Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 8 metre class

8-Metre at the Games of the V Olympiad
Line drawing of the 8-Metre
Venue	Nynäshamn
Dates	First race: 20 July 1912 (1912-07-20) Last race: 22 July 1912 (1912-07-22)
Competitors	36 from 4 nations
Teams	7
Medalists
01 ! Thoralf Glad, Thomas Aas, Andreas Brecke, Torleiv Corneliussen, Christian Jebe  Norway 02 ! Bengt Heyman, Emil Henriques, Alvar Thiel, Herbert Westermark, Nils Westermark  Sweden 03 ! Bertil Tallberg, Arthur Ahnger, Emil Lindh, Gunnar Tallberg, Georg Westling  Finland
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01 !		Thoralf Glad, Thomas Aas, Andreas Brecke, Torleiv Corneliussen, Christian Jebe	Norway
02 !		Bengt Heyman, Emil Henriques, Alvar Thiel, Herbert Westermark, Nils Westermark	Sweden
03 !		Bertil Tallberg, Arthur Ahnger, Emil Lindh, Gunnar Tallberg, Georg Westling	Finland

The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics program in Nynäshamn. Two races were scheduled plus eventual sail-off's. 18 sailors, on 6 boats, from 5 nations entered.

For the 8-Metre Course B was used.

The 1912 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

In the 8 Metre there was one spare boat:

The following Commemorative Plaque were handed out by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club to the owners of:

. Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.