Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - 8 metre class
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The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

 program in Ryde
Ryde
Ryde is a British seaside town, civil parish and the most populous town and urban area on the Isle of Wight, with a population of approximately 30,000. It is situated on the north-east coast. The town grew in size as a seaside resort following the joining of the villages of Upper Ryde and Lower...

. Three races were scheduled. 26 sailors, on 5 boats, from 3 nation competed.

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country)MedalCrewMedalYachtnameRace IRace IIRace III1's2's3's4's5's
1 Charles Campbell
Charles Campbell (sailor)
Charles Ralph Campbell was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the British boat Cobweb, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
John Rhodes
John Rhodes (sailor)
John Edward Rhodes was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the British boat Cobweb, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Henry Sutton 
Arthur Wood
Arthur Wood (sailor)
Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the British boat Cobweb, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Cobweb 1
3:52:14
1
4:35:56
4
+05:15
|2 |0 |0 |1 |0
2 Eric Sandberg
Eric Sandberg
Eric G. Sandberg was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won a silver medal as crew member of the Swedish Vinga in the 8 metre class....

 
Edmund Thormählen
Edmund Thormählen
Edmund Gustaf Thormählen was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Vinga, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Erik Wallerius
Erik Wallerius
Erik G. Wallerius was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won a silver medal as crew member of the Swedish Vinga in the 8 metre class....

 
Harald Wallin
Harald Wallin
Johan Harald Alfred Wallin was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics....

 
Vinga 5
+55:56
4
+40:25
1
4:52:31
|1 |0 |0 |1 |5
3 Alfred Hughes
Alfred Hughes
Alfred Collingwood Hughes was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the British boat Sorais, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
Frederick Hughes
Frederick Hughes
Frederick Saint-John Hughes was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the British boat Sorais, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

 
George Ratsey
George Ratsey
George Ernest Ratsey was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Biography:He was a crew member of the British boat Sorais, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class. He died on December 25, 1942 in New Rochelle, New York.-References:...

 
William Ward 
Extra: Shelagh Cornwallis-West (Duchess of Westminster)
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster GCVO DSO was the son of Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor and Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough...

 
Diploma Sorais 2
+00:31
3
+03:19
2
+03:58
|0 |2 |1 |0 |0
4 Eilert Falch-Lund
Eilert Falch-Lund
Eilert Dietrichson Falch-Lund was a Norwegian businessperson and sportsperson. As a yacht racer he competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, winning one Olympic gold medal....

 
Einar Hvoslef 
Magnus Konow
Magnus Konow
Magnus Andreas Thulstrup Clasen Konow was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he was a crew member of the Norwegian...

 
Hagbart Steffens
Hagbart Steffens
Hagbart Steffens was a Norwegian sportsperson. As a yacht racer he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kristiania. In 1908 he was part of the Norwegian Fram crew, which finished fourth in the Olympic 8 metre class competition. He represented the club Royal Norwegian Yacht Club. He...

 
Fram 3
+05:471
2
+03:17
3
+04:39
|0 |1 |2 |0 |0
5 Edvin Hagberg
Edvin Hagberg
Edvin Hagberg was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he was a crew member of the Swedish bost Saga which finished fifth in the 8 metre class competition....

 
Karl Ljungberg 
Hjalmar Lönnroth 
August Olsson 
Saga 4
+44:28
DNF 5
+08:14
|0 |0 |0 |1 |1

= Male, = Female

Extra awards

  • Gilt commemorative medal:
    • Blair Onslow Cochrane
      Blair Cochrane
      Blair Onslow Cochrane was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was helmsman of the British boat Cobweb, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...

       owner of Cobweb
  • Silver commemorative medal:
    • Royal Gothenborg Yacht Club Owner of Vinga
    • Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West, Duchess of Westminster
      Duke of Westminster
      The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The current holder of the title is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster....

       owner of Sorais
    • Mr. C. Wisbech owner of Fram

Course

Each day the following course was used:
  • Start at Ryde Pier
  • No. 3 Fairway Buoy
  • West Measured Mile
  • The Boyne Buoy off Portsmouth Spit
  • Ryde Pier

Two rounds for a total of 16 nm
Nautical mile
The nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...

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