| Event: | 8 Metre |
| Games: | 1936 Summer |
| Venue: | Firth of Kiel |
| Dates: | 4–12 August |
| Competitors: | 60 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Gold: | Giovanni Reggio Bruno Bianchi Luigi De Manincor Domenico Mordini Enrico Poggi Luigi Poggi |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen Hans Struksnæs Lauritz Schmidt Nordahl Wallem Jacob Tullin Thams John Ditlev-Simonsen |
| Silvernoc: | NOR |
| Bronze: | Hans Howaldt Fritz Bischoff Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Eduard Mohr Felix Scheder-Bieschin Otto Wachs |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 1932 |
The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 60 sailors, on 10 boats, from 10 nations competed.[1]
Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Sail no. | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Tie breaker | Total points | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | |||||||||||||
| align=center | align=left | align=left | align=center | Italia | align=center | I 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 55 | |||||
| align=center | align=left | align=left | align=center | Silja | align=center | N 26 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 53 | ||||
| align=center | align=left | align=left | align=center | Germania III | align=center | G 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 53 | ||||
| align=center | 4 | align=left | align=left | align=center | Ilderim | align=center | S 16 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | DSQ | 0 | 1 | 10 | 51 | ||||
| align=center | 5 | align=left | align=left | align=center | Cheerio | align=center | L 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | DSQ | 0 | 4 | 7 | 37 | ||||
| align=center | 6 | align=left | align=left | align=center | Saskia | align=center | K 26 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 36 | ||||
| align=center | 7 | align=left | align=left | align=center | Matrero II | align=center | A 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 25 | ||||
| align=center | 8 | align=left | align=left | align=center | Anitra | align=center | D 1 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | DSQ | 0 | DNF | 0 | 22 | ||||
| align=center | 9 | align=left | align=left | align=center | EA II | align=center | F 8 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | DSQ | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| align=center | 10 | align=left | align=left | align=center | Angelita | align=center | US 18 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | dsq | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | ||||
All starts were scheduled for 10:30.
The position of the outercourse was in front of Schilksee were in 1972 the new Olympic center was used. So in 1936 a long distance sailing/towing to the racing area from the old Olympic harbor.
| Date | Race | Sky | Wind direction | Wind speed (m/s) | Actual starting time | Remark | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1936 | align=center | I | align=left | Overcast, Occasional rain | align=center | align=center | 12 | align=center | 12:05 | align=left | Postponement storm at the outer bay > 16 m/s | |
| 5 August 1936 | align=center | II | align=left | Sunshine, Later overcast and rain | align=center | align=center | 3–4 | align=center | 10:30 | |||
| 6 August 1936 | align=center | III | align=left | Sunny | align=center | align=center | 5–6 | align=center | 10:30 | |||
| 7 August 1936 | align=center | IV | align=left | Slightly overcast | align=center | align=center | 2 | align=center | 10:40 | align=left | Postponement due to calm | |
| 8 August 1936 | align=center | V | align=left | Foggy later slightly overcast | align=center | align=center | 2–3 | align=center | 11:45 | align=left | Postponement due to fog | |
| 9 August 1936 | align=center | VI | align=left | Calm | align=center | align=center | 2–3 | align=center | 11:50 | align=left | Postponement due to calm | |
| 10 August 1936 | align=center | VII | align=left | Fine | align=center | align=center | 2–3 | align=center | 10:30 | |||
| 12 August 1936 | align=center | VII | align=left | Slightly overcast | align=center | align=center | 4–5 | align=center | 14:05 |