Sailing_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_–_Star

Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

Sailing at the Olympics

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The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 36 sailors, on 18 boats, from 18 nation competed.[2][3]

Race schedule

Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.[4]

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Course area and course configuration

For the Star course area B(ravo) was used. The location (54°30'30'’N, 10°13'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle.[1][5] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

Final results

These are the results for the Star event:[6]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7TotalTotal
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Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia David Forbes John Anderson 35.7 8 14.023.035.748.010.035.742.128.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Pelle Petterson Stellan Westerdahl 23.0713.010.048.0510.0 18 24510.068.044.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany Wilhelm Kuhweide Karsten Meyer 48.035.7 11 17.023.0611.748.048.068.044.0
4  Brazil Jörg Bruder Jan Willem Aten 611.7 10 16.0814.0510.010.023.0814.068.752.7
5  Italy Flavio Scala Mauro Testa 510.0611.735.71016.0 13 19.0915.010.077.458.4
6  Portugal António Correia Henrique Anjos 1016.048.0611.71117.035.7510.0 17 23.091.468.4
7  Great Britain Stuart Jardine John Wastall 10.0 13 19.048.0611.71117.01016.01016.087.768.7
8  Hungary András Gosztonyi György Holovits 16 22.0510.0713.01319.0915.0814.023.098.076.0
9  Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Vladimir Vasilyev 713.010.0 DSQ 26.01420.0816.01420.0915.0102.076.0
10  United States Alan Holt Richard Gates 1319.0 DSQ 26.01319.0713.023.01218.01117.0115.089.0
11  Austria Manfred Stelzl Peter Luschan 816.01521.0510.01521.0713.0713.0 18 24.0116.092.0
12  Canada Ian Bruce Peter Bjorn 915.01218.0 16 22.010.01521.01521.01319.0116.094.0
13  Bahamas Durward Knowles Montague Higgs 1218.023.01016.01218.0 DNF 24.01622.01420.0121.097.0
14  Switzerland Edwin Bernet Rolf Amrein DSQ 26.01622.0915.01420.01016.035.71521.0125.799.7
15  Norway Bjørn Lofterød Odd Roar Lofterød 14 20.01420.01218.0915.01218.01117.0713.0121.0101.0
16  Virgin Islands Ken Klein Sr. Peter Jackson 1117.01117.0 17 23.01723.01420.0611.71218.0129.7106.7
17  East Germany Herbert Weichert Hans–Joachim Lange 1521.0915.01420.0 DNF 24.01622.01319.0611.7132.7108.7
18  Argentina Guillermo Calegari Sr. Luis Hector Schenone 17 23.01723.01521.01622.01723.01723.01622.0167.0134.0

    Legend: DSQ – Disqualified;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.
    Gender: – male; – female;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1972 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

    References

    1. [1]
      (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    2. [2]
      The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
    3. [3]
      "Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
    4. [4]
      (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    5. [5]
      (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    6. [6]
      (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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