Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

6 Metre[1]
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 6 Metre (1907 Rule and 1919 Rule)
Venue Belgium, Ostend
DatesFirst race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07)
Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors18 from 2 nations
Teams6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1907 Rule)
Émile Cornellie,
Frédéric Bruynseels,
Florimond Cornellie		  Belgium
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1919 Rule)
Andreas Brecke,
Paal Kaasen,
Ingolf Rød		  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1907 Rule)
Einar Torgersen,
Leif Erichsen,
Andreas Knudsen		  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1919 Rule)
Léon Huybrechts,
Charles Van Den Bussche,
John Klotz		  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1907 Rule)
Henrik Agersborg,
Einar Berntsen,
Trygve Pedersen		  Norway
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The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Two type of 6 Metre classes were used. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 18 sailors, on 6 boats, from 2 nation entered in the 6 Metre.

Race schedule[2]

 ●  Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  ●  Event finals  ●  Closing ceremony
Date July
7th
Wed		 8th
Thu		 9th
Fri		 10th
Sat
6 Metre ● ● ● ●
Total gold medals 2

Course area

6 Metre 1920 Olympic Course Areas
Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions [1]

Date Max temperature Wind speed Average wind direction
7 July 1920 Unknown
8 July 1920 Unknown
9 July 1920 Unknown

Final results[2]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

6 Metre International Rule 1907

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Belgium Émile Cornellie Frédéric Bruynseels
Florimond Cornellie		 Edelweiß 2 2 1 1 2 2 - - 5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway Einar Torgersen Leif Erichsen
Andreas Knudsen		 Marmi DNF 4 2 2 1 1 - - 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway Henrik Agersborg Einar Berntsen
Trygve Pedersen		 Stella 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 10
4  Belgium Louis Depière Raymond Bauwens
Willy Valcke		 Suzy 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 11

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre (1907) during the 1920 Summer Olympics

6 Metre International Rule 1919

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway Andreas Brecke Paal Kaasen
Ingolf Rød		 Jo 1 1 1 1 2 2 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium Léon Huybrechts Charles Van Den Bussche
John Klotz		 Tan-Fe-Pah 2 2 2 2 1 1 5

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre (1919) during the 1920 Summer Olympics

Notes

  • Since the official documentation of the 1920 Summer Olympics was written in 1957 many facts did disappear in time.
  • Two type of 6 Metre classes were used. Those measured under the International Rule 1907 and one under the International Rule 1919.

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

6 Metre sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
  • Léon Huybrechts (BEL)
    Léon Huybrechts (BEL)

Further reading

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  • "Olympics, 1920, First Rule boats". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  • "Olympics, 1920, Second Rule boats". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

References

  1. ^ a b Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.