Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's eights
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The men's eights was a rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 event held as part of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics featured 4 events, for men only. All races were held in Djurgårdsbrunnsviken from Thursday, July 17 to Saturday, July 19, 1912.-Medal summary:-Bronze medals:...

 programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from Wednesday, July 17, 1912 to Friday, July 19, 1912.

Ninety-nine rowers from eight nations competed.

Starting List

The following boats and/or rowing clubs participated:
Sydney Rowing Club Toronto Argonaut
Argonaut Rowing Club
The Argonaut Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club in Toronto, Ontario. It is located on Lake Ontario at the foot of Dowling Avenue, south of Lake Shore Boulevard West, west of Exhibition Place. The club was founded in 1872...

Société Nautique de Bayonne Berliner Ruderverein von 1876 Sport Borussia, Berlin Leander
Leander Club
Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

New College, Oxford
New College Boat Club
New College Boat Club is rowing club for the members of New College, Oxford. It is one of the most successful college rowing clubs with 16 men's headships and two women's.-Torpids 2010:Men's 1st VIIIStarted 6th in Div 1, 6th on the river...

Hungária Evezős Egylet Christiania Roklub Göteborgs Roddklubb Roddklubben af 1912

Heats

The heats were held on Wednesday, July 17.

Heat 1: 12 noon The boats kept in company as far as to Stenudden, where the Germans began to show in front, their stroke spurting directly afterwards. The Frenchmen made no response and were soon a length behind. Half way up the course, however, they showed signs of attempting an answering spurt, but went to pieces - in parts. Their opponents rowed as if they meant to win, and as regards style, muscle and training, were quite superior to the Frenchmen, a fact they displayed still more during the last half of the race. The Germans rowed a stroke varying between 32-38 to the minute. The French, rowing from 40-28 per minute, never seriously threatened their opponents, who won by about four lengths.
Heat 1
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 Carl Eichhorn  Ludwig Weihnacht
Richard Friesicke
Andreas Wegener 
Fritz Eggebrecht
Heinrich Landrock
Egbert Reinsfeld 
Gottfried Gelfort  Otto Charlet  6:45.1 QQ
2 Jean Arné  Gabriel St. Laurent
Marius Lenjeune
Louis Lafitte 
Jean Elichagaray
Jean Elichagaray
Jean Baptiste Pierre Eugène Elichagaray was a French rower who competed in the men's eights event at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. A member of the Société Nautique de Bayonne, he was eliminated in the opening heats alongside Jean Arné, Gabriel St...


Joseph Campot
Etienne Lesbats 
Pierre Alvarez  François Elichagaray 


Heat 2: 12.20 p.m. Australia started at 44 for the first half minute, the Swedish keeping to 40. The perfectly trained visitors, who rowed like one man, took the lead after 200 metres and never lost it again. When about half the distance was covered, the Swedish boat showed signs of creeping up the Australians, but the latter increased the pace and passed the boat-huse two clear lengths ahead of their opponents, who showed evident signs of fatigue and were beginning to go pieces. The Australians rowed the whole time at a great pace, with only a slight swing, while the style employed by the Swedes bore greater resemblance to English methods. The home-crew was beaten by more than three lengths.
Heat 2
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 John Ryrie  Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser (Australian rules footballer)
Simon Fraser is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and University.Fraser was also a member of the Australian Rowing Eight which competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-Source:...


Hugh Ward
Thomas Parker 
Henry Hauenstein
Sydney Middleton
Sydney Middleton
Sydney Albert 'Syd' Middleton DSO, OBE was an Australian Army officer and national representative rugby union player and rower. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics and competed in rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He had a distinguished career in World War I being awarded...


Harry Ross-Boden 
Roger Fitzhardinge  Robert Waley  6:57.0 QQ
2 Einar Amundén  Ragnar Bergstedt
Ragnar Bergstedt
Ragnar Bergstedt was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....


Gustaf Broberg
Gustaf Broberg
Gustaf "Gidde" Broberg was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....


Simon Ericsson
Simon Ericsson
Simon Ericsson was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....

 
Ivar Rydberg
Ivar Rydberg
Ivar Rydberg was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....


Anders Almqvist
Anders Almqvist
Anders Almqvist was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....


Arvid Svendel
Arvid Svendel
Arvid Svendel was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....

 
Leif Sörvik
Leif Sörvik
Leif Sörvik was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....

 
Gillis Ahlberg
Gillis Ahlberg
Gillis Ahlberg was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the coxswain of the Swedish boat Göteborgs which was eliminated in the first round of the men's eights tournament....

 


Heat 3: 12.40 p.m. The German crew, which forced Germany's best eight, was in front all the time. The Hungarians rowed at a slower pace than their opponents during the whole of the race; they had a nice recovery but could get no good grip of the water and used the slide incorrectly, pushing it before the body. The Germans, on the other hand, rowed in clean English style, even if they had not the same extraordinarily rapid grip of the water and the swift, easy recovery possessed by their models. The Germans, too, were physically the superior of their opponents, and, before any long time had elapsed, their energetic efforts gave them such a lead that, at the boat-house, more than two lengths separated the boats. All the efforts of the Hungarians were in vain and the Germans won quite easily.
Heat 3
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 Otto Liebing
Otto Liebing
Otto Liebing was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics, as bowman.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
Max Bröske
Max Bröske
Max Bröske was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Max Vetter
Max Vetter
Max Vetter was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Willi Bartholomae
Willi Bartholomae
Willi Bartholomae was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...

 
Fritz Bartholomae
Fritz Bartholomae
Fritz Bartholomae was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Werner Dehn
Werner Dehn
Werner Dehn was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Rudolf Reichelt
Rudolf Reichelt
Rudolf Reichelt was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...

 
Hans Matthiae
Hans Matthiae
Hans Matthiae was a Germany rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the German boat, which won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
Kurt Runge
Kurt Runge
Kurt Runge was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics, a the coxswain.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
6:57.0 QQ
2 István Szebeny  Artúr Baján
Miltiades Manno
Miltiades Manno
Miltiades Manno was a Hungarian rower and artist.He was born in Pančevo, Austria–Hungary and died in Budapest....


István Jeney 
Lajos Gráf
Miklós Szebeny
Antal Szebeny 
György Szebeny  Kálmán Vaskó 


Heat 4: 1 p.m. The Norwegian eight, who were considerably heavier and more powerfully built than their English rivals, got away first, and kept the lead for about 150 metres rowing as much as 40 while New College kept to 38 for the first minute. Both crews rowed excellently, with a long swing and a powerful grip of the water, but the recovery of the Norwegians was not so quiet as that of the Englishmen, neither was the finish all that could be desired. These two faults, or rather, the fact that the Norwegian crew had not reached the same degree of perfection as the English, probably had been covered, rowing a quiet effective stroke of about 32 per minute. New College won by two lengths.
Heat 4
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 William Fison
William Fison
Sir William Guy Fison, MC 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fison was born in London the son of Sir Frederick Fison, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Crossley. His father was MP for Doncaster. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford...

 
William Parker
William Parker (rower)
Sir William Lorenzo Parker, 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Parker was born in Kensington London. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of Sir William Biddulph Parker, 2nd Baronet on 23 January 1902. He was educated at New College, Oxford...


Thomas Gillespie
Thomas Gillespie (rower)
Thomas Cunningham Gillespie was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action in the First World War....


Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Burdekin was born in Dorset but came from an Australian family after whom the Burdekin River was named. He was educated at Cheltenham College and at New College, Oxford...

 
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Archibald Hugo Pitman was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Pitman was born in Edinburgh, the son of Frederick I Pitman, an eminent rower. He was educated at Eton College where he was a successful half-miler and a member of the college eight. He went on to New...


Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Frederick Archibald Wiggins was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wiggins was born in Bournemouth. He was educated at New College, Oxford. In 1912 he was a member of the Oxford Boat in the Boat Race...


Charles Littlejohn
Charles Littlejohn
Charles William Berry Littlejohn MC was a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

 
John Walker
John Walker (rower)
John Drummond Walker was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Walker was born in Oxford, the son of Rev. Edward Newburn Walker, senior tutor of Queens College, Oxford and his wife Gertrude May Hamilton...

 
6:42.5 QQ
2 Einar Sommerfelt  Thomas Høie
Thomas Høie
Thomas Høie was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in coxed eights at the at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-References:...


Harald Herolfson
Olaf Solberg
Olaf Solberg
Olaf Solberg was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in coxed eights and in coxed fours, inriggers at the at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-References:...

 
Gustav Hæhre
Gustav Hæhre
Gustav Hæhre was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in coxed eights and in coxed fours, inriggers at the at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-References:...


Hannibal Fegth
Hannibal Fegth
Hannibal Fegth was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in coxed eights and in coxed fours, inriggers at the at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-References:...


Gunnar Grantz
Gunnar Grantz
Gunnar Grantz was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in coxed eights and in coxed fours, inriggers at the at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He died in the United States.-References:...

 
Otto Krogh
Otto Krogh
Otto Krogh was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in coxed eights at the at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-References:...

 
John Bjørnstad
John Bjørnstad
John Bjørnstad was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in coxed fours and in coxed eights at the at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-References:...

 


Heat 5: 1.20 p.m. The Canadians started at 46, while Leander kept to 40, this falling after a minute first to 38 and then to 36, the representatives of the Maple rowing 40-42 during the whole of the race. The two boats kept side by side for a long time, and the pace, in consequence of the terrific time kept up by Canada, was a most amazing one. At the boat-house, Leander spurted and succeeded in creeping half a length in front, but Canada answered with an immensely long, desperate effort and the issue was doubtful until Djurgård Bridge was passed, when Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 gathered Leander for a final effort which gave the victory to Great Britain by about half a length. Leander rowed in orthodox English style, with a long swing, quiet, finished recovery, a powerful grip of the water and a stroke that was drawn out to the last inch. Canada relied more on muscle, and the tremendous rate at which they rowed prevented a proper recovery. The crew, although beaten, fought like heroes, and lost after the pluckiest struggle imaginable.
Heat 5
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 Edgar Burgess
Edgar Burgess
Edgar Richard Burgess FZS was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Sidney Swann
Sidney Swann
Sidney Ernest Swann was an English clergyman and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Graham Wormwald was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wormwald was born at Maidenhead. He was educated at Eton College where he only rowed in the second eight and then at Magdalen College, Oxford where his rowing showed considerable improvement...


Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Douglas Horsfall DFC, MC was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....

 
James Angus Gillan
James Angus Gillan
Sir Angus Gillan was a British colonial service official and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....


Stanley Garton
Alister Kirby
Alister Kirby
Alister Graham Kirby was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died on service during the First World War....

 
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 
Henry Wells
Henry Wells (rower)
Henry Bensley Wells MBE was an English judge and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
6:22.2 QQ
2 Charles Riddy
Charles Riddy
Charles Riddy was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the member of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours....

 
Phil Boyd
Phil Boyd
Philip "Phil" Ewing Boyd was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Toronto.In 1904 he was a member of Canadian boat, which won the silver medal in the eights....


Albert Kent
William Murphy 
Alex Sinclair
Becher Gale
Becher Gale
Becher Robert Gale was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the member of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours....


Richard Gregory 
Geoffrey Taylor  Winslow McCleary 


Heat 6: 1.40 p.m. The Swedish boat raced without opponent.
Heat 6
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 Gustaf Brunkman
Gustaf Brunkman
Gustaf Brunkman was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament....

 
Per Mattson
Per Mattson
Per Mattson was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament.-References:*...


Sebastian Tamm
Sebastian Tamm
Sebastian Tamm was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament....


Ted Wachtmeister
Ted Wachtmeister
Schering "Ted" Wachtmeister was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament....

 
Conrad Brunkman
Conrad Brunkman
Conrad Brunkman was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....


William Bruhn-Möller
William Bruhn-Möller
William Bruhn-Möller was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....


Ture Rosvall
Ture Rosvall
Ture Rosvall was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers...

 
Herman Dahlbäck
Herman Dahlbäck
Herman Dahlbäck was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Swedish boat which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....

 
Wilhelm Wilkens
Wilhelm Wilkens
Wilhelm "Willie" Wilkens was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the coxswain of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....

 
7:05.2 QQ

Quarterfinals

All quarterfinals were held on Thursday, July 18.

Quarterfinal 1: 3.40 p.m. Both boats got off beautifully and kept side by side for the first 400 metres, the Swedish crew rowing a quicker stroke than New College (35 to 32). By degrees, however, Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

 pushed his boat half a length in front and had this lead on reaching the inner curve at the bath-house, where he spurted in order to make use of the advantage afforded by the position, and the Swedish stroke answered too late. The result was, that at Djurgård Bridge Great Britain led by a length and Herman Dahlbäck
Herman Dahlbäck
Herman Dahlbäck was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Swedish boat which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....

, when on reaching the inner curve of his side of the course, did begin a spurt, but could not get his men to respond to his efforts. In the finish the Swedes regained a little of their lost ground, but they could not prevent New College from winning by a length. It was chiefly Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

's cleverness that decided the race, the manner in which he gathered his crew for the final burst being simply masterly.
Quarterfinal 1
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 William Fison
William Fison
Sir William Guy Fison, MC 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fison was born in London the son of Sir Frederick Fison, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Crossley. His father was MP for Doncaster. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford...

 
William Parker
William Parker (rower)
Sir William Lorenzo Parker, 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Parker was born in Kensington London. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of Sir William Biddulph Parker, 2nd Baronet on 23 January 1902. He was educated at New College, Oxford...


Thomas Gillespie
Thomas Gillespie (rower)
Thomas Cunningham Gillespie was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action in the First World War....


Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Burdekin was born in Dorset but came from an Australian family after whom the Burdekin River was named. He was educated at Cheltenham College and at New College, Oxford...

 
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Archibald Hugo Pitman was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Pitman was born in Edinburgh, the son of Frederick I Pitman, an eminent rower. He was educated at Eton College where he was a successful half-miler and a member of the college eight. He went on to New...


Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Frederick Archibald Wiggins was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wiggins was born in Bournemouth. He was educated at New College, Oxford. In 1912 he was a member of the Oxford Boat in the Boat Race...


Charles Littlejohn
Charles Littlejohn
Charles William Berry Littlejohn MC was a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

 
John Walker
John Walker (rower)
John Drummond Walker was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Walker was born in Oxford, the son of Rev. Edward Newburn Walker, senior tutor of Queens College, Oxford and his wife Gertrude May Hamilton...

 
6:19.0 QS
2 Gustaf Brunkman
Gustaf Brunkman
Gustaf Brunkman was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament....

 
Per Mattson
Per Mattson
Per Mattson was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament.-References:*...


Sebastian Tamm
Sebastian Tamm
Sebastian Tamm was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament....


Ted Wachtmeister
Ted Wachtmeister
Schering "Ted" Wachtmeister was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's eights tournament....

 
Conrad Brunkman
Conrad Brunkman
Conrad Brunkman was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....


William Bruhn-Möller
William Bruhn-Möller
William Bruhn-Möller was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....


Ture Rosvall
Ture Rosvall
Ture Rosvall was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers...

 
Herman Dahlbäck
Herman Dahlbäck
Herman Dahlbäck was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Swedish boat which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....

 
Wilhelm Wilkens
Wilhelm Wilkens
Wilhelm "Willie" Wilkens was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the coxswain of the Swedish boat, which won the silver medal in the coxed fours, inriggers....

 


Quarterfinal 2: 4 p.m. In the German quarterfinal Berlin rowed in brilliant style with a long stroke, a fine swing and powerful grip of the water, followed by a quiet recovery. The other crew showed the same good qualities but not to an equal degree, and Berlin, which was leading by a length at the halfway, won by nearly two and a half lengths.


Quarterfinal 2
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 Otto Liebing
Otto Liebing
Otto Liebing was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics, as bowman.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
Max Bröske
Max Bröske
Max Bröske was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Max Vetter
Max Vetter
Max Vetter was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Willi Bartholomae
Willi Bartholomae
Willi Bartholomae was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...

 
Fritz Bartholomae
Fritz Bartholomae
Fritz Bartholomae was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Werner Dehn
Werner Dehn
Werner Dehn was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Rudolf Reichelt
Rudolf Reichelt
Rudolf Reichelt was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...

 
Hans Matthiae
Hans Matthiae
Hans Matthiae was a Germany rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the German boat, which won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
Kurt Runge
Kurt Runge
Kurt Runge was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics, a the coxswain.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
6:22.2 QS
2 Carl Eichhorn  Ludwig Weihnacht
Richard Friesicke
Andreas Wegener 
Fritz Eggebrecht
Heinrich Landrock
Egbert Reinsfeld 
Gottfried Gelfort  Otto Charlet 


Quarterfinal 3: 4.20 p.m. Both crews started very well, Australia retaining its speed of about 40 for the whole of the race, while Leander was content with 36-34, the figures sometimes falling to 32. Sydney put all its weight into its stroke and led by a half length at the 1,000 metres mark. The time for half distance was 3:02; these figures showing the speed at which the boats were moving. At the boat-house Australia led and took the inner curve a clear length ahead. At this point, however, Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 began a terrific spurt, which resulted in his opponents# lead being diminished at the bridge to only half a length. The Australian eight now began to row somewhat raggedly and showed other signs of fatigue; Leander, on the contrary, beginning another magnificent spurt which lasted until the winning post was passed. Roger Fitzhardinge was not sufficiently supported by his men, so that the half length by which Australia led at the bridge was snatched out of its hands. The two boats lay side by side 100 metres from the finish, but Leander stayed better, and the English style allowed of more being got of the spurt, so that the British boat won by about three metres.


Quarterfinal 3
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 Edgar Burgess
Edgar Burgess
Edgar Richard Burgess FZS was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Sidney Swann
Sidney Swann
Sidney Ernest Swann was an English clergyman and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Graham Wormwald was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wormwald was born at Maidenhead. He was educated at Eton College where he only rowed in the second eight and then at Magdalen College, Oxford where his rowing showed considerable improvement...


Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Douglas Horsfall DFC, MC was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....

 
James Angus Gillan
James Angus Gillan
Sir Angus Gillan was a British colonial service official and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....


Stanley Garton
Alister Kirby
Alister Kirby
Alister Graham Kirby was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died on service during the First World War....

 
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 
Henry Wells
Henry Wells (rower)
Henry Bensley Wells MBE was an English judge and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
6:10.2 QS
2 John Ryrie  Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser (Australian rules footballer)
Simon Fraser is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and University.Fraser was also a member of the Australian Rowing Eight which competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.-Source:...


Hugh Ward
Thomas Parker 
Henry Hauenstein
Sydney Middleton
Sydney Middleton
Sydney Albert 'Syd' Middleton DSO, OBE was an Australian Army officer and national representative rugby union player and rower. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics and competed in rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He had a distinguished career in World War I being awarded...


Harry Ross-Boden 
Roger Fitzhardinge  Robert Waley 

Semifinals

Both semifinals were held on Friday, July 19.

Semifinal 1: 11.30 p.m. The New College raced without opponent. But Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

 took his men over the course giving the spectators a good opportunity of seeing the pure English style of rowing, with ist firm grip of the water and the quiet, almost stealthy recovery.
Semifinal 1
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 William Fison
William Fison
Sir William Guy Fison, MC 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fison was born in London the son of Sir Frederick Fison, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Crossley. His father was MP for Doncaster. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford...

 
William Parker
William Parker (rower)
Sir William Lorenzo Parker, 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Parker was born in Kensington London. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of Sir William Biddulph Parker, 2nd Baronet on 23 January 1902. He was educated at New College, Oxford...


Thomas Gillespie
Thomas Gillespie (rower)
Thomas Cunningham Gillespie was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action in the First World War....


Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Burdekin was born in Dorset but came from an Australian family after whom the Burdekin River was named. He was educated at Cheltenham College and at New College, Oxford...

 
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Archibald Hugo Pitman was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Pitman was born in Edinburgh, the son of Frederick I Pitman, an eminent rower. He was educated at Eton College where he was a successful half-miler and a member of the college eight. He went on to New...


Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Frederick Archibald Wiggins was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wiggins was born in Bournemouth. He was educated at New College, Oxford. In 1912 he was a member of the Oxford Boat in the Boat Race...


Charles Littlejohn
Charles Littlejohn
Charles William Berry Littlejohn MC was a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

 
John Walker
John Walker (rower)
John Drummond Walker was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Walker was born in Oxford, the son of Rev. Edward Newburn Walker, senior tutor of Queens College, Oxford and his wife Gertrude May Hamilton...

 
7:47.0 QF


Semifinal 2: 12 noon At the very start, Leander managed to get a couple of metres' lead, but the German crew soon recovered itself, and at the 500 metres mark was leading by about half a length. As seen from the shore, the English eight seemed to take the race very quietly, rowing scarcely more than 34 to their opponents' 38, and at the 1,000 metres mark the Germans were leading by nearly a length. Just before reaching the boat-house, Leander, which had the outside curve, spurted and managed to pick up about half a length, while the Germans, committed the fault of not making use of the advantage given by the possession of the inner curve, and making an extra exertion which have certainly increased the distance between them and the English crew, or, in any case, would have kept them at their previous distance in the rear. Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 put his men to a severe test from the bath-house to the bridge, and the determination and speed by means of which Leander drew level with their opponents after one minute's rapid spurt, were simply unique. The German crew was not rowed out, however, and a desperate struggle took place all the way from the bridge to the finish, the result being that Leander won by about half a length. Once more a British boat won with excellent tactics.
Semifinal 2
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time Qual.
1 Edgar Burgess
Edgar Burgess
Edgar Richard Burgess FZS was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Sidney Swann
Sidney Swann
Sidney Ernest Swann was an English clergyman and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Graham Wormwald was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wormwald was born at Maidenhead. He was educated at Eton College where he only rowed in the second eight and then at Magdalen College, Oxford where his rowing showed considerable improvement...


Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Douglas Horsfall DFC, MC was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....

 
James Angus Gillan
James Angus Gillan
Sir Angus Gillan was a British colonial service official and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....


Stanley Garton
Alister Kirby
Alister Kirby
Alister Graham Kirby was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died on service during the First World War....

 
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 
Henry Wells
Henry Wells (rower)
Henry Bensley Wells MBE was an English judge and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
6:16.2 QF
Otto Liebing
Otto Liebing
Otto Liebing was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics, as bowman.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
Max Bröske
Max Bröske
Max Bröske was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Max Vetter
Max Vetter
Max Vetter was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Willi Bartholomae
Willi Bartholomae
Willi Bartholomae was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...

 
Fritz Bartholomae
Fritz Bartholomae
Fritz Bartholomae was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Werner Dehn
Werner Dehn
Werner Dehn was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...


Rudolf Reichelt
Rudolf Reichelt
Rudolf Reichelt was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing*Max Bröske...

 
Hans Matthiae
Hans Matthiae
Hans Matthiae was a Germany rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the German boat, which won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
Kurt Runge
Kurt Runge
Kurt Runge was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics, a the coxswain.The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.-1912 German Men's eights rowing team:*Otto Liebing...

 
6:18.6

Final

The final was held on Friday, July 19.

Final: 6 p.m. The two boats rowed side by side until the 1,000 metres mark was passed, when Leander spurted in order to neutralize Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

's efforts at the bath-house, where New College had the inner curve. Then Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 pressed his men from the bath-house to the bridge, so that Leander led by a clear length at the latter place, all Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

's efforts being unable to prevent New College from falling behind. Leander won by about a length.


Final
Place Boat Bow Rowers Rowers Stroke Cox Time
Edgar Burgess
Edgar Burgess
Edgar Richard Burgess FZS was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Sidney Swann
Sidney Swann
Sidney Ernest Swann was an English clergyman and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Wormwald
Leslie Graham Wormwald was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wormwald was born at Maidenhead. He was educated at Eton College where he only rowed in the second eight and then at Magdalen College, Oxford where his rowing showed considerable improvement...


Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Douglas Horsfall DFC, MC was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....

 
James Angus Gillan
James Angus Gillan
Sir Angus Gillan was a British colonial service official and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....


Stanley Garton
Alister Kirby
Alister Kirby
Alister Graham Kirby was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died on service during the First World War....

 
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fleming was born at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Fleming a merchant banker. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Fleming made one appearance for Oxford in...

 
Henry Wells
Henry Wells (rower)
Henry Bensley Wells MBE was an English judge and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
6:15.7
William Fison
William Fison
Sir William Guy Fison, MC 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fison was born in London the son of Sir Frederick Fison, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Crossley. His father was MP for Doncaster. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford...

 
William Parker
William Parker (rower)
Sir William Lorenzo Parker, 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Parker was born in Kensington London. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of Sir William Biddulph Parker, 2nd Baronet on 23 January 1902. He was educated at New College, Oxford...


Thomas Gillespie
Thomas Gillespie (rower)
Thomas Cunningham Gillespie was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action in the First World War....


Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin
Beaufort Burdekin was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Burdekin was born in Dorset but came from an Australian family after whom the Burdekin River was named. He was educated at Cheltenham College and at New College, Oxford...

 
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Pitman
Frederick Archibald Hugo Pitman was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Pitman was born in Edinburgh, the son of Frederick I Pitman, an eminent rower. He was educated at Eton College where he was a successful half-miler and a member of the college eight. He went on to New...


Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Wiggins
Arthur Frederick Archibald Wiggins was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Wiggins was born in Bournemouth. He was educated at New College, Oxford. In 1912 he was a member of the Oxford Boat in the Boat Race...


Charles Littlejohn
Charles Littlejohn
Charles William Berry Littlejohn MC was a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Robert Bourne
Robert Bourne (rower)
Robert Croft Bourne was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1938....

 
John Walker
John Walker (rower)
John Drummond Walker was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Walker was born in Oxford, the son of Rev. Edward Newburn Walker, senior tutor of Queens College, Oxford and his wife Gertrude May Hamilton...

6:19.2
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