# Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

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 I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Race VII | Race VII | Tie breaker | Total points |
| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Sail no. | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Tie breaker | Total points |
| | Giovanni Reggio (ITA) | 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 |
| | Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen (NOR) | 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 |
| | Hans Howaldt (GER) | 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 | Tore Holm (SWE) | 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 | Gunnar Grönblom (FIN) | 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 | Kenneth Preston (GBR) | 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 | Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre (ARG) | 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 | Niels Wal Hansen (DEN) | 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 Arbaut (FRA) | 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 | Owen Churchill (USA) | 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
* ↑ Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.
* ↑ The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.

### 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 | |