Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre

8 Metre at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Firth of Kiel
Dates	4–12 August
Competitors	60 from 10 nations
Teams	10
Medalists
01 ! Giovanni Reggio Bruno Bianchi Luigi De Manincor Domenico Mordini Enrico Poggi Luigi Poggi  Italy 02 ! Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen Hans Struksnæs Lauritz Schmidt Nordahl Wallem Jacob Tullin Thams John Ditlev-Simonsen  Norway 03 ! Hans Howaldt Fritz Bischoff Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Eduard Mohr Felix Scheder-Bieschin Otto Wachs  Germany
← 1932

01 !		Giovanni Reggio Bruno Bianchi Luigi De Manincor Domenico Mordini Enrico Poggi Luigi Poggi	Italy
02 !		Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen Hans Struksnæs Lauritz Schmidt Nordahl Wallem Jacob Tullin Thams John Ditlev-Simonsen	Norway
03 !		Hans Howaldt Fritz Bischoff Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Eduard Mohr Felix Scheder-Bieschin Otto Wachs	Germany

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.

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, SO = Sailed over
= Male, = Female

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.