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6 Metre at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 6 Metre (1907 Rule and 1919 Rule)
Venue	Belgium, Ostend
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07) Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors	18 from 2 nations
Teams	6
Medalists
(1907 Rule) Émile Cornellie, Frédéric Bruynseels, Florimond Cornellie  Belgium (1919 Rule) Andreas Brecke, Paal Kaasen, Ingolf Rød  Norway (1907 Rule) Einar Torgersen, Leif Erichsen, Andreas Knudsen  Norway (1919 Rule) Léon Huybrechts, Charles Van Den Bussche, John Klotz  Belgium (1907 Rule) Henrik Agersborg, Einar Berntsen, Trygve Pedersen  Norway
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Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
One design (Monotype)
12' Dinghy	Open
18' Dinghy	Open
Jauge chemin de fer
6.5 Metre	Open
8.5 Metre	Open (no entries)
Skerry cruiser
30m	Open
40m	Open
International rule
6 Metre	Open
7 Metre	Open
8 Metre	Open
9 Metre	Open (no entries)
10 Metre	Open
12 Metre	Open
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The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Two type of 6 Metre classes were used. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 18 sailors, on 6 boats, from 2 nation entered in the 6 Metre.

Race schedule

Course area

Weather conditions

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Final results

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

6 Metre International Rule 1907

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Belgium	Émile Cornellie	Frédéric Bruynseels Florimond Cornellie	Edelweiß	2	2	1	1	2	2	-	-	5
	Norway	Einar Torgersen	Leif Erichsen Andreas Knudsen	Marmi	DNF	4	2	2	1	1	-	-	7
	Norway	Henrik Agersborg	Einar Berntsen Trygve Pedersen	Stella	1	1	4	4	4	4	1	1	10
4	Belgium	Louis Depière	Raymond Bauwens Willy Valcke	Suzy	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	11

Daily standings

6 Metre International Rule 1919

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Norway	Andreas Brecke	Paal Kaasen Ingolf Rød	Jo	1	1	1	1	2	2	4
	Belgium	Léon Huybrechts	Charles Van Den Bussche John Klotz	Tan-Fe-Pah	2	2	2	2	1	1	5

Daily standings

Notes

• Since the official documentation of the 1920 Summer Olympics was written in 1957 many facts did disappear in time.
• Two type of 6 Metre classes were used. Those measured under the International Rule 1907 and one under the International Rule 1919.

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

• Léon Huybrechts (BEL)

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
• "Olympics, 1920, First Rule boats". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
• "Olympics, 1920, Second Rule boats". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

References

1. ^ Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

• Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• 6 Metre class sailing competitions