Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

The following course was used during the 1908 Olympic 6-Metre regattas in all three races:

• Start at Ryde Pier
• No.2. Mother Bank Buoy
• East Measured Mile Buoy
• East Sturbridge Buoy
• Finish at Ryde Pier

Two rounds for a total of {{convert|13|nmi|km}}.

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The 1908 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

{{Sailing result block | event = Olympics | classinsigna =6 Metre insigna.png | crew = yes | sailno = no | boatsname = yes | races = 3 | total = yes | netto = no

| resultlines = {{Sailing result line

| year = 1908

| rank = 1

| countrycode = GBR

| helmsman = {{Sailor|Gilbert Laws|gender=}}

| crew01 = {{Sailor|Thomas McMeekin|gender=}}

| crew02 = {{Sailor|Charles Crichton|gender=}}

| boatsname = Dormy{{cite web |title=Yachting Monthly, “Our Portrait Study: Mr. T. D. McMeekin”, February 1912 |url=https://6metrearchive.org/the-archive/yachting-monthly-our-portrait-study-mr-t-d-mcmeekin-february-1912 |website=International Six Metre Archive |access-date=25 January 2021}}

| fleetrace01 = {{Fleetrace|place=1|points=3}}

| fleetrace02 = {{Fleetrace|place=1|points=3}}

| fleetrace03 = {{Fleetrace|place=3|points=1}}

| total = 2
first places

}}

{{Sailing result line

| year = 1908

| rank = 2

| countrycode = BEL

| helmsman = {{Sailor|Léon Huybrechts|gender=}}

| crew01 = {{Sailor|Louis Huybrechts|gender=}}

| crew02 = {{Sailor|Henri Weewauters|gender=}}

| boatsname = Zut

| fleetrace01 = {{Fleetrace|place=3|points=1}}

| fleetrace02 = {{Fleetrace|place=4|points=0}}

| fleetrace03 = {{Fleetrace|place=1|points=3}}

| total = 1
first place

}}

{{Sailing result line

| year = 1908

| rank = 3

| countrycode = FRA

| helmsman = {{Sailor|Henri Arthus|gender=}}

| crew01 = {{Sailor|Louis Potheau|gender=}}

| crew02 = {{Sailor|Pierre Rabot|gender=}}

| boatsname = Guyoni

| fleetrace01 = {{Fleetrace|place=4|points=0}}

| fleetrace02 = {{Fleetrace|place=2|points=2}}

| fleetrace03 = {{Fleetrace|place=2|points=2}}

| total = 2
second places

}}

{{Sailing result line

| year = 1908

| rank = 4

| countrycode = GBR

| helmsman = {{Sailor|John Leuchars|gender=}}

| crew01 = {{Sailor|Wilfrid Leuchars|gender=}}

| crew02 = {{Sailor|Frank Smith|gender=}}

| boatsname = Sibindi

| fleetrace01 = {{Fleetrace|place=2|points=2}}

| fleetrace02 = {{Fleetrace|place=3|points=1}}

| fleetrace03 = {{Fleetrace|place=4|points=0}}

| total = 1
second place

}}

{{Sailing result line

| year = 1908

| rank = 5

| countrycode = SWE

| helmsman = {{Sailor|Karl-Einar Sjögren|gender=}}

| crew01 = {{Sailor|Birger Gustafsson|gender=}}

| crew02 = {{Sailor|Jonas Jonsson|gender=}}

| boatsname = Freja

| fleetrace01 = {{Fleetrace|place=5|points=0}}

| fleetrace02 = {{Fleetrace|place=5|points=0}}

| fleetrace03 = {{Fleetrace|place=5|points=0}}

| total = 3
fifth places

}}

}}

image:1908 6 Metre Positions during the serie.png

Image:Gold medal icon blank.svg Gilt commemorative medal:

• Thomas McMeekin owner of Dormy

Image:Silver medal icon blank.svg Silver commemorative medal:

• R. Osterrieth Owner of Zut
• Johan Leuchars owner of Sibindi
• R. Delagrave owner of Guyoni

Challenge vase of sèvres china given by the President of the France Republic:

• Thomas McMeekin owner of Dormy

• {{cite web

|title = Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)

|url = http://search.la84.org/search

|work = Digital Library Collection at la84.org

|publisher = la84foundation

|accessdate = 3 February 2015

}}

• {{cite web

|title = Sailing at the 1908 London Summer Games: Mixed 6 metres

|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/SAI/mixed-6-metres.html

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130623/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/SAI/mixed-6-metres.html

|url-status = dead

|archive-date = 18 April 2020

|work = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

|publisher = Sports Reference LLC

|accessdate = 3 February 2015

}}

• [https://6metrearchive.org/raceresults/olympics-1908/ "Olympics, 1908"] International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite book

|last = Cook

|first = Theodore Andrea

|year = 1908

|title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report

|publisher = British Olympic Association

|location = London

|format=PDF|url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf

|accessdate = 3 February 2015

}}

{{cite web

|title = Royal Victoria Yacht Club

|url = http://rvyc.org.uk/club.html

|publisher = Royal Victoria Yacht Club

|accessdate = 3 February 2015

}}

}}

{{IOC games|games=1908 Summer Olympics }}

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