Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

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.

6 Metre[1] at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Line drawing of the 6 Metre
Venue	France, Le Havre
Dates	First race: 21 July 1924 Last race: 26 July 1924
Competitors	27 from 9 nations
Teams	9
Medalists
Anders Lundgren Christopher Dahl Eugen Lunde  Norway Vilhelm Vett Knud Degn Christian Nielsen  Denmark Johan Carp Anthonij Guépin Jan Vreede  Netherlands

Race schedule[1]

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Elimination serie (E)

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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.
	Norway	Anders Lundgren	Christopher Dahl Eugen Lunde	N.13	Elisabeth V	3		1	Q	1	Q	1	1	1	1	2
	Denmark	Vilhelm Vett	Knud Degn Christian Nielsen	D.22	Bonzo	1	Q	2	Q	RET		3	3	2	2	5
	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	Georges Herpin Henri 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

Other information

Joop Carp

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

• Eugen Lunde (NOR) – Gold medalist
• Joop Carp (NED)
• Léon Huybrechts (BEL)

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
• "Olympics, 1924". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

References

1. 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". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.