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.
Results Rank Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Sail no. Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Tiebreaker Totalpoints 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
Daily standings
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.
Date Race Sky Wind direction Wind speed (m/s) Actual starting time Remark 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
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