Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
100px Line drawing of the 8 Metre
Venue	France, Le Havre
Dates	First race: 21 July 1924 (1924-07-21) Last race: 26 July 1924 (1924-07-26)
Competitors	25 from 5 nations
Teams	5
Medalists
Carl Ringvold Rick Bockelie Harald Hagen Ingar Nielsen Carl Ringvold, Jr.  Norway Ernest Roney Harold Fowler Edwin Jacob Thomas Riggs Walter Riggs  Great Britain Louis Bréguet Pierre Gauthier Robert Girardet André Guerrier Georges Mollard  France

Sailing at the  1924 Summer Olympics
French National Monotype 1924			Open
6 Metre			Open
8 Metre			Open

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics program in Le Havre. A program of matches and semi-finals were scheduled. In case of a tie sail-off's could be held. 25 sailors, on 5 boats from 5 nations competed. A sixth entry from Italy did not show.

Race schedule

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Elimination serie (E)

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Semi-finals (SF) and Sail-off (SO)

Date	July
	21 Mon	22 Tue	23 Wed	24 Thu	25 Fri	26 Sat
	Le Havre
8 Metre	M1	M2	M3	Spare day	SF1	SF2
Total gold medals						1

Course area and course configuration

1924 Olympic Course Area for the 8 Metre off the coast of Le Havre

8 Metre Course at Le Havre
SRdH: La Société des Régates du Havre
A: Start and Finish
B, C D: Marks
16 nautical miles (30 km)

Weather conditions

Date	Race	Wind speed	Wind direction	Start
21-JUL-1924	1st Match	1 metre per second (1.9 kn) - 4 metres per second (7.8 kn)	50px	14:00
22-JUL-1924	2nd Match	1 metre per second (1.9 kn) - 4 metres per second (7.8 kn)	50px	14:00
23-JUL-1924	3rd Match	5 metres per second (9.7 kn)	50px	14:45
25-JUL-1924	1st Semi-final	4 metres per second (7.8 kn)	50px	14:45 (shortened course 14 nautical miles (26 km))
26-JUL-1924	2nd Semi-final	5 metres per second (9.7 kn) - 6 metres per second (12 kn)	50px	15:00

Results

Final results

Competitors who scored an first or a second place in the matches were qualified (Q) for the semi-finals.

Rank

Country

Helmsman

Crew

Sail №

Boat

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

Total

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Norway

Carl Ringvold

Rick Bockelie Harald Hagen Ingar Nielsen Carl Ringvold, Jr.

N.12

Béra

2

Q

4

1

Q

1

1

1

1

2

Great Britain

Ernest Roney

Harold Fowler Edwin Jacob Thomas Riggs Walter

K.1

Emily

3

Q

1

Q

2

3

3

3

2

5 (Tie breaker=7)

France

Louis Bréguet

Pierre Gauthier Robert Girardet André Guerrier Georges Mollard

F.3

Namousse

1

Q

5

2

Q

3

3

2

2

5 (Tie breaker=8)

4

Belgium

Fernand Carlier

Maurice Passelecq Emmanuel Pauwels Paul Van Halteren Victor Vandersleyen

B.1

Antwerpia V

5

2

Q

RET

5

4

4

4

4

12

5

Argentina

Juan Carlos Milberg

Rolando Aguirre César Gérico Bernardo Milhas Mario Uriburu

A.3

Blue Red

4

3

4

Italy

G. Gino

R. Giuseppe B.B. Marcantonio S. Mauro S.F. Riccardo

Sirdhana

DNC

DNC

DNC

Legend: DNC – Did not compete; DNS – Did not start; RET – Retired;

Daily standings

File:1924 8 Metre Positions during the serie.png

Graph showing the daily standings in the 8 Metre during the 1924 Summer Olympics

Notes

• This is the first Olympic regatta were only one boat per class per country is allowed.
• In the 8 Metre each boat has a specific design that have to stay within certain formula. The outcome of the formula must be less than 8 Metre. During these Olympic races boats were used of the following designers:

Country	Sailnumber	Designer
Norway	N.12	Johan Anker
Great Britain	K.1	William Fife
France	F.3	Arbaut
Belgium	A.3	William Fife
Argentina	B.1	Camper & Nicholson
Italy		Costaguta

Johan Anker  William Fife III

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1924 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

8 Metre sailors at the 1924 Olympic Games
Carl Ringvold (NOR)  Carl Ringvold (NOR)   Louis Breguet (FRA) in 1909