| | Event type
8 metres, 1919 Rating, Open
| Date | 7 – 9 July 1920 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Oostende | |
| Participants | 14 from 2 countries | |
| Format | Three races, with final places decided by total points. Point-for-place scoring for each race. | |
There were three yachts entered, Norway’s “Sildra” and “Lyn”, and Belgium’s “Antwerpia V”. The three races resulted in the exact same finishes, with “Sildra” winning all three to claim the gold medal, and “Lyn” finishing second in all three races.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sildra |  NOR | 3 | 1-41:11 (1) | 1-32:22 (1) | 1-27:41 (1) | Gold | |||||
| Magnus Konow • Reidar Martiniuson • Ragnar Vik • Thorleif Kristoffersen | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lyn | NOR | 6 | 1-45:39 (2) | 1-35:58 (2) | 1-32:48 (2) | Silver | |||||
| Jens Salvesen • Lauritz Schmidt • Fin Schiander • Nils Thomas • Ralph Tschudi | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Antwerpia V |  BEL | 9 | – ( | 1-36:53 (3) | 1-34:28 (3) | Bronze | |||||
| Albert Grisar • Willy De L'Arbre • Georges Hellebuyck, Sr. • Leopold Standaert • Henri Weewauters | ||||||||||||