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8 metres (1919 Rating), Open

Date7 – 9 July 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationOostende
Participants14 from 2 countries
FormatThree races, with final places decided by total points. Point-for-place scoring for each race.

There were three yachts entered, Norway’s “Sildra” and “Lyn”, and Belgium’s “Antwerpia V”. The three races resulted in the exact same finishes, with “Sildra” winning all three to claim the gold medal, and “Lyn” finishing second in all three races.

PosCompetitorsNOCPointsRace #1Race #2Race #3
1SildraNOR31-41:11 (1)1-32:22 (1)1-27:41 (1)Gold
Magnus Konow • Reidar Martiniuson • Ragnar Vik • Thorleif Kristoffersen
2LynNOR61-45:39 (2)1-35:58 (2)1-32:48 (2)Silver
Jens Salvesen • Lauritz Schmidt • Fin Schiander • Nils Thomas • Ralph Tschudi
3Antwerpia VBEL9– (DNF)1-36:53 (3)1-34:28 (3)Bronze
Albert Grisar • Willy De L'Arbre • Georges Hellebuyck, Sr. • Leopold Standaert • Henri Weewauters