Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...

 at the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

consisted of a total of four sailing classes (disciplines). For each class two ordinary races were scheduled from July 19, 1912 to July 27, 1912 of the coast of Nynäshamn
Nynäshamn
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. When needed re-sails would be used as tie breakers

Venue



When Sweden was assigned to host the 1912 Olympic Games two cities wanted to be the venue for the sailing program.

Gothenburg claimed that it was a much shorter passage for the oversees entries (about 525 nm
Nautical mile
The nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...

) than it was to Stockholm. Stockholm however got the sailing program because of then all Olympic events should be in the same vicinity. As specific location Nynäshamn, about 60 km from Stockholm was choisen.

A inner and an outer course was created of the coast of Nynäshamn.

Overview

Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
1 6 4 24 130 0

Countries


Classes (equipment)

Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far
6 Metre
6 Metre (keelboat)
The International Six Metre Class is a class of racing yachts. Six Metre boats are a construction class, meaning that the boats are not identical but are all designed to meet specific measurement formula, in this case International Rule...

 
Keelboat
Keelboat
Keelboat has two distinct meanings related to two different types of boats: one a riverine cargo-capable working boat, and the other a classification for small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yachts.-Historical keel-boats:...

 
3 0 + + + 1908 2
8 Metre  Keelboat 5 0 + + + 1908 2
10 Metre
10 Metre (keelboat)
The International Ten Metre Class is a construction class, meaning that the boats are not identical but are all designed to meet specific measurement formula, in this case International Rule. At their heyday, Metre Classes were the most important group of international yacht racing classes, and...

 
Keelboat 8 0 + + + 1912 1
12 Metre
12-metre class
The 12 Metre Class is a rating class for racing boats designed to the International rule. It enables fair competition between boats that rate in the class whilst retaining the freedom to experiment with the details of their designs. The first 12 Metres were built in 1907. The 12 Metre Class was...

 
Keelboat 10 0 + + + 1908 2

= Male, = Female, = Open

Medal summary

6 Metre:


Amédée Thubé
Amédée Thubé
Amédée Thubé was a French sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French boat Mac Miche, which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...


Gaston Thubé
Gaston Thubé
Gaston Thubé was a French sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member on the French boat Mac Miche, which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...


Jacques Thubé
Jacques Thubé
Jacques Thubé was a French sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French boat Mac Miche, which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...


Steen Herschend
Steen Herschend
Stehen Steensen Herschend was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Danish boat Nurdug II, which won the silver medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...


Hans Meulengracht-Madsen
Hans Meulengracht-Madsen
Hans Meulengracht-Madsen was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Danish boat Nurdug II, which won the silver medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...


Sven Thomsen
Sven Thomsen
Sven Berth Thomsen was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Danish boat Nurdug II, which won the silver medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...


Otto Aust
Otto Aust
Otto Aust was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Swedish boat Kerstin, which won the bronze medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...


Eric Sandberg
Eric Sandberg
Eric G. Sandberg was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won a silver medal as crew member of the Swedish Vinga in the 8 metre class....


Harald Sandberg
Harald Sandberg (sailor)
Harald Sandberg was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Swedish boat Kerstin, which won the bronze medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...

8 Metre:


Thomas Aas
Thomas Aas
Thomas Valentin Aas was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Andreas Brecke
Andreas Brecke
Andreas Bang Brecke was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Torleiv Corneliussen
Torleiv Corneliussen
Torleiv Schibsted Corneliussen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Thoralf Glad
Thoralf Glad
Thoralf Glad was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Christian Jebe
Christian Jebe
Christian Fredrik Jebe was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Emil Henriques
Emil Henriques
Emil Henriques was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Bengt Heyman
Bengt Heyman
Bengt Heyman was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Alvar Thiel
Alvar Thiel
Alvar Thiel was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Herbert Westermark
Herbert Westermark
Herbert Westermark was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Nils Westermark
Nils Westermark
Nils Westermark was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Sans Atout, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Arthur Ahnger
Arthur Ahnger
Arthur Ahnger was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Lucky Girl, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Emil Lindh
Emil Lindh
Emil Aleksander Lindh was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Bertil Tallberg
Bertil Tallberg
Bertil Tallberg was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Lucky Girl, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Gunnar Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Lucky Girl, which won the bronze medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...


Georg Westling
10 Metre:


Filip Ericsson
Filip Ericsson
Filip Ericsson was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Kitty, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Carl Hellström
Carl Hellström
Carl Leopold Hellström was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won a silver medal as crew member of the Swedish Vinga in the 8 metre class....


Paul Isberg
Paul Isberg
Paul Isberg was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Kitty, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Humbert Lundén
Humbert Lundén
Humbert Lundén was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Kitty, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Herman Nyberg
Herman Nyberg
Herman Nyberg was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Kitty, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Harry Rosenswärd
Harry Rosenswärd
Harry Rosenswärd was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Kitty, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Erik Wallerius
Erik Wallerius
Erik G. Wallerius was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won a silver medal as crew member of the Swedish Vinga in the 8 metre class....


Harald Wallin
Harald Wallin
Johan Harald Alfred Wallin was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics....


Waldemar Björkstén
Waldemar Björkstén
Waldemar Björkstén was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Jacob Björnström
Jacob Björnström
Jacob Carl Gustaf Herman Björnström was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Bror Brenner
Bror Brenner
Bror Benediktus Bernhard Brenner was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Allan Franck
Allan Franck
Allan Gunthard Franck was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Erik Lindh
Adolf Pekkalainen
Adolf Pekkalainen
Johan Anders "Juho Arne" Pekkalainen was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Harry Wahl
Harry Wahl
Harry August Wahl was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...


Ester Beloselsky
Ernest Brasche
Karl Lindholm
Nikolaï Puschnitsky
Aleksandr Rodionov
Iossif Schomaker
Philip Strauch
Philip Strauch
Philip Strauch was a Russian sailor of German origin, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Russian boat Gallia II, which won the bronze medal in the 10 metre class.-External links:*...

12 Metre:


Johan Anker
Johan Anker
Johan August Anker was a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics....


Nils Bertelsen
Nils Bertelsen
Niels Berhtelsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Eilert Falch-Lund
Eilert Falch-Lund
Eilert Dietrichson Falch-Lund was a Norwegian businessperson and sportsperson. As a yacht racer he competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, winning one Olympic gold medal....


Halfdan Hansen
Halfdan Hansen
Halfdan Nicolai Hansen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Arnfinn Heje
Arnfinn Heje
Arnfinn Kolbjørn Heje was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Magnus Konow
Magnus Konow
Magnus Andreas Thulstrup Clasen Konow was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he was a crew member of the Norwegian...


Alfred Larsen
Alfred Larsen
Alfred Waldemar Garmann Larsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class....


Petter Larsen
Petter Larsen
Petter Andreas Larsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Christian Staib
Christian Staib
Christian Fredrik Maximilian "Fritz" Staib was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class....


Carl Thaulow
Carl Thaulow
Carl Gustav Thaulow was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Per Bergman
Per Bergman
Per H. Bergman was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Dick Bergström
Dick Bergström
Dick Bergström was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.He was brother to Kurt Bergström...


Kurt Bergström
Kurt Bergström
Kurt J. Bergström was a Swedish physician who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class at the 1912 Olympics...


Hugo Clason
Hugo Clason
Hugo Clason was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Folke Johnson
Folke Johnson
Folke Johnson was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Sigurd Kander
Sigurd Kander
Sigurd Kander was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Nils Lamby
Nils Lamby
Nils Iwan Lamby was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Erik Lindqvist
Erik Lindqvist
Erik J. Lindqvist was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Nils Persson
Nils Persson
Nils Persson was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Richard Sällström
Richard Sällström
Richard Sällström was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Erna Signe, which won the silver medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Max Alfthan
Max Alfthan
Max Ferdinand Alfthan was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Erik Hartvall
Erik Hartvall
Knut Erik "Pekka" Hartvall was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Jarl Hulldén
Jarl Hulldén
Jarl "Viking" Hulldén was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Sigurd Juslén
Sigurd Juslén
Sigurd Ludvig Juslén was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Ernst Krogius
Ernst Krogius
Ernst Edvard Krogius was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Eino Sandelin
Eino Sandelin
Eino Kauno Sandelin was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Johan Silén
Johan Silén
Johan Fredrik Silén was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...


Sailing 1912 (1912 rule)

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Medals Points Medals Points Medals Points Medals Points
1 1 3 2 4 1 1 4 8
2 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 6
3 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 4
4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2
6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Total 4 4 4 12

Sailing 1912 (actual rule)

1 2 0 0 2
2 1 2 1 4
3 1 0 0 1
4 0 1 2 3
5 0 1 0 1
6 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 4 12

Sailing 1896–1912

1 7 1 2 10
2 3 6 6 15
3 2 0 0 2
4 1 3 1 5
5 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
7 0 1 2 3
8 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
11 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
Total 12 15 14 13 42

Remarks

  • This Olympic sailing event was gender independent, but tuned out to be a Mens only event.
  • 6 Metre owner Dan Broström
    Dan Broström
    Dan Broström or Daniel Broström was the Swedish Naval Minister from 1914 to 1917. He was the son of Axel Broström. He was married to Anna Ida Broström, and had a son called Dan-Axel Broström. Broström died in a car accident near Trönninge, south of Halmstad on the 24th of July 1925....

     became Swedish Naval Minister from 1914 to 1917.
  • The 12 Metre Heatherbell was the first 12-Metre built in the UK under the new First International Rule. She was designed by Thomas Glen-Coats, and built by Alexander Robertson and Sons Ltd (Yachtbuilders)
    Alexander Robertson and Sons Ltd (Yachtbuilders)
    Alexander Robertson started repairing boats in a small workshop at Sandbank, Argyll and Bute in 1876, and went on to become one of the foremost wooden boat builders on Scotland's River Clyde. The 'golden years' of Robertson's yard were in the early 1900s when they started building IYRU 12mR & 15mR...

    , Sandbank
    Sandbank, Argyll and Bute
    Sandbank is a village on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, 2.5 miles north of Dunoon on the coastal A815 or the inland A885. It sits on the southern shore of the Holy Loch, branching off the Firth of Clyde....

     Scotland
    Scotland
    Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

    , in 1907.
  • The Swedish 8 Metre K.S.S.S. is often referred to as the lottery boat. Obvious this boat was built from lottery funds.

Sailors

During the Sailing regatta's at the 1912 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:, Johan Anker
Johan Anker
Johan August Anker was a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics....

, Multiple Olympic competitor and designer of many Metre yachts as well as the 1948 Olympic Dragon
Dragon (keelboat)
thumbThe International Dragon is a one-design keelboat.The Dragon was designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972...

, in the 12 Metre, Dan Broström
Dan Broström
Dan Broström or Daniel Broström was the Swedish Naval Minister from 1914 to 1917. He was the son of Axel Broström. He was married to Anna Ida Broström, and had a son called Dan-Axel Broström. Broström died in a car accident near Trönninge, south of Halmstad on the 24th of July 1925....

, Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 Naval Minister from 1914 to 1917
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