# Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. Seven races were scheduled. 45 sailors, on 8 boats, from 8 nations competed.

## Race schedule

| ● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals |
| Date | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August |
| Date | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | 6th Mon | 7th Tue | 8th Wed | 9th |
| 8 Metre | ● | ● | ● | ● | Spare day | ● | ● | ● |
| Total gold medals | | | | | | | | 1 |

## Course area and course configuration

For the 8 Metre the used courses were about 5 nm out of the locks, East of the Isle of Marken on the Zuiderzee.
At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish. Waves could be steep and short due to the shallow waters.

## Weather conditions

| Date | Race | Wind speed |
| 2-AUG-1928 | 1st Race | 7 knots (3.6 m/s) - 10 knots (5.1 m/s) |
| 3-AUG-1928 | 2nd Race | 8 knots (4.1 m/s) - 11 knots (5.7 m/s) |
| 4-AUG-1928 | 3rd Race | 11 knots (5.7 m/s) - 17 knots (8.7 m/s) |
| 5-AUG-1928 | 4th Race | 13 knots (6.7 m/s) - 21 knots (11 m/s) |
| 7-AUG-1928 | 5th Race | 8 knots (4.1 m/s) - 11 knots (5.7 m/s) |
| 8-AUG-1928 | 6th Race | 10 knots (5.1 m/s) - 13 knots (6.7 m/s) |
| 9-AUG-1928 | 7th Race | 10 knots (5.1 m/s) - 15 knots (7.7 m/s) |

## Results

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

### Final results

| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Sail No. | Boat | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 7 | Total |
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Sail No. | Boat | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total |
| | France | Donatien Bouché | André Derrien Virginie Hériot André Lesauvage Jean Lesieur Carl de la Sablière | F 1 | L’Aile VI | 7 | | 1 | Q | 8 | DNS | 2 | Q | 4 | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 x 1st |
| | Netherlands | Johannes van Hoolwerff | Lambertus Doedes Henk Kersken Cornelis van Staveren Gerard de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit | H 1 | Hollandia | 1 | Q | 3 | Q | 1 | Q | 3 | Q | 2 | | 2 | | 3 | | 2 x 1st 2 x 2nd 3 x 3rd |
| | Sweden | Clarence Hammar | Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff | S 3 | Sylvia | 3 | Q | 4 | | 2 | Q | 1 | Q | 1 | | 4 | | 2 | | 2 x 1st 2 x 2nd 1 x 3rd |
| 4 | Italy | Francesco Giovanelli | Carlo Alberto D'Albertis Marcantonio De Beaumont-Bonelli Mario Bruzzone Guido Giovanelli Edoardo Moscatelli | I 11 | Bamba | 8 | RET | 2 | Q | 6 | RET | 7 | DSQ | 5 | | 3 | | | | 1 x 2nd 1 x 3rd 1 x 5th |
| 4 | Norway | Bernhard Lund | Halfdan Hansen Magnus Konow Jens Salvesen Wilhelm Wilhelmsen | N 25 | Noreg | 2 | Q | 8 | DSQ | 6 | RET | 7 | RET | 3 | | 5 | | | | 1 x 2nd 1 x 3rd 1 x 5th |
| 6 | United States | Owen Churchill | Manfred Curry Frank Hekma Nicholas Hekma Ben Weston | US | Babe | 6 | | 6 | | 3 | Q | 7 | RET | 8 | DNS | 8 | DNS | 8 | DNS | 1 x 3rd |
| 7 | Great Britain | Ernest Roney | Philip Falle Thomas Riggs Esmond Roney Margaret Roney Thomas Skinner | K | Feo | 4 | | 5 | | 8 | DNS | 7 | RET | | | | | | | 1 x 4th 1 x $^{5th}$ |
| 8 | Argentina | Rafael Iglesias | Miguel Bosch Pedro Dates Horacio Seeber Carlos Serantes | A | Cupidon III | 5 | | 8 | RET | 4 | | 8 | RET | | | | | | | 1 x 4th 1 x $^{5th}$ |
* Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Q – Qualifying race; RET – Retired; Gender: – male; – female;