Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 10 Metre

The 10 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics program in Nynäshamn. Two races were scheduled plus eventual sail-off's. 28 sailors, on 4 boats, from 3 nation entered.

10-Metre[1] at the Games of the V Olympiad
Line drawing of the 10-Metre
Venue	Nynäshamn
Dates	First race: 20 July 1912 Last race: 22 July 1912
Competitors	28 from 3 nations
Teams	4
Medalists
Filip Ericsson, Carl Hellström, Paul Isberg, Humbert Lundén, Herman Nyberg, Harry Rosenswärd, Erik Wallerius, Harald Wallin  Sweden Harry Wahl, Waldemar Björkstén, Jacob Björnström, Bror Brenner, Allan Franck, Erik Lindh, Juho Aarne Pekkalainen  Finland Esper Beloselsky, Ernest Brasche, Karl Lindholm, Nikolay Pushnitsky, Aleksandr Rodionov, Iosif Shomaker, Philipp Strauch  Russia

Race schedule[1]

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Tie breakers

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Closing ceremony

Date	July
	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat
10-Metre		●	●	●		International races
Total gold medals				1
Ceremonies	●								●

Course area and course configuration

For the 10-Metre Course A was used.[1]

1912 Olympic Course Area & courses

Weather conditions[1]

Date	Race	Deiscription	Wind speed	Wind direction	Start
20-JUL-1912	1	Beautiful weather with a light easterly breeze.	5 knots (9.3 km/h) - 9 knots (17 km/h)		11:15
21-JUL-1912	2	Only a light breeze was blowing in the morning.	4 knots (7.4 km/h) - 6 knots (11 km/h)		11:15
22-JUL-1912	3	As beautiful as could be with very light winds	5 knots (9.3 km/h) - 7 knots (13 km/h)		11:00

Final results[2][3]

The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
1	Sweden	Filip Ericsson	Carl Hellström Paul Isberg Humbert Lundén Herman Nyberg Harry Rosenswärd Erik Wallerius Harald Wallin	Kitty (designed by Alfred Mylne)	3:46:04	7	3:43:51	7
2	Finland	Harry Wahl	Waldemar Björkstén Jacob Björnström Bror Brenner Allan Franck Erik Lindh Juho Aarne Pekkalainen	Nina	3:59:07	3	3:50:09	1	4:21:41	7
3	Russia	Esper Beloselsky	Ernest Brasche Karl Lindholm Nikolay Pushnitsky Aleksandr Rodionov Iosif Shomaker Philipp Strauch	Gallia II	3:59:20	1	3:45:38	3	4:23:17	3
4	Sweden	Wilhelm Forsberg	Bertil Bothén Bjorn Bothén Erik Lindén Arvid Perslow Erik Waller Bertel Juslén	Marga	4:01:11	0	3:50:30	0

There was one sail-off between Nina and Gallia II for place 2 & 3.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 10 Metre during the 1912 Summer Olympics

Notes

In the 10 Metre was chosen for this Olympics above the 7 Metre since 10 Metre outnumbered the 7 Metre in boats build.

Other information

Prizes

The following Commemorative Plaque were handed out by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club to the owners of:

1. Kitty: Nils Asp
2. Nina: Harry Wahl
3. Gallia II: Aleksandr Vyshnegradsky

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

References

1. The Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). Erik Bergvall (ed.). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 - Official Report (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

"Stockholm 1912". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.