Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Class A
The Class A (open class) was one of three motorboating classes contested on the Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
| Class A (open) motorboating at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Southampton Water | ||||
| Dates | August 28–29 | ||||
| Competitors | 7 from 2 nations | ||||
| Medalists | |||||
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| Water Motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| Class A (open) | mixed |
| Class B (<60 ft) | mixed |
| Class C (6.5–8 m) | mixed |
The open class was scheduled to take place on the first day of competition, 28 August. The race was a 40 nautical miles long. Two boats, Wolseley-Siddely and Dylan, began the race. Dylan abandoned the race partway through the first lap, with Wolseley-Siddely finishing the first before the weather became too severe to continue the race.
A second attempt to run the event took place the next day, after the other two races had been completed. Wolseley-Siddely again started, this time against Camille (the only French boat to take part in competition). Wolseley-Siddely ran aground on a mud spit, leaving Camille to finish alone for the gold medal.
Results
| Place | Boat | Boaters | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Camille | Emile Thubron |  | 2:26:53 (h:mm:ss) |
| – | Dylan | A. G. Fentiman Thomas Scott-Ellis |  | Did not finish |
| Wolseley-Siddely | George Clowes Hugh Grosvenor Joseph Frederick Laycock (first race) G. H. Atkinson (second race) | | Did 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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2009.