Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 metre class
| 8 Metre at the Games of the IX Olympiad
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Line drawing of the 8 Metre
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| Venue | Zuiderzee |
| Dates | First race: August 2, 1928 Last race: August 9, 1928 |
| Competitors | 43 Male and 2 Female from 8 nations |
| Teams | 8 |
| Medalists | |
The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. Seven races were scheduled. 45 sailors, on 8 boats, from 8 nations competed.
For the 8 Metre the used courses were about 5 nm out of the locks, East of the Isle of Marken on the Zuiderzee.
At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish. Waves could be steep and short due to the shallow waters.
The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.
Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Q – Qualifying race; RET – Retired;
Gender: 
– male; 
– female;
For the Int. 8-metres class 1 yacht from each country, manned by 6 amateurs maximum (maximum numberof substitutes 6).
During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
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