Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Class C

The Class C (6.5 to 8 metres) was one of three motorboating classes contested on the Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 3 boats.[1] In addition to the length minimum and maximum, the boats had to weight at least 800 kilograms (without fuel or crew), have "a total piston area not exceeding that represented by four cylinders each of 106 mm. bore," and "comply with the rules of the International Sporting Club of Monaco in regard to cruisers."[1]

Class C (6.5–8 m) motorboating
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueSouthampton Water
Date29 August 1908
Competitors5 from 1 nation
Medalists
Gyrinus  Great Britain

The first race of 29 August 1908 was the small class of boats. Gyrinus, which had won the B class the day before, appeared again. This time her competition was Sea Dog. Again, however, Gyrinus was the only boat to finish, as Sea Dog experienced engine problems and had to be towed off the course.

Results

PlaceBoatBoatersNationTime
GyrinusJohn Field-Richards
Bernard Boverton Redwood
Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
 Great BritainUnknown
Sea DogThomas Weston
Warwick Wright
 Great BritainDid not finish

References

  1. Official Report, p. 36.

Notes

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Motorboating 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
  • OlyMADMen. "Motorboating at the 1908 London Summer Games: Mixed B-Class". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
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