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Sailing at the
1924 Summer Olympics
French National Monotype 1924Open
6 MetreOpen
8 MetreOpen

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics program in Le Havre. A program of matches and semi-finals were scheduled. In case of a tie sail-off's would be held. 27 sailors, on 9 boats from 9 nations competed.

Race schedule[1]

 ●  Elimination serie (E)  ●  Semi-finals (SF)
Date July
21
Mon		 22
Tue		 23
Wed		 24
Thu		 25
Fri		 26
Sat
Le Havre
6 Metre M1 M2 M3 Spare
day 		SF1 SF2
Total gold medals 1

Course area and course configuration

1924 Olympic Course Area for the 6 Metre off the coast of Le Havre
6 Metre Course at Le Havre
SRdH: La Société des Régates du Havre
A: Start and Finish
B, C D: Marks
10 nautical miles (19 km)

Weather conditions [1]

Date Race Wind speed Wind direction Start
21-JUL-1924 1st Match 1 metre per second (1.9 kn) – 4 metres per second (7.8 kn) 14:14
22-JUL-1924 2nd Match 1 metre per second (1.9 kn) – 4 metres per second (7.8 kn) 14:15
23-JUL-1924 3rd Match 4 metres per second (7.8 kn) 15:00
25-JUL-1924 1st Semi-final 9 metres per second (17 kn) 15:00
26-JUL-1924 2nd Semi-final 5 metres per second (9.7 kn) 15:15

Results[2]

Final results[3]

Competitors who scored a first or a second place in the matches were qualified (Q) for the semi-finals.

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Sail No. Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway Anders Lundgren Christopher Dahl
Eugen Lunde		 N.13 Elisabeth V 3   1 Q 1 Q 1 1 1 1 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Denmark Vilhelm Vett Knud Degn
Christian Nielsen		 D.22 Bonzo 1 Q 2 Q RET   3 3 2 2 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands Johan Carp Anthonij Guépin
Jan Vreede		 H.2 Willem-Six 2 Q RET   2 Q 2 2 3 3 5
4  Sweden Nils Rinman Magnus Hellström
Olle Rinman		 S.5 Aloha II 4 4 4 4 4 4         12
5  Belgium Léon Huybrechts John Klotz
Léopold Standaert		 B.3 Ciss 6 6 7 7 3 3         16
5  France Edmond Moussié Guy Herpin
Honoré Louit		 F.70 Sandra 8 8 3 3 5 5         16
 Italy Carlo Nasi Cencio Massola
Roberto Moscatelli		 I.30 Mebi 5 5 5 5 RET 8         18
 Spain Arturo Mas Santiago Amat
Pedro Pi		 E.8 Alnolgavar 7 7 6 6 RET 8         21
 Cuba Enrique Conill Pedro Cisneros
Antonio Saavedra		 C.4 Hatuey RET 9 8 4 DNS 9         26

Legend: DNS – Did not start; RET – Retired;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre during the 1924 Summer Olympics

Notes

In the 6 Metre each boat has a specific design that have to stay within certain formula. The outcome of the formula must be less than 6 Metre. During these Olympic races boats were used of the following designers:

Country Sailnumber Designer
 Norway N.13 Bjarne Aas
 Denmark D.22 William Fife
 Netherlands H.2 William Fife
 Sweden S.5 Axel Nygren
 Belgium B.3 William Fife
 France F.70 Morgan Morgan-Giles
 Italy I.30 Francesco Giovanelli
 Spain E.8 Anker & Jensen
 Cuba C.4 Arbaut
  • William Fife III
    William Fife III

Other information

Joop Carp

During the Sailing regattas at the 1924 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924:rapport official (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France: Comité Olympique Français. 1924. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ^ La Société des Régates du Havre. "La Société des Régates du Havre historique 1900 – 1950". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

"Paris 1924". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

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