1908 Summer Olympics / Sailing

Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Ryde
Competition venue	Solent
Nations	5
Athletes	64 (63 , 1 )
date	July 27 to August 12, 1908
decisions	4th
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Four sailing competitions were held at the IV Summer Olympics in 1908 . The venues for the three smaller boat classes were the Solent off Ryde on the Isle of Wight and the largest boat class on the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of Scotland . A regatta in the 15-meter boat class was also planned, but this had to be canceled due to a lack of registrations.

The rules of the Yacht Racing Association were used , but they were explicitly based on those of the International Sailing Federation founded the year before . Each participating country was allowed to send two boats, regardless of where the boat was built.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
01	Great Britain	4th	1	1	6th
02	Belgium	-	1	-	1
02	Sweden	-	1	-	1
04th	France	-	-	1	1

Medalist

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
6 meter class	Great Britain Charles Crichton , Gilbert Laws , Thomas McMeekin	Belgium Léon Huybrechts , Louis Huybrechts , Henri Weewauters	France Henri Arthus , Louis Potheau , Pierre Rabot
7 meter class	Great Britain Norman Bingley , Richard Dixon , Charles Rivett-Carnac , Frances Rivett-Carnac	not forgiven	not forgiven
8 meter class	Great Britain Charles Campbell , Blair Cochrane , John Rhodes , Henry Sutton , Arthur Wood	Sweden Carl Hellström , Eric Sandberg , Edmund Thormählen , Erik Wallerius , Harald Wallin	Great Britain Alfred Hughes , Frederick Hughes , Philip Hunloke , George Ratsey , William Ward
12 meter class	Great Britain John Aspin , John Buchanan , James Bunten , Arthur Downes , John Downes , David Dunlop , Thomas Glen-Coats , John Mackenzie , Albert Martin , Gerald Tait	Great Britain John Adam , James Baxter , William Davidson , John Jellico , James Kenion , Thomas Littledale , Charles MacIver , Cecil MacIver , Charles MacLeod-Robertson , John Spence	not forgiven

6 meter class

space	country	Athletes
1	GBR	Dormy Charles Crichton , Gilbert Laws , Thomas McMeekin
2	BEL	Zut Léon Huybrechts , Louis Huybrechts , Henri Weewauters
3	FRA	Guyoni Henri Arthus , Louis Potheau , Pierre Rabot
4th	GBR	Sibindi John Leuchars , William Leuchars , Frank Smith
5	SWE	Freja Karl-Einar Sjögren , Birger Gustafsson , Jonas Jonsson

Date: July 27-29

Five boats from four countries competed.

7 meter class

space	country	Athletes
1	GBR	Heroine Norman Bingley , Richard Dixon , Charles Rivett-Carnac , Frances Rivett-Carnac
2	-	not forgiven
3	-	not forgiven

Date: July 27-29

The British boat “Heroine” was the only one to take part in this competition.

8 meter class

The victorious Cobweb crew

space	country	Athletes
1	GBR	Cobweb Charles Campbell , Blair Cochrane , John Rhodes , Henry Sutton , Arthur Wood
2	SWE	Vinga Carl Hellström , Eric Sandberg , Edmund Thormählen , Erik Wallerius , Harald Wallin
3	GBR	Sorais Alfred Hughes , Frederick Hughes , Philip Hunloke , George Ratsey , William Ward
4th	NOR	Fram Johan Anker , Eilert Falch-Lund , Einar Hvoslef , Magnus Konow , Hagbart Steffens
5	SWE	Saga John Carlsson , Edvin Hagberg , Karl Ljungberg , Hjalmar Lönnroth , August Olsson

Date: July 27-29

There were five boats from three countries at the start.

12 meter class

space	country	Athletes
1	GBR	Hera John Aspin , John Buchanan , James Bunten , Arthur Downes , John Downes , David Dunlop , Thomas Glen-Coats ( Skipper ), John Mackenzie , Albert Martin , Gerald Tait
2	GBR	Mouchette John Adam , James Baxter , William Davidson , John Jellico , James Kenion , Thomas Littledale , Charles MacIver (Skipper), Cecil MacIver , Charles MacLeod-Robertson , John Spence
3	-	not forgiven

Date: August 11th and 12th

Hera and Mouchette during the 1908 Olympic regatta

Only two boats took part in this sailing regatta, the "Hera" from Scotland and the "Mouchette" from England.

Web links

• Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )