics: 8 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

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