Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Class C

Class C (6.5–8 m) motorboating
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue Southampton Water
Date August 29
Competitors 5 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gyrinus  Great Britain

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.

The first race of 29 August 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
1st, gold medalist(s)GyrinusJohn Field-Richards
Bernard Boverton Redwood
Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
 Great BritainUnknown
Sea DogThomas Weston
Warwick Wright
 Great BritainDid not finish

Sources

  • 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. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
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