Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre
Sailing at the Olympics
8 Metre at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Firth of Kiel | ||||||||||||
Dates | 4–12 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 60 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 10 | ||||||||||||
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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] | |||||||
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Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | |||||||
![]() | ![]() ![]() | 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 | |
![]() | ![]() ![]() | 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 |
![]() | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/1936_8_Metre_Positions_during_the_serie.png)
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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/1936_Outer_Course_Kiel.png/220px-1936_Outer_Course_Kiel.png)
Date | Race | Sky | Wind direction | Wind speed (m/s) | Actual starting time | Remark |
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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.
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has generic name (help) - (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.
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has generic name (help) - Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
- "Berlin 1936". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.