Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre at the Games of the IX Olympiad
File:Crew of 8 Metre F1 Aile VI.png 8 Metre
Venue	Zuiderzee
Dates	August 2 - 9
Competitors	49 from 8 nations
Teams	8
Medalists
Donatien Bouché André Derrien Virginie Hériot Carl de la Sablière André Lesauvage Jean Lesieur  France Johannes van Hoolwerff Lambertus Doedes Henk Kersken Cornelis van Staveren Gerard de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit  Netherlands Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff  Sweden

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. Seven races were scheduled. 49 sailors, on 8 boats, from 8 nations competed.

Results

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Elimination series					Finals
				Race I	Race II	Race III	Race IV		Race V	Race VI	Race VII
	Donatien Bouché  (FRA)	André Derrien Virginie Hériot Carl de la Sablière André Lesauvage Jean Lesieur	L’Aile VI	7	1	DNS	2		4	1	1
	Johannes van Hoolwerff  (NED)	Lambertus Doedes Henk Kersken Cornelis van Staveren Gerard de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit	Hollandia	1	3	1	3		2	2	3
	Clarence Hammar  (SWE)	Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	Sylvia	3	4	2	1		1	4	2
4	F. Giovanelli  (ITA)	Count C. A. D’Alberttis M. de Beaumont Bonelli E. Moscatelli M. Bruzzone G. Giovanelli	Bamba	8	2	RET	DSQ		5	3	DNS
	Bernhard Lund  (NOR)	Halfdan Hansen Magnus Konow Jens Salvesen Wilhelm Wilhelmsen Jr.	Noreg	2	8	RET	RET		3	5	DNS
6	Owen Churchill  (USA)	Manfred Curry Frank Hekma Nicholas Hekma Ben Weston	Babe	6	6	3	RET		DNS	DNS	DNS
7	Ernest Roney  (GBR)	Ph. V. L. Falle Thomas Riggs M. H. Roney TH. G. Skinner	Feo	4	5	DNS	RET
8	Rafael Iglesias  (ARG)	Miguel Bosch P. J. Dates Carlos Serantes Saavedra Horacio Seeber Hugo Tedín Uriburu	Cupidon III	5	8	4	DNS

DSQ = Disqualified, DNS = Did Not Start, RET = Retired
= Male, = Female

Courses at the Zuiderzee

To get from the Olympic Harbor to the courses the 6 & 8 Metre classes had to sail about 8 nautical miles (one way). This also included the passing of a lock.

The 1928 Olympic courses of the 6 & 8 Metre projected on the current map of The Netherlands

The map gives an idea of the courses used for the 6 & 8 Metre during the 1928 Olympic sailing event. When the sailors from the 1928 Summer Olympics could return to their venue they would hardly recognize it since most of the water is now reclaimed land.

References

• (ed.) G. van Rossum (1928). The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Amsterdam 1928". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.