Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Class A
| 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  | ||
|---|---|---|
| Class A (open) | mixed | |
| Class B (<60 ft) | mixed | |
| Class C (6.5–8 m) | mixed | |
The Class A (open class) was one of three motorboating classes contested on the Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
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 |  France | 2:26:53 (h:mm:ss) |
| – | Dylan | A. G. Fentiman Thomas Scott-Ellis |  Great Britain | Did not finish |
| Wolseley-Siddely | George Clowes Hugh Grosvenor Joseph Frederick Laycock (first race) G. H. Atkinson (second race) | Great Britain | 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. Retrieved 22 May 2009.