6 Metre
[1] at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Line drawing of a 6-Metre | |||||||||||||
Venue | Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde [2] | ||||||||||||
Dates | First race: July 27, 1908 Last race: July 29, 1908 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 15 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 5 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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6 Metre | Open |
7 Metre | Open |
8 Metre | Open |
12 Metre | Open |
15 Metre | Open (no entries) |
The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics program in Ryde. Three races were scheduled. Each nation could enter up to 2 boats. [3] 15 sailors, on 5 boats, from 4 nation competed.
â | Event competitions | â | Event finals |
Date | July | August | |||||||||||||||
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27 Mon |
28 Tue |
29 Wed |
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31 Fri |
1 Sat |
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6-Metre | â | â | â | ||||||||||||||
Total gold medals | 1 |
The following course was used during the 1908 Olympic 6-Metre regattas in all three races:
Two rounds for a total of 13 nautical miles (24 km).
The 1908 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.
Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Boat | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total | |||
Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||
1 | ![]() |
Gilbert Laws |
Thomas McMeekin Charles Crichton |
Dormy [4] | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 first places |
2 | ![]() |
LĂ©on Huybrechts |
Louis Huybrechts Henri Weewauters |
Zut | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 first place |
3 | ![]() |
Henri Arthus |
Louis Potheau Pierre Rabot |
Guyoni | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 second places |
4 | ![]() |
John Leuchars |
Wilfrid Leuchars Frank Smith |
Sibindi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 second place |
5 | ![]() |
Karl-Einar Sjögren |
Birger Gustafsson Jonas Jonsson |
Freja | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 fifth places |
Challenge vase of sĂšvres china given by the President of the France Republic:
"London 1908". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.