Location Zuiderzee, Netherlands Teams 8 | Venue Zuiderzee | |
Dates First race: August 2, 1928 (1928-08-02)
Last race: August 9, 1928 (1928-08-09) Competitors 43 Male and
2 Female from 8 nations | ||
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.
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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.
Results
The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.
Final results
Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Q – Qualifying race; RET – Retired;
Gender: – male; – female;
Other information
During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
References
Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA