# Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. Seven races were scheduled. 61 sailors, on 13 boats, from 13 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 |
| 6 Metre | ● | ● | ● | ● | Spare day | ● | ● | ● |
| Total gold medals | | | | | | | | 1 |

## Course area and course configuration

For the 6 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 |
| | Norway | Johan Anker | Erik Anker Håkon Bryhn Crown Prince Olav | N 31 | Norna | 1 | Q | 1 | Q | 12 | RET | 1 | Q | 2 | | 2 | | 7 | DNS | 3 x 1st |
| | Denmark | Vilhelm Vett | Aage Høy-Petersen Niels Otto Møller Peter Schlütter | D | Hi-Hi | 11 | | 3 | Q | 12 | DSQ | 6 | | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 x 1st |
| | Estonia | Nikolai Vekšin | William von Wirén Eberhard Vogdt Georg Faehlmann Andreas Faehlmann | C 10 | Tutti V | 6 | | 6 | | 2 | Q | 3 | Q | 1 | | 3 | | 3 | | 1 x 1st 1 x 2nd |
| 4 | Netherlands | Hans Pluijgers | Hans Fokker Carl Huisken Wim Schouten Roeffie Vermeulen | H 11 | Kemphaan | 8 | | 5 | | 1 | Q | 4 | | 7 | | 7 | | 5 | | 1 x 1st |
| 5 | Belgium | A. J. J. Fridt | Ludovic Franck Frits Mulder Willy Van Rompaey Arthur Sneyers | B 7 | Ubu | 9 | | 2 | Q | 3 | Q | 2 | Q | 4 | | 4 | | 4 | | 2 x 2nd |
| 6 | United States | Herman Whiton | Frederick Morris Conway Olmstead Willets Outerbridge Jim Thompson | US | Frieda | 3 | Q | 4 | | 12 | RET | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | | 2 | | 1 x 2nd 1 x 3rd 1 x 4th |
| 7 | Sweden | Hakon Reuter | Harry Hanson Georg Lindahl Yngve Lindqvist | S 35 | Ingegerd | 2 | Q | 8 | | 5 | | 7 | | 3 | | 6 | | 6 | | 1 x 2nd 1 x 3rd |
| 8 | France | Philippe de Rothschild | Henry Allard Robert Gufflet Pierre Moussié Jean Pierre Rouanet | F 13 | Cupidon Viking | 4 | | 9 | | 4 | | 11 | | | | | | | | 2 x 4th |
| 9 | Germany | Ernst Laeisz | Anton Huber Hans Paschen Oswald Thomsen Carl Wentzel | G | Pan | 5 | | 11 | | 7 | | 10 | | | | | | | | 1 x 5th |
| 10 | Italy | Giovanni Leone Reggio | Francesco Cameli Giuliano Oberti Massimo Oberti Giacomo Tarsis | I | Twins II | 7 | | 13 | RET | 6 | | 9 | | | | | | | | 1 x 6th |
| 11 | Hungary | János Mihálkovics | Sándor Burger Tibor Heinrich von Omorovicza Sándor Sebők Miklós Tuss | M | Hungaria | 10 | | 7 | | 12 | RET | 8 | | | | | | | | 1 x 7th |
| 12 | Portugal | Frederico Burnay | Carlos Eduardo Bleck António de Herédia Ernesto Mendonça | P 1 | Camelia | 13 | | 12 | | 8 | | 12 | | | | | | | | 1 x 8th |
| 13 | Spain | Pedro José de Galíndez | José María, Count de Arteche Álvaro de Arana Javier de Arana Luis de Arana | E | Fruits | 12 | | 10 | | 13 | DNS | 13 | DNS | | | | | | | 1 x 10th |
* Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Q – Qualifying race; RET – Retired;