Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre^[1]
at the Games of the X Olympiad
8 Metre; at the Games of the X Olympiad
	Line drawing of the 8 Metre
Venue	Los Angeles Harbor
Dates	First race: August 5, 1932; Last race: August 9, 1932
Competitors	18 from 2 nations
Teams	2
Medalists
	← 1928 1936 →

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics program in Los Angeles Harbor. Four races were scheduled plus possible tie breakers. 18 sailors, on 2 boats, from 2 nations competed.^[2]

Race schedule^[1]

●	Event competitions	●	Final race

Date	August
Date	5th Fri	6th Sat	7th Sun	8th Mon
8 Metre	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				1

Course area and course configuration

The courses had been well prepared. The marks were laid by the United States Lighthouse Service in the form of large Government. Visiting yachts were kept at a safe distance from the racing boats by the US Coast Guard. Tows were arranged by the US Navy to and from Los Angeles Harbor to the race area. The 8 Metre sailed outside the breakwater.

1932 Olympic Course Areas and Course Configurations

OpenStreetMap view of the current map of Los Angeles. Projected are the 1932 Olympic courses of the 8 Metre (Blue Area).

8 Metre course (8nm).

8 Metre course used (10nm).

8 Metre course used (8nm).

8 Metre course (6nm).

Weather conditions ^[3]

Date	Race	Wind	Details
5-AUG-1932	1st Race	Heavy
6-AUG-1932	2nd Race	Light	Freshening to
7-AUG-1932	3rd Race	Fresh	Increased to 20 knots (10 m/s)
8-AUG-1932	4th Race	20 knots (10 m/s)

Final results^[1]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Total
Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Total
	United States	Owen Churchill	John Biby, Alphonse Burnand, Kenneth Carey, William Cooper, Pierpont Davis, Carl Dorsey, John Huettner, Richard Moore, Alan Morgan, Robert Sutton & Thomas Webster	Angelita	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	8
	Canada	Ronald Maitland	Ernest Cribb Peter Gordon George Gyles Harry Jones Hubert Wallace	Santa Maria	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	4

Daily standings

Notes

For this event one yacht from each country, crewed by a maximum of 6 amateurs (maximum number of substitutes 6) was allowed.^[1]
This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out that only men participated.^{[citation needed]}

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1932 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the 8 Metre:

8 Metre victors at the 1932 Olympic Games

Owen Churchill, John Biby, Alphonse Burnand, Kenneth Carey, William Cooper, Pierpont Davis,
Carl Dorsey, John Huettner, Richard Moore, Alan Morgan, Robert Sutton & Thomas Webster (USA)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (ed.) Browne, Francis Granger (1933). "Official Report of the Games of the X Olympiad" (PDF). Los Angeles: Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U. S. A. 1932, LTD. Retrieved 7 May 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ The 1932 Olympic scoring system was used.
^ transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (2006). "1932 Olympics Report". ISCYRA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}